Chapter Summaries

Karen encouraged Anya to learn self-defense, while Twilight struggled to plan for Anya’s academic progress and devised a scheme to get close to his target’s son. At home, Anya tried to help Twilight get Karen drunk, but Karen saw through her and asked what she wanted.

• Karen told Anya she could learn basic combat skills and fight back if she was bullied, and Anya asked Yor to give her special training.
• Twilight worried that Anya’s poor grades would make earning Imperial Scholar stars difficult and considered a backup plan.
• Twilight returned home to find Yor training Anya and Karen relaxing on the sofa, then invited Karen to dinner.
• Twilight planned to place Anya in the same class as the Munsted Family’s second son and called the scheme Love Each Other Big Operation!!
• Twilight decided to get Karen drunk to learn how students were assigned to classes, and Anya tried to help by asking Karen how well he could hold his liquor.
• Karen recognized that Anya had approached him with a goal and told her to ask directly.

Karen helped Anya by pretending to get drunk while Twilight probed him about Eden Academy’s class assignments. Karen left Twilight with hints about the student records room, expecting him to visit the school that night.

• Anya warned Karen that Twilight planned to get him drunk and ask about school assignments, and Karen agreed to play along.
• At dinner, Karen pretended to be drunk as Twilight questioned him about Eden Academy’s class assignment process.
• Karen hinted that the student records room held class assignment records and claimed he needed to patrol the school at night.
• Twilight decided to go to Eden Academy and use the records to put Anya and the second son in the same class.
• Karen left in a taxi sober, believing Twilight would follow his hints and visit the school.

Twilight followed Karen to Eden Academy at night and secretly changed the second son's class assignment from Class 5 to Class 3. As Twilight tried to escape, Karen spotted him and called out, "Mr. Forger?"

• Twilight told Yor he had a late counseling session, then took a taxi to Eden Academy to alter the class assignments.
• Twilight disguised himself in black and hid near the academy until Karen arrived, apparently drunk and heading to inspect the student records room.
• Karen left the records room window open for three minutes, giving Twilight a chance to slip inside.
• Twilight moved the second son's file from Class 5 to Class 3 and switched a Class 3 student's file to Class 5.
• As Twilight landed outside the records room, Karen appeared and called him "Mr. Forger?"

Twilight escaped Eden Academy after Karen nearly discovered him, then attended the opening ceremony with Anya. The chapter ended as Damian Desmond and Anya were called forward for their class assignments.

• Twilight hid from Karen, who searched nearby while pretending to be drunk.
• A cat distracted Karen, allowing Twilight to escape Eden Academy and return home.
• Two days later, Twilight and Anya attended Eden Academy's opening ceremony.
• The director of studies announced the class assignments and called Damian Desmond forward.
• The director called Anya Forger, and Twilight encouraged her to go forward.

Anya struggled to make friends with Damian and Becky during Eden Academy’s class introductions, while Twilight spotted the political connections among her classmates. Henry began leading Class Three on a school tour, and Karen’s conceited thoughts drew Becky’s admiration and Anya’s exasperation.

• Anya marched stiffly onto the stage, and Karen convinced Henry that her movements showed soldierly resolve.
• Anya read Damian’s thoughts, became angry at his vanity, and walked away, while Damian assumed she was shy.
• Becky introduced herself to Anya, but Anya read Becky’s plan to make her a servant and walked away again.
• Twilight recognized that several of Anya’s classmates were children of influential officials and urged her to get along with them.
• Henry became Class Three’s homeroom teacher and prepared to lead the students on a school tour.
• Karen gave candy to Anya and Becky; Becky admired him, Anya judged him as conceited as Damian, and Henry reprimanded him for disrupting the group.

Henry showed the students the dining hall and warned them about earning Tonitrus Bolts. Anya tried to befriend Damian, but their first encounter ended in a public scolding and left them glaring at each other.

• Henry led the students through the dining hall, explained the Imperial Scholars' honors, and warned that teachers could issue Tonitrus Bolts.
• Karen stayed behind to get pastries, then followed the students so he could witness Anya and Damian's interaction.
• Damian dismissed Anya after learning her father was a doctor, and Emile and Ewen shoved and insulted her when she asked to visit Damian's house.
• Anya held back from fighting as her mother had taught her, then used her squinty-eyed look, which Becky mistook for maturity and which made Damian blush and lash out.
• Henry scolded Anya and Damian for making a racket, while Karen watched and considered putting them on the same PE team.

Anya punched Damian after he insulted her father, then tried to avoid punishment by claiming she had acted to defend Becky. Karen stepped in with evidence that Damian and his friends had started the trouble, and the boys fled before Henry decided on a punishment.

• Damian threw a paper ball at Anya, shoved Becky, and threatened Anya while Emile mocked her father.
• Anya punched Damian and sent him crashing into a table, then claimed she had acted because he stepped on Becky's foot.
• Henry reprimanded Anya for giving false testimony, but recognized Damian had started the conflict and struggled to decide how to handle the boys' demands.
• Karen arrived with the paper ball and threatened to give Damian, Emile, and Ewen Tonitrus Bolts, prompting them to flee.
• Karen told Henry the problem was solved, and Henry pointed out that Karen still had frosting on his face.

After Anya punched Damian Desmond, Twilight learned that she had received one Tonitrus Bolt, putting both of his plans for Operation Strix in jeopardy. The chapter ended with Karen receiving a mysterious urgent call and leaving Henry to finish tidying the hall.

• Karen told Twilight and Yor that Anya had punched Damian and was being disciplined by Henry.
• Henry gave Anya one Tonitrus Bolt because Damian had also been at fault, and said he would inform the other child's parents.
• Twilight, Yor, and Anya posed for the courtyard photograph with gloomy expressions.
• After the students went home, Henry and Karen tidied the hall while Henry praised Anya for standing up for a friend.
• Karen received a phone call, briefly showed a red gleam in his eyes, and left Henry to finish the cleanup.

Karen accepted a protection mission to guard Councilman Graff and his family from assassins targeting them for their peaceful ideals. As night fell, the attackers surrounded the residence while Karen waited inside for them.

• Henry suspected that Karen's true work was assassination after watching him take a call.
• Karen accepted the Phoenix leader's mission to protect Councilman Graff and his family from an assassin organization.
• Councilman Graff learned that Phoenix had assigned the legendary Black Nightmare to guard his family.
• Graff told his wife and children about the danger and reassured them that Karen would protect them.
• The assassin organization surrounded Graff's residence, while Karen waited calmly inside, watching the front door.

Karen Nocturne fought off the first wave of assassins sent to attack him, while the Phoenix Organization’s leader explained why he considered Karen a weapon of war. The assassins’ leader sent in reinforcements, and the organization’s meeting left Karen’s next opponents approaching.

• Karen dodged the attackers’ gunfire, disarmed several assassins, and killed them with his sword cane.
• Karen told the remaining assassins about his Cannonball Knife before they interrupted him with another volley of gunfire.
• Karen deflected the bullets and swiftly killed the rest of the first wave.
• The assassins’ leader heard the screams from outside and ordered another group to attack.
• At the Phoenix Organization’s base, the leader told a senior member that Karen’s harsh childhood had given him extraordinary abilities.

Karen defended Councilman Graff from a second wave of assassins by plunging the villa into darkness and killing them, then faced their leader, the twentieth-ranked assassin Kugraif Mc. Karen and Mc began a fierce fight, with Karen using his speed to wound Mc as the chapter ended mid-battle.

• Karen destroyed the villa's electrical system, used the darkness to hunt the assassins, and threw their bodies outside.
• The assassins' boss, Kugraif Mc, entered the villa after his followers refused to attack.
• Karen recognized Mc as the twentieth-ranked assassin and confronted him over his return to Ostania.
• Mc attacked Karen with his massive hammer, but Karen dodged the blows and cut him several times with his sword cane.
• Mc tried to overwhelm Karen with another hammer strike, and Karen dodged and slashed at his knee.

Karen fought Mike, the world's No. 20, and used the stairs to overcome their height difference and turn the close-quarters battle in his favor. Mike drew his pistol as he began to lose ground, leaving Karen facing a new threat.

• Mike revealed his barbed Brass Knuckles and pressured Karen with powerful attacks, forcing him to retreat.
• Karen spotted the stairs and drew Mike toward them to offset the height difference.
• Karen attacked from the stairs, cut Mike repeatedly, and struck his left shoulder hard enough to make him drop one Brass Knuckle.
• Karen and Mike continued fighting up to the second floor, where Mike struggled against Karen's precise swordplay.
• Mike drew his pistol and fired; Karen sliced through two bullets and dodged the rest.

Karen defeated Mike, confirmed the 117 assassins had been eliminated, and warned Bell Mokron to stop pursuing Graff. Bell abandoned his plan to target the Black Nightmare and decided to seek a new partner; Karen's stats were then listed.

• Karen used his agility and a thrown handgun to exploit Mike's reload, then killed him with his Cane Sword.
• Karen checked for further danger, told Graff's family they were safe, and reported that he had eliminated all 117 assassins.
• Karen learned that his leader had known Mike was present and agreed to warn the War Faction about Bell Mokron, who had ordered the attack.
• Bell Mokron raged over the failure, but a blade carrying a warning from the Black Nightmare made him abandon plans to hunt Karen.
• Bell decided to find a new partner, and Karen's level, abilities, and reliability were listed.

After Anya’s fight with Damian, Twilight comforted her and urged her to apologize at school. At Eden Academy, Anya and Damian faced each other in silence as Becky and Damian’s followers argued around them.

• Twilight reassured Anya and Yor over breakfast, telling Anya not to get into more fights.
• Twilight took Anya to the bus stop and told her to apologize to Damian at school.
• Karen patrolled Eden Academy’s grounds and watched Anya greet Becky after getting off the bus.
• Becky and Damian’s followers traded insults when Damian arrived with Ewen and Emile.
• Anya and Damian looked at each other without speaking as tension settled between them.

Anya tried to apologize to Damian, but Becky pulled her away, and their growing friendship left Anya ready to give up on making peace with him. Twilight, disguised as a janitor, tried to help Anya reconcile with Damian but was noticed by Karen, leaving Anya worried that her father had been caught.

• Damian found himself blushing and thinking Anya was cute, while Anya tried to apologize before Becky led her away.
• Twilight fretted over Anya and Damian's relationship, and Henry stopped Karen from leaving until he picked up his sunflower seed shells.
• Anya heard her classmates gossip about her, but Becky comforted her and became Anya's friend.
• Anya woke from class and learned Damian had already left, then decided with Becky to forget about him despite worrying about peace.
• Anya spotted Twilight disguised as a janitor, and Karen called him over after recognizing an intruder at Eden Academy.

Karen followed Twilight as he tried to arrange an apology between Anya and Damian, using school lessons and cafeteria tricks to set the moment up. Anya finally apologized to Damian and said she wanted to get along with him, breaking down in tears as he struggled to respond.

• Karen finished Twilight's light punishment and secretly followed him as he planted messages about apologizing throughout Anya's school day.
• Twilight altered Karen's physical education lesson plan, then spent the morning preparing opportunities for Anya to apologize.
• At lunch, Anya received fried rice marked with the word "Sorry," and Twilight arranged for Becky to be called away.
• Anya approached Damian, but Emile and Ewen stepped between them until Damian told them to move aside.
• Anya apologized for hitting Damian and said she wanted to get along with him, then began sobbing.

Anya apologized to Damian, but his flustered reaction left her unsure whether he had accepted it, while Twilight decided to stop pushing the plan. In the academy woods, Karen confronted Twilight and attacked him, revealing strength powerful enough to snap a tree.

• Anya tearfully apologized to Damian, who blushed, shouted that he would never admit to liking her, and hurried away without eating.
• Ewen and Emile admired Damian's resolve, while Karen celebrated Anya and Damian as a couple and told the despairing Twilight that he had misread Damian's shyness.
• Twilight concluded that Plan B had failed, resolved not to pressure Anya further, and went to retrieve his clothes from the academy woods before heading to work.
• Karen followed Twilight into the woods and confronted him as he reached for his hidden case.
• Karen attacked Twilight with a powerful back kick that Twilight dodged, but the blow snapped a small tree in half.

Karen overwhelmed Twilight with powerful kicks and a barrage of peanuts, but Twilight escaped using smoke bombs. Karen enjoyed the fight and went to the cafeteria for another bite.

• Karen struck Twilight with a powerful kick, and Twilight endured the blow before dodging Karen's spinning kick.
• Karen attacked Twilight with peanuts that blasted holes in the ground, forcing Twilight to dodge through the barrage.
• Twilight spotted his equipment case and raced for it while Karen punched through a tree and made a crater in the ground.
• Twilight threw two smoke bombs, grabbed the case, and escaped while Karen mistook the bombs for grenades.
• Karen watched Twilight disappear into the smoke, said beating him had improved his mood, and headed to the cafeteria.

Twilight tried to push Anya through a mountain of study materials so she could become an Honor Student, but Yor convinced him not to pressure her too much. The chapter left Twilight reconsidering his role and deciding that being a good father was essential to his mission.

• Twilight treated his injured hands at the hospital after his encounter with Karen and recommitted himself to working toward peace.
• Twilight bought Anya a mountain of workbooks and demanded that she study them before watching her spy cartoon.
• Anya tried to use mind reading to solve her homework but became overwhelmed by Twilight's plans and Yor's violent thoughts, then ran to her room crying.
• Yor persuaded Twilight to ease up on Anya, and he admitted that he struggled to keep his cool with children.
• Yor shared how she and her younger brother encouraged each other, prompting Twilight to consider encouraging Anya, though he privately doubted himself as her real father.
• Twilight reminded himself that acting as a good father was the foundation of his mission.

Twilight took Yor’s encouragement to heart and resolved to build a closer relationship with Anya, while Yuri learned that Yor had married Loid. At a National Security Service meeting, Yuri was assigned to help capture the assassin Black Nightmare, adding him to his list of targets alongside Twilight.

• Yor reassured Twilight that Anya saw him as a perfect father, and he accepted that Yor was part of the Forger family.
• Twilight went to watch Anya’s spy cartoon with her, found her asleep at her desk, and tucked her into bed.
• Dominic told Yuri that Yor had married Twilight, shocking Yuri before an urgent work call summoned him back to the National Security Service.
• Yuri attended a meeting where the director announced that the assassin Black Nightmare had returned to Ostania and ordered the service to capture him.
• Yuri vowed to capture Black Nightmare, whom he ranked second on his target list after the spy Twilight.