Recaps

Claire prepared to publicly judge Doctor Moses before the people of Nafu City, after winning their trust through tax cuts and helping Yuna’s mother recover. He introduced Moses to the gathered crowd but had not yet explained the charges when the chapter ended.

• Claire learned that his Knight Squad now had one Silver Knight, two Bronze Knights, and seven Apprentice Knights, and ordered them to continue training.
• Claire visited Yuna’s mother, confirmed that she was recovering, and returned the six Silver Coins Yuna had lost to the quack; he asked Yuna to call him Young Master.
• Claire told Regan to post a notice announcing that he would execute a criminal at the city gate, and the townspeople learned that the accused was Doctor Moses.
• Robin read the notice to the crowd, explaining that Moses had been arrested for practicing medicine without knowing how to treat illnesses.
• More than half of Nafu City’s citizens and some villagers gathered at the city gate, where Claire arrived and received an enthusiastic welcome.
• Claire addressed the crowd and had the shackled Doctor Moses brought onto the platform for a public judgment.

Claire exposed Moses as a quack whose treatments had killed patients, then declared her hopes for Griffin Barony and asked the people to help build a better home together. The crowd pledged its support, and Claire found a clear purpose in improving the barony and the lives of its people.

• Claire revealed that Moses had used harmful treatments and that many patients had died because of him.
• The grieving crowd tried to rush Moses, and he was shot dead on the platform.
• The people thanked Claire for bringing Moses to judgment and knelt before her.
• Claire described her plans for a prosperous Griffin Barony where people could eat well, receive education, and live with pride.
• The crowd shouted that they were willing to build their home with Claire, and she resolved to give her people a good life.

Robin joined Claire’s administration after Claire’s speech inspired him to abandon his vow never to serve a noble, and Claire appointed him Tax Official of Griffin Barony. Five days after the last trade, Claire discovered that a Trade Point had appeared earlier than usual and wondered whether his increased spiritual power had shortened the interval.

• Robin told Linda he was going to the Baronial Manor and went there before dawn to apply for the clerk position.
• Robin explained to Claire that he had resigned as an accountant in the Earl of Lijin's territory because of oppressive taxes, but Claire’s actions and speech persuaded him to help.
• Claire appointed Robin as the Tax Official of Griffin Barony and told Regan to investigate the administrator’s embezzlement.
• Claire found a Trade Point on the trading panel only five days after the previous trade and suspected his increased spiritual power had shortened the interval.
• Claire decided to save the Trade Point rather than trade immediately.

Hant trained the knights with Claire’s Cultivation Methods as Nafu City’s residents watched, while the city’s nobles and officials plotted against Claire’s Tax Official, Robin. They decided to target Robin and began considering how to deal with Claire herself.

• Hant led the armored youths through fast-paced drills outside Nafu City, using his whip to push the lagging knights onward.
• The knights’ training impressed local children, who argued over which of them would become a knight before their mothers broke up their duel.
• Baron Eugene and other nobles complained that Claire had shut down Eugene’s clinic, returned its fees to commoners, and appointed Robin to recover evaded taxes.
• Frank revealed that Robin had uncovered the officials’ embezzled tax money, while Lord Wilbur tried to shift the blame onto Frank.
• Eugene proposed getting rid of Robin, and Frank suggested that they could also act against Claire while she was vulnerable.

Claire fought off an assassin who broke into her bedroom and killed him after he tried to exploit her offer of surrender. She had Regan announce that the assassin escaped, then turned her attention toward the person behind the attack.

• An assassin climbed into Claire's bedroom and attacked her, but Claire caught his dagger and used her enhanced strength to wound him.
• The assassin released Bronze Rank Battle Aura and charged, but Claire blocked his attacks with magic and injured him with wind spells.
• After the assassin pretended to surrender and tried to attack her again, Claire pierced his feet with Earth Spike Technique and battered him with Hurricane Technique.
• The wounded assassin offered to reveal who had hired him, but Claire said she already knew and shot him dead.
• Claire fired five shots into the night and told Regan to announce that she had survived an assassination attempt and that the assassin had escaped.
• After Regan left, Claire reflected that her enemy was more impatient than she had expected and invited them to come after her.

After the nobles visited Claire to test whether she suspected them, she strengthened the manor’s security and discussed the viscounty’s knights and plans with Hant. The nobles then spread a rumor blaming the bandits for the assassination attempt, while Nafu City’s citizens began searching for the alleged assassin.

• Baron Eugene and the other nobles brought Claire expensive gifts and questioned her about the assassination, while she pretended not to suspect them.
• Claire told the nobles that knights would patrol near the Baronial Manor and redirected their question about suspects back to them; they blamed the bandits outside the city.
• Claire asked Hant about the barracks’ forces, Kellan’s training, and the Battle Aura manual, then discussed a prepared matter with him.
• Nafu City’s citizens formed patrols after hearing about the assassination attempt, and rumors soon blamed the bandits outside the city.
• The nobles paid small gangs to spread the rumor and relaxed at their estates, confident that suspicion had been redirected.

Claire rewarded Hant and the knights for secretly robbing the nobles' caravan, while the nobles gathered to discuss the loss without realizing Claire was responsible. Frank left their meeting and was summoned to the Baronial Manor, fearing another encounter with Claire.

• Hant reported that his men had robbed the nobles' goods without casualties, and Claire rewarded him with a greatsword and ordered him to pay the participating knights.
• The nobles learned their caravan had been robbed and its hired knights killed, including their Silver Knight.
• Eugene and Wilbur dismissed suspicions that Claire was behind the robbery, and the nobles asked Frank to seek help from the Viscount's Knight Squad.
• Frank evaded the nobles' request, left their gathering, and then received a summons from Claire to the Baronial Manor.

Claire confronted Administrative Officer Frank over embezzling nearly a million Gold Coins and forced him to agree to carry out a task in exchange for his life. Frank then told the nobles that Claire had agreed to send troops, but stormed out when they pressed him for details, leaving them to decide whether to meet her the next day.

• Claire accused Frank of stealing 963,780 Gold Coins, and Robin recited the evidence against him.
• Frank begged for mercy, offered his remaining 30,000 Gold Coins, and agreed to Claire's undisclosed task in exchange for his life.
• Claire waved goodbye to Frank from the Baronial Manor balcony, and Robin questioned whether she would truly let him go.
• Frank returned to the nobles and said Claire had agreed to send troops and wanted them to meet her the next day.
• When Lord Wilbur questioned him about Claire's conditions, Frank smashed his glass, berated the nobles, and stormed out.
• Baron Eugene urged the nobles to visit Claire so they could recover their goods, and they agreed.

Claire persuaded Nafu City's nobles to fund a campaign against the bandits by promising to return their contributions and split the commoners’ donations with them. The nobles competed to pledge enormous sums, and Claire ended the meeting with nearly all of them committed.

• Claire told the nobles she would send troops against the bandits but required compensation, then claimed she wanted to enjoy life and asked Baron Eugene for twenty percent of the clinic’s profits.
• Claire proposed that the nobles donate first so commoners would follow, promising to return the nobles’ money and give them seventy percent of the commoners’ donations while keeping thirty percent.
• Lord Wilbur offered one thousand Gold Coins, but Frank pledged thirty thousand, prompting the nobles to realize their contributions would be returned in full.
• Claire suggested that thirty thousand Gold Coins would be enough, which made the nobles more eager to contribute, and Eugene raised his pledge to fifty thousand.
• The nobles called out increasingly large donations, and Lord Wilbur raised his pledge from one thousand to fifty thousand Gold Coins before Claire closed the meeting.

Claire raised money from the nobles and citizens of Nafu City to suppress the bandits, then sent the Knight Squad out at dawn. The people proudly supported the knights as they rode from the city, unaware that the expedition was only using the bandits as a pretext.

• Claire told the people of Nafu City that she needed donations to suppress the bandits, and Baron Eugene and Frank led the nobles in contributing large sums.
• The citizens followed the nobles’ example and donated nearly twenty thousand gold coins’ worth of money, while Claire felt guilty about deceiving them to fool the nobles.
• Before dawn, Hant led more than sixty knights through Nafu City as crowds gathered to cheer them and offer gifts.
• Claire gave the people’s flowers to Hant, encouraged the knights to accept the gifts, and completed a ceremony with her sword.
• Claire ordered the Knight Squad to depart, and the knights rode out of Nafu City.

Claire arranged for Hant to kill Frank as he left Nafu City, then publicly exposed the nobles’ supposed donations and prevented them from reclaiming the money. The nobles fled under the threat of Hant’s armed knights and gunmen.

• Claire told Hant to intercept government officer Frank when he left Nafu City and kill him.
• Hant and his knights ambushed Frank’s caravan, killed the mercenaries, and stabbed Frank to death after delivering Claire’s message.
• The knights returned to Nafu City at dawn, and Claire learned they had found about twenty thousand Gold Coins among Frank’s possessions.
• When the nobles demanded their stolen goods, Hant claimed the bandits had already sold them.
• Claire called the nobles’ four hundred and thirty thousand Gold Coins a donation and threatened to commemorate their generosity.
• Hant’s knights drew their swords and aimed their guns at the nobles, who fled in panic.

Claire cornered Baron Eugene and the other nobles by giving away their seized goods, then offered money in exchange for their businesses in Nafu City. After the nobles agreed to leave, she privately told Hant to work overtime, intending to have them killed outside the city so she would not violate Noble Law.

• Baron Eugene and the nobles blamed Frank for helping Claire swindle them, then considered recovering their money but feared the knights patrolling their homes.
• The nobles planned to pool their remaining funds for another shipment until a servant reported that Claire was giving away goods from their shops at the city gate.
• Baron Eugene recognized their seized merchandise and accused Claire, who offered to buy their businesses so they could relocate to another city.
• Baron Eugene accepted Claire's offer, and the other nobles joined him in bargaining with Tax Official Robin.
• Claire checked with Hant about distributing goods to remote villages, then told him to work overtime that night so the nobles could be killed outside Nafu City without evidence implicating her.

After securing the nobles’ money, Claire appointed Regan as the barony’s administrative officer and launched a Work Relief plan to rebuild Nafu City while paying local workers. Regan announced the jobs and public projects at the city gate, where the people welcomed the news and praised Claire.

• Hant reported that he had recovered 460,000 Gold Coins, bringing the Baronial Manor’s reserves to more than 500,000 Gold Coins.
• Claire appointed Regan as the barony’s administrative officer and explained that Work Relief would use the money to rebuild Nafu City and benefit its people.
• Claire assigned Regan and Robin to organize Night Schools, city reconstruction, hospitals, and primary schools, and raised the maids’ wages to twenty-five Silver Coins.
• Regan posted notices recruiting workers and announced the Night School and construction projects at Nafu City’s gate.
• The people celebrated the paid work, spread the news, and shouted, “Long live the lord!”

Claire upgraded her trade panel and matched with Lan Zhao, a trader from a world of tameable beasts. After seeing his pet eggs and slime, she said she wanted skills rather than pets, leaving her desired trade unstated.

• Claire waited until midnight, gained a third Trade Point, and discovered the Upgrade Trade button.
• Claire upgraded the trade panel, which changed its appearance and added Start Trade, Personal Space, and Fixed Friends options while reducing her Trade Points to one.
• Claire started a trade and met Lan Zhao, who explained that one-star traders had no transaction time limit.
• Lan Zhao showed Claire several pet eggs and demonstrated a friendly slime from his world.
• Claire declined the pets and said she wanted a technique instead.

Claire traded a magic spellbook to Lan Zhao for his method of bonding with pets and a light-blue Water Cloud Beast egg. After the trade, she discovered the next interdimensional exchange would take fifteen days to recharge and began studying the adapted book.

• Claire demonstrated her fire and lightning magic to Lan Zhao and offered her Magic Book in exchange for his pet-bonding method.
• Lan Zhao explained how the method helped people communicate with pets and find it easier to form contracts.
• Lan Zhao added a light-blue Water Cloud Beast egg as a gift, and the two completed the trade.
• Lan Zhao gave Claire advice on caring for pet eggs and casting magic before their trade channel closed.
• Claire saw that the trade panel would take fifteen days to recharge, then placed the egg aside and began studying the book.

Claire inspected the construction of a hospital, school, and sewage system in Nafu City before meeting a slave merchant outside the gates. She became interested in a Half-elf who could use Elven Magic and knew medicine, and the chapter ended as the merchant offered to sell her for thirty Gold Coins.

• Claire visited the construction sites and saw that work on the hospital and school was progressing quickly while the sewage project advanced more slowly.
• Regan told Claire that a slave merchant had arrived outside Nafu City, and she went to see him.
• Claire found that the merchant was carrying twenty-three Minotaurs, but she was unsure what use they would serve.
• The slave merchant showed Claire a Half-elf who did not speak the Common Tongue and had been difficult to sell.
• Claire learned that the Half-elf could use Elven Magic and knew medicine, and the merchant offered her for thirty Gold Coins.

Claire bought Iron Hammer and twenty-two other Minotaurs, along with a Half-elf, and arranged for the Minotaurs to work on city construction in exchange for food and a chance to earn their freedom. After feeding them, she saw how much they could eat and how orderly they were.

• Claire bought the Half-elf and Minotaurs from the slave merchant for one hundred Gold Coins and learned the Orc Empire was still at war with humans.
• Claire questioned Iron Hammer and learned the Minotaurs had joined the Orc Empire's army because famine had left their village starving.
• Claire opened the Minotaurs' cages and offered Iron Hammer an employment contract to build the city for food, with the chance to buy back their freedom.
• Claire opened the remaining cages and promised the Minotaurs food before work; Iron Hammer organized them into an orderly queue.
• Claire had workers bring several baskets of bread and meat, and the Minotaurs ate through the supplies before finally slowing down.

Claire put the Minotaurs to work hauling heavy construction materials and learned the buildings would soon be finished. She then tried to communicate with the silent Half-elf and used a book's technique to establish a mental connection with her.

• Claire had Iron Hammer and the Minotaurs move marble and other heavy materials at the construction site.
• The architect estimated that simple buildings would be finished in three or four days and the school within a week.
• Claire told Regan to prepare more food for the Minotaurs and returned to the manor to see the Half-elf.
• Claire shared lunch with the Half-elf, who began eating and showed more interest in her after the meal.
• After failing to communicate in Common Tongue or Magical Language, Claire used the book's method to connect her mind with the Half-elf.

Claire used Mental Connection to speak with Rona, a captured Half-elf, and hired her as Nafu City's physician while freeing her from the slave contract. After bathing, Rona explored Claire's room and became curious about the textbook Claire was writing.

• Claire learned that Mental Connection let her understand Rona across their language barrier and asked how she had been captured.
• Rona explained that she had wandered out of the forest and knew herbal medicine, and Claire offered her a physician's position in Nafu City.
• Rona accepted, and Claire handed her the master-servant contract and declared her free.
• Claire opened Rona's cage and sent her to bathe and get suitable clothes.
• Rona returned to Claire's room, examined a Water Cloud Beast egg, and asked about Claire's writing.
• Claire explained that she was writing a textbook of practical knowledge, and she claimed she could write five thousand words a day.

Rona opened Nafo City's hospital after returning from gathering herbs, and residents discovered that the quiet half-elf could treat injuries with herbal magic. Her successful treatment made her famous as a miracle doctor, though everyone believed she was mute.

• Claire offered workers five extra silver coins for learning to read, filling the night school, and raised the maids' monthly wages to twenty silver coins.
• Residents gathered to read a notice announcing that Nafo City had a doctor and went to see Rona at the new hospital.
• A large man brought in a worker with a badly injured arm, and Rona treated it with a paste made from herbs.
• Rona charged the men thirty copper coins for the treatment, as Claire had instructed.
• Word spread that Rona was a miracle doctor who never spoke, and residents began calling her the mute doctor.

Claire’s free school opened in Nafu City, and he addressed a crowd of residents to explain why they should boil drinking water. The chapter left Claire asking Regan to recruit more administrators as the city’s responsibilities grew.

• Melly left for the newly opened school, where Claire had arranged free education, dormitories, and teachers for children in the viscountcy.
• Children began telling their parents to boil water after lessons, prompting arguments and, in some cases, punishment at home.
• Claire held a public speech at the school, explaining that germs in contaminated water could cause illness and urging everyone to drink boiled water.
• The crowd repeated Claire’s advice, and he told Regan to recruit more staff so he would not have to handle every matter himself.
• A boy teased his mother for having hit him over the school’s advice, then ran off when she chased him.

Pastor Oma worried that Claire’s school and hospital were drawing people away from the church, so he went to the school to bring the students back to prayer. Regan stopped him and arranged for knights to guard the school against further intrusions.

• A woman donated fifteen Copper Coins to Pastor Oma and explained that her husband worked for Claire while her son studied at Claire’s school.
• Pastor Oma resented Claire for keeping people from church and for opening a hospital that undercut his healing income.
• Oma went to Claire’s school and told several hundred students that he had come to save them from being kept away from worship.
• A boy challenged Oma’s claims about illness by explaining that Germs in water could make people sick and asking why doctors could treat illnesses.
• Regan blocked Oma from approaching the students, asked him to leave, and then summoned two knights to guard the school.

Pastor Oma tried to turn Nafu City’s citizens against Rona by denouncing her healing as demonic, while Rona’s fear grew as the crowd began to doubt her. Claire arrived just as Rona’s confidence in staying in the city wavered.

• Oma found an answer to the boy’s question but was stopped by Claire’s knights when he tried to enter the school.
• Oma went to the hospital and accused Rona of being a witch, urging patients to seek the Church’s Holy Light instead.
• The citizens hesitated when Oma threatened that Rona’s patients would be barred from the Divine Kingdom, but Rona continued her work without understanding his words.
• Oma tried to grab Rona, and she summoned a vine that lashed the ground and drove him back outside.
• The crowd debated whether Rona was a demon, leaving her afraid and uncertain until Claire’s voice came from behind them.

Claire confronted Pastor Oma after he drove patients away from the hospital because Rona was a Half-elf. She lured him into a private room and threatened him with a fully loaded gun until he agreed to her proposal.

• Oma called Rona a demon and warned the crowd against entering her hospital, while Claire reassured Rona that she would remain Nafu City's doctor.
• Claire persuaded Oma to speak privately inside the hospital, then kicked him and ordered him to stop interfering with her hospital.
• Oma refused to give up preaching, so Claire described Russian Roulette and loaded the gun while threatening to claim he had attacked her.
• Claire loaded all six chambers and aimed the gun at Oma, explaining that they would bet on it jamming.
• Oma panicked and agreed that Claire's earlier proposal was good.

Claire stopped Pastor Oma from opposing the hospital by threatening him and promising him a monthly payment, then persuaded him to publicly clear Rona’s name. Rona said she would not leave Nafu City, while a merchant convoy approached the city.

• Claire warned Oma to stay out of trouble and offered him fifty Gold Coins a month to keep him in the church.
• Claire and Oma told the gathered people that the accusation against Rona had been a misunderstanding, and Oma urged them to seek treatment at the hospital.
• After Oma left, Claire reassured Rona that she could run the hospital as she pleased and said more doctors would arrive soon.
• Rona told Claire she liked her new life and would not leave Nafu City, and Claire suggested she learn Common Tongue.
• A merchant convoy traveling on Green Scale Horses approached Nafu City from several dozen miles away.