Recaps

Kexi established Montelli’s combat maid corps, Pleiades, and assigned it to protect him at his birthday banquet. Lucia became captain and Luna vice captain, while Selina was left upset that Lucia had repeated the words she had privately rehearsed.

• Kexi summoned eight maids and announced that they would form Montelli’s combat maid corps.
• Kexi asked the maids why they had joined Montelli, and Lucia said she had joined to obey him and stand by his side.
• Kexi praised Lucia, while Selina realized Lucia had said the words Selina had secretly considered her own.
• Kexi named the corps Pleiades and appointed Lucia captain and Luna vice captain.
• Kexi ordered Pleiades to protect him at his birthday banquet and keep women from approaching him.
• The maids cheered, while Selina quietly lamented that her special role and words had been taken from her.

At Kexi’s birthday reception, he shamelessly flirted with Female Rover and convinced Abby that it was a legendary warrior named Abraxas. Meanwhile, Luna organized a team to protect Kexi and keep women away from him, and Scar’s attempt to sneak into the reception disguised as a maid ended when he spotted Phrolova in a maid outfit.

• Carlotta warned Kexi to behave at the reception, but he greeted Female Rover with an exaggerated hand-kiss and kept pursuing her after she explained she was delivering a message from Shorekeeper.
• Abby sniffed Kexi and called him Bro, prompting Kexi to tell it that its full name was Absolut Abraxas and that it had once been the strongest warrior of the Absolut Kingdom.
• Carlotta stopped Kexi’s performance and had Lucia drag him away, then asked Female Rover about Shorekeeper’s wish to meet him.
• Luna assigned maids to patrol the reception and secretly protect Kexi, then called Phrolova over.
• Scar, disguised as a maid, tried to approach Luna but realized Phrolova was also wearing a maid outfit.

Scar infiltrated the Montelli manor in a maid uniform to report Phrolova’s defection, but he struggled to keep his disguise as the staff repeatedly questioned and ordered him around. He was sent to carry flowers to the hall, furious at Christopher for putting him through the humiliating assignment.

• Luna ordered Phrolova to act as bait beside the young master at his birthday banquet, and Phrolova reluctantly agreed despite lacking her Resonance Ability.
• Scar overheard Luna command Phrolova and resolved to find Christopher and tell him she had defected.
• Qishi questioned Scar about his department, name, and missing ID badge, then made him sweep fallen leaves in the corridor.
• Karenina and Jietawi questioned Scar, but Luna called them away before they exposed him.
• Qishi gave Scar a basket of flowers to carry to the hall, and Scar silently blamed Christopher for his humiliating disguise.

Scar and Christopher prepared their scheme at the estate reception while Phrolova arrived in a revealing outfit chosen by Luna. At the reception, Lynae and Sigrika learned that Mornye had also received an invitation, then planned to confront the birthday host—until Mornye reacted to their claim that he had forced a kiss on Sigrika.

• Scar planted a blast card beneath a table while disguised as a maid, and he complained to Christopher about his outfit.
• Luna dressed Phrolova in a revealing black dress and added white fox ears, while Christopher told Scar the plan would proceed as usual.
• Lynae and Sigrika found Mornye at the reception and discovered that she too had received an invitation letter.
• Mornye remained unbothered after Lynae and Sigrika explained the letters, saying the letters' value was separate from the writer's character.
• Lynae and Sigrika planned to confront the birthday host and make a scene, with Lynae threatening to say he had forced a kiss on Sigrika.
• Mornye stopped them and asked whether the host had forced a kiss on Sigrika.

At a birthday banquet, Kexi faced Lynae and Sigrika over his forced kiss, while Mornye struggled with his apparent rejection of her. Kexi apologized to Sigrika, but his flirtatious excuse left her blushing and Lynae exasperated.

• Mornye wondered why Kexi had kissed Sigrika but kept his distance from her, then entered the banquet hall with Lynae and Sigrika.
• Kexi discovered that Rover was not a Resonator and angrily confronted his system before Lynae and Sigrika approached him.
• Lynae demanded that Kexi explain the kiss, while guests including Phrolova, Changli, Cantarella, Jinhsi, Juno, and Augusta arrived.
• Kexi cut off Mornye, mistaking Sigrika's demand for an explanation as a request for tape and handing her a roll.
• Kexi apologized and called Sigrika cute and baby, leaving her blushing as Lynae warned her not to be fooled.

At Kexi’s birthday party, several women confronted him over letters he had sent, and Yangyang’s call of “Brother-in-law” made them believe he was already married. The confrontation escalated when Suisui arrived and Selina pulled Augusta away from Kexi, leaving the women demanding to know who she was.

• Mornye asked Kexi whether he avoided her because of her prosthetic, and he denied it.
• Augusta and Juno confronted Kexi with letters, while Lynae and Sigrika revealed they had received letters too.
• Female Rover spoke with Abby until Jinhsi spotted Kexi surrounded by women and went to intervene with Sanhua, Yangyang, and Baizhi.
• Yangyang called Kexi “Brother-in-law,” prompting Augusta, Juno, and Jinhsi to react as Yangyang and Suisui were identified as sisters.
• Sigrika accused Kexi of being married while seducing multiple women, and Selina pulled Augusta away to check on him.
• Lynae and Sigrika demanded to know who Selina was after she appeared beside Kexi.

Kexi faced an escalating confrontation as the women around him challenged him to choose between them and exposed his past words and actions. The chapter ended with Jinhsi asking Changli whether she truly did not mind, while Changli demanded Kexi name his choice.

• Kexi tried to explain that Selina was only his secretary, but Selina's suggestive reply fueled everyone's suspicions.
• Suisui claimed she and Kexi were exactly what the crowd suspected, provoking Augusta, Juno, and the others.
• Changli and Cantarella arrived, and Changli demanded an answer from Kexi about what he had told her at Porto-Vino Castle.
• Yangyang's comment that Kexi had kissed her sister made the women erupt, while Suisui falsely claimed Kexi had called her his favorite.
• Cantarella revealed that Changli had confessed she could not let Kexi go, leaving Jinhsi shaken.
• Changli again asked Kexi whom he chose, and Jinhsi asked whether Changli truly did not mind.

Jinhsi and Changli confronted Kexi after discovering he had lied about Changli accepting his many relationships, while Phoebe demanded the return of her stockings. Luna rallied Pleiades to defend Kexi, and Carlotta arrived to demand an explanation.

• Jinhsi confronted Kexi after Changli denied telling him she accepted his other women, and Kexi admitted he had assumed she had come around.
• Phoebe asked Kexi to return her stockings, and he claimed he had taken them to study their material.
• Luna saw the women surrounding Kexi and called Pleiades to assemble, leaving Carlotta's assigned duties behind.
• Luna and the six Pleiades maids formed a defensive line in front of Kexi as Carlotta followed them through the crowd.
• Carlotta found Kexi backed against the wall and demanded to know what was going on.

At Kexi's birthday banquet, his admirers confronted him over his love life, but Luna named Phrolova as his lover and Lupa arrived to claim she was his favorite. The argument became a competition over who was most worthy of Kexi, ending with Jinhsi asserting her status and strength.

• Jinhsi, Juno, and Lynae demanded that Kexi explain himself and choose someone, while Carlotta realized his admirers were fighting over him.
• Luna claimed Phrolova had spent the night with Kexi and repeatedly called her a slut, leaving Phrolova embarrassed and speechless.
• Lupa entered and declared that Kexi's favorite was a wolf-type girlfriend like her, prompting the other women to argue over his preferences.
• Lynae and Sigrika each claimed Kexi favored her, while Lupa mocked Phrolova, Lynae, and Sigrika and challenged the others' worthiness.
• Jinhsi invoked her position as Jinzhou's magistrate and a Sentinel's resonator, declaring that she was more than worthy of Kexi.

Suisui, Cantarella, Alex, and Changli each tried to persuade Carlotta to marry Kexi for the advantages their families or institutions could offer. Changli’s proposal persuaded Carlotta, and Jinhsi confronted her teacher, who confirmed she was willing to trade Huanglong’s favor for Kexi, leaving Jinhsi in tears.

• Suisui claimed her wealth and the Zhaoming Merchant Association made her a suitable match for Kexi, and Carlotta agreed that the Montelli and Zhaoming families would benefit from a marriage.
• Cantarella offered to unite the Fisalia and Montelli Families, and Carlotta said their reconciliation could benefit both families and Rinascita.
• Alex claimed that Imperator had blessed Kexi and Phoebe as a destined couple, while Phoebe was stunned by his invented story.
• Changli offered Carlotta a path to influence at Huanglong’s court in exchange for Kexi, and Carlotta was persuaded by the offer.
• Jinhsi demanded that Changli explain herself, and Changli confirmed she would make the exchange, leaving Jinhsi crying.

At Kexi’s birthday banquet, Jinhsi, Changli, Cantarella, the Order, and others competed with increasingly extravagant offers to win Carlotta and secure a marriage alliance with Kexi. As the women turned their rivalry into a plan to claim him, Kexi quietly crept toward the exit.

• Carlotta weighed Changli’s offer of a high-ranking Huanglong post, but Jinhsi intervened with a fifty-year trade agreement and access to Jinzhou projects.
• Changli countered with an authorization token granting access to the Magistrate’s Office resources, while Cantarella offered Echo patents in exchange for a marriage alliance.
• Alex offered the Montelli religious protection and tax exemptions, turning Kexi’s birthday banquet into an auction over his future.
• Mornye watched from the back, Baizhi remained confused by the gossip, and Sanhua smiled because Kexi had already made her a promise.
• Changli and Cantarella argued, then Augusta and Juno joined the contest and agreed to secure Kexi before deciding how to share him.
• Kexi took advantage of the women’s distraction and edged toward the exit.

Kexi tried to sneak out while the women argued over who had the closest relationship with him, but their claims escalated into a contest of kisses and affection. Jinhsi hinted that someone present was even more intimate with Kexi, leaving the hall waiting to learn who she meant.

• Kexi tried to slip out of the hall as Sigrika condemned the women's relationships with him as transactions.
• Sigrika declared that she and Kexi had kissed, prompting Suisui and Cantarella to claim they had kissed him too.
• Yangyang confirmed that Suisui had kissed Kexi, and Cantarella claimed she had French-kissed him, which Carlotta verified.
• Jinhsi said Kexi had hugged her and kissed her back, while Juno claimed he had French-kissed her and kissed her feet.
• Augusta and Lupa declared that Kexi belonged with Septimont, but Jinhsi insisted someone else present was more intimate with him and began to reveal her identity.

Jinhsi revealed that Sanhua had slept with Kexi, but the others doubted her until Sanhua confirmed it. When the group discovered Kexi had slipped away, they chased him, only for the three savages of Septimont to find him kissing Cioccolata’s collarbone.

• Jinhsi named Sanhua as the woman who had slept with Kexi, and Sanhua confirmed that Jinhsi was telling the truth.
• Lupa and the others demanded to confront Kexi, but they found that he had disappeared from the reception hall.
• Augusta led the guests in pursuit of Kexi, while the Pleiades' maids and others followed.
• Kexi explained that he had fled to avoid the women, and he showed Cioccolata the money he had received from Carlotta.
• Cioccolata gave Kexi a booklet of her musical scores, and Kexi kissed her collarbone as the three savages of Septimont arrived.

After the crowd caught Kexi with Cioccolata, they confronted him about his relationships and letters. Kexi’s attempt to justify wanting all of them ended in a chase, and Jinhsi and Changli cornered him inside the ceremonial hall.

• Augusta and the others caught Kexi with Cioccolata, and Augusta demanded to know whether he had slept with Sanhua.
• Kexi admitted it, then claimed he had given each woman a piece of his heart and described the personal letters he had written them.
• Augusta, Juno, and the others accused Kexi of wanting a harem and moved to attack him.
• Luna and Selina led the Pleiades in protecting Kexi, while he tried to escape through the corridors.
• Scar pointed out an open route, and Kexi ran back into the ceremonial hall as the women chased him.
• Jinhsi and Changli flew past Carlotta and intercepted Kexi inside the hall.

Kexi escaped the banquet hall amid an explosion, then fell into Christopher’s script, where Christopher sent a lookalike to face Jinhsi. The fake Kexi stabbed Jinhsi in the back, and she collapsed as Ages of Harvest fell from her hand.

• Luna and the Pleiades maids freed Kexi from Changli and Jinhsi, but planted playing cards detonated throughout the banquet hall and threw it into chaos.
• Jinhsi chased Kexi while Scar held Changli back, and Kexi fell through a collapsed floor into an unfamiliar misty space.
• Christopher appeared in the space and created a lookalike of Kexi to confront Jinhsi in the corridor.
• Fake Kexi persuaded Jinhsi to lower her guard, embraced her, and stabbed her in the back.
• Jinhsi fell to the floor as Ages of Harvest slipped from her hand.

Kexi battled Christopher inside the layered script world while Scar delayed Changli, giving Kexi time to escape. Elsewhere, the fake Kexi stabbed Jinhsi and drained her power, leaving Changli to pursue him as Sanhua called Baizhi for help.

• Kexi used Camellya's and Jinhsi's powers to attack Christopher, but Christopher escaped through the script world and left Kexi trapped among its endless layers.
• Scar received Christopher's signal and let Changli pass after delaying her, while Selina and the Pleiades tried to hold back the others.
• The fake Kexi stabbed Jinhsi, smeared blood across her face, and siphoned off her power as she lay unconscious.
• Changli found Jinhsi, attacked the fake Kexi as he fled, and then handed Jinhsi to Sanhua before setting off to catch him.
• Sanhua called Baizhi to help the badly wounded Jinhsi, while Yangyang, Lynae, and Sigrika reacted in shock.

Kexi escaped Christopher’s scenario only to be framed for stabbing Jinhsi, and Changli and Sanhua turned against him. After synchronizing with Changli and completing his task, Kexi fled in a crimson mech, leaving Carlotta to discover Jinhsi’s injury.

• Kexi escaped Christopher’s scenario space, then dodged Changli’s attacks as she accused him of killing Jinhsi.
• Changli brought Kexi to the injured Jinhsi, and he realized Christopher had used a fake version of him to frame him.
• Sanhua attacked Kexi after Baizhi explained that Jinhsi’s lung had been pierced, while Changli restrained Sanhua.
• Kexi froze time, synchronized with Changli, and completed his second task before time resumed and the others caught him in an intimate position with Changli.
• As the women attacked, Kexi summoned a crimson Threnodian Armament mech and escaped, promising Carlotta he would prove his innocence.
• Carlotta docked the Pleiades’ wages, then noticed Jinhsi’s condition and asked what had happened to Magistrate Jin.

After Kexi escaped, Carlotta faced accusations that he had tried to kill Jinhsi, while Alex used the incident to threaten Montelli and demand Kexi’s return. Carlotta promised to uncover the truth within three days as Changli agreed to the deadline and took Jinhsi away.

• Christopher and Scar discussed Kexi’s escape, then turned their attention to Rover and Phrolova.
• Rover approached Carlotta and the others while guests spread rumors that Montelli had attacked Jinhsi and might provoke a conflict with Huanglong.
• Carlotta denied that Kexi would kill Jinhsi, but Changli insisted she had witnessed the attack.
• Alex accused Montelli of attacking Jinzhou’s magistrate and silenced Phoebe when she tried to defend Kexi.
• Carlotta promised to bring Kexi back and explain what happened, and Alex gave her three days before the Order would act.
• Changli agreed to Alex’s deadline and sent Sanhua and Baizhi to take Jinhsi away.

Carlotta and her allies insisted that Kexi was innocent, but the Order issued a wanted notice for him on suspicion of assassinating the Magistrate of Jinzhou. Meanwhile, Phrolova escaped her Resonance Suppressor and prepared to deal with someone at the Montelli after Christopher told her to help make arrangements for Rover.

• Female Rover, Augusta, Juno, Lupa, and Yangyang supported Carlotta and defended Kexi, while Suisui argued with Yangyang and left when she refused to give up on him.
• Alex reported the incident at Montelli Manor to Fenrico, who ordered Kexi Montelli placed on the wanted list but warned that he should be kept alive.
• Christopher and Scar found Phrolova in the wilderness, where she refused to explain her strange outfit and demanded they remove her Resonance Suppressor.
• Scar blasted the suppressor off, killing Phrolova temporarily; half an hour later, she regenerated completely and regained her Resonance Energy.
• Christopher told Phrolova to help make arrangements for Rover before the carnival, and Phrolova decided to change clothes and settle the score with someone at the Montelli.

Kexi and Chisaki secretly worked together to make a fortune selling barbecue in the Forest of Tranquility, then discussed meeting Chisaki’s family. When they returned to Star Torch Academy, Lynae and Sigrika saw them acting affectionately and reacted angrily.

• Kexi sold cheap barbecue made from yesterday’s leftovers while Chisaki displayed identical food at triple the price, leading customers to believe they were rivals.
• Kexi and Chisaki revealed they were working together, using their contrasting prices to draw in customers and sell out their stock.
• Kexi counted tens of thousands of Shell Credits and told Chisaki she should take him to meet her family, making her blush and stammer.
• Kexi and Chisaki returned to Star Torch Academy, where Lynae pointed out their affection to Sigrika and called Kexi a bastard for hooking up with another woman.

Kexi discovered that the mech he received was Aleph-1 and learned he needed to gather energy to unlock its weapons and equipment. After checking into an inn in Egla Town, he was identified from a wanted notice, and Alex set out to capture him.

• Kexi inspected his mech and argued with the system when he realized it looked like Aleph-1 rather than the Threnodian.
• The system explained that Kexi could unlock equipment by absorbing energy from high-energy units, including Fractsidus members.
• Kexi considered how to clear his name after Christopher framed him for Jinhsi's attempted assassination, and decided to lie low until he could speak with Jinhsi.
• Kexi checked into the Wavecrest Inn in Egla Town, where the innkeeper recognized him from the Order's wanted notice and reported his location.
• Alex gathered a group, including Gladiator Junrock and Abyssal Patricius, and headed to the inn to capture Kexi.

Kexi planned to find Rover to track down the Fractsidus and learn about Jinhsi, but the Order arrested him for her attempted assassination. Brant rescued him on Carlotta’s orders and began taking him to the Fool’s Troupe as the Order closed in.

• Kexi decided to seek out Rover, hoping to find the Fractsidus and ask about Jinhsi’s condition.
• Alex arrived with Ordo guards and Echoes, presented Kexi’s arrest warrant, and tried to take him into custody.
• Kexi fought off the guards and climbed out the window, but someone grabbed his collar and swung him away on a grappling line.
• Brant introduced himself as Carlotta’s rescuer and told Kexi that she was under pressure to hand him over but was trying to protect him.
• Brant said he was taking Kexi to the Fool’s Troupe, then urged him to hurry as the Order pursued them.

Brant rescued Kexi from the Order and brought him to the Isle of Lament, where the Fool’s Troupe lived among survivors exiled by the Order of the Deep. Kexi settled into a cabin at Fool’s Elysium, but Roccia continued to avoid him and called him a pervert.

• Brant escaped the Order’s pursuers with Kexi and sailed away from shore with Roccia aboard their boat.
• Brant explained that the Isle of Lament was a place of exile where pilgrimage-ship survivors had formed the Fool’s Troupe and used plays to speak despite the Order’s restrictions.
• Brant sailed into the island’s harbor and showed Kexi around the troupe’s cavern home, Fool’s Elysium.
• Brant gave Kexi a cabin and said he would need to stay on the island while the Order’s warrant remained active.
• Kexi approached Roccia as she worked on a device, and she called him a pervert and a lolicon before leaving inside Pero’s chest.

Kexi met Baldorio, a former carnival laureate, and learned about the performance planned for the day after tomorrow, where Rover and the Montelli Family's second young lady would lead. After failing to find Brant, Kexi summoned Selina with an iris and reached her through his terminal.

• Kexi recited a poem to deny being a lolicon, but the troupe members took it as further proof.
• Baldorio invited Kexi to stay at the haven for fools and explained that he had once been exiled for protesting the Order's control of the carnival.
• Kexi told Baldorio he could write love letters, and Baldorio invited him to join the carnival performance the day after tomorrow.
• Kexi learned that Rover and the Montelli Family's second young lady were the leads and planned to surprise Rover and confront the Fractsidus if they caused trouble.
• Kexi could not find Brant, who had gone out to sea, so he picked an iris and performed a summoning ritual for Selina.
• Selina answered Kexi's terminal and asked where he was.

Kexi learned that Jinhsi remained unconscious and the Montelli elders were challenging Carlotta’s leadership because she protected him. With the Order giving him three days to prove his innocence, he asked Selina to monitor Jinhsi and support Carlotta while he searched for a way to expose Christopher.

• Kexi told Selina he was hiding on the Isle of Lament and learned Jinhsi had not woken up, leaving him without a witness to prove his innocence.
• Kexi asked Selina to watch Jinhsi and find out what Rover was doing so he could use her to track down Christopher.
• Selina told Kexi that Luca and other Montelli elders were calling a family meeting to challenge Carlotta’s position as head of the family.
• Carlotta confronted Kexi over the trouble he had caused and warned that the Order had given the Montelli three days to produce evidence.
• Carlotta berated Luna, the Pleiades, and Selina for failing to protect Kexi, then left for the meeting room.
• Kexi asked Selina to support Carlotta at the meeting and promised to put an end to the mess.