Light Novel Volume 18/Summary

Prologue: Diary
Rudeus writes in his diary, addressing the entries to his deceased father. It has been one and a half years. Rudeus trains with Orsted and improves his magic, attaining Saint class in Fire, Wind, Healing and Detoxification magic, as well as Intermediate class God Barrier magic. Rudeus performs various jobs assigned by Orsted to help various people. Those they help now will become useful to Orsted in the future.

Rudeus has renovated the hut that they use as their base and main office. The building has a conference room, sleeping room and research room. It also has an armory, which also contains the Magic Armor, which has been successfully miniaturized. The basement has magic teleport circles which allow them to quickly travel to other major places around the world.

Rudeus's eldest daughter Lucy is now 3 years old. As Rudeus is often away carrying out missions for Orsted, she often doesn't recognize him, much to his disappointment. Rudeus has also brought Lucy to meet Orsted. They get along very well, confirming that Hitogami was telling the truth that the curse doesn't affect Rudeus's descendants. Roxy also gave birth. Although the delivery was complicated by shoulder dystocia, Roxy was able to give birth to a healthy girl that they named Lara. Lara has blue hair, like Roxy. Some family members worry that she may be bullied because of this. Elinalise also gave birth, but without complications, to a healthy baby boy that they named Clive. Eris also wanted to have children, but was initially having difficulty conceiving. After taking a break in her training, she was able to conceive. The main cause of her infertility was likely due to her intense daily training.

Asura's king, Ariel's father, has passed away from his illness. Ariel will become queen soon. After Eris got pregnant, a letter was sent to Ghislaine informing her of this news. After Eris's child is born, they plan to visit Asura Kingdom to visit Ghislaine.

Zenith, Rudeus's mother, still hasn't recovered her memory. Her emotions have stopped improving, and she still doesn't speak. Orsted does not have any clues regarding a cure. Nevertheless, Rudeus does not plan on giving up on restoring her memory.

Chapter 1: One Example of Work.
Ange Karentail and Fam Haindora are two women who are going on an expedition to collect the flowers of a petal to cure the village chief's son, Dochin, who has Iburi Disease. As they collect the flower petals, they are attacked by a lizard. At the last moment, they are saved by Rudeus. Rudeus reveals he was sent by a certain person to help Ange, but doesn't reveal any more details. Ange falls in love with Rudeus, but then Rudeus pulls out Roxy's panties and prays to them. Ange's infatuation quickly turns to disgust. Before parting ways with Ange and Fam, he gives Ange a Superd race doll along with a picture book. He tells her to read the book to her future children and to tell them that the Superd race don't need to be feared. A few years later, Ange becomes the second wife to Dochin, who is now the village chief. As requested by Rudeus, Ange raised her children while reading the picture book for them. Over time, the story from the picture book became a staple for the children in the village. The story of the bald warrior from the Superd race carrying out justice. Later it spread through the neighboring villages.

Chapter 2: The Borrowed Cat.
Rudeus returns home from his mission, saving Fam Haindora, and killing the lizard. Aisha and Sylphy welcome him home. His toddler-aged daughter continues to be wary of Rudeus, much to his disappointment. He finds out that Eris has recently saved Linia Dedoldia from slave traders. Linia recounts her story of how she tried to become a merchant after graduation from school. She soon fell into debt after getting scammed and was sold into slavery. The slave traders then arrive at Rudeus's home. They recognize that Rudeus is a powerful person both in combat ability and in connections and so try to convince him to return Linia to them. They explain that the Boreas house has already bought Linia for 300 Asura gold coins. Rudeus considers giving up Linia to the slave traders, but decides against it. He purchases Linia from the slave traders with three bags of magic stones, which are worth 1500 Asura gold coins in total. Rudeus confirms that the slavers don't also have Pursena in their possessions. Rudeus intimidates the slaver, and gets the slaver to promise to also give him Pursena, if she ever becomes their slave. Trembling in fear, the slaver agrees and leaves.

Chapter 3: Entrance Ceremony & Student Council President.
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Chapter 4: Research Progress.
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Chapter 5: Signs of Household Collapse.
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Chapter 6: Business Start-Up.
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Chapter 7: Company Venture.
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Chapter 8: Dorudia Village Once More.
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Chapter 9: Dried Meat Murder Incident.
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Chapter 10: Another slave - First Part.
Julie has been quietly sneaking off to the market at night, and she refuses to tell Zanoba why. Zanoba and Rudeus go to a shop that makes decorative boxes for dolls, where the shopkeeper Belfrit explains that he wants his "girls" (dolls) to "sleep" (lie in) "beds" (boxes) befitting their beauty. Belfrit mentions that Julie came to his shop with a doll so well-made that he offered to pay 200 Lanoan gold coins for it, but Julie ran out of the shop after he got overexcited. Zanoba, Rudeus, and Belfrit come to the conclusion that Julie is unhappy with being a slave and wants money to purchase her freedom. Zanoba, Rudeus, and Belfrit go talk to Julie in Zanoba's room, and Zanoba asks Julie whether she wants to stop being a slave.

Chapter 11: Another slave - Second Part
The narration explains that Julie's parents were wandering craftspeople who bought raw materials, made weapons and ornaments, and sold them to get by. Although they were skilled, they had no talent for business, and by the time Julie was born they were already in crippling debt. Eventually, they had to choose between dying as a family or living in slavery, and they chose the latter. While Julie's parents were sold fairly quickly due to their skills, no one would buy Julie since she couldn't speak the human language and was too young to do anything. She realized that she was going to starve to death in a cage, abandoned by her parents; having lived her entire life with no happy memories, she gave up on finding happiness. When Zanoba and Rudeus appeared in front of her cage and Rudeus asked, "Do you want to die?" Julie was on the verge of saying yes, but changed her mind after seeing the serious look in Rudeus's eyes. Life as Zanoba's slave was very different from what Julie had envisioned, and while there was a lot of work for her to do, she was well-fed, could sleep in a warm bed, and above all, her master was kind to her. Zanoba treated her like a younger sibling, looking after her and talking about dolls all day. She came to enjoy doll creation due to the sense of accomplishment at getting better and the praise Zanoba would give her upon completing a doll. One day, she finished a doll, and noticed something weird about it—it was, by her and Zanoba's standards, a "masterpiece". Although she wanted to show it to Zanoba right away, she figured that Zanoba would be even more delighted if she presented it to him in a decorative box. She went to Belfrit's shop, but realized that the price of a box was far higher than the amount of money she had on hand. Remembering that Belfrit had a tendency to lower his prices for high-quality dolls, Julie showed him the doll, but his obsessive behavior scared her and she fled the shop, bumping into several boxes in her haste. Unable to go back, Julie decides to make her own box. When Julie hears Zanoba ask if she wants to quit being his slave, she assumes that he is angry about the damage to the merchandise in the shop and is going to end their relationship. Desperate to avoid being cut loose, Julie offers the masterpiece doll to Belfrit to appease him (LN illustration 10), which shocks Zanoba and Rudeus. Although Belfrit is eager to get his hands on the doll, Rudeus interrupts them and asks for an explanation. Zanoba assumes that Julie has betrayed him because she is unhappy with her circumstances, and desperately tries to make it up to her by offering her payment for the dolls she has made and granting her freedom. Julie realizes that Zanoba meant no harm and gives the doll to him, and the misunderstanding is resolved. Zanoba realizes that even though he is living a relatively simple life compared to his time in the royal palace, he is happy living with Julie and Ginger, able to devote his entire time to the dolls he loves (LN illustration 11). He then receives a letter with the Shirone royal crest, and laments that all good things must come to an end.