Recaps

After Eris was kidnapped during a shopping trip, Rudeus used his vast mana to search the area with dozens of shared-sense clones. He found a strong signal on a secluded road northwest of Roа.

• Eris ignored Rudeus's academic lessons, and she went shopping with Ghislaine on their first holiday.
• A man carrying a document with the Greyrat family seal tricked Ghislaine into leaving Eris alone, and Eris disappeared from the shopping street.
• Ghislaine reported the kidnapping to Sauros, who mobilized most of the mansion's elite personnel to search Roа and the surrounding area.
• Rudeus took to the sky and spread his senses across the region using mana clones.
• A clone found a strong signal on a secluded road northwest of Roа, and Rudeus declared that he had found Eris.

Rudeus rescued Eris from kidnappers and destroyed them with overwhelming magic, leaving Eris in awe of him. After returning her safely to the Greyrat mansion, he helped expose the household traitor, and Eris began listening to him and studying more obediently.

• Rudeus stopped the carriage carrying Eris, killed the horses, and used telekinesis to rescue her before the carriage crashed.
• Rudeus annihilated both kidnappers with a compressed fireball that erupted into a massive purple blaze.
• Eris praised Rudeus and eagerly agreed to follow his lessons so he would teach her advanced techniques.
• Rudeus brought Eris back to the Earl's mansion, where Sauros rewarded him and Ghislaine expressed her gratitude.
• Rudeus warned Philip of a traitor, and the fleeing butler Thomas was caught near dawn and punished.
• Eris began sitting obediently through lessons with Rudeus, including arithmetic.

Rudeus began practical instruction in the Magic Sword Style for Eris and Ghislaine, demonstrating how he summoned and wielded a sword with spatial magic and mana alone. He ended by cutting through a magically made iron armored figure with a flaming sword wave.

• Rudeus arrived at the training ground, where Eris scolded him for being late and Ghislaine explained that Eris had brought her there before sunrise.
• Rudeus announced that practical instruction in the Magic Sword Style would begin, exciting Eris and focusing Ghislaine.
• Rudeus opened a Magic Pocket and drew a mithril-and-iron longsword from the spatial fissure.
• Rudeus enveloped the blade in mana-compressed pure fire and swung it to unleash a crescent of flaming sword qi.
• Rudeus's attack sliced through the iron armored figure, leaving its severed surface glowing red and dripping molten iron.

Rudeus demonstrated Voiceless Incantation and sword-powered magic to Eris and Ghislaine, then began training them to channel mana through their swords. He left them practicing and retired to the lounge to enjoy the maids’ attention.

• Rudeus cut an armored figure in half without using Touki, then restored it with Voiceless Incantation, astonishing Ghislaine.
• Eris and Ghislaine each cast fire magic without incantations after Rudeus taught them mana resonance.
• Rudeus gave them magic-stone longswords and tasked Eris with knocking down a wooden post using only the air from a sword swing.
• Ghislaine demonstrated by shattering the post from ten meters away with a powerful sword swing.
• Rudeus left Eris and Ghislaine training and went to the lounge, where two beast-eared maids served him chilled grapes.

Rudeus used potions to help Eris and Ghislaine master mathematics and several languages, ending their academic lessons. On their second day off, he and Eris went into Roа to shop, where they entered a boutique selling magic-imbued items.

• Rudeus gave Eris and Ghislaine potions that granted advanced mathematical ability and mastery of several languages.
• Eris solved the candy division problem in Beast God Language, and Rudeus declared that she and Ghislaine had graduated from academic lessons.
• Rudeus suggested a day out in town, and Eris dressed up in an outfit chosen by her mother, Hilda.
• Eris led Rudeus through Roа's shopping street as Ghislaine followed at a distance.
• Eris and Rudeus squeezed into a boutique selling magic-imbued items.

Rudeus took Eris and Ghislaine around the market, demonstrated his ability to forge a sword with magic, and turned down a shopkeeper’s business offer. He left after Eris asked about his and Ghislaine’s pay, learning she had exaggerated her wages by multiplying them tenfold.

• Eris admired a greatsword, but Rudeus criticized its materials and crafted a fine sword from metal with earth magic.
• The shopkeeper Jilda offered Rudeus a sword-forging partnership, but Rudeus rejected him and Eris angrily threatened to shut down his shop.
• Rudeus considered buying a rare aphrodisiac from a shady stall as an investment, but Eris interrupted and he led her away.
• Eris asked Rudeus and Ghislaine about their monthly pay, and Ghislaine admitted she had multiplied her stated wages by ten.

Rudeus took Eris and Ghislaine to Perugius’s Floating Fortress, where its guardians attacked them as intruders. After Rudeus defended against their strikes, a mysterious black-winged figure flew out of the fortress.

• Rudeus bet that he could take Eris and Ghislaine inside the Floating Fortress, with Eris agreeing to kiss him if he succeeded and Ghislaine agreeing to let him touch her ears.
• Rudeus used invisibility and flight magic to carry Eris and Ghislaine toward the fortress, frightening them with his speed.
• A purple lightning bolt attacked the trio near the fortress, and Rudeus absorbed it with Magic Devouring.
• Kleene Elrond the Thunderbolt and Almanfi the Bright attacked Rudeus with lightning and golden strikes, which he blocked while trying to explain the misunderstanding.
• Rudeus protected Eris and Ghislaine from Almanfi’s surprise strikes as a mysterious black-winged figure emerged from the fortress.

Rudeus, Eris, and Ghislaine were escorted into Perugius’s sky fortress after Rudeus introduced himself and drank a potion granting him mastery of Dragon God language. They reached the audience hall and stood before Perugius and his familiars as the meeting began.

• Rudeus introduced himself and his companions to Sylvaril, claiming they had come to admire the Armored Dragon King and meant no harm.
• Sylvaril accepted the introduction and guided the three toward the castle.
• Rudeus drank a Dragon God Language Mastery Potion and learned the ancient dragon language.
• On the way, Rudeus learned that Sylvaril was one of Perugius’s twelve familiars, created by her master.
• Sylvaril brought them into the grand audience hall, where Perugius sat on his throne surrounded by Almanfi and the other familiars.

Rudeus introduced himself to Perugius in Dragon God Tongue and claimed he had been summoned from another world by a Primordial God. He demonstrated his supposed powers by levitating, making eleven clones, and transforming them all to resemble Perugius’s twelve familiars, leaving the hall stunned.

• Rudeus spoke to Perugius in Dragon God Tongue, shocking him and prompting the familiars to aim their killing intent at Rudeus and Ghislaine.
• Rudeus calmed Perugius and claimed that a Primordial God had summoned his soul from another world to change fate and destroy Demon God Laplace.
• Perugius called on Kalman to investigate Rudeus, and Kalman reported findings that left Perugius astonished.
• Rudeus said he wielded Primordial Magic and demonstrated it by levitating without a chant.
• Rudeus created eleven clones and transformed himself and them into perfect copies of Perugius’s twelve familiars, stunning everyone present.

Rudeus convinced Perugius that he was the Primordial God’s emissary, winning the Dragon King’s trust and securing an invitation to stay at the Floating Fortress. After returning to Roа, Eris remained thrilled by Rudeus’s display and bragged about his standing with Perugius.

• Rudeus used clones, flight, and transformation to persuade Perugius that he represented the Primordial God, and Perugius apologized and asked about Laplace’s resurrection.
• Perugius welcomed Rudeus, Eris, and Ghislaine as honored guests and ordered Sylvaril to prepare the Silver Palace and a banquet.
• Rudeus sent a letter to his friends’ family using a Wind Letter Spirit, then gave Perugius a scroll in exchange for spreading the god’s name.
• Rudeus and his companions spent the night in the Floating Fortress and returned to Roа the next day through a teleportation circle.
• Eris enthusiastically trained with a wooden sword and told others that even the Armored Dragon King had honored Rudeus.

Eris pushed herself through a fierce training session with Ghislaine and unleashed a powerful scarlet sword strike before collapsing from exhaustion. Rudeus helped her up and reflected on the magic swordsman ranks and the demanding requirements of secret arts, leaving him resolved to focus on making each day count.

• Eris fought Ghislaine and released a powerful scarlet sword attack that forced Ghislaine several meters backward.
• Eris collapsed from exhaustion and demanded a stamina potion from Rudeus so she could train for three more hours.
• Rudeus helped Eris to her feet and noted that more than half a year of instruction had made her an intermediate rank magic swordsman.
• Rudeus explained the magic swordsman ranks and described the talent, control, mental strength, and magic reserves required to master Blade Storm.
• Rudeus wondered what path his second life would take, then decided to focus on making each day worthwhile.

Rudeus studied magic circles and summoning magic while Eris’s lessons were suspended for her tenth birthday preparations. After learning that Eris had run away from dance rehearsal, he promised Mistress Edna he would help and found Eris hiding in the stables.

• Rudeus finished compiling a book on basic runic magic circles and began studying summoning techniques from The Grimoire Accompanying the Deity.
• Mistress Edna told Rudeus that Eris had abandoned dance rehearsal after struggling to learn the full sequence.
• Rudeus assured Edna that Eris would learn the dance before sunset and went looking for her.
• Rudeus found Eris lying in the hay in the stables, her eyes red and swollen.

Rudeus found Eris sulking over her history and etiquette lessons and challenged her to a bet about learning to dance. After she drank a system potion and mastered ballroom dancing, she impressed her teacher, while Rudeus began thinking about a birthday present for the ball in three days.

• Rudeus found Eris hiding on a haystack and asked why she had skipped class.
• Rudeus bet Eris that she would learn to dance instantly, with a kiss at stake either way.
• Rudeus exchanged for a dance mastery potion, and Eris drank it and gained dancing knowledge and muscle memory.
• Eris ran to the dance room and asked Rudeus to be her partner so she could prove her new skill to Edna.
• Eris danced flawlessly with Rudeus, and Edna praised them and said they would be ready for the birthday ball in three days.
• Rudeus thought about preparing Eris's birthday present.

Rudeus obtained Philip’s permission to leave the city for three days and searched the wilderness for a rare gift for Eris. After finding only a weak secret realm and a modest magic crystal, he decided to buy her a top-quality present from the System Shop and flew back to the Boreas mansion.

• Rudeus asked Philip to let him leave the city for three days to prepare a special birthday gift for Eris, and Philip approved.
• Rudeus used invisibility and a flying sword to search the wilderness for an undiscovered secret realm.
• Rudeus found a hidden realm in a mountain valley, cleared it in under an hour, and took its blue magic crystal as a reward.
• Rudeus found no rare equipment or relic in the realm and decided to use his 2,105,362 Emotion Points to buy Eris a gift from the System Shop.
• Rudeus flew back toward the Boreas mansion, imagining Eris’s reaction to her present.

Rudeus returned to the Boreas mansion as preparations were underway for Eris's birthday banquet, then watched the nobles gather to curry favor with Sauros and Philip. The hall fell silent as Eris made her entrance, leaving Rudeus captivated.

• Rudeus flew back to Roa, returned to his room unseen, and offered to help with the banquet preparations.
• Alphonse urged Rudeus to rest because he was an honored guest and Eris's tutor.
• Rudeus attended the banquet in formalwear and watched Sauros and Philip receive the visiting nobles.
• Rudeus recognized that the nobles had come to pursue influence amid the Asuran succession struggle.
• A bell silenced the banquet hall, and Eris appeared at the top of the staircase.

At Eris's birthday ball, she stunned the nobles with her flawless dancing, and Philip publicly credited her tutor, Rudeus Greyrat. Rudeus was left under the scrutiny of the assembled guests as Philip introduced him as a rare prodigy.

• Sauros declared Eris's birthday ball open, and the orchestra began a court waltz.
• Eris accepted a young noble's invitation and effortlessly outdanced him and every subsequent partner.
• Sauros, Philip, and Hilda watched in astonishment as Eris demonstrated her dancing skill.
• Edna credited Eris's transformation to the special instruction of her tutor, Rudeus Greyrat.
• Philip stopped the orchestra and summoned Rudeus before the ballroom, drawing every guest's attention to him.

Rudeus announced himself as Eris’s fiancé and the incarnation of the Primordial God, drawing a crowd of nobles at the birthday ball. Eris rescued him from their attention, and the two ended the celebration with a spectacular final dance.

• Rudeus declared himself Eris’s fiancé and the Primordial God, prompting the crowd to hail him.
• Nobles surrounded Rudeus with requests and invitations until Eris intervened and led them away.
• Eris scolded Rudeus for claiming she was his fiancée, but accepted his invitation to dance.
• Rudeus and Eris performed a dazzling final waltz that earned a standing ovation and brought the birthday ball to a close.

After the nobles’ feast, Rudeus secretly saved food for Eris and Ghislaine, who had been unable to eat while maintaining their manners. The three ended the night together in Rudeus’s room, where the exhausted women happily devoured his hidden feast.

• Rudeus sampled the banquet dishes and found their taste disappointing despite their elaborate presentation.
• He noticed Ghislaine eyeing the roast meat and secretly stored food from the feast for her and Eris.
• Eris endured the nobles’ conversation without eating, while Ghislaine continued her security duties.
• After the guests left, Eris and Ghislaine collapsed in Rudeus’s room and complained about the exhausting evening.
• Rudeus revealed the food he had saved, and Eris and Ghislaine eagerly feasted while he watched them.

Rudeus gave Eris a Quasi-Emperor Rank growth-type vest for her birthday, which strengthened her through increasing gravity. After a night of celebrating, Ghislaine left Rudeus to care for the drunken, sleeping Eris, and he tucked her into bed while sleeping on the sofa himself.

• Ghislaine gave Eris a protective ring from the Doldia Tribe as a birthday present.
• Rudeus exchanged 1,500,000 Emotion Points for the [Witness to the Sword Bearer's Ascension to Godhood] vest and presented it to Eris.
• Rudeus explained that the vest would steadily increase its gravitational load and temper Eris's body and Touki toward Quasi-God Rank or God Rank.
• Eris put on the vest, felt its immense pressure and strengthening effect, and tearfully thanked Rudeus.
• Rudeus, Eris, and Ghislaine drank and shared stories until Ghislaine went to sleep and Eris passed out drunk.
• Rudeus carried Eris to bed, tucked her in, and slept on the sofa.

Eris accidentally kicked Rudeus through a second-floor wall after waking up clinging to him, but he healed himself and repaired the damage with magic. Rudeus told Eris to wash up and meet him at the training grounds.

• Eris woke up wrapped around Rudeus and kicked him through the bedroom wall in a panic.
• Rudeus landed in the courtyard, recalled how Eris had crushed him in her sleep, and pretended to be badly hurt when she apologized.
• The maids rushed to investigate, but Rudeus called the destruction intense morning training and persuaded them to keep quiet.
• Rudeus healed his injuries and used magic to restore the shattered wall while Eris watched in amazement.
• Rudeus gave Eris twenty minutes to wash up and told her to meet him at the training grounds.

Rudeus began Eris’s combat training by teaching her to control Touki, and she successfully used it to withstand his attack. After their sparring match, Rudeus teased Eris about the previous night and left her shouting after him.

• Rudeus created a Saint Rank Healing Barrier and invited Eris to attack him with wooden swords.
• Eris’s first two wooden swords broke against Rudeus’s, so he taught her to guide Touki around her blade instead of relying on brute force.
• Eris mastered Touki, used the Sword God Style’s Silent Longsword, and clashed evenly with Rudeus until he knocked her down.
• Rudeus pointed out that the healing barrier had already healed Eris, then teased her about using him as a body pillow.
• Rudeus left to talk with the maids, while Eris shouted for Ghislaine to stop him.

Sylphie trained on the plain, pushing her wind magic and physical abilities in hopes of catching up to Rudeus. By following his advice to let mana flow naturally, she awakened a strange wind domain, then repaired the damage and hurried to bring her father his meal.

• Sylphie practiced punches and high-speed movement, lamenting that she still fell far behind Rudeus.
• Sylphie unleashed a powerful wind punch that carved a deep trench through the grassland, but judged her strength insufficient.
• Sylphie calmed herself and let mana flow naturally, sensing the air around her and awakening an invisible domain that repelled objects.
• Sylphie approached an ancient tree, and the pressure from her domain snapped it in two without her attacking.
• Sylphie realized she was late bringing her father his meal, repaired the trench, and left with the meal basket.

Roys brought Sylphie lunch at the watchtower and recalled how Rudeus had once demonstrated his extraordinary ability to create and shoot a mana arrow. He encouraged Sylphie to keep working hard, and she vowed to grow strong enough to stand beside Rudeus, leaving Roys to accept her feelings and bless her.

• Sylphie surprised Roys at the watchtower with a hot meal, and he reflected on how much she had grown.
• Roys remembered Rudeus creating a mana arrow and destroying a distant target with it.
• Roys recalled asking Rudeus to protect Sylphie, and Rudeus confidently promised he would.
• Roys urged Sylphie to keep working hard because Rudeus was outstanding.
• Sylphie vowed to keep up with Rudeus and earn the right to stand at his side, and Roys gently ruffled her hair in acceptance.

Rudeus reflected on the years of study and training that had brought him and Eris and Ghislaine to new heights. When Ghislaine asked to see his magic, their conversation turned awkwardly intimate until a maid interrupted them, and they left for dinner pretending nothing had happened.

• Rudeus gained nearly ten million Emotion Points, completed three books on magic and swordsmanship, and placed anti-theft curses on them.
• Eris developed the Saint Rank secret technique Crimson Lotus Waltz, while Ghislaine advanced her Touki from Advanced Rank to Saint Rank.
• Ghislaine asked Rudeus to demonstrate his Saint Rank magic and asked how far he had progressed in Touki; he said he had reached Saint Rank and expected to reach King Rank soon.
• Rudeus asked to touch Ghislaine's tail, but she refused because it was too sensitive and allowed him to touch her back muscles instead.
• A maid entered the classroom and caught Rudeus with his hand on Ghislaine's waist, then screamed and fled.
• Rudeus and Ghislaine went to the dining hall side by side, acting as if they had only been discussing magic.

Rudeus attended a surprise eighteenth birthday celebration at the Boreas estate, where his staged tears moved the household and prompted Hilda to declare that he should marry Eris. The party ended with Rudeus learning that Paul and Zenith could not attend, leaving him visibly lonely as the other guests stood awkwardly by.

• Ghislaine followed Rudeus into a lavish birthday celebration, where Eris presented him with flowers and wished him a happy eighteenth birthday.
• Rudeus used a curse to make himself cry and apologized for feeling like an outsider, moving Eris and the guests to sympathy.
• Sauros raged about House Notos and demanded that Rudeus inherit House Boreas before Philip dragged him from the dining room.
• Rudeus asked whether Paul and Zenith had come, and Eris explained that Paul was busy near the Great Forest and Zenith was caring for a feverish Norn.
• Hilda embraced Rudeus, declared him part of the family, and insisted that he marry Eris before Philip took her away.