Seishun X Kikanjuu
Fight Like a Girl
Ch 85 as of 13/03/22 - Rumble High School: ruled by the top martial arts fighting clubs. - 9 major clubs: Sambo, Judo, Boxing, Karate, Taekwondo, Sanda, Muay Thai, Kendo, Ko-ryu. - “No.1 at Rumble High means No.1 in the world” - New MMA club formed by Sunny Yan, huge fan of Troy Qi - Troy Qi 20yo, professional MMA fighter - He promised his mother to become strong, heroic, and manly. “A real man,” “the greatest man in the world,” and the world’s best fighter. - Tori He, 2nd yr high school student. - She was quiet, weak, and hated violence and pain. - She was an honours student. - Tori as Troy has amnesia (retains none of Tori’s memories) and her breasts got bigger for some reason. Tori’s family: - Frank He, a wealthy and caring stepfather - Kane He, older stepbrother (CEO of his own company) - Her mother died Tori’s posse: - Julia, karate club - Winnie, boxing club - Alice, going home club Cast of characters: - Ox, vice captain of the judo club - Bear, Captain of the Judo club (childhood friends w/ Rain) - Jun Kim, Captain of the Taekwondo club - Rain Murong, 1st female Captain of the Ko-ryu (Traditional Martial Arts) club. Helps Tori out when she has her 1st period (after being possessed by Troy). Teaches Tori about Qi. - Yves Liu, Captain of the Boxing club - Jonas Gui, Captain of the Karate club - Dragon Yi, Captain of the Sanda club - Theo Pah, Captain of the Muay Thai club - Mariko Yagyu, Captain of the Kendo club (female) - Flynn Duan, Captain of the Sambo club - Tori and Troy switched bodies when he saved her after she fell from a building rooftop. Troy’s body (with Tori’s soul) died. Tori become infamous as the girl who killed a world fighting champion. - Tori first met Sunny when he was getting beaten up by Ox. - Jun Kim left a love letter in Tori’s desk but she ignored it. - Sunny, Tori and her posse go to the judo club to face off against Ox. He made the match 5 vs 5. Winnie defeated 3. Sunny won against the 4th with direction from Tori (who he’s now calling Master’s wife). Sunny loses against Ox but Tori steps in as the new captain of the MMA club. She knocks Ox out with a spin kick to his chin. It’s caught on video and goes viral. - Kane saw Tori fight Ox and takes her to see a psychiatrist after she tells him Troy Qi possessed her body. - At the airport to see Kane off as he heads back to the US for business, Tori goes into the lift and becomes panic stricken with claustrophia. In the lift with her is Bear, the disciple of Joseph Nakano the judo expert that Troy Qi defeated in his last fight. - Tori sees a vision of herself as Troy watching a small scared girl in a dark, wet and cramped space before large closed doors and a monstrous bear emerges. Troy defends the girl and lashes out but hits Bear in real life. He continues to fight this ‘judo bear’ until he wakes up as Tori again when an incoming car shines its headlights. - Troy as Tori starts getting flashbacks to traumatic memories of hers. She has claustrophobia due to child abuse and sexual assault by Kane’s friends (and possibly her birth father?) in the past. - Kane signed a business deal with Mr Tracy that was pushed by his partner Peter and the board of Kane’s company (who were intimidated and bribed). Mr Tracy heads a group of ruthless gangsters and wants to take over Kane’s company, so he uses Peter to betray Kane. Tori is invited over to the US by Michelle, Kane’s secretary to attend an event. Tori is drugged and kidnapped by Peter to use against Kane. - While drugged, Tori remembers more of her past. During a video call to show she’s alive, Tori confirms with Kane that her mother died when she was hit by a car while running after the bikers who’d taken Tori, then in junior high. Her mum had just been at Kane’s school for complaints about his delinquency, including hanging around those bikers. Kane had made an offer to Tori’s mum to leave his father in exchange for his good behaviour. - Kane was contacted by the bikers, recognised Tori’s voice and rescued her. Kane took Tori to the hospital where he saw his distraught father by the bedside of Tori’s mum. The last words Tori’s mum mouthed to Kane were “I left him. Don’t forget.” Kane went to prison for a year after beating up the biker gang that held Tori captive. He studied finance and became successful. - Filled with guilt and remorse, Kane vowed to protect Tori. - Tori beats up the room full of thugs with Peter. She finds herself in an undergound fight ring owned by Mr Tracy. She recognises Neo Torres, an ex-MMA fighter who lost to Troy before and now works as hired muscle for Mr Tracy. Neo threw the match with Troy, was banned for life and his wife left him with their son. This rematch fight is a close call, but Tori still wins in the end after mastering her Qi. Tori suddenly has another past memory resurface of a young, terrified Tori facing her monstrous birth father. - Kane and Michelle saw Tori fighting Neo. They try to fend off Mr Tracy and his men who have guns. In the end, an overpowered Tori surging with energy takes out the bad guys before fainting. The police later arrive at the hospital to arrest and charge those involved with illegal gambling, fighting, kidnapping, etc. - Tori visits the Legends Sports Club where Troy used to train under his master. She’s shocked to learn all of the members actually hated Troy and believed he rigged the world championship fight. - Zed Zhao, the “eldest brother” who was Troy’s training partner, interrupts Tori fighting the members for badmouthing Troy. He gives her an old photo of Troy as a boy with his mother. - Michelle takes Tori back home while Kane remains in the US to sort out the company. Rumble Apex Competition: - Fight to determine who is the strongest at Rumble High and then go on to the national tournament. - Group A is made up of the top 8 club captains (exclude Ko-ryu). - Group B is made up of all the remaining invitees. - The start of the competition for Group B quickly devolves into an all-out brawl in the gymnasium. - Tori covers her entire body with Qi that acts as protective armour to absorb the attacks from the intense fighting. - Towards the end, Tori loses her will to fight. She’s not sure who she is or what she’s fighting for anymore. - Mary, student council president. She’s the rumble events coordinator and was the MC for the Rumble Apex competition. - Mary loves chaos and has turned the female student body against FL who think she’s seduced all the boys. She gets bullied and her uniform is ruined, including her underwear. She only has a karate uniform to wear and she’s chased around the school so they can forcefully take lewd photos of her. - FL’s friends Sunny, Julia and Winnie rush to her aid. Over 40+ students (male and female) are fighting against FL and her 3 friends. - FL’s subconscious takes over and the attackers look like monsters. She fights back as Troy Qi with superhuman abilities. Only when Zed Zhao shows up does FL regain her senses then faints. Rain protects FL and takes her to a safe place. - FL sees her stepfather demonstrate what a real man is during the parents conference over the brawl. He shows guts and wits, stating FL as the true victim who acted in self defense against mob mentality bullying. - Zed Zhao has been hired to monitor full time the students’ behaviour at Rumble High. Mr Talon Gu the guidance counselor secretly wants to use Zed to get rid of the fighting clubs and Principal Dante Wang. - Tori makes lunch for Zed and they have lunch together each day until Zed is reported to the Principal and told to stop. Tori is confused by her feelings for Zed. - Mary arranged a fake gang hold-up. Tori comes to Mary’s rescue and beats up the leader and former boxing club captain Hyena. When someone uses a knife, it triggers mental trauma for Tori and she blanks out. - Zed Zhao goes to check on the fighting clubs and is challenged by Yves at the boxing club. Zed defeats Yves after seeing him as Troy. - Zed is then challenged by Jonas Gui and they agree to meet off school grounds for their fight. Zed again shows his true fighting colours by picturing Troy to defeat Jonas. - Mary keeps testing Tori by having herself appear kidnapped by her own staff so Tori will give chase. Tori realises it’s all fake. - Kane returns and wants to take Tori to Japan to see a scientist called Professor Tim Saito about returning her consciousness. - Tori secretly meets Zed one night before she leaves. They spar and Zed finally realises that she’s Troy. - In Japan, after some initial tests Tori undergoes hypnosis and relives a memory of her abusive father. - Kane listens to the recording and confirms he heard Tori’s mother left her father who was a gambling addict that was often violent with them. - Saito thinks Tori might have dissociative identity disorder but emphasises that’s not for certain. It’s the closest scientific explanation at this point. - Tori as Troy starts to question his own existence. - Tori undergoes hypnotherapy again. Troy sees what really happened on the rooftop the day Tori committed suicide. She was meeting her birth father to give him money. He pretended to apologise for everything then left. Tori had sawn through the barrier and intended to push him off but couldn’t do it. In the end she saw the only way out was to jump herself. - Tori’s spirit tells Troy that as a girl, she’s been nothing but a burden to everyone around her, even to him. It’s because she was born a girl that her mother was treated badly by her grandmother and aunt, and why her father turned to gambling. Troy rejects her body but would’ve had no issues if she was a boy. She says sorry to Troy and disappears. - Tori as Troy is now convinced he’s real and will continue living through Tori’s body. He wants Kane to give up on bringing Tori back and to stay out of his way. - Tori as Troy, Kane and Michelle return home. - Bear challenged Zed to a match. While Zed also defeats him, Zed is impressed with Bear’s skills. - The next phase of the Rumble Apex begins with a series of elimination matches. The top 8 clubs and the Bokh (Mongolian wrestling), Koppojutsu, Sumo, and MMA clubs already qualify for the 3rd final round. - Zed, Rain and Mr Gu are the match judges. - In a shock win, Muay Thai defeats Boxing. - To motivate Jun Kim, Tori makes a bet that she’ll go out with him if he wins. After over 13mins of Tori dodging Jun’s intentionally missed kicks, words from Zed motivate Tori to unconsciously activate her Qi at last. They fight properly and Jun concedes before Tori can land the final blow. - Tori tests herself to confirm Troy has completely taken control over her body. She stays inside a closed locker and has no reaction. - Zed sees Tori and Jun at the school rooftop. After Tori rejects Jun’s confession, Zed interrupts to say she’s already got him. - The match between Kendo and Koppojutsu ends in a tie. Both are badly injured and can’t proceed to the next round. - Bokh vs Karate match also ended with a double defeat. - Bear won after he threw the Sumo Captain out of the ring. - Mr Gu announced the Sanda captain left school to fight professionally. He proposes Zed step in the ring instead against the Sambo Captain. - Later it’s reported a brawl started after outside fighters entered the school. They were called in by the Sambo Captain after he lost to Zed. He accused Mr Gu of sabotaging his chances to win. The Principal resigned because of this incident. - Tori goes with Zed to a ring where they spar. She agrees to accept his offer to be with him if he can beat her, and she activates her Qi. (Needs an epilogue: what about the asshole gambling father? What about Kane and Michelle? What about Alice’s back story?)
Chainsaw Man
Ch 110 as of 13/11/22 - Denji’s mother died from a heart condition (after he was born?) - When Denji was a boy, his father killed himself and left a massive debt that Denji has been trying to repay ever since. He sold some organs when he was older and works as a tree cutter. - Denji 16yo never went to school and lives in poverty in a rundown shack in Tokyo. He has simple dreams of living a normal life. - Pochita is a chainsaw dog demon that Denji made a contract with just after his father died. Denji let Pochita take his blood to heal from a severe wound. In exchange Pochita helps Denji hunt other demons. Pochita is Denji’s only friend and companion. - NB: demons recover by drinking blood. - Denji works hard as a demon hunter for the yakuza loan sharks. - One day the yakuza turn into zombies after being tricked into making a contract with a zombie demon. Denji and Pochita are chopped to pieces by the yakuza zombies. In a promise Denji made to Pochita earlier, Denji’s body is taken over by Pochita. - Denji’s and Pochita’s bodies merge. Pochita becomes Denji’s heart. Denji’s body fully recovers (including the missing organs) but he now has a cable pull in his chest. He turns into Chainsaw Man after he pulls the cable and slaughters the zombie demon and the yakuza zombies. - Public Safety Demon Extermination Special Division 4. - Makima, a senior public safety demon hunter. - She can smell demon scents. - She’s actually the powerful control demon. - Makima takes in Denji instead of killing him. She recognises he isn’t possessed by a demon. Pochita is still alive inside Denji. - If Denji ever quits or disobeys orders, he’ll be killed. - Aki Hayakawa, a public safety demon hunter. - Aki is contracted with the fox demon head (it’s body is in Kyoto). - Denji is assigned to Aki’s special squad and also lives with Aki. - 13yrs ago Aki’s family was killed by the gun demon before his eyes. Makima saved him. He hates and wants to destroy all demons. - Aki is also contracted to a curse demon. - When Aki uses the curse demon’s sword, it shortens Aki’s life. - Power, a fiend (a human possessed by a demon) taken in by Makima. Power is possessed by a blood demon. - She is egotistical and a pathological liar. - Meowy is a cat raised by Power and her only friend. - Denji is paired to patrol with Power. She betrays him to save Meowy who was held hostage by an injured bat demon in exchange for a human meal. The bat demon recovers from drinking Denji’s blood. It swallows Meowy and Power whole. - Denji turns into Chainsaw Man and slices the bat demon into pieces to retrieve Power and Meowy. A leech demon (the bat demon’s partner) attacks Denji who has lost too much blood for his body to recover. Aki destroys the leech demon with his fox demon and Ali’s squad saves Denji, Power and Meowy. - Denji refuses to confirm Power’s betrayal. - Power and Meowy are sent to live with Aki and Denji. - Makima promises to grant one wish to Denji if he destroys the gun demon who wiped out over 1 million people across several different countries 13yrs ago. They are still trying to locate the gun demon. - Small pieces of the gun demon’s body are slowly being collected. The pieces are attracted to each other and react when other pieces are nearby. Demons have enhanced powers after eating these pieces. - Himeno has a contract with a ghost demon. - Aki was paired with Himeno when he first joined Public Safety. - Arai Hirokazu 22yo, contracted with the fox demon. - Kobeni Higashiyama 20yo was forced by her parents to become a demon hunter to help pay for her older brother’s college tuition. She has 9 sisters. - Eternity demon: it has a piece of the gun demon. It offers a contract to let the squads of Himeno and Aki escape the eternal 8th floor of a hotel. In exchange for their freedom, it wants to eat Denji. - In the end Denji agrees to be eaten and turns into Chainsaw Man. He battles the eternity demon for days and recovers by drinking the demon’s blood. - Division 4 welcome party for the newbies: - Denji’s 1st kiss is a barf kiss from drunk Himeno. - The gun demon wants Denji’s heart … - Makima and Special Divisions 1 to 4 are simultaneously ambushed and attacked by a group who are targeting Denji. - Makima survives and uses her contract demon to kill many of the attackers. The other survivors are Denji, Power, Aki, and Kobeni. - Samurai Swordman is the grandson of the yakuza leader that Denji used to work for and then killed. - Akane Sawatari, an ex-civilian demon hunter contracted with a snake demon. - Himeno sacrificed herself and died to save Aki. - The fox demon head was injured and won’t be called by Aki. - The curse demon’s sword was used and Aki has 2yrs left. - Kurose and Tendo are from the Kyoto branch. Among the demons imprisoned by Public Safety, they introduce Aki to the future demon. Aki makes a contract in exchange for letting the future demon live in Aki’s right eye. Aki can now see the future but just a few seconds ahead. - Makima introduces Denji and Power to their new master, Kishibe the strongest demon hunter. He taught Himeno before. He once said that demons only fear demon hunters who are insane. - His plan to train Denji and Power is to hunt them like demons. Their training is complete when they can defeat him. - Makima most likely knew about the ambush and let it happen. - She obtains the names of the yakuza who made a contract with the gun demon to target Denji. - The non-human demon hunters of Division 4: - Princi is a spider demon. - Beam is a shark fiend who idolises Denji as Chainsaw Man. - Violence fiend: forced to wear a poison mask to restrain him. - Angel demon: anyone who touches him directly has their lifespan siphoned off. - Reze is Bomb Girl and an ally of the gun demon. - She was one of many orphan children used in secret experiments by the Russian military. She’s sent to assssinate Denji. - Reze befriends Denji. When he rejects her offer to run away with her, she attacks him. Beam saves Denji and alerts Aki at the Division 2 training facility. Reze arrives and blows up everything. - A typhoon demon arrives to help Reze but gets sliced up by Denji. Reze falls into the ocean with Denji when he wraps his chains around them and jumps into the water. In the end Denji lets Reze go but she is found and killed by Makima and the angel fiend. - The media broadcasts footage of Denji as Chainsaw Man from this latest incident. Makima warns Denji that assassins from all over the world will be targeting him now. 3 bodyguards are assigned to Denji as he patrols with Power. Denji is bait to draw out the assassins. - Demons never truly die. They go through an endless cycle of reincarnation. When they die on Earth, they revive in hell. When they die in hell, they revive on Earth. The last sound they hear when they die in hell is a chainsaw starting up … - Quanxi the 1st demon hunter. She’s from China and has 4 female fiends. Quanxi and Kishibe used to be partners in Public Safety. - 3 brothers from USA, contracted to a skin demon. - Santa Claus from Germany, contracted to a doll demon. - Tolka and his Master who is actually Santa Claus. She is also contracted to a curse demon and a hell demon. - Santa Claus sent everyone to hell and made a contract with the darkness demon to have the power to kill Makima. - Makima appears in hell and makes the darkness demon return everyone to Earth. Denji and Quanxi fight Santa Claus, ultimately winning. Quanxi surrenders but is killed by Makima. - Beam, Princi and the violence fiend are dead. - Aki lost an arm and the angel fiend lost both arms. - Power has nightmares and is afraid of the dark. - Aki takes Denji and Power to Hokkaido to visit his family’s gravesite. They distract him from his usual depressing thoughts. - Aki asks Kishibe for his squad to be excluded from the expedition to eliminate the gun demon. He’s traumatised from his time in hell and doesn’t want to see anyone else die who are close to him. - Makima informs Aki that Denji and Power will still go on the expedition. Aki changes his mind and will be the guardian for Denji and Power. Makima reveals the gun demon has already been defeated and confined. The gun demon’s body not consumed by other demons is being kept by different countries. - The gun demon is being used as a deterrent to prevent global warfare. Makima’s goal for the expedition is to recover the gun demon’s body from other countries. USA attempt to kill Makima by making a contract with the gun demon. - Makina activates the abilities of those under her control to face the gun demon. Aki is possessed by the gun demon to become the gun fiend and goes on a rampage against Denji. Aki is killed by Denji. - Denji is in despair and asks for help from Makima. - For his wish after killing the gun fiend, Denji asks to be Makima’s dog so he doesn’t have to think for himself anymore. - Makima kills Power and gets Denji to turn into Chainsaw Man. - She wants Chainsaw Man for herself and under her control. - Makima wanted to make Denji give up his heart by improving his life so he’d feel it was too painful to keep living if he lost it all. - Makima set up Denji the Chainsaw Man to be seen as a hero. Demons gain strength from people’s fear of them. Chainsaw Man weakens as more people aren’t afraid of him. - Chainsaw Man has the ability to make the names of devils he consumes get wiped from existence. - Earlier Power got Denji to drink her blood when she was scared. Pochita lets Power who is present in the blood Denji swallowed to eat him and recover. Power emerges from Denji and fights Makima then hides with Denji in a dumpster. - Power gives her blood to Denji and dies. - Denji recovers and Kishibe offers to help free him from Makima. - They hide in a bunker for now. Denji wants to live as Chainsaw Man and hatches a plan to defeat Makima. - Using the last of Power’s blood inside him and part of his heart, Denji creates a clone of himself. After Makima thinks she’s defeated Chainsaw Man, Denji as himself uses a chainsaw to cut her into pieces. He makes meals from her body and consumes her completely. Makima is finally gone. - Denji realised Makima only recognised others by their scent and didn't really see individual faces unless she was interested in them. She never saw him as Denji so she didn’t know what he looked like and he was able to surprise her. - Kishibe found a girl in China called Nayuta and brought her back to Japan. She’s the reincarnated control devil, with no memories of her past life. In Denji’s dreams, Pochita says Denji can fulfill the control demon’s wish by being a family to her. - Asa Mitaka. Her parents were killed by demons. - She’s possessed by a war demon called Yoru. - She goes to the same high school as Denji. - Yoshida, contracted with an octopus demon (?) - He’s assigned to keep an eye on Denji to make sure his identity as Chainsaw Man remains a secret. - Public Safety are gone. Denji continues to fight demons for free because he enjoys the fame and popularity that comes with being a hero. He plans to expose his true identity one day to attract women. - Yuko, contracted with the justice demon - Her parents were killed by demons. - She was bullied in middle school and decides to get rid of the bullies in high school. Asa tries to stop her. - ML turns into Chainsaw Man and slices up Yuko but she manages to escape. Later she visits Asa …
Shuumatsu no Valkyrie
Ch 4 as of 04/09/21
The Return of the 8th Class Magician
Ch 81 as of 06/01/23 - also on Tapas - Ian Page went back in time 30yrs to when he’s 12yo. - He regrets all of the lives he took and wants to repent. - He vows in this 2nd life to protect the people that are most precious to him. - Ian was betrayed and poisoned by Emperor Ragnar who feared Ian as the great 8th class mage was the only threat left to Ragnar and the Empire. Ian stabbed himself in the heart with a dagger imbued with a time magic spell. - Fran Page, Ian’s father and a wandering adventurer - Vanessa Page, Ian’s mother and a kitchen maid. She’s been a widow for 7yrs. She died from an illness in Ian’s past life. - Emperor Terry Greenriver - Crown Prince Hayden Greenriver - 5th Prince Ragnar Greenriver - Princess Hiley Greenriver, secretly learning magic - In ML’s past life, Hiley lived like a caged bird. She and the Crown Prince were executed by Ragnar. - Herbert Leon, master of the Ivory Tower and 5th class mage. He and the Ivory Tower mages support Ragnar. - Douglas Hamon was a genius alchemist in Ian’s past life. He was a close aide to Emperor Ragnar and he most likely made the poison that was given to Ian. - Ledio Hamon, Douglas’ father and also an alchemist - Sir Oliver Laywood, Captain of the 2nd imperial order. - Sir Paul Lense, Vice Captain of the 2nd imperial order. - Every child when they are 12yo must take the mana reaction test. If the child is found to have both a mana brain and a mana heart, they are immediately accepted into the magic academy. Mages have the same authority as nobles. - During the test, Ian demonstrates his ability to cast both fire and water spells at the same time. The examiner is astounded at Ian’s double casting skill. - The 1st Mage: a legend among mages. They freely used magic and manifested magic on their own, without being taught. - Ian is acknowledged as a mage of the Empire and his name is inscribed on the Ivory Tower’s list. He’s invited by the Emperor to the imperial palace. - Ian and his mother are taken to the Mogrian estate to await the Crown Prince who will escort them to the capital. - Ian is asked to help find the northern nobles Marcus and Ravi Mogrian who went goblin hunting with their knights. - Ian saves Marcus and Ravi from a goblin horde with his magic. - As a reward Ian is given their family ring, a low tier artifact that increases mana. He had earlier borrowed the ring for the search. - The family also pledge their eternal loyalty and service to Ian. - Ian asks about obtaining elixirs nearby. Marcus recommends Ledio the alchemist in Royd Village. - Ian saves Royd Village from slave traders and bandits. Ian offers to continuously inject Ledio with mana until they find a cure for his mana poisoning. Ian asks Ledio and Douglas to come with him to the capital. He needs their help to make mana elixirs and care for his mother’s illness. Ian also wants to prevent Douglas from falling into Ragnar’s hands. - Ian returns to the Mogrian estate to meet the Crown Prince. - In the Crown Prince’s entourage, Ian uncovers Cecilia the 3rd class mage as a Coldwalker spy from the Coldwood Empire. She tried to test Ian but he overcame her magic with his. Ian shows Sir Oliver the mana tattoo on the back of Cecilia’s neck which was given to her at birth. - For a reward, Ian asked to stop by the old Ivory Tower. - At the ancient ruins of the old Ivory Tower, Ian enters a secret underground space. He defeats the gargoyle and finds the dragon language book but it’s pages are blank. The dragon language can no longer be used. This means he can no longer recreate the spell to travel back in time. - The entourage arrive at the capital and are met by Herbert with an imperial order. Cecilia is to be put under the jurisdiction of the Ivory Tower. The mages will conduct the interrogation. - Ian is given his own residence at the capital. - Ian meets the Emperor for the first time. The Emperor grants Ian’s request to look around the palace. Ian is given a gold plaque to allow ease of access. - Ian goes to the Imperial Sanctum, ie the burial chamber of past members of the imperial family. He harvests some mushrooms for an elixir. He overhears Princess Hiley secretly learning magic. - Ian gets Ledio to make an elixir that keeps the heart rate constant for 2hrs. Ian swallows the elixir when he visits the Ivory Tower. - Ian goes to the top of the Tower and meets Herbert in a room with all of the high ranking mages. They ask probing questions and Ian’s answers are all true under the powerful interrogation magic. - Ian is asked to inject his mana into a large sphere called a mana reservoir. He does so and makes the sphere shatter. - Ian is acknowledged as a 4th class mage and the 12th high-ranking mage of the Tower. He won’t need to attend the academy. - Ian is given his own private laboratory at the Tower. - Helen is a 4th class mage assigned as Ian’s tutor. She tries to intimidate Ian by giving him a practical lesson in combat magic. Ian defeats her instead, humiliating her in front of the other mages. - Douglas attends the Imperial Academy of Alchemy. - The Crown Prince hosts a banquet with Ian as the guest of honour. Ian is introduced to Princess Hiley. - Sir Oliver asks Ian which faction will he support. Ian says while he isn’t sure, he won’t be supporting Ragnar. - Ian agrees to train Sir Oliver to fight against mages. In exchange Sir Oliver gives Ian a necklace that was a gift from the late Empress. (The necklace can help clear the head?) - Explosions around the capital during the banquet are a diversion by the Coldwalkers while they locate Cecilia. Ian goes to her prison cell and finds her dead at the hands of Daniel, another Coldwalker. Ian kills Daniel to avenge the deaths of his mage friends at Daniel’s hands in Ian’s past life. - The credibility of the Tower is damaged and the Emperor orders all materials relating to the spy investigation to be handed over to the knights. For his role in stopping Daniel the spy, Ian is awarded the magic robe of Mitchell Greenriver, the 1st and last 5th class magician of the imperial family. - 5yrs later, Ian is a 5th class mage. His 1st assignment is against monsters swarming the Pierre territory in the east. Ian meets Sir Kalian Pierre in the territory soon after erecting a huge ice barrier that froze the monsters who entered from the mountain ranges. - Ian visits the great northern plains to investigate why the monsters don’t attack there. He meets the tribal king of sorcerers who has an oak mage staff that was marked with black magic by a mysterious woman. To avoid a prophecy that the tribes will be scattered and enslaved after a great war, black magic is the reason for the hordes of monsters attacking the south only. - Ian battles the tribal king, defeats him and takes the staff. He arrives back at the Pierre territory but collapses due to his depleted mana. He is unconscious for 3 days. When he wakes, he removes the black magic from the oak staff but coughs up blood soon after. It’s a sign that he’s attained 6th class as a mage, a rare feat that he also reached in his past life. - Ian receives letters from the Ivory Tower and the imperial family. His family are under protection at the imperial palace after his residence was attacked. The Emperor asks for Ian’s help to protect the Crown Prince and be his strength during the 3-country negotiations at the neutral city of Demidera. Ragnar and Herbert will also be attending. - Ian suspects Herbert of hidden intentions. He knows Herbert sent the attacker to his estate to keep Ian from going to Demidera. Ian casts a 6th class spell that clones himself so he can go to his family and the Crown Prince at the same time. Ian’s main body remains in an unconscious state under the protection of Sir Kalian Pierre. - To maintain the previously agreed upon number of delegates, high ranking mage Ronan offers to relinquish his seat for Ian. This is after Ian secretly gave Ronan new spells to increase his power. - Ian coaches the Crown Prince so he can be the focus of the negotiations, not Ragnar. Ian makes the Crown Prince memorise all of the issues and possible solutions that will be dealt with. - The Crown Prince successfully dominates the discussion from start to finish. Ragnar is furious. - With the negotiations finished, Ian’s clone has reached its limit and disappears. Ian’s main body awakens at the Pierre Estate. - Like the Mogrians, Sir Kalian Pierre pledges his eternal loyalty and service to Ian. - Herbert presents Helen to Ragnar. She’s been missing for a few years and reappears under the influence of black magic. - Ian commissions an info guild for any intel on black magic. - Dragon’s order: a long standing cult that worships dragons as gods. They operate in secret and are thought to use black magic. It’s rumoured they can brainwash and control people. - Marko, 2nd class mage and assistant to Herbert. - Herbert is secretly using the forbidden black magic to reach his goal of an empire of the Ivory Tower. He’s collecting low class discarded mages as materials and imprisoned them in a secret dungeon. He took Marko there through a magic portal and cast a mind control spell over Marko. - Herbert takes an indefinite leave of absence. - Ian sensed something strange about Marko and tested him to confirm. Ian cast an anti-magic spell to cancel the black magic and Marko returns to his senses. Marko says Herbert is conducting inhumane black magic research and asks Ian to stop him. - Ian visits Herbert at his residence and accuses him of black magic. Herbert denies that and invites Ian to see for himself through the portal. Herbert tries to cast a mind control spell over Ian but it doesn’t work since Ian’s class is higher than Herbert’s. Ian drains most of Herbert’s mana that renders him weak and powerless. - Herbert threatens to kill Ian’s family and the Crown Prince. Ian says he can try but the preparations Ian has made will prevent that. Meanwhile mages under mind control attempt to enter Ian’s estate but are killed by the high level mana trap that Ian set up for protection. - Elsewhere Helen attacks the Crown Prince but she’s stopped by Sir Oliver with his years of training against Ian. He has a mana heart and uses the mana in his blood to break through her magic barrier and defeats her. - The Emperor sentences Herbert to death by public execution. Sir Oliver is given the command over all of the imperial knights. He’s also awarded the title of the Empire’s Sword which hasn’t been used for hundreds of years as the honour of the sword was overshadowed by the power of magic. - Sir Dunken Mitos, Head of the imperial army - Ragnar argues against the execution of Herbert. He even claims the human sacrifices made for black magic by Herbert were for the greater good. The Emperor points out this is why Ragnar will never be named the successor due to his lack of humanity where he sees people as mere tools. - Ragnar accuses the Emperor of loving the Crown Prince more than him. The Crown Prince was born from a woman the Emperor loved, while Ragnar was born out of duty. - Sir Dunken is ordered to stand guard outside of Ragnar’s room and to make sure he doesn’t meet with anyone. - Ian visits Ragnar to check he isn’t under the influence of black magic. All of the imperial family are being checked. - Later Sir Dunken delivers a letter to Ragnar that seems to give him hope for a comeback … - Ian won’t pledge his allegiance to the Crown Prince but he will support him. The Emperor asks Ian to stop Ragnar. - The Emperor appoints Ian as the new master of the Ivory Tower. Ian receives Herbert’s staff. - Hiley meets Ian. She’s now a 3rd class mage. She kept her magic a secret because the Emperor asked her to. He didn’t want her to join the Ivory Tower. Ian encourages her to live the life she wants. Hiley asks Ian to be her magic teacher. Ian agrees with the condition that she helps him whenever he needs it. - Douglas creates a cure for mana poisoning with help from Ian. - One night, a lookalike Ragnar appears in his room. The real Ragnar enters a portal and meets Sir Dunken outside of the capital. Sir Dunken says the cult leader has chosen Ragnar. - 300yrs ago the dragonian castle was sealed by the Ivory Tower’s barrier magic. Ragnar meets a gathering of nobles inside the castle. Ragnar is introduced to Evantus, the last dragonian and descendant of dragons. He needs the blood of a Greenriver descendant to lift the seal. After Evantus promises he won’t betray Ragnar, Evantus is set free by Ragnar’s blood. - Evantus wants Ragnar to help him start a war. The chaos will attract the gold dragon who controls time. - Ragnar plans to target the Crown Prince first. Sir Dunken summons Sir Paul. Evantus appears to cast a spell on Paul (?) - At the Crown Prince’s bday banquet, the Emperor is poisoned. Paul is arrested and confesses to the crime. - Paul is accused of being a Coldwalker spy from the Coldwood Empire. There are calls for the 2nd imperial knight order to be disbanded. - Ian visits Paul in prison and uses magic to see Paul’s memories. - Ian knows Paul met with Sir Dunken and an unidentified man with magic stronger than Ian’s (ie Evantus). Paul was affected by black magic. Paul dies in prison (from the black magic?) - Ian evacuates his household to the northern Mogrian estate. - He erases his memories of where they’re going and his plans. - Ian visits Ragnar and confronts him. Evantus appears and uses mind control magic on Ian. With the Emperor still unconscious, the nobles meet and Ian declares his support for Ragnar as the heir. - Before dawn, Sir Oliver and the 2nd order secretly take the Crown Prince out of the palace and away to the eastern Pierre estate. - Earlier Ian sent to Hiley a letter with the necklace that was a gift from the late Empress. It has a dragon’s tear jewel with an anti-magic that is much higher than 8th class and can dispel black magic. The letter explains about Ragnar and asks her to put the necklace on Ian. Hiley privately meets Ian and puts the necklace on him to dispel the black magic. - Many high ranked nobles are part of the Dragon’s order. Herbert was also a member. The goal of this group is to start a war and take over the whole continent. They are led by Evantus who was the last dragonian that Mitchell Greenriver sealed alive. It was a grave mistake that Mitchell didn’t kill Evantus. - Ian needs to find the spell used by Mitchell to wipeout the dragonians. Hiley gives Ian a magic book that is a secret imperial treasure. The book was sealed using dragon language. - Ian unseals the book to find it’s the diary of Mitchell Greenriver. - Time around Ian stops when he reads a phrase in dragon language. Through the door shines a bright light. Ian enters a place beyond dimensions called the Record of Time. It’s a place that preserves all the time from Ian’s dimension. - The Golden Dragon, the 1st magician is the one who developed magic. He transferred his magic to Mitchell to fight against the black magic created by the dragonians. He lost his memories for interfering in the human world. As he wandered, he met Vanessa. Ian is his son. - Ian already has the power within him to destroy the dragonian. That’s why Ian can understand the dragon language. - Ian sees a vision of his possible future and his heart’s desire. Hiley is his wife and they have a daughter called Yohana. - Ian’s father fully awakens the dragon’s authority inside Ian. - Ian reveals he is no longer controlled by black magic to Ragnar. - Ian tells Ragnar to meet at the old Ivory Tower. Ragnar arrives with Evantus who is ordered to kill Ian. Evantus soon realises Ian has the Golden Dragon’s authority. Ian is unharmed despite ongoing attacks from Evantus. Ian uses his authority and orders Evantus to kill himself. - Ragnar asks Ian to kill him and spare him the humiliation of a public execution. Ian transfers the memories from his past life to Ragnar. Then Ian kills Ragnar. - Ragnar’s rebellion is stopped. A massive purge takes place to remove all members of the Dragon’s order. The Emperor recovers and is told what happened. Hiley is on trial for illegally using magic. Testimony from Ian and the Emperor help to exonerate her and she’s accepted as a mage at the Ivory Tower. - Ian steps down as the Ivory Tower master. He plans to travel. - Ian gives his staff and Mitchell Greenriver’s cloak to Hiley. He asks her to protect his family while he is gone. - The Crown Prince pledges that the imperial family and the Empire will always welcome and support Ian and his descendants.
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