Recaps

At a Montelli family meeting, Luca pushed to expel Kexi and remove Carlotta as family representative, arguing that protecting Kexi endangered the family. Carlotta opposed his motion to expel Kexi, but the chapter ended before the vote on her position was held.

• Luca warned Carlotta that the Order’s deadline and the shutdown of Montelli’s merchant ships put the family at risk if it continued to shelter Kexi.
• Sera said the shipping losses threatened Montelli’s finances and could force Vito’s terminal laboratory to stop work, while Vito argued that surrendering Kexi would only invite further demands from the Order.
• Marta reported that Alex had met with Fenrico and that Changli had given Montelli forty-eight hours to respond, without naming Kexi in her document.
• Luca invoked the family charter and proposed expelling Kexi and holding a new vote on Carlotta’s position as family representative.
• Enzo read the ballots on Kexi’s expulsion: Luca voted in favor, Sera and Vito opposed, Marta abstained, and Carlotta opposed.

Carlotta halted the vote to remove her as Montelli family head after learning that Jinhsi had awakened and could identify her attacker. Luca agreed to postpone the vote for up to five days, leaving Carlotta to seek Jinhsi’s testimony and manage the Order’s deadline while Fractsidus threatened the coming carnival.

• Luca’s motion to remove Carlotta as family head began, and Carlotta challenged the basis for accusing Kexi of assassinating Jinhsi.
• Selina announced that Jinhsi had awakened and could speak, giving Carlotta a chance to obtain firsthand testimony.
• Carlotta asked to postpone the vote until Jinhsi could testify, promising to hand Kexi over if he was proven guilty.
• Luca postponed the vote for no more than five days, while Sera, Vito, Marta, and Enzo each offered Carlotta limited support.
• After the others left, Selina relayed that Kexi had said he would handle the problem, and Carlotta doubted he could do so.

Kexi learned that the Order and the Fractsidus planned to sabotage the carnival, then paid Brant to let him join the troupe’s performance. He chose to play the demon king’s prince and devised a scheme to propose to the heroes, including Carlotta.

• Kexi learned that Jinhsi had awakened and could help clear his arrest warrant, then went to eat with Brant.
• Brant told Kexi that the Order was working with the Fractsidus to recreate the disaster from ten years earlier and that the troupe planned to stop them with Carlotta at the carnival.
• Kexi insisted on joining the performance, and Brant agreed after Kexi paid him three hundred thousand Monnaie.
• Kexi reviewed the improvised play’s roles and chose to play the demon king’s prince.
• Kexi told Brant to have the prince propose to the heroes and promise to help overthrow the demon king, and Brant accepted after Kexi offered more money.

Kexi spent the day irritating Roccia and then planned his next steps: checking on Jinhsi and visiting the Everard Vault for Echoes and a sword. He fell asleep fantasizing about defeating his enemies and proposing to Carlotta, who rejected him in his dream.

• Baldorio offered Kexi Green Juice Laurel Salad, but Kexi claimed he had a delicate stomach and slipped away while Brant ate it.
• Kexi tried to befriend Roccia and take her wrench, but she called him a pervert and threatened to have Pero bite him if he called her onee-san again.
• Brant told Kexi that teasing Roccia only made her ignore him, and Kexi said he wanted to get to know everyone on the island.
• Kexi planned to find Selina and persuade Jinhsi to speak so the wanted notice could be withdrawn, then visit the Everard Vault for Echoes and a sword.
• Kexi fantasized about confessing to Carlotta and keeping her from marrying anyone else before dreaming that she rejected his proposal.

Kexi dreamed that Francis revealed he and Carlotta shared a mother, then woke relieved that it was only a nightmare. He left the island in Aleph-1 to return to Ragunna and see Jinhsi, leaving Brant stunned at the dock.

• In Kexi’s dream, Francis told him that Carlotta was his blood sister because they shared a mother, and Carlotta confirmed she had known the truth.
• Kexi woke in a cold sweat, convinced the revelation had only been a dream.
• After breakfast, Kexi told Brant he was going back to Ragunna to see the awakened Jinhsi and clear up their misunderstanding.
• Kexi summoned Aleph-1 from the sea and flew off toward the southwest, leaving Brant soaked and bewildered.

After the reception hall explosion, Luna realized the Fractsidus had secretly planted the bombs and discovered Phrolova was missing. Phrolova then ambushed Luna in her room, restrained her, and slapped her twice in revenge.

• Karenina asked Luna whether she had arranged the explosion, and Luna denied it.
• Luna concluded that the Fractsidus had planted the bombs and framed the young master.
• Luna noticed Phrolova was missing and planned to report it to the Second Miss.
• Phrolova ambushed Luna while she slept, suspending her from a Tacet Discord and fastening a Resonance Suppressor around her neck.
• Phrolova reminded Luna that she had made her smell chicken shit, then slapped her on both cheeks.

Phrolova took revenge on Luna for tormenting her, then left her bound and gagged beside the chicken coop. Luna was alive but helpless as dawn approached.

• Phrolova whipped and slapped Luna, naming the ways Luna had humiliated her.
• Phrolova had Hecate spin Luna around until she felt sick.
• Phrolova threatened Luna with a knife but put it away after remembering Kexi's words.
• Phrolova stuffed her stockings into Luna's mouth, and Hecate bound her and carried her to the backyard chicken coop.
• Phrolova left Luna on the ground as the chickens gathered around her.

Kexi recruited Selina to help him enter the Everard Vault and retrieve Bloodleaf Viburnum, which he planned to use to gain Baizhi’s help in seeing Jinhsi. Before they reached the vault, Kexi warned Selina that helping him could get her expelled from Montelli, and she had not yet answered.

• Kexi learned from Selina that Jinhsi was recovering under Sanhua and Changli’s watch, while Baizhi sought Bloodleaf Viburnum.
• Selina told Kexi that Luca had failed to remove him from the family, but his second sister had five days to explain herself or step down.
• Kexi went to the Everard Vault and decided Selina could help him access its secured lower level.
• Selina arrived, embraced Kexi, and agreed to help him enter the vault using authorization he had obtained from Zani.
• Kexi told Selina the plan could lead to her expulsion from Montelli and asked whether she would still help him.

Selina confessed that she would stay beside Kexi even if Montelli expelled her, and asked whether he would still keep her as his secretary. Kexi reassured her that he would support her, and they continued toward the vault to work.

• Selina told Kexi that her feelings for him mattered more than her standing with Montelli and that she was willing to follow him wherever he went.
• Selina recalled their dance and song at the sanatorium courtyard, then asked whether Kexi would still want her as his secretary if she had nothing else to offer.
• Kexi told Selina she was already his secretary and said she looked more beautiful than anyone when she danced.
• Kexi promised to support Selina if Montelli expelled her, saying he would use compensation from his second sister or earn money himself.
• Selina tearfully accepted his promise, vowed to remember his words, and followed him toward the vault.

Kexi and Selina went to the Everard Vault to collect Bloodleaf Viburnum, but the receptionist exposed Kexi as a wanted criminal. Albert intervened, pretended not to recognize him, and escorted him and Selina onward while firing the receptionist.

• Selina showed the authorization and collected a pass card to retrieve two Bloodleaf Viburnum plants with Kexi.
• The lower-level receptionist demanded that Kexi remove his hood, and Selina defended his right to enter as a guest authorized by the second young lady.
• Albert arrived and ordered Kexi to uncover his face, allowing the guards to pull off his hood.
• The receptionist recognized Kexi as a wanted criminal, but Albert claimed he was Mr. Chonghua, a Huanglong merchant, and the guards denied recognizing him.
• Albert fired the receptionist and led Kexi and Selina toward the rare goods vault.

Kexi obtained Bloodleaf Viburnum from the vault to treat Jinhsi, then knocked out Albert and secretly entered the Echo collection area to gather energy and take Tidal Rain. The vault alarm sounded as he claimed the blade.

• Albert led Kexi and Selina to the vault’s rare collection and gave them two Bloodleaf Viburnum plants for Jinhsi.
• Kexi knocked Albert unconscious, took his access card, and sent Selina away with Albert and the plants while he continued alone.
• Kexi entered the Echo collection area and absorbed energy from its stored Echoes, raising his system total to 78,000 points.
• Kexi opened the special collection chamber and took Tidal Rain, the blade once used by Saintess Fleurdelys.
• The vault alarm went off as Kexi claimed the blade.

Kexi fought through the Echoes in the Everard Vault, disguised himself as Fractsidus member Scar, and gained enough energy to unlock the Void Halberd. He escaped by piloting Aleph-1 through the vault ceiling and contacted Selina, who confirmed she had the things.

• Kexi broke out of the steel cage and killed Echoes with Tidal Rain, earning energy.
• Kexi put Phoebe's stocking over his face and claimed to be Scar of the Fractsidus when Matteo confronted him.
• Matteo called for reinforcements, while Kexi kept fighting Echoes until he reached 100,000 energy and unlocked the Void Halberd.
• Kexi summoned Aleph-1, climbed inside, and used the Void Halberd to break through the vault ceiling.
• Kexi contacted Selina from the mech, and she told him she had the things.

Kexi reunited with Selina after she feared he had been hurt, but rejected her romantic feelings and told her she had overstepped. Selina agreed to keep their relationship professional and arranged to meet Baizhi about Magistrate Jin's injuries.

• Selina rushed to Kexi and blamed herself for failing to protect him, but he reassured her that he trusted her for who she was, not for her strength.
• Selina hinted at wanting a closer relationship, and Kexi accused her of trying to avoid repaying the money he had lent her.
• Selina asked why Kexi could be involved with other women but not with her, and Kexi sternly told her she had overstepped.
• Selina accepted Kexi's rebuke without arguing and contacted Baizhi to arrange a meeting about Magistrate Jin's injuries.
• Kexi sensed Selina was hurt, but decided he had to keep their relationship professional and told her to go with him.

Selina resolved to make herself indispensable to Kexi while hiding her desire to stay by his side. At Carlotta’s office, a vault intruder called Scar escaped in the same mech Kexi had used, leading Zani to identify him as Kexi and propose killing him.

• Selina decided to become Kexi’s indispensable secretary so she could remain beside him, and she told him she had been thinking about the meeting with Baizhi.
• Carlotta recalled Zani from vacation, telling her that Montelli could not do without its finest employee.
• A messenger reported that Scar of the Fractsidus had broken into the Everard Vault and overwhelmed its Echo guards.
• Carlotta ordered Matteo notified and the Hetero Armament activated, then watched Scar escape in a red-and-black mech.
• Carlotta recognized the mech as the one Kexi had used to flee the reception, and Zani concluded that Kexi was the intruder and called for his execution.

Carlotta decided to cover for Kexi after he looted the Everard Vault, despite the damage it would cause Montelli. Luna overheard Carlotta say she loved her younger brother to death and spread the gossip before Carlotta confronted the manor staff over its security failure.

• Carlotta told Zani to destroy the Everard Vault’s cameras and argued that protecting her family mattered more than enforcing Montelli’s oath.
• Luna overheard Carlotta confess she loved Kexi too much and messaged Jietawi to spread the gossip.
• Carlotta deleted the vault’s surveillance footage and planned to blame Scar of the Fractsidus for the theft.
• Carlotta addressed the Montelli staff at the morning meeting and berated them for failing to stop the manor’s infiltration and bombing.
• Luna told Jietawi that Carlotta’s love for Kexi was true, then joked with her about Kexi’s description of Yordles.

Kexi met Baizhi with Selina and persuaded her to help him see Jinhsi so he could prove he had been framed. Baizhi arranged a brief meeting for the next afternoon, while Selina struggled to contain her jealousy after Baizhi hugged Kexi.

• Selina showed Baizhi two jars of Bloodleaf Viburnum, and Kexi joined them at the café.
• Kexi told Baizhi that Christopher had used a fake of him to attack Jinhsi, and Selina confirmed Kexi's account.
• Baizhi agreed to take the medicine and arrange for Kexi to see Jinhsi for ten minutes the next afternoon.
• Baizhi asked Kexi what he had written in his letter to her, but he could not remember; she hugged him and thanked him.
• Selina suppressed violent thoughts about Baizhi and offered to plan the route and meeting arrangements for Kexi.

Kexi used Selina’s portal to sneak into the hotel and meet the injured Jinhsi, who confirmed that she knew an impostor had attacked her. Jinhsi refused to clear Kexi’s name and revealed that she wanted him.

• Selina distracted the guards by opening a portal into Baizhi’s room for Kexi.
• Kexi followed Selina’s directions through the hotel and quietly entered Jinhsi’s room.
• Kexi told Jinhsi that Christopher’s impostor had stabbed her and framed him.
• Jinhsi said she had known the attacker was not Kexi, but refused to take down the wanted posters.
• Changli heard Kexi’s voice outside Jinhsi’s room and stopped before opening the door.
• Jinhsi told Kexi she wanted him.