Chapter Summaries

After Keith impressed Alice and Sylphy with his cooking, both girls asked him to teach them, but he refused because he regretted teaching Zenith. He suggested they ask Cui Ciyou instead, and Cui Ciyou decided he could teach them during the rainy season.

• Keith prepared an elaborate dinner from forest ingredients, and Alice, Sylphy, and Cui Ciyou praised his cooking.
• Alice and Sylphy asked Keith to teach them how to cook so they could make food for Cui Ciyou.
• Keith refused, explaining that he had vowed never to teach anyone after teaching Zenith and reflecting on the Black Wolf's Fang's breakup.
• Keith told the girls to ask Cui Ciyou to teach them instead.
• Cui Ciyou decided that teaching Alice and Sylphy could be a pleasant way to pass the rainy season.

While Alice played with the Beastfolk children, Gyes recognized Ghislaine’s Demon-Repelling Ring and condemned her as a disgrace to the Dedoldia Clan. Alice defended her beloved swordsmanship teacher and erupted with Sword Saint Rank battle aura.

• Alice played with Tona, Seni, and Luna in the Beastfolk training hall with Cui Ciyou interpreting for them.
• Gyes noticed Alice’s Demon-Repelling Ring and asked where she had gotten it.
• Alice said Ghislaine had given her the ring for her tenth birthday and asked whether Ghislaine belonged to Gyes’s tribe.
• Gyes pulled Tona away and ordered Seni and Luna to keep their distance from Alice.
• Gyes called Ghislaine scum, a monster, and a disgrace to the Dedoldia Clan, saying the ring had belonged to his mother and was meant to control Ghislaine.
• Alice shouted that Gyes was lying and unleashed Sword Saint Rank battle aura in defense of Ghislaine.

Alice attacked Gyes after he insulted Ghislaine, but the stronger Catfolk Warrior Chief held off her assault. Cui Ciyou stopped the fight and challenged Gyes himself, insisting that any explanations could wait until after they fought.

• Alice charged Gyes bare-handed and was driven back when their Battle Auras clashed.
• Alice continued attacking, but Gyes calmly blocked and countered her without seriously injuring her.
• Cui Ciyou suppressed his anger at Gyes's insults toward Ghislaine, then used Magic Nullification to halt both fighters' Battle Aura.
• Cui Ciyou stepped between Alice and Gyes, reassured Alice, and told her he wanted to fight Gyes himself.
• Cui Ciyou challenged Gyes and offered him a choice of fists, Wooden Swords, or Real Swords.

Cui Ciyou defeated Gyes in a barehanded fight after using Perception to evade his attacks and Magic Nullification to suppress his Battle Aura. With Gyes beaten and the Beastfolk stunned, Cui Ciyou demanded that he explain why he had called Ghislaine a scum.

• Gyes challenged Cui Ciyou to fight with their fists, and the Beastfolk gathered to watch.
• Gyes attacked fiercely, but Cui Ciyou used Perception to read his movements and dodge or deflect every strike.
• Cui Ciyou activated Magic Nullification, disrupting Gyes's Battle Aura and creating an opening.
• Cui Ciyou overwhelmed Gyes with controlled punches and kicks, then knocked him onto the training ground with a heavy blow to the abdomen.
• Alice cheered, Sylphy checked on Cui Ciyou, and the children reacted with shock and admiration as the spectators stared in disbelief.
• Cui Ciyou approached the struggling Gyes and demanded to discuss his insult against Ghislaine.

Cui Ciyou defeated Gyes and heard why Gyes despised his younger sister, Ghislaine, for her violent childhood. He defended the person Ghislaine had become and left Gyes questioning his old hatred, while Tona asked to learn her aunt’s swordsmanship.

• Cui Ciyou beat Gyes and demanded that he explain his insults toward Ghislaine.
• Gyes said Ghislaine had been a violent, uncontrollable child who terrorized the clan, and that a ring had been made to calm her.
• Gyes explained that a human swordsman later took Ghislaine away, and admitted he had been relieved to see her leave.
• Cui Ciyou said Ghislaine had changed, become a Sword King and S-Rank adventurer, and taught him how to fight.
• Tona excitedly asked Cui Ciyou to teach her Ghislaine’s swordsmanship, leaving Gyes uncertain about his hatred of his sister.

During the rainy season, Cui Ciyou helped Alice and Sylphy learn to cook while Gyes gradually reconsidered his judgment of Ghislaine. The chapter left Gyes showing the first signs of softening toward his sister as Mini Tona eagerly asked to hear more about her.

• Gyes reflected on Cui Ciyou's victory and, after speaking with Gustav and Bruddo, began to reconsider his view of Ghislaine.
• Cui Ciyou taught Alice and Sylphy basic cooking, with Alice struggling to cook and Sylphy carefully following instructions.
• Rujierd joined the Doldia warriors in hunting down the remaining smugglers and spent his free time discussing strategy and human nature with Cui Ciyou.
• Cui Ciyou practiced controlling his newly awakened Telekinetic Shock and Telekinesis, finding that they drained his energy and strained his mind.
• Cui Ciyou told Gyes that people changed, and Gyes silently listened as Mini Tona asked for more stories about Ghislaine.

Cui Ciyou joined Gyes, Tirutilia, and Rujierd for a Beastfolk drinking party, where the three older warriors reminisced about their glory days and praised him. Gyes and Tirutilia drunkenly competed to arrange marriages between Cui Ciyou and their daughters, and Cui Ciyou jokingly toasted them as his future fathers-in-law.

• Gyes, Tirutilia, and Rujierd drank with Cui Ciyou and bonded over their past fight and shared respect for his martial skill.
• Gyes and Tirutilia complained that young warriors had grown weak, while Rujierd recalled the strength of the Superd Race's Warrior Corps.
• Gyes praised Cui Ciyou as a brave and loyal warrior, then offered his daughter Tona in marriage before suggesting his eldest daughter Linia instead.
• Tirutilia countered by offering his daughters Tiru and Puru, and argued with Gyes over whose daughters Cui Ciyou should meet.
• Cui Ciyou, tipsy and joking, called Gyes and Tirutilia his future fathers-in-law and toasted them.

Cui Ciyou got drunk with Rujierd, Gyes, and Tirutilia, prompting Alice and the others to break up their rowdy gathering. The next morning, Cui Ciyou woke with a hangover and Alice’s scratches and bite marks, then drank the soup she brought him and thanked her.

• Cui Ciyou, Rujierd, Gyes, and Tirutilia drank heavily and began drunkenly talking about swearing brotherhood.
• Alice, Sylphy, Tona, Tiru, and Luna entered the Treehouse and helped escort the three drunken men away.
• Alice scolded Cui Ciyou, who drunkenly called her cute before she bit and scratched him and had him taken to his room.
• Cui Ciyou woke the next morning with a painful hangover and noticed scratches and tooth marks on his body.
• Alice brought Cui Ciyou Beastfolk hangover soup, and he drank it before thanking her and ruffling her hair.

After the rainy season ended, Cui Ciyou and his companions prepared to leave the Great Forest and said farewell to the Beastfolk who had sheltered them. Their final feast ended with the party looking ahead to their journey south toward the Millis Holy Country.

• Cui Ciyou told chiefs Gustav and Bruddo that his party would leave once the roads reopened, and Bruddo gave him an Adoldia amulet.
• Cui Ciyou comforted Luna, Tiru Sena, and Mini Tona as they mourned his departure, and Luna gave him a vine-woven wristband made by the three girls.
• The Beastfolk held a grand farewell feast for the Saviors party, and Gustav declared them friends of the Doldia.
• Cui Ciyou spoke with Alice on the terrace, then Sylphy urged him to rest before their departure the next day.
• Cui Ciyou looked toward the south and thought of the Millis Holy Country and his distant companions.

The Saviors finalized their route to Millis using Keith’s detailed travel map, then held a farewell dinner that tested Alice and Sylphy’s cooking. Cui Ciyou ate Alice’s awful stew because she had made it, leaving Alice flustered by his words.

• Cui Ciyou and the others reviewed Keith’s detailed map, which let them plan an efficient route to the Millis Holy Country.
• Cui Ciyou assigned Alice and Sylphy to cook the farewell dinner as the final exam for their cooking lessons.
• Sylphy prepared a well-received mushroom and meat stew, while Alice failed to roast a bird and made an unusual stew from scraps.
• Cui Ciyou told Alice her stew tasted awful, then ate the whole bowl anyway.
• Cui Ciyou said he would eat every bite because Alice had made it, and Alice blushed and called him an idiot.

The party reached the legendary Holy Sword Road, where Keith explained its divine origin and they traveled safely through the monster-free route. At a campsite, Rujierd admitted he could not judge whether Millis surpassed Laplace, but the road’s power left him unable to imagine Millis’s strength.

• Under Keith’s guidance, the party crossed the Great Forest and arrived at the dry, glowing Holy Sword Road.
• Keith told Alice and the others that Millis had carved the road with a slash during the first war between the Humanfolk and Demonfolk.
• Cui Ciyou sensed the road’s immense sacred magic and wondered whether prolonged exposure could harm them, but the party continued without trouble.
• The party traveled along the monster-free road and stopped at a campsite equipped with stone hearths and devices that dispensed spring water.
• Cui Ciyou asked Rujierd to compare Millis with Laplace, and Rujierd said Laplace had surpassed conventional God-level power but he could not imagine Millis’s strength.

During their journey to Millishion, Cui Ciyou and his companions discovered the monument of the Seven Great Powers, and learned that Orsted was ranked second as the Dragon God. The revelation rekindled their hatred over the displacement incident, and Alice vowed to surpass him as Cui Ciyou promised they would erase his name from the monument together.

• Cui Ciyou taught Alice and Sylphy about the Central Continent during their uneventful journey, while Keith entertained the group with stories.
• At a large rest stop, Alice found a monument to the Seven Great Powers, and Keith explained its history.
• Rujierd listed the Seven Great Powers and identified Orsted as the Dragon God, prompting Alice and Sylphy to react with anger and fear.
• Alice kicked the monument and vowed to cut down Orsted and put her name above his.
• Cui Ciyou told Keith and Rujierd that Orsted had attacked them during the displacement incident, nearly killing him as he protected his companions.
• Cui Ciyou comforted Alice and held Sylphy's hand, then promised they would erase Orsted's name from the monument together.

Cui Ciyou and his companions arrived in Milishion, the capital of the Millis Holy Country, after a journey shortened by Keith's planning. Keith guided them into the city and explained its districts and defenses, while Cui Ciyou reflected on Millis's religious leadership and its monopoly on Healing Magic.

• Cui Ciyou, Alice, Rujierd, Sylphy, and Keith admired Milishion's white architecture, central lake, palace, and towering Magic Towers as they approached.
• Keith explained that the seven Magic Towers maintained a barrier that kept rain out and protected the city from disasters.
• Rujierd joked about destroying the towers to conquer Millis and said he would deal with anyone who reported them, alarming Keith.
• Keith led the group through the adventurers' district to avoid questioning from the guards.
• Keith described Milishion's four districts and explained that the Pope led the Millis Holy Country; Cui Ciyou noted that Millis nearly monopolized Healing Magic.

Cui Ciyou and the Saviors party went to the Millis Adventurers’ Guild seeking high-ranked work, where they learned that he had been made a duke and become the target of a unique SS-rank rescue commission. The chapter ended with adventurers eyeing him as a prize and Cui Ciyou warning the receptionist that they wanted to claim the reward.

• Cui Ciyou’s party settled into an inn in Milishion and agreed to seek S-Rank commissions at the Adventurers’ Guild.
• The guild receptionist recognized Cui Ciyou and revealed that King Joseph Asura had elevated him to duke and High Noble for saving hundreds of thousands of people in Fitoia Territory.
• The receptionist explained that the Asura royal family and Fitoia Territory had posted search-and-rescue commissions for Cui Ciyou, offering a thousand Asura Gold Coins and a year’s tax revenue, respectively.
• The guild combined the commissions into its first-ever SS-rank job, titled “Saving the hero of Fitoia Territory.”
• Cui Ciyou noticed the adventurers eyeing him greedily and warned the receptionist that they wanted to claim the reward by turning him in.

Cui Ciyou faced adventurers tempted by the reward for finding him and used his power and status to stop them from attacking. The crowd left the Adventurers' Guild, leaving Cui Ciyou and his companions with the shaken receptionist.

• Adventurers in the Guild hall eyed Cui Ciyou as a chance to claim the reward, and several reached for their weapons.
• Cui Ciyou unleashed his mental pressure and warned the crowd that he was a Sword King.
• Cui Ciyou reminded the adventurers that he was a High Noble of Asura and threatened them with the consequences of attacking him.
• Cui Ciyou pointed out that the mission was for search and rescue, not a bounty, and that they were in Millis rather than the Demon Continent.
• The adventurers withdrew from the hall, leaving Cui Ciyou, his companions, and the weakened receptionist behind.

At the Adventurers' Guild headquarters in Milishion, Cui Ciyou tried to claim the SS-Rank bounty for his own rescue and have the commission removed. The receptionist explained that only the Asla Kingdom's authorities could verify his return, pay the bounty, and cancel the commission, so Cui Ciyou and his companions left to earn travel money through other quests.

• After Cui Ciyou's intimidating pressure cleared the guild hall, he asked the receptionist to pay him the bounty for the commission to find and rescue him.
• Alice supported Cui Ciyou's claim, and Kishirika Nucadia, Rujierd, and Sylphy praised his idea.
• The receptionist explained that the bounty could only be handled in the country where the commission was posted and that Cui Ciyou needed official proof of his safe return.
• The receptionist said only the commission's posters could cancel it, so Cui Ciyou would need to visit the Asla Kingdom's guild headquarters and speak with the royal family.
• Cui Ciyou accepted that the quick windfall was impossible, comforted Alice, and led his companions away to earn money by doing quests.

Cui Ciyou used Clairvoyance to confirm that Roxy and the others were safe, then wrote letters telling them his group was well and preparing to return to the Fitoia Territory. Alice and Sylphy added messages for their families, and the chapter left the letters ready to be sent.

• Cui Ciyou used the Magic Crystal and Clairvoyance to see Roxy, Ghislaine, Lilia, Aisha, Ariel, Luke, and Derrick (Fitz) in the royal palace in Ars.
• Cui Ciyou observed Sauros, Philip, Hilda, and Alphonse overseeing Roa City's reconstruction.
• Cui Ciyou used the last of the Magic Crystal's power to see Paul training adventurers while Zenith, Graz, Norn, and Rorze spent time together in the Milbotz Territory.
• Cui Ciyou deactivated Clairvoyance, confirmed his companions were safe, and wrote three letters reassuring them that his group was well and preparing to return to the Fitoia Territory.
• Cui Ciyou asked Alice and Sylphy what they wanted to tell their families, and he added their messages of longing to the letters.

Cui Ciyou and his party sent letters and searched the Milishion Adventurers' Guild for a suitable quest, only to find that high-rank monster hunts lay far from the capital. He chose an E-Rank goblin extermination near Buena Forest, and the reluctant Alice followed him out of the guild.

• Cui Ciyou paid three silver coins to send letters to Roxy, Sauros, Paul, and Rorze.
• Alice spotted an S-Rank Frostfang Dragon King quest, but Cui Ciyou rejected it because the northern mountains were more than a month's ride away.
• Keith explained that the Holy Knight Order's regular purification tours left no high-rank monster quests near Milishion.
• Cui Ciyou took an E-Rank request to exterminate goblins in an abandoned mine south of Buena Forest.
• Alice protested that a Sword Saint should not have to fight goblins, but Cui Ciyou led the party out to begin the quest.

Cui Ciyou assigned the Goblin extermination quest to Alice and Sylphy alone, framing it as a chance for them to prove their strength and independence. As he, Rujierd, and Keith headed toward the taverns, the two girls set out together to complete their first independent quest.

• Alice complained about the Goblin quest while Cui Ciyou and his companions left the Adventurers' Guild.
• Cui Ciyou gave the quest to Alice and Sylphy and said he and Rujierd and Keith would go drinking.
• Cui Ciyou challenged Alice to prove she did not need men to handle a Goblin nest and encouraged Sylphy to trust her own strength.
• Rujierd supported the idea that the girls needed to learn to stand alone, and Cui Ciyou handed the map to Sylphy.
• Alice and Sylphy joined forces and headed toward the outskirts of town to tackle the quest together.

Alice and Sylphy planned and carried out a careful raid on the goblin tribe in the Abandoned Mine, working together to defeat the goblins and hobgoblins and rescue their human captives. Cui Ciyou watched from afar, pleased by how much the two girls had grown.

• Cui Ciyou left the tavern and secretly followed Alice and Sylphy toward the Abandoned Mine.
• Alice asked Sylphy for a plan, and they decided to lure out the entrance sentries and kill them before the tribe could be warned.
• Sylphy made a noise with Rock Bullet, and Alice killed the four goblin sentries before they entered the mine together.
• Alice and Sylphy used coordinated swordsmanship and magic to defeat the patrols and clear the goblins from the mine's outskirts.
• They found imprisoned humans in the nesting hall, sealed its exit, and defeated the hobgoblins and their chief.
• Alice and Sylphy freed the captives, while Cui Ciyou watched from the woods and reflected on their growth.