Chapter Summaries

Dago tried to escape the approaching Fourth-Circle attacker after discovering that his bond with Tracy prevented him from accessing his strongest bloodline state. As Greg Town was devastated, he gambled on the mysterious finger bone and vanished beneath layers of concealment just before the attack hit his position.

• Tracy ignored Dago's order to run, but he restrained her inside a Yitai humanoid and sent it carrying her toward the other end of Greg Town.
• Dago tried to enter [Frost-Tinted Crimson Radiance], but a golden-red apparition stopped him and he realized his bloodline was locked by his soul's symbiosis with Tracy.
• Dago judged that he had little chance against the approaching purple-haired wizard and ran after Tracy instead of fighting.
• The purple-haired wizard shattered Greg Town's runic formation and sent a destructive force through the streets, killing fleeing wizards in its path.
• Dago caught up with Tracy, crushed the first segment of Ewakuai's mysterious finger bone, and let its black cloak and the Yitai humanoid conceal them as the force struck his position.

A purple-haired wizard destroyed Greg Town while searching for his vanished target, but Dago survived the devastation by shielding the rose-haired girl. Seven days later, Dago and the girl sailed away from the southern port as he continued recovering and vowed revenge on the Revival Society’s Fourth-Circle Wizard.

• The purple-haired man failed to find his target, burned Greg Town with bonefire for three days, and left after searching the ruins.
• After days of rain, Dago emerged from the scorched earth with the girl protected in his arms, and she mourned Jennifer.
• Dago and the girl left the ruins together, and Dago promised that the Fourth Circle wizard and the Revival Society would pay.
• Seven days later, Dago watched young wizard apprentices aboard a departing ship and agreed with the girl that they reminded him of his younger self.
• The girl went to the cabins, and Dago’s mask fell as he coughed, revealing his severely burned face still healing from his escape from the Revival Society’s Fourth-Circle Wizard.

Summary of “Tracy’s Smile and the Golden Law”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dago continues recovering from the severe injuries he sustained in battle. Although his powerful physique prevents permanent bodily collapse, the residual effects of the Miracle Tier spell Boneflame slow his healing.
• His relationship with Tracy has improved superficially. They can now exchange brief words without the intense resentment and hostility that previously defined their interactions.
• While on a magical ship traveling toward the East Coast, Dago notices Tracy speaking and laughing with a light-green-haired First-Ring Wizard. The girl’s Late Second-Circle guardian watches Dago suspiciously, but Dago chooses not to interfere.
• The ship’s journey became possible after the destruction of Greg Town invalidated Dago’s agreement with the Starveil Whale merchant guild. He was fortunate to find passage only two days after reaching the port.
• Once the ship leaves the harbor, Dago returns to his room, activates protective and shielding Rune Magic Arrays, and examines his wounds. Though his body remains covered in grotesque burns, new flesh is forming and his internal organs are healthy. He expects to recover fully before reaching the East Coast.
• Dago treats his wounds, summons Yitai to continue consuming the Red Lotus Staff, and releases Bronte III, his Metal Goat, to move around the room.
• He then resumes daily cultivation, concentrating on the Golden Law metal-element spell legacy and his ongoing rune research.

Character Developments

• Dago: His body remains badly damaged, but his recovery is progressing steadily. The suffering has not prevented him from maintaining discipline and continuing his magical development. He is also becoming more deliberate about refining his Soul Imprints and integrating the knowledge gained from recent battles and the Isidore Law Wielder Legacy.
• Tracy: Her relationship with Dago has shifted from open hostility toward cautious, superficial normalcy. Her ability to socialize and amuse others contrasts with her former reputation as the dangerous Ash Witch, leaving Dago wary despite her harmless appearance.
• Yitai: Severely weakened after the destruction of Greg Town, it has been reduced to the size of a human head and continues feeding on Tracy’s Red Lotus Staff.
• Bronte III: Reappears after a long absence and is allowed to exercise while Dago cultivates.
• The green-haired girl and her guardian: Their presence explains part of the ship’s voyage. The guardian, a powerful Late Second-Circle Wizard, immediately views Dago with suspicion.

Significant Themes

• Recovery and resilience: Dago’s physical wounds symbolize the lasting cost of battle, while his steady healing reflects his endurance and continued growth.
• Trust and changing relationships: Dago and Tracy have not reconciled fully, but their reduced hostility suggests the possibility of a more stable relationship.
• Power through synthesis: The Golden Law is not merely a collection of spells; its five spells interact and can ultimately form a unified spell true body. This mirrors Dago’s broader effort to combine different magical legacies and techniques.
• Patience and cultivation: The quiet voyage gives Dago time to heal, practice, and organize the knowledge gained from previous dangers rather than immediately pursuing new conflicts.
• Transformation of knowledge into personal strength: Dago’s research into runes, spatial magic, mirror spells, and Soul Imprints shows his desire to turn inherited techniques and battle experience into an individualized magical system.

Character Interactions

• Dago and Tracy now speak occasionally as though they are ordinary acquaintances, though distrust and painful history remain beneath the surface.
• Tracy’s conversation with the green-haired girl produces the laughter Dago hears, presenting a lighter and more approachable side of her personality.
• The green-haired girl’s guardian silently scrutinizes Dago, creating a moment of mutual suspicion without direct confrontation.
• Dago interacts indirectly with Yitai and Bronte III by caring for them and incorporating them into his recovery routine, reinforcing his practical and resourceful nature.

Chapter Summary

After more than a month confined to his cabin, Dago’s injuries have largely healed. The burns covering his body have faded into scars, his hair has regrown, and his appearance has become more imposing and mysterious. He has also advanced significantly as a wizard, reaching 65% progress as a Third-Ring Formal Wizard. His five inherited Golden Law spells have surpassed beginner level, with Golden Touch reaching the Metamorphosis level. His research into spatial and mirror-based runes has likewise progressed, though it still requires practical testing.
Dago finally leaves his room with Bronte III, his fluffy Grey Goat-like construct, and goes onto the deck at sunset. He observes the apprentice youths below and the red-haired and green-haired girls on a higher deck. The green-haired girl and the previously stern, black-patterned guard now treat him warmly, apparently because of Tracy’s influence and the story she has spread about their relationship.
Tracy soon joins Dago, complaining that she is bored aboard the ship. Dago senses that her strength is beginning to recover. Their conversation reveals the uneasy nature of their connection: Tracy jokes about no longer being a helpless cripple at Dago’s mercy, while Dago calmly admits that her recovery is beneficial because it will make her more desperate to escape her current circumstances. Although they appear close and romantic to outsiders, their interaction remains tense and distrustful beneath the surface.
Tracy discusses the green-haired girl’s tragic history—her family was massacred, and she now seeks revenge. Dago realizes that Tracy is not merely sympathizing with the girl but is projecting her own pain and past onto her. Through their soul connection, he senses Tracy’s suppressed sorrow and feels an unusual sympathy and tenderness toward her, though he hesitates to ask directly about her past.
Instead, Tracy playfully claims that she told the others they had eloped, that Dago’s family opposed their relationship because she lacked wizarding talent, and that Dago nearly died several times protecting her. Dago is stunned to realize that the crew now views him as a devoted romantic hero, explaining their newfound admiration.
The chapter ends with a sudden shift in the environment: the fiery sunset disappears, darkness spreads rapidly, and the calm sea becomes violently turbulent. This abrupt change signals the arrival of an approaching storm or crisis.

Character Developments and Interactions

• Dago: Recovers physically and grows stronger in wizardry and rune research. He remains emotionally guarded but develops reluctant sympathy for Tracy.
• Tracy: Her powers are returning, and she continues manipulating the ship’s occupants through fabricated stories. Her discussion of the green-haired girl reveals unresolved grief and a shared sense of victimhood.
• Green-haired girl and guard: Their attitudes toward Dago have softened because they believe Tracy’s romantic elopement story.
• Dago and Tracy: Their outward intimacy contrasts with mutual suspicion, tension, and an uncertain soul-bound connection.

Significant Themes

• Healing and transformation: Dago’s physical recovery mirrors his evolution into a more powerful and enigmatic figure.
• Deception and performance: Tracy reshapes how others perceive both herself and Dago through lies and romantic storytelling.
• Shared trauma: Tracy recognizes her own suffering in the green-haired girl’s revenge-driven life.
• Emotional entanglement: The soul connection forces Dago to sense feelings he would otherwise reject, complicating their adversarial relationship.
• Foreshadowing: The sudden darkening sky and violent sea mark the transition from uneasy calm to impending danger.

A colossal silver Sea Dragon God surfaced amid a catastrophic storm, and Dago became obsessed with following it. He plunged into the abyss after the creature, where the raging sea suddenly fell silent and silver light pierced the darkness.

• Dago used the Eye of Truth to detect an immense being beneath the storm-tossed sea as the spellship struggled to escape.
• A colossal silver sea beast surfaced, and an old crewman identified it as the ancient Sea Dragon God.
• Dago felt compelled to pursue the Sea Dragon God and leaped from the ship into the raging ocean.
• Dago searched underwater with his seven Soul Crystals blazing, but the currents overwhelmed him.
• The underwater chaos abruptly stopped, and a sacred beam of silver light illuminated the depths.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dago is trapped beneath the sea after leaping toward an ancient, godlike creature. The monster resembles an enormous silver sea eel, with mountain-sized proportions, rune-covered scales, jagged fins, and a sacred coral growth on its head.
• When the creature looks at him, Dago experiences overwhelming terror and a vision of cosmic destruction and rebirth. He later awakens on the calm sea surface, unsure whether the encounter was real or a dream.
• Using his mental power, Dago locates Tracy and returns to the magical airship alongside the black-marked man who had accompanied Tracy.
• Tracy greets Dago by pretending to sob helplessly in his arms. Dago realizes she is merely acting to embarrass him, while the black-marked man scolds Dago for recklessly risking both his own life and Tracy’s.
• In private, Tracy drops the act and mocks Dago for nearly dying. She explains that ancient creatures possess terrifying life-force fields that can induce suicidal impulses in weaker beings, especially those with powerful bloodlines. Tracy was unaffected because her nature is metaphorically “ice water” against the creature’s “flame.”
• Tracy cannot identify the silver monster, but suggests it may be one of the countless taboo beings surviving from the Primordial Era in the deep-sea rifts.
• Dago privately rejects Tracy’s explanation that he acted only because of bloodline instinct. He believes he jumped into the sea to challenge fate itself and seize control over his own life and death.
• The near-death experience strengthens his wizard’s conviction and appears to complete another stage of his spiritual “Nirvana.” He resumes intense cultivation for the remainder of the voyage.
• More than half the journey passes safely along the established East Coast route. Less than a week remains before the airship arrives, and Beatrice begins lamenting the coming separation from Tracy and repeatedly asks “Jasmine” to travel with them.

Character Developments

• Dago: Survives a terrifying confrontation with an incomprehensible ancient being. Rather than being broken by fear, he interprets the experience as a challenge to fate and emerges with stronger determination and conviction. His reckless courage remains both a strength and a serious flaw.
• Tracy: Reveals both her emotional concern and her mischievous cruelty. Although she admits she feared Dago would die, she disguises her relief by humiliating and teasing him. Her knowledge of ancient creatures and bloodline effects establishes her as more informed and unusually resistant to supernatural influence.
• Black-marked man: Acts as Tracy’s stern guardian and chastises Dago in a fatherly manner for endangering her. His brief interaction with Dago suggests reluctant respect and responsibility rather than hostility.
• Beatrice: Has become deeply attached to Tracy after only two months, treating her as a close friend. Her innocent enthusiasm contrasts with Tracy’s cunning and contributes to the impending emotional farewell.

Significant Themes

• Defiance of fate: Dago’s leap into the abyss symbolizes his refusal to accept an inevitable destiny or surrender control over his life.
• Human weakness before ancient power: The silver creature represents forces so immense that ordinary beings are psychologically overwhelmed merely by encountering them.
• Bloodline and instinct: The chapter questions whether Dago’s actions came from inherited biological impulse or conscious personal choice.
• Growth through near-death experiences: Dago transforms terror and trauma into spiritual progress, reinforcing his wizard’s conviction.
• Affection hidden behind mockery: Tracy’s teasing and staged helplessness conceal genuine concern, while Beatrice’s sincere attachment creates a warmer contrast to their abrasive relationship.
• The unknown Wizarding World: The ancient sea monster hints at vast taboo realms and primordial beings beyond what modern wizards understand.

Character Interactions

• Dago and the black-marked man travel back together in silence before receiving a stern lecture about Dago’s recklessness.
• Tracy publicly clings to Dago and pretends to cry, then privately mocks him for nearly dying, turning embarrassment into her personal form of revenge.
• Dago and Tracy debate the cause of his suicidal impulse, with Tracy attributing it to bloodline instinct and Dago silently insisting it was an act of rebellion against fate.
• Beatrice repeatedly invites Tracy to remain with her as the airship nears the East Coast, highlighting her growing attachment and the approaching separation.

Chapter Summary: Third-Ring Black-Robed Wizard

Key Plot Points and Events

• Beatrice warmly invites Jasmine to join her group after they reach their destination, despite knowing Jasmine only briefly and while still being hunted because of her family’s blood debt.
• Dago observes Beatrice’s naïveté and the stern, black-marked man’s frustration at constantly having to protect or manage her.
• Dago and Tracy play along with Beatrice’s belief that they are a romantic couple. Dago deliberately gives Tracy an affectionate look to tease her, causing her silent annoyance.
• As the ship prepares to dock, the young Wizard apprentices celebrate on deck. A red-haired, freckled apprentice watches Dago pleadingly, hoping that a Formal Wizard might offer him a final chance to enter the Wizarding World.
• Dago ignores the boy’s appeal, reflecting his detached attitude and unwillingness to take responsibility for strangers.
• Dago examines Ewakuai’s mysterious bone finger, which can conceal soul auras even from Fourth-Ring Miracle Wizards. He notes that it can still be used twice and considers how it might protect him if Tracy turns against him after their symbiotic relationship ends.
• A small Spell Airship approaches. Dago identifies the arriving figure as a rare Third-Ring Black-Robed Wizard.
• Before Dago can react, Beatrice’s stern protector attacks the newcomer, breaking through the ship’s Rune Magic Array.
• Beatrice and Tracy rush to Dago, and Beatrice reveals in fear that the pursuers belong to the Voodoo Cult and have followed them all the way to the East Coast.

Character Developments

• Dago: Remains observant, calculating, and emotionally detached. He recognizes Beatrice’s innocence but chooses not to intervene in the apprentice’s plight. His concern about Tracy’s possible betrayal shows that, despite their improved relationship, he still distrusts her and prepares for conflict.
• Tracy: Continues to maintain the appearance of being Dago’s shy romantic partner while privately expressing strong annoyance at his teasing. Her relationship with Dago has improved, but mutual suspicion remains.
• Beatrice: Displays persistent innocence and emotional openness. She eagerly tries to help Jasmine and idealizes Dago and Tracy’s supposed romance. Her panic at the Voodoo Cult’s arrival reveals the seriousness of her situation.
• The black-marked man: Acts as Beatrice’s protector and guardian. His immediate attack on the arriving wizard demonstrates his vigilance and combat readiness.
• The red-haired apprentice: Represents rejected youths who still hope to enter the Wizarding World, but Dago’s indifference leaves him without assistance.

Significant Themes

• Naïveté versus pragmatism: Beatrice’s generosity and romantic idealism contrast sharply with Dago’s suspicion and refusal to involve himself in others’ problems.
• Trust and potential betrayal: Dago’s preparation for Tracy’s possible retaliation emphasizes the unstable nature of their symbiotic alliance.
• The cost of exclusion: The red-haired apprentice highlights how the Wizarding World rejects those who lack talent or status, forcing them either to accept ordinary lives or pursue dangerous final opportunities.
• Pursuit and looming danger: The sudden arrival of a Third-Ring Black-Robed Wizard confirms that Beatrice’s enemies remain close and that the group’s journey is far from safe.
• Masks and appearances: Dago’s literal mask, the false appearance of his relationship with Tracy, and the concealed power of the bone finger all reflect the importance of hiding one’s true identity and strength.

Character Interactions

• Tracy redirects Beatrice’s question to Dago, allowing him to make the decision while avoiding direct responsibility.
• Beatrice enthusiastically praises Dago and Tracy as a couple, while they deliberately encourage her misunderstanding for amusement.
• Dago silently evaluates Beatrice and her guardian, recognizing their contrasting personalities.
• Dago notices the red-haired apprentice’s plea but refuses to acknowledge it.
• When the Voodoo Cult’s pursuer arrives, Beatrice turns to Dago and Tracy for reassurance, while her guardian immediately confronts the threat.

Chapter Summary: The Might of Golden Law

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dago and the others encounter two Voodoo Cult wizards pursuing Beatrice and her companions. The Voodoo Cult appears to be an unfamiliar, possibly minor faction in the Southern Wizarding World.
• Biso, a stern-faced late Second-Ring Wizard wearing strange black armor, battles a Third-Ring Voodoo Cult wizard. His armor absorbs mysterious substances from his opponent and steadily increases his strength, allowing him to resist and gradually challenge the stronger wizard.
• Beatrice summons a Spell Airship and urges Dago, Tracy, and the others to escape with her. The ship’s crew attempts to flee, but a more powerful Third-Ring Voodoo Cult wizard appears overhead and immobilizes the entire vessel with his Mental Force Field.
• Beatrice realizes that her pursuers may kill everyone associated with her and becomes overwhelmed with guilt and fear. Tracy, despite her usual coldness, shows sympathy toward her.
• Dago intervenes, rising directly into the enemy wizard’s force field. He effortlessly breaks through it, revealing that he has reached the mid Third Circle.
• Dago attacks with his newly developed third-tier spell, [Golden Touch], using Yitai’s black-red metal tentacles. The initial attack severely injures the Voodoo Cult wizard, forcing him to flee.
• Dago then activates [Golden Law], transforming the tentacles into enormous golden chainsaw-like weapons radiating heat and destructive power. One strike tears the fleeing wizard apart, destroying both his body and escaping soul.
• The remaining fighters and everyone aboard the airship are left stunned by Dago’s overwhelming victory. Even Dago is surprised that a Metamorphosis-level [Golden Touch], enhanced by [Golden Law], could kill a Third-Ring Wizard so easily.

Character Developments

• Dago demonstrates a dramatic increase in confidence and power. Rather than flee from the Voodoo Cult, he confronts a Third-Ring Wizard directly and kills him in only two attacks.
• His mastery of the Gold Eater’s inheritance becomes clearer. [Golden Law] greatly amplifies the destructive potential of his ordinary spells, proving far stronger than standard Third-Circle magic.
• Beatrice shifts from confident urgency to despair when the enemy’s true strength is revealed. She recognizes that her pursuers have placed everyone around her in danger and feels responsible for their predicament.
• Tracy briefly reveals a compassionate side by sympathizing with Beatrice, though she quickly returns to her detached, cold demeanor.
• Biso is shown to possess unusual combat abilities through his armor, which can absorb energy from opponents and continually strengthen him despite his lower realm.

Significant Themes

• Overwhelming power and hidden potential: Dago’s victory emphasizes how extraordinary inheritances and specialized abilities can allow a wizard to surpass normal expectations within the same realm.
• The danger of association: Beatrice’s pursuers threaten everyone near her, highlighting the risks of becoming involved in another person’s conflicts.
• Fear versus composure: While the airship’s passengers panic under the Third-Ring Wizard’s force field, Dago remains calm and acts decisively.
• Transformation through power: Both Biso’s armor and Dago’s [Golden Law] transform existing abilities into something far more formidable, suggesting that true strength comes from unique techniques rather than rank alone.
• The legacy of the Gold Eater: Dago’s golden power recalls the mysterious Golden Kingdom and indicates that he is beginning to unlock the full might of Melville’s inheritance.

Character Interactions

• Beatrice repeatedly urges Dago and the others to escape with her, while Dago distrusts her judgment and suspects she may be either naïve or manipulative.
• Beatrice admits that Dago and the others have been dragged into her danger. Tracy responds with unusual sympathy, prompting Dago to remark on her rare display of concern.
• The Voodoo Cult wizard attempts to intimidate Dago by warning him to consider the consequences of interference, but Dago ignores him and answers with force.
• After Dago kills the enemy, Biso and the surviving Voodoo Cult wizard stop fighting, while Beatrice, the crew, and the apprentices stare in shock. Tracy alone appears unsurprised, suggesting she already understood or trusted Dago’s true strength.

Chapter Summary: “Please Do Not Think It Beneath You”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dago reflects on the reasons for his overwhelming combat strength: his purified mental power, seven Soul Crystals, inherited spells, and the improved quality of the Red Lotus Staff after Yitai consumed its metal coating.
• Having surpassed ordinary Wizards in every major aspect, Dago now clearly ranks among prodigy-level Wizards.
• After effortlessly killing a Third-Ring Voodoo Cult Wizard, Dago turns his attention to the stern warrior who had been fighting alongside him. With a single spell, he freezes and destroys another Third-Ring Wizard, covering nearly ten miles of sea in ice.
• The stern man and the observing apprentices are left stunned by Dago’s true strength. They had believed him to be an ordinary first-level Wizard, but now suspect he may possess an extraordinary background, perhaps even connections to a Miracle Wizard.
• Dago returns to his room and examines the Spatial Ring taken from the defeated Voodoo Cult Wizard. It contains little of value besides a large collection of poisons and antidotes.
• Tracy brings Beatrice and her guard to meet Dago. Beatrice thanks him for saving them and offers him 100,000 High-Grade Magic Stones.
• Dago initially refuses, explaining that he does not expect payment and considers the assistance part of their shared journey. Worried that he will not accept her gratitude, Beatrice offers an additional square iron box, claiming it contains everything they can give him.
• Dago accepts both gifts to ease Beatrice’s mind. The box contains a strange dark-green dagger with an eyeball in its hilt and a segmented blade, along with several sheets of black parchment.

Character Developments

• Dago: Demonstrates that his recent cultivation has elevated him far beyond ordinary Wizards. His calm, effortless victories reveal immense confidence and power, while his refusal to accept payment shows that he is not motivated by wealth. He also remains considerate of Beatrice’s feelings and accepts her gifts only after realizing that refusing would trouble her.
• Beatrice: Becomes increasingly respectful and cautious toward Dago after witnessing his strength. Her insistence on offering substantial compensation reflects both her wealth and her desire to repay her debt honorably.
• The stern guard: His view of Dago changes completely. Once treating him as an ordinary first-level Wizard, he is now deeply intimidated and respectful, while also becoming suspicious of Dago and Tracy’s mysterious origins.
• Tracy: Acts as the quiet intermediary who brings Beatrice and her guard to Dago, implying familiarity with his intentions and understanding of the situation.
• The Voodoo Cult Wizards: Their dangerous reputation is rendered meaningless by the enormous gap between their strength and Dago’s. Their reliance on poison and dark techniques proves useless because Dago kills them before they can employ those methods.

Significant Themes

• The difference between ordinary Wizards and prodigies: Mental strength, spell inheritance, and equipment are presented as the decisive factors separating exceptional Wizards from average ones.
• Hidden strength and mistaken identity: Dago’s companions drastically underestimate him, highlighting the danger of judging someone by their apparent level or behavior.
• Power and restraint: Although Dago possesses overwhelming strength, he does not act arrogantly or pursue fleeing enemies unnecessarily. His power is matched by composure and control.
• Honor and gratitude: Beatrice’s insistence on repaying Dago emphasizes the importance of acknowledging a life-saving favor, while Dago’s reluctance to accept payment shows a more personal and generous motivation.
• Mystery and foreshadowing: The unusual dagger and black parchments suggest that Beatrice’s background and the items she offers may hold greater significance later.

Important Character Interactions

• Dago’s attack shocks the stern guard, who watches him destroy a Third-Ring Wizard with a single spell and immediately adopts a far more respectful attitude.
• Dago and Tracy communicate with little dialogue, showing their mutual understanding.
• Beatrice approaches Dago humbly, kneeling and offering a large reward. When he refuses, she consults her guard and increases the offering.
• Dago accepts the gifts not out of greed, but because he recognizes Beatrice’s emotional need to repay him.
• The chapter ends with Dago examining the mysterious dagger, creating anticipation about its powers and the secrets connected to Beatrice.

Chapter Summary: “Malice Weapon”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dago picks up a strange dagger and immediately senses an evil consciousness attempting to influence his mind. The dagger is identified as a Malice Weapon, an ancient magical device capable of absorbing an opponent’s malicious thoughts and converting them into power.
• The stern man explains that his own armor works through the same principle, allowing him to temporarily fight a Third-Ring Wizard despite being only a Second-Ring Wizard.
• Dago examines several black hide pages and realizes they contain the forging diagrams for an entire magical equipment set known as the Cowardice Set.
• The stern man reveals that House Perick obtained the weapons and blueprints from an ancient wizard ruin, provoking both a devastating disaster for the family and pursuit by the Voodoo Cult.
• Dago rearranges the blueprints, discovering that they combine into an image of a horrifying, monstrous creature. The revelation shocks both Beatrice and the stern man.
• He learns that House Perick originally possessed seven Malice Weapons, with two destroyed and two still remaining. There are also three sets of blueprints: the Greed, Gluttony, and Wrath sets.
• After Beatrice and the stern man leave, Tracy explains the origin of such equipment. Ancient wizards created these sets while studying powerful Spirit World creatures, using their bodies as templates to imitate or inherit their abilities.
• Tracy identifies the revealed set as the Greed Set, likely modeled after Mamentos, the Spirit World’s Greed Archdemon.

Character Developments

• Dago demonstrates strong mental resistance against the dagger’s corrupting influence, comparing its whispers unfavorably to the overwhelming presence of the Despair Winter Dragon Behelet. His curiosity and analytical ability allow him to uncover the hidden structure of the blueprints.
• Dago also begins to recognize a possible connection between the Malice Weapons, the Cowardice Set, and the strange feathered mask he previously acquired from Dark Head.
• The stern man provides Dago with information about the weapons and blueprints, showing both caution and honesty. He is visibly unsettled when the completed monster image appears.
• Beatrice remains outwardly calm but reacts instinctively and fearfully when the hidden image is revealed, suggesting she understands more about the danger than she says.
• Tracy displays extensive knowledge of ancient magical equipment and Spirit World Archdemons. Her dismissive attitude contrasts with the importance of the information she provides.

Significant Themes

• Power through malice and emotion: The Malice Weapons transform hostile emotions into physical strength, illustrating how negative mental states can become sources of power.
• Dangerous magical knowledge: The blueprints contain hidden information that even their owners failed to uncover, emphasizing the risks of ancient artifacts and incomplete understanding.
• Imitation of higher lifeforms: Ancient wizards created equipment based on Spirit World creatures, demons, and even powerful wizards, suggesting that magical advancement often involves copying or appropriating the nature of superior beings.
• The might of ancient wizards: Dago is impressed by the ancient wizards’ ability to create artifacts capable of rivaling demons, gods, and other supreme entities.
• Corruption and restraint: Though the dagger attempts to manipulate Dago, his resistance highlights the importance of willpower when handling cursed or psychologically dangerous artifacts.

Character Interactions

• Dago questions the stern man about the dagger, the weapons, and the blueprints, while the man explains House Perick’s history and the Voodoo Cult’s pursuit.
• Dago notices Tracy’s subtle reaction and later directly asks whether she recognizes the equipment.
• Tracy responds with condescension but gives crucial historical context, explaining that the sets originated from research into Spirit World Archdemons.
• Beatrice and the stern man react with shock when Dago assembles the blueprint image, revealing that the hidden design is more ominous than they expected.

Chapter Summary

Key Plot Points and Events

• Tracy reveals the hidden history of the Primordial Wizards. Their reckless use of World Stones opened countless passages to other realms, allowing Spirit World creatures to invade and causing a catastrophic disaster that nearly destroyed wizard civilization.
• The Greed Demons were among the main forces behind this calamity. They feed on greed, suffering, flesh, and souls, and can be attracted wherever greed exists.
• Tracy explains that the Revival Society serves the Seven Sin Demons. Its ultimate goal is to reopen the dimensional passages sealed by the Primordial Wizards, summon the demons’ armies, and reverse their defeat from a thousand years earlier.
• Dago connects the equipment of the Revival Society members—including the Greed Set and Malice Set—to the power and influence of the Seven Sin Demons. He realizes that surviving demon bloodlines or powerful demon-aligned figures may still exist within the Revival Society, explaining why the organization has resisted repeated extermination attempts.
• Dago stores the forging blueprint and Malice Weapon, recognizing that—even if Tracy considers them inferior—they could greatly enhance the strength of Formal- or Miracle-Tier wizards.
• Five days later, Dago and Tracy leave Beatrice and her companions aboard a spellship near the East Coast Region. Dago departs early because his route differs from theirs.
• During the farewell, Tracy embraces Beatrice but secretly places a tiny red ladybug-like mark beneath her collar. Dago notices but chooses not to reveal it.
• After Dago and Tracy leave, a red-haired apprentice jumps into the sea and attempts to follow them. The others give up, but he continues swimming after them. Dago and Tracy both know he is following, though Dago does not turn back.

Character Developments

• Dago is shaken by the revelation that the Primordial Wizards caused their own near-destruction, but he gradually regains his composure by deciding that the crisis is beyond the responsibility of a Third-Ring Wizard. He also becomes more aware of the immense threat posed by the Seven Sin Demons and the Revival Society.
• Tracy demonstrates her deep knowledge of the hidden history of wizard civilization and her contempt for the Primordial Wizards’ arrogance. Her behavior toward Beatrice appears affectionate, but her secret placement of a tracking or marking technique reveals her continued caution and manipulation.
• Beatrice has grown respectful and somewhat fearful of Tracy after witnessing Dago’s overwhelming combat strength. Despite this hesitation, she gathers the courage to initiate a farewell, showing her innocence, loyalty, and emotional attachment to the group.
• The stern man remains committed to avenging House Perick and the Voodoo Cult’s blood debt. He encourages Beatrice to live up to the expectations of her ancestors and suggests that the group intends to return south once they have grown stronger.
• The red-haired apprentice displays intense admiration for Dago by attempting to pursue him even after the ship departs, hinting at his determination and idealization of Dago.

Significant Themes

• The consequences of arrogance and unchecked ambition: The Primordial Wizards’ desire to dominate the universe and exploit other worlds produced the disaster that nearly erased their civilization.
• Suppressed history and collective shame: Ancient wizards concealed the truth because they did not want future generations to condemn them for their catastrophic mistakes.
• Greed as a destructive force: The Greed Demons embody the danger of unchecked desire, feeding on the same emotion that drove the Primordial Wizards’ exploitation.
• Hidden threats and recurring evil: The Revival Society’s allegiance to the Seven Sin Demons suggests that ancient catastrophes may return, even after appearing to have been defeated.
• Power and responsibility: Dago recognizes both the usefulness and danger of powerful demonic artifacts, while also distancing himself from the responsibility of saving the entire Wizarding World.
• Parting and attachment: The farewell emphasizes the bonds formed during the journey, while the red-haired boy’s pursuit suggests how legends and admiration can inspire younger wizards.

Character Interactions

• Tracy educates Dago about the Primordial Era, the Greed Demons, and the Revival Society, fundamentally changing his understanding of the world’s history.
• Beatrice cautiously approaches Tracy to say goodbye. Tracy responds with an unexpected embrace, bringing Beatrice to tears while secretly marking her.
• The stern man comforts and motivates Beatrice, invoking House Perick’s heroic spirits and their future revenge against the Voodoo Cult.
• Dago and Tracy depart together, silently aware that the red-haired apprentice is trying to follow them. Tracy finds the boy’s persistence amusing and reflects on how fascinating the lives of ordinary people can be.

Chapter Summary: The Boy Who Jumped into the Sea

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dago accurately interprets Tracy’s past behavior toward Beatrice and Michael, realizing that her hostility toward Michael partly came from wanting to preserve her friendship with Beatrice. He recognizes that both girls’ pride and inability to communicate caused their conflict.
• Tracy angrily rejects Dago’s analysis and bites his hand when she realizes how thoroughly he understands her.
• Dago and Tracy officially reach the East Coast, where Dago immediately senses disturbances in his soul. He confirms that returning home is necessary to resolve his spiritual problem.
• Before leaving, Dago notices Harry, a red-haired boy who jumped from the ship and is swimming desperately toward shore. Although Harry is close to exhaustion and loses his supplies in the waves, Dago secretly throws him a rune stone containing the words “Heka Plateau.”
• Harry realizes that Dago noticed him and interprets the rune stone as an opportunity to become a wizard. His determination is renewed, and he vows to survive and find Heka Plateau.
• Dago and Tracy travel inland on horseback. Dago recognizes the wild wheat harvest and reflects on the poverty of the commoners who once lived under his father’s rule.
• As they approach his home, Dago’s words appear directed not only at Tracy but also at another aspect of himself within his body.

Character Developments

• Dago: Demonstrates growing emotional insight into Tracy and increasing awareness of his own past. His decision to help Harry shows compassion and a willingness to offer others a chance, though he does so indirectly and without lingering to see the result. Returning home forces him to confront both his soul-related problems and his former life.
• Tracy: Her harsh, defensive exterior is shown to conceal sensitivity, embarrassment, and genuine emotional attachment. Her reaction to Dago’s observations reveals how uncomfortable she is with being understood. Her curiosity about Dago’s origins also hints at growing familiarity between them.
• Harry: Introduced as a desperate commoner willing to risk death to change his fate. After receiving Dago’s rune stone, he transforms from a nearly defeated swimmer into someone filled with hope and purpose.
• Dago’s father and former household: Though absent, they are characterized through Dago’s memories of harsh taxation and the suffering of ordinary people.

Significant Themes

• Hidden vulnerability: Tracy’s aggression masks emotional sensitivity, while Dago’s calm exterior conceals unresolved inner conflict.
• Understanding and friendship: Dago recognizes that Tracy’s past hostility came from a failed attempt to preserve friendship, emphasizing how pride and poor communication can distort relationships.
• Hope and transformation: Harry’s dangerous gamble represents the desire to escape social limitations. Dago’s rune gives him not certainty, but enough hope to continue.
• Class inequality: The contrast between nobles, wizards, and starving commoners highlights the rigid social hierarchy and the desperation it creates.
• Returning to one’s roots: Dago’s arrival on the East Coast and memories of his childhood suggest that confronting the past is essential to resolving his present identity and spiritual problems.

Character Interactions

• Dago and Tracy exchange sharp insults, but their hostility is increasingly mixed with trust and familiarity. His insight into her motives exposes an emotional closeness neither openly acknowledges.
• Dago helps Harry without directly meeting him, communicating through the rune stone and giving him a possible path toward becoming a wizard.
• Tracy’s reaction to the wild wheat provides a contrast to Dago’s memories of poverty and reveals her unfamiliarity with the lives of common people.
• Dago’s final remarks to Tracy—and to the other self within him—suggest that his return home will involve both external confrontation and an internal reckoning.

Dago returned to the Heka Family estate and arrived as attackers were assaulting the castle. After he rescued his father and reunited with him, Dago fulfilled one of his predecessor’s obsessions, strengthening his soul and advancing his progress toward a Miracle.

• Dago sensed a stirring in his soul as he approached the castle and realized his predecessor had longed for his family’s recognition, especially Fielisher Heka’s.
• A band of attackers led by a towering brute and a black-robed wizard overwhelmed the guards and threatened Baron Heka and his family.
• Dago appeared, immobilized the brute, and caused the black-robed wizard to kneel before greeting his father and declaring that he had come home.
• Fielisher Heka recognized Dago and welcomed him, while the Heka Family watched as the battlefield was cleared.
• Dago’s strength progress rose from 65% to 69%, his seventh Soul Crystal neared completion, and he identified earning his family’s respect as his first fulfilled obsession.

Dago subdued the Rogue Adventurers' Group, spared Sandeli and bound her to his service, then reunited with his mother at the Heka estate. After savoring the family dishes he had remembered, he heard Baron Feliers report that his requests were being carried out.

• Dago questioned Sandeli and learned about the Unity Society and the rules restricting wizards from interfering in mundane affairs.
• Sandeli swore a Master-Servant Pact with Dago, while he killed the Rogue Adventurers' Group and collected their souls with Bone Death Knell.
• Dago realized that protecting the Heka Family fulfilled one of his lingering obsessions, then greeted his mother and watched her embrace him in tears.
• Dago ate the dishes he had long remembered at a banquet with Tracy, Baron Feliers, and his mother.
• Baron Feliers told Dago that the family members would visit him starting the next day and that the requested painter was on the way.

Chapter Summary: “The Last Wishes”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dago continues fulfilling the unfinished wishes and obligations inherited from the original Dago. He assures Baron Feliers that he will soon leave again and may not return for a long time, though he promises to arrange matters for the Heka Family before departing.
• Baron Feliers is disappointed, hoping Dago’s apparent power and status among wizards might bring prosperity to the family.
• Dago asks about his younger sister, Lier, who had been especially important to the original Dago. Baron Feliers reveals that she died the previous summer.
• The news creates a sudden oppressive atmosphere in the hall. Dago remains outwardly calm, but Tracy senses the emotional damage beneath his composure.
• The family prepares for its annual winter hunt, but the castle is unusually quiet because everyone is cautious around Dago.
• A painter creates a portrait of Dago in his wizard’s robe while several children secretly watch him through a window. Dago’s immense spiritual power distorts his appearance, making an accurate portrait impossible.
• Baron Feliers leads Dago to a newly excavated underground chamber. Dago illuminates the room, sends materials into the walls, and constructs an elaborate Rune Magic Array using high-grade magic stones.
• After activating the array, Dago unfolds the completed portrait, suggesting that the painting—and possibly the chamber—are connected to one of his final arrangements or wishes.

Character Developments

• Dago: Remains detached and controlled, methodically carrying out the original Dago’s wishes. His calm response to Lier’s death hints at deep emotional suppression or a separation between his present identity and the original Dago’s memories. He demonstrates powerful wizardly abilities by manipulating materials, light, and runes.
• Baron Feliers: Shows genuine disappointment that Dago will not remain, revealing his hopes that Dago’s magical influence could elevate the family’s fortunes. His unusual silence regarding Lier’s death suggests discomfort and grief.
• Dago’s mother: Breaks down in tears during the family conversation, emphasizing the emotional weight of Dago’s return and Lier’s death.
• Tracy: Appears to perceive the emotional impact Dago conceals. Her reaction suggests growing concern or attachment to him.
• Lier: Although absent, she is portrayed as one of the most important figures in the original Dago’s life, and her death becomes the chapter’s central emotional revelation.

Significant Themes

• Unfinished obligations and inherited identity: Dago is compelled to fulfill the original Dago’s “last wishes,” blurring the line between his own will and the memories and attachments he inherited.
• Grief beneath emotional restraint: Dago’s expression remains blank after learning of Lier’s death, but the oppressive atmosphere and Tracy’s reaction imply that the loss affects him deeply.
• Family, absence, and impermanence: Dago’s repeated departures and Lier’s death emphasize how much the Heka Family has changed during his six-year absence.
• Power and alienation: Dago’s spiritual power makes him difficult for ordinary people to see clearly, symbolizing the growing distance between him and his family.
• Preparation and mystery: The portrait and hidden Rune Magic Array suggest Dago is preparing something significant before leaving, though its purpose remains unrevealed.

Character Interactions

• Dago and Baron Feliers discuss Dago’s imminent departure and the future of the Heka Family.
• Dago’s question about Lier forces the family to confront her death, shifting the mood from formal conversation to grief.
• Tracy silently observes Dago’s reaction and appears to recognize the pain he hides.
• The children observe Dago with fascination, viewing him as an almost magical, otherworldly figure.
• The painter nervously works in Dago’s presence and flees once the portrait is finished.
• Baron Feliers quietly guides Dago to the underground chamber, respecting his wishes while leaving him alone to complete the Rune Magic Array.

Chapter Summary: “Gift, Agatha”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dago preserves and magically animates a portrait of himself as a young black-robed wizard. The portrait is placed in a hidden chamber beneath the Heka Family castle and protected by ice and magic.
• He releases four metal elemental lifeforms obtained from the Mechanical Heart Ruins, then binds them into the chamber as Second-Ring metal elemental puppets.
• Dago conceals a storage pouch and the soul-attacking bone spike from Korklau beneath a magically hidden stone slab.
• He establishes a Second-Ring Rune Magic Array and prepares the chamber as a long-term inheritance site for the Heka Family.
• Since no Heka descendant currently has wizardly aptitude, Dago orders that every child be brought to the chamber at age eight. Those with talent can discover the portrait, receive a Meditation Technique, and inherit magical resources.
• Descendants who show sufficient respect may obtain the complete inheritance, enough to support cultivation from Apprentice Wizard to Second-Ring Wizard. Dago hopes the family will become a true wizard family within a century.
• After Dago asks whether anything remains unsatisfactory, the portrait responds by setting down its book and looking at him. This causes the eighth Soul Crystal in Dago’s consciousness to near completion, suggesting that the portrait’s “approval” or interaction is helping his advancement.
• Dago surveys the castle and its inhabitants: guards and knight apprentices are being selected, children and servants maintain daily life, and Sandeli trains undead corpse servants using spells Dago taught her.
• He reflects on Sandeli’s apparent loyalty and on a red-haired youth from his past, for whom he also left something that might eventually help protect the Heka bloodline.
• Dago finds Tracy sunning herself on a roof and asks her to accompany him on one final task. As they fly away, he recalls that Lier married into the Baron of Fragrant Flower Fief, died giving birth to a daughter named Agatha, and that Agatha should now be old enough to walk.

Character Developments

• Dago: Demonstrates foresight, responsibility, and growing attachment to his family legacy. Rather than merely protecting the Heka Family in the present, he creates a structured magical inheritance to secure its survival for generations. His eighth Soul Crystal is nearly complete, indicating continued spiritual advancement.
• The Heka Family: Although currently lacking wizardly talent, the family is given a carefully prepared path toward becoming a wizard bloodline through Dago’s hidden inheritance.
• Sandeli: Has progressed significantly under Dago’s instruction, now commanding a group of undead servants. Her devotion appears genuine, though Dago remains uncertain whether her loyalty will extend to the Heka Family after his eventual absence.
• Tracy: Continues to accompany Dago readily and appears comfortable in the castle environment, responding without resistance when he asks her to leave with him.
• Agatha: Introduced indirectly as Lier’s daughter. Her existence prompts Dago’s final mission and connects the chapter to Lier’s tragic fate.

Significant Themes

• Legacy and generational protection: Dago seeks to preserve his family line and build a lasting wizard tradition rather than relying solely on his own strength.
• Inheritance and worthiness: Access to knowledge and resources depends on both magical aptitude and respect for the ancestor who provides them.
• Family versus individual loyalty: Dago worries whether people such as Sandeli will remain loyal to the Heka Family rather than only to him personally.
• Mortality and continuity: Lier’s death in childbirth contrasts with Dago’s efforts to ensure that Agatha and future descendants inherit protection and opportunity.
• Approval and spiritual growth: The portrait’s silent response appears tied to Dago’s advancement, suggesting that self-reflection, legacy, or the approval of his magical predecessor has metaphysical significance.

Character Interactions

• Dago interacts with his animated portrait, receiving a silent but meaningful response that accelerates the completion of his eighth Soul Crystal.
• He has an indirect relationship with the Heka Family descendants, designing an inheritance system and instructing his father on how to preserve it.
• He observes Sandeli training undead servants and reflects on the limits of her loyalty.
• Dago remembers the red-haired youth to whom he left aid for the family’s future protection.
• He meets Tracy on the castle roof and brings her along for his final task, which is evidently connected to locating or visiting the young Agatha.

Chapter Summary: “You Should Call Me Uncle”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Dago secretly visits Agatha, the two-year-old daughter of his former sister, Lier, at night. He recognizes the worn cloth bear she is holding as one he made for Lier when she was a child.
• Moved by their shared bloodline and his connection to Lier, Dago creates an ice-crystal gemstone containing a drop of his blood and places it on a protective necklace for Agatha. He inscribes it: “For Agatha. —Dago Heka.”
• Dago and Tracy leave unnoticed. From the sky, they observe Agatha, and Tracy comments that the girl possesses exceptional talent—possibly better than Dago’s at the same age.
• Resolving this final attachment to Lier and his former identity causes a dramatic transformation within Dago. The fragmented memories of his former self merge completely with his present consciousness, making him feel truly whole.
• Dago returns to the count’s castle and enters seclusion in a secret chamber. His soul force and mental power rapidly increase as the former soul fragments become nourishment rather than impurities.
• Several days later, Tracy suddenly senses danger and races away from the castle. She is struck by pain and falls from her horse, but time and the surrounding world abruptly freeze.
• A mysterious figure made from crimson points of light appears and snaps an invisible connection, releasing Tracy from whatever force had affected her.
• The figure is revealed to be Waliz, a handsome and highly dignified young man. Tracy reacts with cold surprise and complicated emotions, while Waliz casually tells her to call him “Uncle,” ending the chapter on a cliffhanger.

Character Developments

• Dago: Shows tenderness and emotional vulnerability toward Agatha, demonstrating that he has accepted his familial bonds rather than viewing them as remnants of his former self. By resolving his concern for Lier’s legacy, he achieves psychological and spiritual wholeness, potentially increasing his soul aptitude.
• Agatha: Though still an infant, she is established as unusually talented and strongly connected to Dago through their bloodline. His protective necklace suggests that she may become important later.
• Tracy: Her normally lazy and detached demeanor disappears when she senses danger, revealing alertness and concern. Her tense reaction to Waliz indicates a complicated past or family relationship.
• Waliz: Introduced as a powerful and mysterious figure capable of freezing time or space and severing invisible forces. His claim that Tracy should call him “Uncle” establishes a surprising familial connection and raises questions about his identity and motives.

Significant Themes

• Family and inherited bonds: Dago’s connection to Lier and Agatha shows that blood ties and emotional relationships endure despite separation, death, or changes in identity.
• Healing and self-integration: Dago’s acceptance of his former self’s memories symbolizes the resolution of long-standing emotional conflict and the creation of a complete identity.
• Legacy and protection: The handmade bear and protective necklace represent the transmission of affection and responsibility across generations.
• Hidden power and mystery: The chapter contrasts the quiet intimacy of Dago’s visit with the dramatic appearance of Waliz, suggesting larger supernatural or familial conflicts ahead.
• Transformation: Emotional closure directly produces spiritual growth for Dago, linking inner development with magical advancement.

Important Character Interactions

• Dago and Agatha: Dago silently comforts and protects her, recognizing her as part of his family and leaving her a personal gift.
• Dago and Tracy: Tracy observes Dago’s tenderness with unusual interest, while Dago later shares his hope that he and Agatha may meet again.
• Tracy and Waliz: Their encounter is tense and emotionally charged. Tracy recognizes him immediately, and Waliz’s demand that she call him “Uncle” implies a complicated relationship beneath his calm, teasing manner.

Chapter Summary: “Third Circle 100%! Finally Reached the Threshold of Miracle”

Key Plot Points and Events

• Waliz returns to Tracy after hunting members of the Revival Society. He has captured the soul of the purple-haired Fifth Circle wizard who previously destroyed Greg Town, but the other target—an enemy wearing Abyss Demon Armor—escaped, leaving behind only one arm.
• Tracy reacts angrily to the failure, blaming Waliz and the Revival Society for Jennifer’s death. Her suppressed emotions trigger a dangerous eruption of golden flames and reveal the growing power of her awakened bloodline.
• Waliz suppresses Tracy’s flames through his superior power and comforts her. He offers to take her to several hidden Revival Society strongholds so they can retaliate.
• Waliz remarks that Tracy’s bloodline has nearly awakened to a level approaching his own and reminisces about meeting her when she was a baby. Tracy dismisses his sentimental and overly affectionate behavior.
• Waliz attempts to erase all traces of Tracy’s presence, including evidence connected to the person with whom she formed a coexistence contract. Tracy stops him, insisting that she wants to personally kill and torture that individual later. Waliz reluctantly agrees.
• Tracy and Waliz depart, with Waliz transforming into firelight surrounding her. The area is left silent and scorched, as though nothing had occurred.
• Meanwhile, Dago awakens from meditation and discovers that he has completely filled his Third-Circle cultivation. His character panel now reads [Third-Ring Formal Wizard: 100%], meaning he has reached the threshold for attempting advancement to the Fourth Circle—the realm of a Miracle Wizard.
• Dago realizes that the greatest benefit of his recent experiences is not merely increased spiritual power, but the reconstruction and purification of his soul. His incomplete soul fusion caused by transmigration has been repaired, and many impurities have been removed.

Character Developments

• Tracy: Her grief over Jennifer’s death and hatred toward the Revival Society break through her emotional restraint. Her golden-red eyes, flames, and feathered crown phantom indicate that her bloodline is nearing a major awakening. Despite her outward coldness and hostility, she accepts Waliz’s comfort and relies on his protection.
• Waliz: He is powerful enough to suppress Tracy’s uncontrolled flames and appears capable of eliminating all traces of their presence. Although he is somewhat careless in battle and was unable to capture both enemies, he shows deep affection, remorse, patience, and indulgence toward Tracy.
• Dago: He reaches 100% progress as a Third-Ring Formal Wizard and becomes eligible to attempt the breakthrough to the Fourth-Ring Miracle realm. His soul aptitude and foundation have improved dramatically after the Genius Seat conflict and his battles.

Significant Themes

• Grief transformed into vengeance: Tracy’s mourning for Jennifer becomes anger and a desire for personal revenge against the Revival Society.
• Bloodline awakening and power growth: Tracy’s emotional outburst reveals that her inherited power is rapidly approaching Waliz’s level.
• The true importance of the soul: The chapter emphasizes that genuine wizardly advancement depends not only on spiritual-power accumulation but also on the refinement, fusion, and purification of the soul.
• Consequences of hardship: Dago’s difficult battles and near-impossible victories have strengthened his foundation, suggesting that greater trials produce greater long-term growth.
• Hidden relationships and unresolved hostility: Tracy’s coexistence contract and her connection to the unseen “disgusting” individual remain important unresolved threads, while her relationship with Waliz combines familial familiarity, dependence, and tension.

Character Interactions

• Tracy and Waliz: Their exchange shifts between accusation, emotional comfort, teasing, and negotiation. Tracy insults Waliz’s incompetence and nagging nature, while he responds with patience and affection. She ultimately persuades him not to erase the traces connected to her past enemy.
• Dago and his own development: Though Dago has no direct interaction with Tracy or Waliz in this section, his awakening is juxtaposed with their departure, marking two simultaneous developments: Tracy’s bloodline nearing a breakthrough and Dago’s cultivation reaching the threshold of Miracle.

After completing his soul transformation, Dago discovered his mental power had grown enormously and left the Heka Family Castle without saying goodbye. At the Thorn Ring, the First Tower Master prepared to bring Dago to the Central Continent, but multiple Miracle-Rank Wizards arrived to settle a three-hundred-year-old appointment with Manuel.

• Dago's soul improvement greatly increased his intelligence and mental power, and his transformed soul seemed to awaken wizarding potential in members of the Heka Family.
• Dago found that Tracy had left and their symbiotic connection had been severed; he felt a sense of loss but accepted her departure.
• Dago checked his Communication Stones, left the Heka Family Castle, and headed toward the horizon without bidding anyone farewell.
• The First Tower Master told the Thorn Ring's tower masters that his teacher planned to bring Dago to the Central Continent and accept him as a disciple.
• Several Miracle-Rank Wizards arrived in Spell Airships and announced to Manuel that they had come to keep their tea-gathering appointment from three hundred years earlier.

Chapter Summary: “Seven Miracle Wizards, Astonishing Phenomenon at Sea”

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter opens by recalling the old tradition of wizardly tea gatherings, once informal exchanges where wizards shared magical discoveries, research, spells, and runes. Over time, these gatherings became more secretive and politically purposeful.
• The Ring of Law hosts an important gathering at the Thorn Ring. The First Tower Master, Manuel, activates his jeweled wand and transforms the enormous metal ring beneath the wizards into a vast bowl-shaped platform connected to the Spell Airships.
• Seven powerful Miracle Wizards arrive and approach the Ring of Law. Their presence creates overwhelming magical pressure, intimidating all but Manuel, who is himself a Fourth-Ring Miracle Wizard.
• The leader of the group is revealed to be Farante, the foremost disciple of Rona—the South’s only Fifth-Circle Wizard—and the current head of the Astral School.
• Farante warmly greets Manuel, revealing that the two have not met in three hundred years. The two Fourth-Ring Miracle Wizards then rise into the sky to speak privately.
• The other Tower Masters realize that Farante’s arrival represents the interests of Fifth-Circle Wizard Rona. They conclude that the southern wizards know about the Ring of Law’s situation and intend to prevent Isidore’s inheritance from being taken out of the South.
• The inheritance is extremely important because it serves as the “ticket” allowing the Ring of Law wizards to return to the Central Region. The group becomes anxious, recognizing that the South may attempt to seize or destroy their opportunity.
• Suspicion turns toward Undine when someone asks where Dago is and implies that she may know his whereabouts. Undine remains silent and expressionless.
• The scene shifts to the open sea, where violent supernatural phenomena begin. The ocean freezes, enormous waves shatter into ice, dark clouds gather, and blue lightning strikes.
• A gigantic, terrifying dragon head rises from beneath the ice-covered sea, radiating overwhelming frost. A tall, slender wizard emerges from the water, surrounded by ice and treated almost like an ancient overlord by the elements.
• The wizard’s identity is not yet revealed, but his appearance strongly suggests a connection to the chapter’s mystery surrounding Dago and the conflict over Isidore’s inheritance.

Character Developments

• Manuel: Demonstrates calm authority despite the arrival of seven Miracle Wizards. His ability to stand composed before them establishes his equal status with Farante and confirms his strength as a Fourth-Ring Miracle Wizard.
• Farante: Introduced as an immensely powerful and influential figure. His youthful appearance contrasts with his ancient, experienced presence. His position as Rona’s disciple and head of the Astral School makes his arrival politically threatening.
• The other Tower Masters: Shift from excitement to fear and frustration once they understand the significance of Farante’s visit. They recognize that their return to the Central Region may be endangered.
• Undine: Becomes the focus of suspicion regarding Dago’s location. Her silence and emotionless response make her knowledge—and possibly her loyalties—uncertain.
• Dago / the unidentified sea wizard: The chapter builds suspense around his whereabouts. The mysterious figure emerging from the sea is portrayed as an extremely powerful frost wielder, possibly Dago, though this is not confirmed in the excerpt.

Significant Themes

• Knowledge versus political control: The opening discussion of tea gatherings emphasizes the ideal of open intellectual exchange, contrasting with the modern wizarding world’s secrecy, rivalry, and power struggles.
• Inheritance and access to power: Isidore’s inheritance is more than a legacy; it is the key to the Ring of Law’s return to the Central Region, making it the center of a major political conflict.
• Power and hierarchy: The arrival of the Miracle Wizards demonstrates the enormous gap between magical ranks and shows how even accomplished Tower Masters can be overwhelmed by superior power.
• Ancient forces awakening: The sea sequence presents frost, storms, and the dragon as manifestations of an almost primordial power, suggesting that old or hidden forces are entering the conflict.
• Suspicion and uncertainty: The questioning of Undine and the unidentified wizard’s emergence reinforce the chapter’s atmosphere of secrecy, hidden alliances, and incomplete information.

Character Interactions

• Farante and Manuel: Exchange a cordial greeting that conceals the political tension surrounding Farante’s mission. Their long separation—three centuries—highlights their age and history.
• The Tower Masters: Privately discuss Farante’s identity and motives, collectively realizing that the South intends to interfere with their plans.
• The Tower Masters and Undine: Question Undine about Dago, but she refuses to answer, intensifying distrust within the group.
• The sea wizard and the frozen seabird: The mysterious wizard lightly touches a frozen seabird, causing it to dissolve into ice particles. This small action demonstrates his effortless command over frost and the lethal intensity of the environment around him.