Chapter Summaries

Greg woke in a hospital after being unconscious for a day and night following the battle with the hooded Demon. Victoria recounted a string of dangerous accidents that she had endured while protecting him, and she began packing to leave the room.

• Greg woke in a hospital bed and recalled the battle, Sylvia's embrace, and a mysterious voice before he lost consciousness.
• Victoria told Greg that an IV stand had fallen toward his head and she had blocked it with her back and uninjured arm.
• Victoria described how she used wind magic to deflect a dinner cart that tipped toward Greg, reopening her wound.
• Victoria said a strange black cat with dark red eyes had bitten her, forcing her to get a preventive shot.
• Greg realized his negative luck had likely caused the accidents and thanked Victoria, who continued packing to leave the hospital room.

Victoria told Greg that Catherine Roman had posted a commission to find him, and Greg decided he could no longer avoid her. After Victoria thanked him for saving Sylvia and left, Greg realized the Academy's Daily News had reported on the incident.

• Victoria told Greg that Catherine Roman had offered fifty gold coins to find him in the Dungeon and pass him a message, but that the commission had been canceled.
• Greg decided he would need to approach Catherine himself to learn what she wanted and regain control of the situation.
• Victoria told Greg that Sylvia had stayed by his bedside all day and asked him not to disturb her while she rested.
• Victoria left an unasked question about Sylvia's closeness to Greg, then thanked him for saving Sylvia while she was away.
• Greg realized Victoria had seen the incident in the Academy's Daily News and reacted with alarm.

Vivian Kahn heard Student Council members discuss Greg Sass’s reported victory over a Demon King Cult officer and their former marriage agreement, while insisting she did not regret its cancellation. Laila reported that Lilith had met Vivian’s conditions, and Vivian lifted her confinement while warning her to behave; praise of Lilith’s talent left Vivian quietly tense.

• Vivian arrived early at the Student Council office and overheard Karl, Emily, and Daniel debate Greg Sass’s reported strength and his former engagement to her.
• Vivian entered and began reviewing paperwork without acknowledging the Student Council members’ gossip.
• Laila reported that Lilith had reached LV20 and raised [Flame Explosion] to LV2, meeting Vivian’s requirements for lifting her confinement.
• Vivian lifted Lilith’s confinement and instructed Laila to warn her against repeating her curfew violation and late-night wandering.
• Karl and Daniel praised Lilith’s talent, and Vivian tightened her grip on her pen before returning to her paperwork.

Greg Sass tried to avoid a summons from the headmistress, but went to her office after learning that refusal could cost him access to the Dungeon and saddle him with his hospital bill. On the way, he discovered that news of his fight with a Demon King Cult officer had spread across the Academy.

• Greg Sass refused the headmistress's summons until the head nurse warned that expulsion would revoke his Dungeon access and require him to pay for his treatment.
• Greg praised the headmistress and agreed to go immediately when he heard the consequences.
• Greg walked toward the Academy's central tower as students recognized him and whispered about his reported victory over a Demon King Cult officer.
• Greg realized the news had made him the focus of unwanted attention and complained about the lack of privacy.

Greg questioned Nightmare about her resistance to the Outer Gods and her motive for killing them, leading her to discover a gap in her memories. Meanwhile, Sylvia woke to find Greg gone and secretly lingered over his pillow before Victoria interrupted her; Sylvia hid what she had been doing, though a shadow of jealousy remained.

• Nightmare marveled that Greg recovered quickly after absorbing the Outer Gods’ power, and Greg denied any prior contact with them.
• When Greg asked why she wanted to kill the Outer Gods, Nightmare realized she could not remember the reason and sensed a blank in her memories.
• Greg asked why Nightmare had bitten Victoria, and Nightmare admitted she disliked women with flat chests while denying any personal grudge against Victoria.
• Sylvia woke in the hospital and found Greg’s bed empty, then sat on his pillow and inhaled his lingering scent.
• Victoria entered with lunch, caught Sylvia on Greg’s bed, and accepted Sylvia’s claim that she had wandered there while half asleep.
• Sylvia listened as Victoria complained about the cost of the extra lunch, hiding the darkening shadow in her eyes.

Greg visited Academy Head Olivia Moore, finding her office cluttered with liquor and snacks while she watched a cowboy film. Olivia questioned why he showed her so little fear or respect, and Greg gave her a flippant answer before she could explain why she had summoned him.

• Greg entered Olivia Moore's office and found empty bottles scattered across the floor and liquor and snacks covering her desk.
• Greg saw Olivia lounging barefoot in her chair while a cowboy-themed magic film played.
• Olivia offered Greg a glass of Volcanic Ale, but Greg declined and asked why she had summoned him.
• Olivia asked why Greg showed no fear or basic respect despite being cast out by his family.
• Greg replied that Fish Leong had given him courage.

Academy Head Olivia revealed that she knew Greg Sass had used Dark Attribute Magic and asked him to become the Top Student. She finally disclosed that her real goal was for him to represent Glory Kail Academy in the next Five-Academy Competition.

• Olivia thanked Greg for disappearing during the Magic Tower Exchange Conference, which had given her an excuse to leave early.
• Olivia hinted that she knew Greg was a monster, and Greg realized she had likely discovered traces of his Dark Attribute Magic.
• Greg asked what Olivia wanted in exchange for keeping his secret quiet.
• Olivia asked Greg to become the Top Student, but he questioned her motives.
• Olivia revealed that she wanted Greg to represent Glory Kail Academy at the next Five-Academy Competition.

Greg learned that Olivia wanted him to represent Glory Kail Academy in the Five-Academy Competition so he could defeat rival students and publicly humiliate their Academy Heads. She offered to protect his Dark Attribute Magic by presenting it as the academy’s secret strength, and Greg accepted, only to discover he would have to attend classes and face Olivia’s threats and teasing.

• Greg questioned Olivia about why she wanted him, rather than promising students such as Victoria, to compete for Glory Kail Academy.
• Olivia confessed that she wanted Greg to crush the rival academies’ representatives and help her take revenge on their Academy Heads for criticizing her.
• Greg objected that using his Dark Attribute Magic publicly would expose him, but Olivia explained that her endorsement could make his power seem like an academy secret and shield him from those who coveted it.
• Greg agreed to work toward becoming Glory Kail Academy’s representative and to win the Five-Academy Competition for Olivia.
• Olivia revealed that Greg would have to attend classes and threatened him playfully if he broke their deal; Greg left her office dreading school.

Greg woke in his Dungeon camp to find his former fiancée, Vivian Kahn, threatening him with a sword. Vivian explained that Academy Head Olivia had sent her to remind Greg to stop skipping classes, and she was surprised to find him living in the Dungeon.

• Vivian woke Greg by placing her sword inside his mouth, and Greg shouted at her for trying to murder her former fiancé.
• Greg recalled how he and Vivian had been childhood companions whose arranged engagement was later dissolved after his scandals.
• Vivian told Greg that Academy Head Olivia had sent her to remind him about his skipped classes.
• Vivian surveyed Greg’s camp and was surprised that he had chosen to live in the Dungeon.

Vivian found Greg living in a crude Dungeon camp and, acting on Academy Head Olivia's orders, woke him to return to the Academy. She told the shocked Greg that he had been appointed a temporary Disciplinary Committee Member on the Student Council, leaving him horrified at his new assignment.

• Vivian inspected Greg's camp and acknowledged that he had changed, though she still considered his skipping classes a problem.
• Vivian woke Greg at six in the morning, and he complained that the Academy's first class did not begin until nine.
• Greg tried to go back to sleep and told Vivian he would return to the Academy on his own.
• Vivian informed Greg that he was expected to help with Student Council work.
• Vivian announced that Academy Head Olivia had appointed Greg a temporary Disciplinary Committee Member, and Greg reacted with disbelief and alarm.

Greg walked with Vivian Kahn through the Academy as students gossiped about their broken engagement, and he considered how to prevent Vivian’s future fall into darkness. He identified the growing conflict between Vivian and her sister Lilith as Act Two’s hidden plotline, while recognizing that their talent gap was its root cause.

• Greg accompanied Vivian through the Academy while students whispered about his return and their former engagement.
• Vivian asked Greg how Erin Sass was doing, and Greg said Erin might soon be named Duke Sass’s heir.
• Greg checked the system panel and reviewed Act Two’s main story and hidden developments.
• Greg recalled that Vivian and Lilith Kahn’s worsening conflict would lead to Vivian joining the Demon King Cult and falling into darkness.
• Greg resolved to intervene early, but realized that preventing the sisters’ conflict would require addressing their talent gap.

Greg considered asking Vivian to help him clear the Academy Dungeon’s Second Floor, hoping to gain strength and earn her favor. Before he could devise a way to persuade her, Catherine Roman appeared and requested a private conversation with him.

• Greg saw that the System Quest Panel had begun a second phase requiring him to clear the Dungeon’s Second Floor before the end of the Story’s Second Act.
• Greg decided that Vivian’s strength and Ice Magic could help him defeat the Second Floor’s boss, and he considered using the adventure to encourage her and earn her favor.
• Greg struggled to find a way to persuade Vivian to join him in the Dungeon.
• Vivian stopped on a busy path, where Greg saw Catherine Roman standing ahead of them.
• Catherine greeted Vivian and then asked Greg Sass to meet with her privately later.

Catherine Roman arranged to meet Greg Sass on the avenue so she could discuss the Screech project and secure his silence. When she invited him to talk, Vivian Kahn refused on his behalf, leaving Greg wondering whether his former fiancée still cared for him.

• Catherine learned that Greg and Vivian were walking together and saw a chance to approach Greg in public.
• Catherine arranged to cross their path and invited Greg to speak with her privately.
• Vivian refused Catherine's invitation before Greg could answer.
• Greg wondered whether Vivian had intervened because she still had feelings for him.

Catherine tried to recruit Greg Sass, but Vivian Kahn refused on his behalf because he had Student Council duties as a Disciplinary Committee Member. Vivian and Greg left together, while Catherine reconsidered her approach after learning of Greg’s unexpected appointment.

• Catherine invited Greg Sass, but Vivian Kahn declined for him, citing his new Disciplinary Committee duties.
• The students reacted with disbelief to Greg’s appointment, and Catherine suspected someone senior at the Academy had intervened.
• Vivian walked away from Catherine, and Greg followed her after thanking her for turning down the invitation.
• Vivian warned Greg not to let personal disputes affect the Student Council, then quickened her pace ahead of him.
• Greg wondered whether Vivian was jealous, dismissed the idea, and hurried after her.

Yelina anxiously awaited a task from Vivian, recalling how her terrible luck had repeatedly turned routine disciplinary duties into disasters and how Greg Sass had bullied and frightened her. When Vivian introduced Greg as a temporary member of the disciplinary committee and assigned Yelina to teach him the procedures, Yelina fainted.

• Yelina worried that Vivian had summoned her early to give her an important assignment, despite her recent hospital discharge and history of mishaps.
• Yelina remembered how past disciplinary duties had led to chaos, including an explosion at Chloe Ivy's laboratory that left her injured and hospitalized.
• Yelina recalled fearing Greg Sass after his past insults and a frightening encounter at her hospital bedside.
• Vivian brought Greg into the Student Council office and told Yelina to introduce him to the committee's basic duties and procedures.
• Greg called Yelina a child, and she fainted from shock.

Yelina woke in the hospital and learned Greg had carried her there after she fainted. Convinced his injuries and concern proved he was a good person, she insisted on immediately teaching him his Disciplinary Committee duties, ruining his hopes of avoiding work.

• Yelina woke in the hospital and panicked when she saw Greg sitting beside her bed.
• Greg told Yelina he had carried her from the Student Council room and brushed off the scrapes he had suffered on the way.
• Yelina blamed herself for Greg’s injuries and reconsidered her prejudice, deciding he wanted to change for the better.
• Greg tried to persuade Yelina to rest and postpone her guidance, hoping to avoid work and return to the Dungeon.
• Yelina insisted that she teach Greg the Disciplinary Committee procedures that day, and Greg reluctantly agreed.

Greg and Yelina arrived at the Academy courtyard to mediate a dispute between Victoria and a noble girl over a jeweled glove. When the noble girl insulted Greg’s family status and his place on the Disciplinary Committee, he stayed calm and prepared to handle the situation.

• Greg followed Yelina to their first assignment, a dispute over a glove Victoria had picked up from the ground.
• The noble girl insisted the glove was part of a formal duel challenge, while Victoria claimed it was abandoned property.
• Greg recognized the encounter from the game and discreetly signaled Victoria to pretend they barely knew each other.
• Victoria pulled Sylvia back when Sylvia tried to greet Greg, and Yelina stepped in to ask what had happened.
• The noble girl recognized Greg and mocked his expulsion from his family and his Disciplinary Committee armband.
• Yelina told the noble girl to watch her language.

Yelina defended Greg when a noble girl accused Victoria of stealing her gloves, and Greg used Academy regulations to reject the girl’s demand. The noble girl left in anger, while Greg and Victoria shared a satisfied grin under Sylvia’s watchful gaze.

• Yelina stepped in to defend Greg’s appointment and reprimanded the noble girl for insulting him.
• The noble girl demanded that Victoria return her gloves, but Victoria argued that she had picked up abandoned property.
• Greg ruled that the girl’s unregistered duel challenge was invalid and advised her to file a claim for the gloves.
• The noble girl accused Greg and Victoria of ganging up on her, then stormed away.
• Victoria and Greg exchanged matching grins as Sylvia watched them suspiciously.

Greg advised Victoria where to sell the gloves and arranged for Yelina to deliver his Student Council report so he could return to the Dungeon. As he prepared to leave, Sylvia suddenly grabbed his wrist.

• Greg told Victoria to sell the gloves at Faded Iris and warned her to ignore the shop's owner's personal questions.
• Greg asked Yelina to report the day's work to the president, claiming he needed to handle problems caused by his expulsion from his family.
• Yelina sympathized with Greg and promised to help him, then hurried to the Student Council Building with her report.
• Greg watched Yelina leave and turned toward the Dungeon entrance.
• Sylvia grabbed Greg's left wrist from behind before he could take a step.

Sylvia boldly tried to repay Greg by offering to help him with anything, but Greg resisted accepting her advances because he feared being locked into her exclusive route. He asked her to invite Victoria to explore the Dungeon's Second Floor with them, leaving their relationship unresolved.

• Sylvia pressed Greg's hand against her chest and insisted that she wanted to repay him personally.
• Greg noticed Victoria was distracted by the map and worried that she might misunderstand their closeness.
• Sylvia asked Greg if there was anything at all she could do to help him.
• Greg restrained himself, reasoning that accepting Sylvia's offer could lock him into her exclusive route.
• Greg asked Sylvia to invite Victoria to explore the Dungeon's Second Floor with them next time.