Chapter Summaries

After Kexi mocked Phrolova’s embarrassing performance, he treated the cut on her palm, leaving her confused by his unexpected care. He then pulled her away, saying she would warm his bed that night, while Luna protested and Carlotta learned that Kexi had gone off with Phrolova.

• After the hall emptied, Kexi provoked Phrolova until he noticed blood on her left palm.
• Kexi ordered Luna to fetch the medicine box, removed porcelain fragments from Phrolova’s cut, and bandaged her hand.
• Phrolova thanked Kexi quietly and felt unsettled by how carefully he had treated her.
• Kexi told Phrolova she would warm his bed that night and had Selina keep Luna from following them.
• Carlotta arrived and asked where Kexi had gone, and Luna complained that he had left with Phrolova.

Kexi dragged Phrolova to his room and teased her after she misunderstood his order to strip as a demand to remove her clothes. Their intimate, chaotic encounter was interrupted when Carlotta burst in and found Phrolova nearly naked on Kexi’s bed.

• Kexi shoved Lucia aside in the corridor while dragging Phrolova to his room, and Lucia told Carlotta that he had gone off with a bad woman.
• Kexi ordered Phrolova to strip, and she took off her maid uniform before realizing he had only meant for her to remove his coat.
• Kexi mocked Phrolova for repeatedly closing her eyes as he pretended to kiss her, then caught her wrists when she tried to slap him.
• Carlotta kicked open the bedroom door and demanded to know why a naked woman was in Kexi’s bed.

Carlotta confronted Kexi after finding Phrolova in his bed and threatened to shoot her, but Kexi stood between them and demanded that Carlotta respect his choices. After Carlotta left, Kexi and Phrolova stayed together in his room, where he pinned her down.

• Carlotta found Phrolova in Kexi's bed and aimed her gun at her, but Kexi grabbed Carlotta's wrist and deflected the shot.
• Kexi argued that Carlotta had controlled his life for years and refused to let her harm Phrolova.
• Kexi threatened to cut ties with Carlotta if she touched Phrolova, and Carlotta lowered her gun and warned him not to cause trouble at the birthday banquet.
• After Carlotta left, Phrolova told Kexi he had been stupid, and he joked with her until she threw a pillow at him.
• Kexi rolled over and pinned Phrolova down.

After wrecking Liv’s carefully organized prescriptions, Kexi barged into Carlotta’s bath and demanded spending money. He blackmailed her with photos and left with a check for one million Monnaie.

• Kexi scattered the prescriptions Liv had spent three days sorting, then slipped away as she returned to the infirmary.
• Kexi barged into Carlotta’s room while she was bathing and took her gun when she reached for it.
• Kexi asked Carlotta for eight or ten million Monnaie, but she offered him a check for fifty thousand.
• Kexi photographed Carlotta and threatened to post the pictures unless she paid him ten million Monnaie.
• Carlotta gave Kexi a check for one million Monnaie, and he rolled out of her room.

Kexi withdrew his escape fund and rebuffed Mornye and Phoebe before returning to Montelli, where he prepared Selina and Lucia to protect him from the chaos he expected tomorrow. Mornye was left doubting herself, while Kexi turned to Lucia for help.

• Phrolova smashed Kexi’s music box after disliking its breakup songs.
• Kexi withdrew his cash at Everard Bank, rejected Mornye’s invitation to talk, and refused to return Phoebe’s stockings.
• Mornye asked Phoebe whether she was annoying or frightening, and Phoebe reassured her that her prosthetic legs were pretty.
• Kexi returned to Montelli and told Selina to protect him from women and the expected chaos tomorrow, then dismissed Luna and called Lucia over.

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.