Recaps

Cui Ciyou’s party reunited with Elinalise and Talhand, dealt with the Latoreia family’s request, and returned to the Central Continent. After choosing a route through the Primeval Forest, they reached Donglai Port, where a meal at a rundown restaurant turned sour.

• Alice and Sylphy completed their first independent mission, and Keith announced that his gambling winnings would fund the party’s journey home.
• Cui Ciyou suffered a recurrence of his battle-aura pain, and Sylphy comforted him until he promised not to endure it alone.
• Elinalise and Talhand joined the party after explaining Paul’s worldwide search for Cui Ciyou, and Cui Ciyou used Magic Nullification to stop Elinalise’s curse from overwhelming her.
• Cui Ciyou’s group clashed with the Temple Knights over Keith’s gambling, then accepted Clare Latoreia’s request to help the Blessed Child in exchange for support and travel assistance.
• Cui Ciyou suppressed the Blessed Child’s dangerous magic power, and his party later boarded a ship from Sien Port to the Central Continent.
• At Donglai Port, Cui Ciyou chose the three-month route through the Primeval Forest over the longer main road and the dangerous Begaritt route.
• Cui Ciyou, Alice, and Sylphy entered Randolph’s rundown restaurant, where Xia Jia’er confronted the owner about closing his family’s shop.
• Alice and Cui Ciyou found Randolph’s dragon-meat meal foul and inedible, and Alice drew her sword as Xia Jia’er laughed.

Cui Ciyou’s companions reached Wite, where Alice and Elinalise entered the Dragon King Martial Arts Tournament. After the Human God revealed that Benedictine Kingdragon was tied to Roxy’s fate, Cui Ciyou took Benedictine from the palace and traveled to Shirone, where Zanoba and Pax arrived to ask him for a favor.

• Cui Ciyou persuaded Randolph to reconsider his cooking tradition, while Randolph agreed to join the Knight Order if he could not make food that brought people happiness.
• After reaching Wite, Alice entered the Martial Arts Tournament, and she and Elinalise won their first matches.
• Cui Ciyou dreamed of a lonely blue-haired girl, and the Human God identified her as Princess Benedictine Kingdragon, whose telepathy had reached him through their connection.
• The Human God warned Cui Ciyou that Roxy died in every future where he left Benedictine in the palace, and that killing her would not avert the danger.
• Cui Ciyou agreed to bring Benedictine out of the palace, and the Human God advised him to ask King Bark to give her to him in marriage.
• Alice won the tournament, and Cui Ciyou used her prize to take Benedictine from the palace, despite Alice’s and Sylphiette’s anger.
• Cui Ciyou’s party entered Shirone, where Keith explained the kingdom’s reliance on Dragon King Kingdom protection and its labyrinths.
• Zanoba and Pax arrived to meet Cui Ciyou, and Pax said they had come to ask him for a favor.

Cui Ciyou freed Pax and Zanoba from their afflictions, returned Alice and Sylphy to Roa, and cleared Sylphy and the Superd race’s names. He then traveled with Sylphy to Milbotz Territory, where a misunderstanding led him to reunite with Carl and learn the Rescue Corps was fighting human traffickers.

• Cui Ciyou removed Pax and Zanoba’s magic power with Magic Nullification, but Pax later trapped him in an Emperor-level barrier to demand permanent access to that power.
• Cui Ciyou dismantled the barrier and spared Pax at Ruijerd’s request, after which Shirone sent Pax and Zanoba away to study.
• Cui Ciyou and his companions crossed the Red Dragon Mountains, returned to Roa, and reunited Alice with the Boreas family, while Ruijerd chose to stay and help rebuild the city.
• Cui Ciyou learned that Roxy and Ghislaine were at Ranoa Magic University, then publicly defended Sylphy and Ruijerd, cleared the Superd race’s name, and secured apologies from Sylphy’s former bullies.
• Cui Ciyou traveled with Sylphy to Milbotz Territory to find Paul and the search-and-rescue team, then followed three men carrying an unconscious Beastfolk girl to a warehouse.
• Cui Ciyou fought Vera and Shera after they mistook him for a threat, and Carl arrived to stop the confrontation and recognize Cui Ciyou as an old friend.
• Carl explained that the Rescue Corps had grown to nearly a thousand members and also fought human traffickers in the Milbotz Territory.

Cui Ciyou founded the Relief Corps, reunited with Sylphy, and returned to Roa before traveling north with her, Alice, and Elinalise. Along the way, they aided adventurers, learned of Rudeus’s success at Ranoa Magic University, and reached Sharia.

• Cui Ciyou established the Relief Corps, appointed Carl its acting commander, and promised it legal protection and resources.
• Cui Ciyou reunited with Sylphy, celebrated with the Corps, and apologized after his drunken teasing hurt her.
• Cui Ciyou and Sylphy returned to Roa, where Alice greeted them and insisted Cui Ciyou stay for her coming-of-age ceremony.
• At Alice’s banquet, Cui Ciyou publicly defended the Superd Race, and Philip announced they could live and work in Fitoia Territory.
• Cui Ciyou, Sylphy, Alice, and Elinalise traveled north, defeated dangerous monsters, and rescued Counter Arrow from Rasta Bears.
• In Rosenberg, Cui Ciyou intimidated Zoldat into apologizing, then learned from Timothy that Rudeus had become a Water Saint-level magician and student at Ranoa Magic University.
• Cui Ciyou offered Counter Arrow honored retainer positions in Fitoia Territory, then helped rescue Zoldat’s party from Snow Dragon Beasts.
• Cui Ciyou and his companions reached Sharia and settled into an inn near Ranoa University of Magic.