Chapter Summaries

On their way back to the Mage World, Merlin explained the void, the Astral Realm, and Claire’s Rune of God, then confirmed that gods existed. Merlin returned to his granddaughter, while Claire considered the political consequences of his return and admired the power of a Mage Saint.

• Merlin told Claire that the void lay between material planes and the Astral Realm, and described how mages used the Astral Realm to find planes and their coordinates.
• Merlin apologized for pulling Claire from the Space Channel and explained that her Rune of God was a rare space-related symbol that could influence rules.
• Merlin said gods existed, citing the Church of Light’s summoned angels and the gods worshipped across different planes as evidence.
• Claire said the existence of gods made the road ahead clear, and Merlin praised her way of thinking.
• Merlin opened a Spatial Teleportation and left to see his granddaughter, while Claire reflected that his return could upset the royal capital’s balance.
• Claire admired Merlin’s spells and wondered when she would reach the level of a Mage Saint.

Sophia visited Claire in Nafu City to recruit her for a major military supply contract tied to a potential full-scale war in the Blazing Flame Plane. Claire declined Sophia’s offer of one hundred million, leaving Sophia without her help.

• Claire refused Sophia’s repeated invitations to visit the Royal Capital and explained she had been busy with the aftermath of a war against neighboring lords.
• Sophia visited Claire and told her that Archmage Merlin had returned after being lost in the Astral Realm for five years.
• Sophia said Merlin’s return could prompt the kingdom to launch a full-scale offensive in the Blazing Flame Plane.
• Sophia explained that she had volunteered to take a fifty-percent share of the war’s potion supply contracts and needed Claire’s help managing the large operation.
• Sophia offered Claire one hundred million as compensation, but Claire refused, saying she was not interested in money.

Sophia tried to recruit Claire by offering money, a noble title, and access to the royal capital’s power and business networks. Claire rejected the cash and title but became interested in Sophia’s proposal to provide channels for magical materials and skilled mages, and she asked whether there was more.

• Sophia offered Claire two hundred million, then raised the offer to five hundred million, but Claire refused because she already had more money than she could spend.
• Sophia offered to help Claire become Countess and secure a position in the royal capital, but Claire politely declined the title.
• Sophia proposed that Claire join Temi Bank, become a partner of the August Family, and gain access to its magic shops and auction houses.
• Sophia explained that those channels could help Claire recruit enchantment and inscription mages and build a profitable equipment production chain in Nafu City.
• Claire recognized the value of Sophia’s offer and leaned toward her, asking if there was more.

Claire negotiated with Sophia for access to graduates of the Royal Capital Magic Academy and entry into Hill City's Magic Academy bidding, then prepared to travel to the royal capital. She left Nafu City in Regan’s care and arrived at the capital later that day.

• Claire asked Sophia for ten annual graduate slots from the Royal Capital Magic Academy, then negotiated a deal for two slots at five million Gold Coins per year.
• Sophia offered Claire free entry to the annual bidding for graduate slots from Hill City's Magic Academy.
• Claire and Sophia agreed to cooperate and planned to travel to the royal capital the next day.
• After Sophia left, Claire instructed Regan to manage Nafu City and write to her if problems arose.
• Claire rode the Wolf King out of Nafu City and reached the royal capital in less than half a day.

Claire visited Shane in the royal capital and learned that his family and other factions were dividing shares in the Blazing Flame Plane. At a nobles’ gathering, Sophia presented Claire as an important future partner of the August Family and began introducing her to the kingdom’s top-ranking nobles.

• Claire told Shane that she had come to the capital at Lady Sophia’s request, and Shane explained how his family and Prince Albert had divided their shares in the Blazing Flame Plane.
• Shane told Claire about a banquet for the factions involved in the Blazing Flame Plane, and Sophia later arranged to introduce Claire to the nobles there.
• Sophia brought Claire into the gathering and presented her to affiliated nobles as Viscount Claire of Griffin Territory and an important future partner of the August Family.
• Claire exchanged greetings and contact information with nobles, including an official in the natural resources department who could help her obtain Magic Ore.
• Sophia led Claire toward the salon reserved for the kingdom’s top nobles, and Count Norton stopped his conversation and headed there as well.

Claire attended a gathering of powerful nobles, where Sophia introduced her as the logistics officer overseeing supplies sent to the Blazing Flame Plane. Count Pulan and Prince Albert challenged her appointment, but Claire revealed Pulan’s personal grievance over her fights with his son Beck, and Sophia confronted him.

• Sophia told Claire that the king had approved her temporary post managing supplies bound for the Blazing Flame Plane.
• Prince Albert and Count Pulan questioned whether Claire was old enough and qualified to manage the supplies.
• Claire stopped Sophia from responding and apologized to Count Pulan for beating his son Beck, then pointed out that Beck had picked both fights.
• Count Pulan claimed the fights had stalled Beck’s cultivation, and Sophia mocked his son’s talent and Count Pulan’s own slow progress to Archmage.
• Count Pulan became furious as Sophia continued to argue that Claire had beaten Beck at the same level.

Claire faced opposition from Count Pulan and Prince Albert over her appointment as logistics officer, but Count Norton and Archmage Merlin supported her. Merlin took Claire away after she revealed she was only sixteen, leaving Pulan and Albert shaken by her connection to the archmage.

• Sophia berated Prince Albert for withdrawing from their Magic Ore investment, which had cost her five billion Gold Coins.
• Count Pulan argued that Claire was too young to manage wartime supplies, while Count Norton voiced confidence in her and Sophia offered to take responsibility.
• Archmage Merlin arrived, greeted Claire warmly, and invited her to leave with him.
• Claire stopped Merlin to tell the nobles she was only sixteen, then Merlin questioned Count Pulan about his father Karl and led Claire away.

After Sophia drove off Count Pulan and Prince Albert for insulting Claire, Claire discussed magic with Merlin, who praised his talent and then left Edith alone with him. Edith was embarrassed by Merlin’s attempt to encourage a romance between them and asked Claire what he wanted to talk about.

• Sophia mocked Count Pulan and Prince Albert, warning that she would report their actions to the king and invoke Merlin’s dignity.
• Count Pulan and Prince Albert took their leave, and Sophia thanked Count Norton for supporting her.
• Merlin and Claire sat together and discussed magical knowledge, impressing Merlin with Claire’s ideas and talent.
• Merlin ended the discussion and told Edith to keep Claire company, then privately urged her to pursue him.
• Edith protested that she and Claire were only friends and that Princess Irene liked him, but Merlin left her with Claire anyway.
• Edith returned to Claire and asked, “What do you want to talk about?”

Claire spoke with Edith about the Blazing Flame Plane and learned that its valuable Blazing Flame Essence Ore was driving the kingdom toward an all-out war. After Claire left, Merlin asked Edith what she thought of her, and Edith admitted Claire was pretty good.

• Claire avoided Edith’s questions about advanced magic theory and the Astral Realm, then thanked her for helping Merlin return.
• Claire asked Edith about the Blazing Flame Plane, and Edith explained that the king planned to seize it for its Blazing Flame Essence Ore and other resources.
• Claire recognized the ore’s value as a way to improve advancement chances and considered how dangerous the coming war would be for her.
• After Claire left, Merlin pressed Edith for her opinion of Claire, and Edith said Claire was pretty good.
• Merlin teased Edith about liking Claire, and Edith blushed, protested, and ran away.

Claire helped establish the August Family’s supply procedures, then traveled to Hill City as a logistics officer to oversee the transport of valuable goods to the Blazing Flame Plane. During the flight, Yana joined Claire atop the supplies, where Claire teased her after helping her climb up.

• Claire helped Sophia organize magical materials and establish procedures before taking responsibility for overseeing supplies bound for the Blazing Flame Plane.
• Claire arrived at the Royal Capital Magic Academy in Hill City and supervised the loading of supplies onto Light Chasing Birds.
• Yana greeted Claire and confirmed she represented the Guen Family, then arranged for her family’s goods to be unloaded.
• The Light Chasing Birds carrying the supplies took off, with Archmages guarding each bird.
• Yana climbed up the supply pile, and Claire used a Levitation Spell to help her reach the top.
• Yana asked whether Claire had been admiring her, and Claire replied that she had flown up, making Yana suspect Claire was mocking her.

Claire and Yana traveled to Hill City while discussing the Blazing Flame Plane and Yana’s uncertain prospects in the Guen Family. After the supply shipment was secured, they explored Hill City’s lively streets and went to browse jewelry.

• Yana explained that the human kingdoms and the united Ivic Tribe were contesting the resource-rich Blazing Flame Plane, while their kingdom prepared to subdue its rival nation first.
• Claire asked why Yana’s family had sent her away, and Yana masked her disappointment by claiming she had been chosen for her ability.
• Yana told Claire they would wait in Hill City for more supplies and suggested they shop for jewelry while they were there.
• Officials inspected the supplies in Hill City and moved them to a secure location before they could be sent through the Planar Teleportation Array.
• Yana took Claire around Hill City, showing her its busy streets, foreign visitors, shops, snacks, and performances.
• Yana spotted a lavish jewelry shop and pulled Claire inside.

Claire accompanied Yana while she browsed jewelry, then recognized the store’s steep markups as a possible business opportunity. As Yana considered her purchases, Claire noticed a turquoise accent on one earring and asked to inspect it.

• Yana browsed the jewelry store and gathered more than thirty pieces, but said she planned to buy only four or five with her allowance.
• Claire examined a mithril necklace and learned it cost three thousand Gold Coins despite its much lower production cost.
• Claire considered whether the jewelry business’s large profit margins made it worth pursuing and questioned the manager about prices as Yana chose her favorites.
• Claire spotted a turquoise-colored accent on an earring in Yana’s hand and asked to see it.

Claire found a damaged Seed of Wisdom hidden in an earring at a jewelry store and bought all the jewelry so he could take it without arousing suspicion. After explaining the seed’s immense value to Yana, he treated her to dinner, and she demanded ten servings of strawberry pudding.

• Claire recognized the green stone in Yana’s earring as a Seed of Wisdom, then pretended to lose interest so the store manager would not suspect its value.
• Claire bought more than thirty pieces of jewelry with his Purple Crystal Card, astonishing the store staff with his account balance of over fifty million Gold Coins.
• Claire retrieved the earring from the jewelry boxes, broke it apart, and kept the Seed of Wisdom, explaining that it could improve a mage’s talent despite being damaged.
• Yana learned that a Seed of Wisdom was worth around one hundred million Gold Coins and wondered why Claire had bought all the jewelry.
• Claire told Yana he had bought the jewelry for her and offered to pay for everything she spent that night, so she asked for ten servings of strawberry pudding.

Claire transported the supplies to the Blazing Flame Plane, where she confronted the First Prince after he demanded supplies assigned to other armies. The chapter left Claire facing the prince and his knights with five Archmages at her side.

• Claire and her convoy used a Planar Teleportation Array to reach the Blazing Flame Plane and set off toward their destination.
• Claire’s scouts spotted a large force ahead, which turned out to be the First Prince’s army.
• Claire learned that the First Prince wanted supplies intended for the Second Prince and other armies, and Yana refused to hand them over.
• The First Prince insulted Claire and threatened her with his greatsword when she refused to give him the supplies.
• Claire feigned fear, then revealed five Archmages behind her and challenged the First Prince to try to kill her.

Claire refused to hand Vito the supplies intended for the Second Prince, and Vito threatened to seize them by force. She warned that doing so would expose him to accusations of attacking allied forces or rebellion, then revealed her powerful connections and challenged him to kill her.

• Vito ordered Claire’s Archmage guards to step aside, but Yana summoned her family’s Archmages, bringing Claire’s side to seven.
• Vito claimed he needed the supplies to protect his soldiers and demanded that Claire hand them over, while more than twenty Archmages appeared with his army.
• Claire refused and warned that taking the supplies by force would make Vito responsible for attacking allied forces or rebelling.
• Vito threatened Claire with his sword, but she explained that killing Yana would provoke the Guen Family and then revealed her own connections, including the Merlin Family.
• Claire stepped toward Vito’s sword and asked whether he still dared to kill her, and Vito trembled and withdrew it.

Claire forced First Prince Vito to withdraw rather than risk a confrontation, then completed her supply duties in a Blazing Flame Orc city. Yana secretly gave Claire a piece of Blazing Flame Essence Ore, leaving Claire to consider how to purify it.

• Claire warned First Prince Vito that taking the Second Prince’s equipment could backfire, and Vito led his troops away.
• Claire explained to Yana why the First Prince’s plan was risky and advised her family against supporting him.
• Claire and the convoy reached a captured Blazing Flame Orc city, where Claire helped distribute supplies and gather information for several weeks.
• Yana slipped into Claire’s room and gave her a piece of Blazing Flame Essence Ore she had traded for during the equipment handover.
• Claire accepted the ore and said she would ask Lady Sophia about purification, while Yana called her ungrateful for doubting the gift.

Claire returned to the royal capital, learned that Blazing Flame Essence Ore was needed in large quantities to make advancement potions, and discovered Yana’s tiny piece was nearly worthless. Back on the Blazing Flame Plane, he learned that their enemy nation had been defeated and was withdrawing, leaving the allied forces to focus on the Blazing Flame Orcs.

• Claire checked with Shane and learned that Regan had managed Nafu City well during his absence.
• Claire asked Sophia about potions made from Blazing Flame Essence Ore, and Sophia explained that the ore helped lower-level mages and warriors advance but had sharply reduced effects at higher levels.
• Sophia told Claire that his pigeon-egg-sized piece of ore could not produce even one drop of potion, so Claire abandoned his plan to make potions for the wizards.
• Claire told Yana that the officer had deceived her about the ore, and Yana angrily vowed to withhold her army’s equipment if she met him again.
• After three weeks back on the Blazing Flame Plane, Claire learned that the enemy nation had been defeated and was withdrawing.

After the battle, Claire met Hubert and learned that Sirian had become a powerful Great Knight who combined magic with Battle Aura. Claire agreed to attend the victory banquet, and Yana later dragged him out to watch the preparations.

• Hubert invited Claire to the victory banquet and promised to bring him a Blazing Flame Potion to examine.
• Hubert told Claire that Sirian had advanced to Great Knight after drinking a Blazing Flame Potion and now commanded several hundred soldiers.
• Hubert explained that Sirian combined magic with Battle Aura in battle and had kept the core of the Magic Swordmaster method secret from interested soldiers.
• Claire agreed to attend the banquet after learning Sirian would be there.
• Yana arrived before the banquet and pulled Claire out to watch preparations in the square.

Claire and Yana joined the soldiers’ celebration banquet, where Vito confronted them and tried to have them seized. Sirian and Hubert intervened, and Vito claimed Claire did not deserve to attend before Hubert could stop him.

• Claire and Yana left the parapet to join the soldiers celebrating around the bonfires.
• Vito confronted Claire and Yana near Hubert’s tent and ordered his guards to seize them.
• Claire fired her Magic Handgun to stop the guards from dragging them away in front of the soldiers.
• Sirian heard the gunshot and rushed out of the tent to protect Claire, prompting Hubert and Prince Klee to follow.
• Hubert ordered the guards to stop, but Vito accused Claire of disrupting the banquet and declared that logistics personnel did not deserve to attend.
• Hubert told Vito to stop talking, his expression growing increasingly cold.

Claire defended the logistics personnel and met Sirian again at the victory banquet, where Klee tried to recruit him and asked Claire to persuade him. Claire refused to treat Sirian as something to be handed over and told Klee that following him might hold Sirian back.

• Hubert defended Claire and the logistics personnel, forcing Vito to apologize before he left with his guards.
• Yana recognized Sirian and demanded that Claire help her get even for the equipment he had tricked her out of, and Claire promised he would buy her a gift.
• Klee introduced himself to Claire and asked Sirian again to follow him, but Sirian refused.
• Klee asked Claire to persuade Sirian to join him, offering her any reward she wanted, but Claire refused and said Sirian should choose for himself.
• Klee argued that Sirian would have a better future under him, while Claire replied that following Klee could hold Sirian back.