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Ch 1336

Fay experiences ULTIMATE EMBARRASSMENT as he remembers calling everyone angels, especially asking priest Lusan "If this is heaven, when will I see my mother"

Gloe/Elpkins tries to comfort him by saying at least he didn't say anything to Yuder and recognized Kishiar

Fay continues not to reply in mortification so Gloe says she and Elpkins will forget everything. But Elpkins doesn't agree and says it was the first time someone called him an angel so he was a little happy (will include more quotes below)

Gloe also says it's the first time she's been called an angel which baffles Gloe/Fay because she is so nice with a normal appearance (to Elpkins), but Gloe says that she was considered a bad omen with her black hair, gloomy atmosphere, and fortune-telling - especially after she pushed a clown in her troupe who tried to hit her and caused the clown to fall backwards and die with a cracked skull. Rumors spread that anyone who approached her would be cursed and that she was a monster who would kill everyone she had a grudge against, so that was why she ran away and applied for the Arcane Legion

Gloe ends by telling Elpkins if he is a monster, then so is she. And then Fay finally intervenes saying neither are monsters, they are true angels to him...to which Gloe/Elpkins smile and say that if he truly thinks so then they'll just remember the angel comments after all hehe (it was a trap to help put Fay at ease by sharing their own Tragic Backstories)

The two then ask Fay about his own Tragic Backstory so Fay confesses he is actually from a village of refugees from the South hundreds of years ago. Fay's father was from the Empire so he had even less Southern blood than everyone in the village and that made other kids his age really hate/discriminate him. Fay had no close childhood friends and stuck to his mother, but his mother was frail passed away before Fay grew up.

In despair, Fay remembered an old legend passed down in the village that the pit of dirt next to the village was actually formerly a healing spring where fairies resided and if you made a sacrifice to the clear mirror-like surface of the spring water, it could heal the sick and bring the dead back to life. Fay wandered there at night several times, but never saw spring water. But one day a scale appeared before him and remembering the legend, he took out his mother's hair he kept preserved in a jar and put it on the scale, resulting in summoning a clone of his deceased mother for a brief moment

"Huh? Do you really have to go that far? It was actually the first time I'd heard someone call me an angel, so I felt a little happy..." "You've never heard anyone call you that even though you have such huge wings? Really?" "That's because you see me as an ordinary person... Usually, people call me a monster." Elpkins answered nonchalantly.

Again Elpkins talking so casually about his own past trauma, not being ashamed of it but using it to extoll how good the Arcane Legion is...he's such a precious good boy it's so touching to see how different his life was in 1TL and 2TL. In 1TL he was known to be violent and not get along with anyone and now here he is regularly having study-nap-piles with his friends and being extremely emotionally intelligent?? Kuyu you need to stop giving me favorite characters my hands cannot hold them all

I love the entire trio but Elpkins > Gloe >> Fay (he still has a bit of redemption-ing to go lol)

Ch 1337

The clone of Fay's mother came out of a mirror but was cold to the touch, which brought Fey back to reality and then the clone vanished, as did the hair Fey had "sacrificed"

Fay wanted to see his mother again but was scared of his power, and this was when he met the merchants who were nice to Fey unlike the rest of Fey's peers and told him about the outside world.

Fay began to dream of summoning his mother again and living with her outside the village where no one knew she was dead, so he raided his mother's coffin, cut off more of her hair, and went to the pit to summon the scales again. He placed the hair on the scales and his mother appeared in the mirror, but then Matten and the merchants caught Fay in the act

Fay was really ashamed because it felt like he was treating the dead like puppets, but the merchants comforted him and told him about the Arcane Legion/encouraged him to apply

Fay had already heard positive rumors about the Duke of Peletta and the Knights of Peletta who kept many territories safe in the north and gave opportunities to commoners, so he gobbled up the new stories about the Arcane Legion + Yuder (...who was praised for his exceptional abilities and BEAUTY and capturing the heart of Duke Peletta lmao propaganda delivered straight from Kishiar I see)

Fay recalls applying and feeling nervous during the test because he hadn't created a clone of anyone other than his mother, but he successfully made one during the test for a brief moment and passed. He never met anyone with similar powers though and even Yuder had a strange expression upon hearing Fay's abilities so he grew anxious that his abilities were useless and disgusting.

Even though Gloe helped him socialize, he felt alienated in terms of bloodlines, abilities, and a general future compared to his peers which is why he contacted Matten for comfort and affirmation as he had received before...

Gloe and Elpkins interrupt and ask about his powers. That it may not just be summoning clones and he's hardly explored it.

Someone drops in on their conversation saying they agree with Gloe/Elpkin's assessment

Matten told Fay: "Now that you're an Awakened, you might be able to become like Yuder Ail."

Damn this is prob why Fay studied Yuder so hard in 1TL, even if 1TL Yuder didn't have as many famous exploits as in 2TL. I mean also I guess Yuder has one of the strongest awakener abilities ever so if you're going to copy anyone you should copy the strongest.

All throughout this chapter I've been squinting at Fay's abilities and it seems to me that what happens is there's a scale he can only see, with a mirror dividing the two ends of the scale. He puts a sacrifice on one end and then will see the clone appear inside the mirror on the other end of the scale...and then the clone comes outside the mirror? I was wondering why all the mirrors were involved but these chapters explain that it's probably because the origin of his powers was his belief in the mirror-spring legend. I want a visual but that's like 10 years away with the current pace of the manhwa lol

Ch 1338

The voice is from Kishiar and they are all surprised/wondering how long he's been there

Gloe/Elpkins worry that Kishiar may kick Fay out after the story but Kishiar assures them he was just here to check on Fay

Kishiar tells Fay that during his exam, Fay was able to create a clone of an awakener (Isias) and use Isias's powers, and that's obviously useful. So why did Fay think his own powers are useless?

Fay admits Matten gave him a pill-medicine to relax and calm his mind for the exam and that was what helped him make the clone. And during the exam, another examiner who was mad at failing threw a stone at the Isias-clone. The clone used Isias's power (danger detection) to pre-emptively swat away the rock before disappearing and Fay didn't quite understand what had happened since he didn't learn of Isias's power until after he passed.

Fay later tried to use his powers with his own hair, but it didn't work and he wondered if the pill the merchants gave was what made the difference. He tried to find similar anxiety medicines but none of them worked so he thinks the pill may have had some secret ingredient and he may have cheated and never told Kishiar this because he was afraid

Kishiar notes Fay has no confidence in his own abilities and those who are reluctant and fearful of their powers will have a hard time using them. Luckily Fay is going to get ✨personalized training ✨ from Yuder to help with this

Kishiar also says he is going to offer advice because he feels he understands Fay better now and is a little sorry. Everyone is confused why Kishiar is sorry

Kishiar admits he could have saved Fay earlier that day but didn't

This chapter made me remember Isias...they were listed as one of the original members of the red stone retrieval mission in the 1TL but I don't think we ever heard of the ability until now? It's so interesting to me that their ability is danger detection but it didn't detect the danger of the stone from injuring Kishiar nor the danger of the assassins following Kishiar that forced him to use the Divine Sword. Or maybe Isias did detect the danger but just couldn't do anything about it and lived in regret. Well, Kishiar probably never let them know how much the red stone injury truly affected him so maybe not that much regret.

Ch 1339

Fay asked if Kishiar was watching him because he might have been cooperating with Matten.

Kishiar admits Fay's guess is right and says he's been monitoring Fay for a while now. He then also tells them a bit about the merchant's plot to sell ordinary goods with monster blood to cause a disaster similar to the one in the south

Kishiar asks Fay if he knew about this and Fay says he didn't and Kishiar says he believes in Fay due to his actions fighting Matten showed sincerity and determination to protect the Arcane Legion, "So you have always been, and will always be, a member of the Arcane Legion"

Fay cries because he feels acknowledged by Kishiar who had apparently watched his entire struggle and instead of ridiculing it, showed understanding and forgiveness. Fay thanks Kishiar for watching over him and believing in him

Kishiar says it's unexpected and thought Fay may have wanted to curse him for being ruthless...but Fay disagrees and says the commander could have left a shameful subordinate like himself die, but he didn't. He feels truly accepted now

Kishiar cryptically says that Fay has a wide range of possibilities and now has a second chance, and Fay doesn't quite understand but agrees because he likes the idea of a second chance.

Kishiar thinks deciding what to put on the scale and what he wants to appear in the mirror may help shape Fay's ability in the future. He asks Fay what Fay desperately wanted before his abilities awakened - is it still to see his mother again?

Fay thinks about it, recalling the first time he used his ability to summon his mother and says that his wish wasn't to see his mom but actually to see his mother free from pain since she had been sick for so long. He no longer wants to bring her back to life as a cold clone.

Kishiar saying this is Fay's second chance and Fay thinking it's about the Matten thing but Kishiar actually talking about 1TL :')

Yuder really holding no grudges but Kishiar holding all of Yuder's grudges for him viciously lol

Ch 1340

Kishiar approves of Fay's wish and tells Fay to make sure to tell Yuder about it when they do personal training

Fay tries to confirm if he's really receiving personal training and promises to do his best so Kishiar won't be disappointed, but Kishiar says Fay needs to work hard for Yuder not him because it was actually Yuder who granted Fay's second chance. Yuder was the one who mentioned Fay's potential after their first meeting

Fay is like omg i totally misunderstood Yuder's look during our first meeting... (it was a misunderstanding but in a diff way bc Yuder was obviously thinking of 1TL)

Kishiar then continues to praise Yuder and how Yuder was why he was on the scene that day and how great Yuder was to offer special training instead of feeling pity toward Fay

Everyone is kinda dazed by Kishiar's praise-bomb of Yuder and recalls the rumors of Yuder being Kishiar's lover including the times they danced together. Their seniors told them that the relationship was fake and part of a Master Plan to help acceptance of Awakeners but the way Kishiar smiles and talks about Yuder...could it simply be toward a cherished subordinate?

Kishiar concludes: Do It For Yuder

Elpkins cries because he is so moved by Kishiar's Yuder simping and Gloe gives him a hankerchief while explaining to Fay that Elpkins also was given a second chance thanks to Yuder and Kishiar

Fay shows understanding saying if heh recalls this day in the future he may cry even more than Elpkins and then starts to tear up a little too. Gloe gives him a handkerchief too and asks "Aren't you both crying too much" but Fay points out Gloe is also tearing up

Gloe just said she was relieved everything turned out well and inadvertently started wondering what would have happened if she hadn't met Yuder at her entrance exam...

Kishiar butts in saying all four of them have been given a second chance by Yuder. The three are confused because who's the fourth? But Kishiar says it's obviously himself because Yuder has saved him countless times and in fact he is the one who owes the most to Yuder

Kishiar then cites everyone else who is in the saved-by-Yuder fanclub and everyone is enjoying the stories until Enon interrupts about how they are being so loud he thought there was some kind of Yuder-Ail-bragging event going on

Kishiar is chased out by Enon who says he has been talking too long, but Kishiar tries to placate him by saying Enon should join them next time because Enon as his "hyung" (big brother) would know a lot of stories about Yuder that no one else knows

"The commander...truly values senior Yuder more than anyone else"

Oh you sweet innocent children you have only glimpsed the surface of a deep deep iceberg

Also lmaooo I didn't really think Kishiar would be petty about Enon getting more tea powder than him after his own special present BUT KISHIAR PROVES TO BE COMPLETELY PETTY ABOUT ALL THINGS YUDER and points out Enon got more tea powder than him when trying to placate Enon. Enon asks how he knew and Kishiar points out that Enon definitely displayed it prominently on the desk to make sure Kishiar saw. Two subtly petty kings going at it and i'm here dying of laughter This chapter was sooo funny. Kishiar really did just host an unofficial Yuder fanclub session huh. And asserted himself as The Most Saved by Yuder because he must be Number One in all things Yuder. So dramatic, never change Kishiar

Previous: [Ch 1331-1335]

Ch 1331

Flashback to Devran and Gakane infiltrating the tavern-inn the day before and gathering info about the merchant's movements - they also found out the staff at the inn are cooperating with the enemy. Now, the Arcane Legion members have the area secretly surrounded based on their initial groundwork

When Devran was shining Matten's shoe, he actually put a special scent marker on Matten's sleeve to track Matten in case of escape

Devran compliments Gloe/Elpkins on how fast they picked up Matten's suspiciousness (he even gave them a hint with the dirt comment) and is frustrated at how Fey's "friends" treat him

There's a cracking sound/shout that draws Devran + Gakane's attention. Devran signals for the other Arcane Legion members to interfere via shining a light by mirror three times at a nearby red roof. Meanwhile, Gakane goes in to check the situation immediately by using his shadow to slip through the window (he can now move through shadows!)

Back in the tavern, Fey feels sick from eating/drinking too much and excuses himself to go to the bathroom to wash his face with Matten supporting him, but they end up taking a suspiciously long time.

Gloe/Elopkins worry about how long Fey is taking and Elpkins declares he is going to find Fey. Gloe agrees and says she wants to go with Elpkins, but the merchants try to get them to stay

Gloe feels a sudden flash of light that signals her blessing had been used, so she quickly runs towards where Fey went in worry

The merchants try to stop Gloe but Elpkins blocks them - the merchants are confused why Elpkins is so energetic even after eating their drugged food but Elpkins just says he's been drugged so much in the arena he didn't even notice anything in their food

I love everyone in this chapter!! Fey is in his pathetic meow meow arc but he has such good friends and seniors supporting him!! 🥺

Also man Elpkins is so casual about his trauma from the arena. You call that a drug? Man I didn't even feel it. Get good.

Ch 1332

The inn staff try to stop Gloe but she manages to dodge and weave through them all. Her expertise from her traveling troupe days was escaping and she actually thinks they are pretty slow compared to people she trains with in the Arcane Legion

She runs into a waiter and thinks they're an enemy but actually they were just an Arcane Legion member in disguise (we later learn it's Pruelle) and he takes care of everyone for Gloe while telling her to go ahead

Fey is being protected by a transparent shield (Gloe's ability), gasping for breath because Matten had just choked him and tried to stab Fey with a Brainwashing Needle of some sort

Matten asks where the shield is from because he knows it isn't from Fey's powers, but Fey refuses to answer and Fey instead confronts Matten about acting suspiciously towards Gloe/Elpkins and lying about their first meeting

Fey's village actually never tried to stop Fey from leaving. It was actually a village of Southern refugees, and Matten taunts Fey knowing he would not want his comrades knowing about his background which also included being bullied and making a clone-doll of his dead mother

Fey asks why Matten, a fellow mixed-blood Southerner who also hid his heritage, would betray him in this way. Matten says they are different, because he and his group have been recognized as not "Makunata" (southern slur for mixed-blood) by the cult of the Black Moon whereas Fey has not yet...unless he gets pricked by their needle and joins them.

Fey has a nosebleed from the drugged food and is crying as he remembers all the anxiety he had about his Southern blood while the Arcane Legion was battling against the Southern merchants previously, hoping his friends had nothing to do with any of it. Even though he had his suspicions he still ate their food and gotten drunk so he could have a private conversation with Matten in the bathroom to clear up things only to end up betrayed...

Fey shouts he would rather die (than join them)

Oh Fey...it's so wild to me that he's a character who was mentioned all the way from chapter 1 and now 1300+ chs later we finally get his full backstory. Kuyu is so good at making me like characters I didn't really think I would like! But I am now firmly in the Fey Defense Squad.

Also what the heck is with this brainwashing needle they don't explain it at all I want to know more (I love brainwashing tropes)

Ch 1333

Matten goes "why would I kill you?" because Fey is much more useful to them alive as a spy/informant. He then tries to threaten Fey by saying he'll target Fey's friends instead, specifically Gloe. The only reason they are using Fey is because he's the easiest option, but they don't need him, they can find others. If Fey doesn't join them, he'll have no one because the Arcane Legion will reject his background

Suddenly in the midst of the villain monologue, Gloe knocks on the bathroom door and calls for Fey

Matten continues to threaten Fey + Gloe, but Fey just asks to be killed, saying if he dies at least Matten will be seen as suspicious

Fey then sticks out his tongue and tries to smash his head against the ground in an attempt to end it, but then another voice comes, this time from above them saying "there's no reason to endure this any longer" (Kishiar)

All at once fire bursts from the bathroom door and someone (Kishiar) wearing an imperial knights uniform is holding Fey keeping him safe from the fire while Matten is burned

Kishiar declares the mission over and orders everyone to gather on the first floor

Fey has a life-flashing-before-your-eyes-before-you-die moment remembering passing his entrance exam ("I was truly happy") and exchanging stories with his classmates and having hope that he could truly fit in with the Arcane Legion and find happiness...but with everything that happened all that hope disappeared and he fell into despair that he was going to be abandoned...until someone called his name and he snaps back to reality, finding himself still alive actually

FEY REALLY IS MEOW MEOW (KITTEN) CODED LMAO BEING HELD BY THE SCRUFF OF HIS NECK BY KISHIAR (I love this post it's exactly how I imagine it)

look i think Kuyu really has a trend in redemption arcs where we get these characters at their lowest moments, we get history of the childhood and what made them the way they are today, and then they have a moment of bravery that redeems them and this was def Fey's moment.

I'm still waiting for Nahan's moment of bravery because he's currently at his lowest state and we have gotten his back story already...I don't think he'll be quite as "redeemed" or accepted as Fey and Kiolle because Fey and Kiolle have not actually done anything truly bad in comparison. But I'm calling it now!! It's going to happen!!

Ch 1334

Someone asks Fey if he recognizes them and Fey just babbles about an angel.

Kishiar has a hand on Fey's chest administering first aid (maybe with divine power?) and also asks if Fey recognizes him, and this time Fey is able to answer immediately that Kishiar is the Commander of the Arcane Legion

Kishiar orders everyone to return to the Arcane Legion along with the sample of the remaining poison, and reminds the younger members that everything that happened today needs to be kept a secret

Fey happens to see Elpkins and immediately concludes he's another angel because of the wings lol

Hinn carries Fey and they all start heading back but just before Fey passed out he sees Yuder who is very displeased at Fey's actions to try to die without even using his powers once to resist. Fey is sentenced to Special Personal Training, and that's the last thing Fey remembers before passing out

When Fey comes to again, he is at the medical unit where Enon gives him an exam and a super bitter medicine

Gloe and Elpkins are allowed in once Enon leaves, they are also in patient gowns. Fey immediately calls their names and they are relieved Fey recognizes them now which confuses Fey because he doesn't remember when he was calling them all angels

Fey apologizes for involving them in his mess and promises to make it up to them even if he has to leave the Arcane Legion...but the two are confused why he has to leave and they reassure him that everyone knew Matten was suspicious and Fey was considered a victim of Matten's deception so there was no need for Fey to leave

It's apparently been two days since Fey passed out. Matten is dead, his co-conspirators are imprisoned. And Fey is signed up for the Yuder Special Training course which Elpokins is super jealous of lol

Fey is confused and asks for a full recap

I love how everyone is both simultaneously "oh god sorry for ur future doom" and "oh god i'm so jealous" of Fey's personal training with Yuder.

I'm really looking forward to a badass Fey moment in the future - maybe he will summon a Yuder clone in battle. God bless his little fanboy heart imagine being able to summon your hero.

Ch 1335

Elpokins recalls fighting all the merchants and being at a disadvantage in numbers, but before they really got into fighting a shadow appeared and shifted into a human form. Gakane appeared beside him and Elpkins recognized him as the "Rose of the Arcane Legion" LMAO

Gakane beat up everyone with a bunch of shadows but one of the enemies pulled out a hidden magic crystal and tried to detonate it...but they were stopped by water forming from thin air and engulfing their head and eventually drowning them unconscious - it was Steiber coming for back-up

Apparently Pruelle was disguised as an employee, Ever was disguised as a guest on the first floor (Steiber + Ever were hiding in the kitchen initially)

The operation had three groups: one group to infiltrate the inn/protect the recruits/deal with the merchants (Steiber + Kishiar in charge), one group to capture the other members of the merchant caravan outside the inn (Yuder + Nathan in charge), and one standby group monitoring the situation (Kanna + Hinn/Finn)

On the way to the bathroom Gloe ran into senior Devran who was the one who used fire to break down the door just as Fey tried to end things...Fey would have died if not for Kishiar

Fey had a tongue injury plus ate too much drugged food, but Lusan said he should be fine without aftereffects

Fey mentions he remembers having a strange dream that angels had come to get him...and then Gloe/Elpkins has to break it to him that it was not a dream and he really did call everyone angels (including hinn/finn and lusan lmao)

Oh my god okay you guys do not know the struggle i had while reading this and puzzling out the squad composition because i remembered in ch 1325 they mentioned 7 members (intelligence members + Kanna + Steiber) going on the mission. But in total I counted 9 members involved: Kanna, Steiber, Ever, Pruelle, Hinn, Finn, Gakane, Devran, Yuder. I guess it's because Hinn + Finn were not part of the infiltration and were more outside monitoring/back-up with Kanna. I cannot for the life of me remember anymore if Pruelle became a part of Yuder's intelligence squad?? God I need to work on my reread.

Anyways wow we haven't seen Pruelle in a hot minute! Everyone getting their little badass moment. This summary cannot do the justice to Elpkin's fanboying, they even had to stop him and tell him to focus on the story LMAO

Previous: [Ch 1326-1330]

Ch 1316

Yuder asks the gloves about the place beyond the rift where the gloves are at (previously gloves said it was not a place for the living, but not exactly the afterlife, where monsters may originate) but the gloves do not respond

Yuder passes on Kishiar's speculation that the gloves were from their mysterious connection/imprint (iirc Kishiar speculated that the gloves were the pieces of Kishiar's soul that were intwined with Yuder's soul when Kishiar tried to "fix" their connection, that then got separated when Yuder traveled back in time and explains why Yuder's soul had so many holes in it) - again the gloves do not respond

Yuder asks if there is anyone else around and if the gloves are lonely - no response ;;

Yuder asks if the gloves can watch the outside world because Kishiar had seen Yuder's execution in a dream from a 3rd person perspective, maybe from gloves PoV - no response

Yuder gets sullen that the gloves isn't responding and begs for some type of response even if it's not an answer to any of his questions - as always the yuder pout is SUPER EFFECTIVE

Gloves apologizes that he can't answer because he doesn't know everything, but where he is at is an accumulation of random leftover fragments mixed together that try to escape whenever a crack opens. He promises to help Yuder with finding what he wants...and then leaves calling Yuder as YUDREIN and caressing his cheek before pushing yuder away

Yuder notices a pure white crack within the darkness before he wakes up in the carriage

Yuder sends a message to Kishiar via the emperor's chamberlain (Yuliver) that he had a dream about the white gloves and to look around (for cracks)

AHHHHH okay the summary for this was much longer and more detailed than other chapters BECAUSE I AM ON MY KNEES EMOTIONALLY DAMAGED AND I NEED OTHERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH GLOVES AND YUDER INTERACTION DESTROYS ME!!!!! THAT LAST "YUDREIN"!!! Im begging u all to read this post i made earlier about 1TL and 2TL Kishiar showing their jealous possessiveness over the name Yudrein

Even though the gloves seems to be able to know some of what is going on in this current timeline its clinging to this one part of Yuder that’s still HIS (by using the name Yudrein)

I LOVE THE GLOVES COMPLETE INABILITY TO DENY YUDER POUTY FACE THIS IS THE ONLY THING SAVING THE SHREDS OF MY EMOTIONAL SANITY ;;

Ch 1317

Okay remember that Yuder was actually on his way to tutor the emperor before we were emotionally slammed by that sledgehammer of a dream - this tutoring is set at the Verdant Room of the Fifth Palace which features a spire, rumored to have been built with the help of a mysterious non-human race

The Verdant Room at the top of the spire has a large window with a good view of the palace gardens which Yuder appreciates - Keilusa actually chose the location with advice from Kishiar that Yuder would enjoy a view that reminded him of the forest he grew up around

Yuder gives Yuliver some tea powder and Yuliver frets that Yuder keeps giving without asking for anything - he settles for sending snacks later to the Arcane Legion for Yuder

Keilusa and Faria arrive like good little students and they tease each other for who was more eager for the lesson (Keilusa said Faria couldn't sleep and Faria said Keilusa found his writing tools from his prince days just for the lesson lmao)

Yuder gives them a lesson on the ins and outs of Awakened Individuals - increased appetite/better digestion being the most common change but Keilusa also notes he has sharper senses and pain/loss of sensation with overexertion

Faria wonders if Yuder has to eat more because he has stronger powers, and Yuder replies that he is able to eat a lot but actually is okay if he doesn't eat for several days and is still able to use his powers in that kind of state

Faria/Keilusa immediately are like wait wait wait what to Yuder just telling them he went several days without food before

I can just imagine Kishiar bragging for like a whole hour straight to Keilusa about how he got to visit Yuder's hometown and how much he learned about Yuder and Keilusa is long suffering from Kishiar's simphood but at least gets good info out of it by being able to choose a nicer study location haha.

Keilusa/Faria are sooooo cute!!

Ch 1318

Yuder does not know why Faria/Keilusa are so surprised, so they ask for clarification on whether its true Yuder went without food for several days and who the fuck let this happen

Yuder was speaking of his past life but he can't say that so to explain the misunderstanding he just said it happened before he joined the Arcane Legion and that it wasn't that serious

Keilusa/Faria are still distraught, blaming themselves and Yuder has to continue to try to explain that he just means he can go without food or sleep for days like a sword master with aura and it won't happen in the future

Next they discuss ability overuse and the side effects including sensory disturbances, pain, bleeding, loss of control of physical mutations, and permanent ability loss

Faria asks what can a non-awakener do when they see an Awakened person with symptoms of overload/rampage, and Yuder immediately understood she was asking what she could do if Keilusa were in such a state

Yuder answers it's best to avoid contact and call the Arcane Legion members, but Faria keeps pushing and Yuder eventually answers that someone should stop the Awakened person before they reach such an irreversable state.

Faria resolves herself to nag Keilusa to restrain his abilities properly and Keilusa just sighs but accepts his own simphood for his wife and Yuder exploiting that

The lesson ends before they can talk about secondary manifestations (alpha/omega)

Keilusa marvels that he got to see a new scholarly side to Yuder and was a little angry that Kishiar has been keeping Yuder for himself lmao

"Before joining the Empire? Then... Yes. I see. It's because I failed to properly care for the Empire that the people of the Empire are suffering to that extent..." "Don't say that. If that's true, then it's far more my fault for failing to conduct myself properly as an empress while representing the Emperor..." "..." This is driving me crazy. Yuder swallowed a breath, picturing the face of someone he so desperately needed in this situation. "If only Kishiar were here."

Yuder: it was just some starvation no big deal

Everyone: IT'S A BIG DEAL!!!!

god i love this chapter so much (yes i say this about like every chapter BUT ITS NOT MY FAULT KUYU KEEPS OUTDOING HERSELF EVERY CHAPTER!!)

Ch 1319

Yuder thinks the praise is too much because his knowledge is just very specific to the awakeners and he's not that knowledgable in other matters

Yuder gives Keilusa/Faria his new tea powder and asks it's okay to give it to the attendants to inspect because it's improper to give directly to the emperor/empress, but Faria was like forget that I want it immediately *_*

In fact Keilusa orders Yuder just hand over things directly the next time without hesitation because he is an undeniable hero to the empire and deserves this must trust

Faria invites Yuder to drink the tea (with snacks!) together in the greenhouse after the next class, and Yuder agrees

When Keilusa asks if he can join and Faria is like hold up I was the one who asked for this, you just want to play strategy games with Yuder without working hard to ask like I did

Faria forces Keilusa to promise to stop using his powers when she signals him to stop, and they all have a good laugh at Faria's Master Plan

Yuder happily watches the two being a loving couple and thinks of Kishiar and how Kishiar was so happy in a different way when he was with his family (yuder can feel the deep affection through the imprint whenever Kishiar was with them)

Yuder also thinks of the gloves and hopes the gloves could see into their world like they hypothesized and enjoy this sight too

Meanwhile Kishiar is at Court in a private waiting room looking at a note - in the room with him are Nathan and Kiolle

Kiolle is nervous because Kishiar was talkative until he got the note and he suddenly went quiet. He learns the note is from Yuder and Kishiar sends Nathan to inspect for any signs of rifts in the capital or elsewhere

Kiolle wonders if something is going to happen in the capital but Kishiar tells him not to worry and they are called into the court room

Yuder continuing to think of Kishiar - both 1TL and 2TL Kishiar ;-;

God I was enjoying this so much but we gotta break to see Katchian (I hate katchian). Im usually all for a good face slapping but idk i find myself more bored w the court chapters - all the fluff has just been so good and I feel like we already know Katchian's fucked so I just want to hurry through it

Ch 1320

Kiolle is set to testify as Katchian's former bodyguard

Kiolle has a flashback to when he learned about the secret of his incest lineage - Kishiar had told Kiolle he will do his best to support Kiolle's resolve to turn against the Diarca and find a new path, and Kishiar then offered Kiolle an opportunity to feel more certain about the path he was taking by seeing the path of someone who made the opposite choice (Katchian)

Although Kishiar said Kiolle didn't have to take his offer and testify, Kiolle thinks this is a kind of test and wants to show his sincerity so he agreed and that's why he's here now with Kishiar in the court room nervous as fuck

Kishiar hints that Katchian has a good advisor at the trial today and when Kiolle confusedly asks why Kishiar seems so happy at this bad-sounding news, Kishiar replies "If you want to make someone fall, keep making them laugh"

Kishiar goes into the interrogation room with Katchian first while Kiolle waits/watches from the outside waiting room (has a window with a one-way view into the interrogation room)

Inside the interrogation room are a judge and five investigators, Katchian, Kishiar, and Marin. Kiolle notices Katchian is smiling and looking better than before with a mysterious person whispering next to him - the "advisor" Kishiar spoke of but Kiolle has no clue where this advisor is from because it can't have been from the Diarca

Trial Recap: Katchian was accused of killing a man (Marin's brother, Mikey) and in the process is implicated as being of illegitimate birth; Katchian is counter-suing Marin for lying/defamation/insulting the imperial family

Marin submitted testimony from the residents of her hometown who remember Katchian (Kishiar is a guarantor for the testimony documents being true) and a painting of a father and son that looked like Katchian

Katchian submitted testimony that he was a legitimate descendant of a noble family as proven by the Diarca during the Crown Prince selection exam + also submitted Marin's criminal history pre-joining the Arcane Legion

Okayyy god i need to keep on going on my Turning reread to get a better refresher on everything but generally keep in mind that Katchian's father didn't marry Katchian's mother (who was a Diarca) thus Katchian is technically an illegitimate child but Duke Diarca took in Katchian and made up a new legitimate identity for him to participate in the crown prince trials.

One day I'm going to make a long post on the convoluted imperial family history and family tree but that day is not today

I love Kishiar's saying in this chapter it's the only bright point of this whole chapter - if you want to make someone fall, keep making them laugh. This is basically all Kishiar did with his identity as the lasvicious duke of peletta - he made everyone laugh at his antics while plotting for the entire downfall of the corrupt nobility!!

i love kishiar so much, katchian get wrecked

prev: [Ch 1311-1315]

Ch 1326

YUDER STROKING KISHIAR'S HAIR AS KISHIAR BURIES HIS HEAD IN YUDER'S ARMS FOR COMFORT AS THEY TALK ABOUT THE DREAM!!

Yuder tells Kishiar about everything, especially noting the Glove's missing finger and the white crack he saw just before waking up and contacting Kishiar

Kishiar doesn't think the dream was a warning about a Crack appearing in the capital and the dream may have actually been from...Kishiyu fucking so hard the previous night LMAOO (plus cracks appearing everywhere else on the continent making the situation more unstable overall will allow more access between their world + where the gloves are—so Yuder may be having more frequent dreams in the future)

Kishiar does think maybe the merchants Fey will meet later could have contributed to shaking the balance near the capital (via their previously known method of monster blood in knock-off goods) - he is still waiting for a full report from Nathan regarding the situation in the capital though

About the Glove's missing finger, Kishiar has two theories. One: each time a gap in Yuder's soul is repaired, a piece of the Gloves will disappear (because they theorized that the gloves were originally the parts of Kishiar's soul that got mixed in Yuder's soul then yanked out during time reversal)

Theory two: The gloves paid a price for helping them in Peletta

Kishiar says these theories are the ones he thinks he would least want to give Yuder, but there could be a different answer too

Yuder says he can't help but be concerned bc the Gloves are also Kishiar, but he remembers the Glove's promise to help him and decides to focus on what he can do in the present than the uncertain things he can't control

Kishiar simps over Yuder (specific quote/screaming will be below summary)

Nathan arrives and reports no Cracks detected in the capital (besides one suspicious report that was uncomfirmed) but several cracks in other countries esp to the West (Nelarn/Duven) and the North (Semtata Union - apparently a small collection of island-nations that had few awakeners and few disasters in Yuder's 1TL). No reports of Cracks in the southern region though.

Nathan gets recruited to help with the Fey mission tomorrow along with Kishiar

"Just. It occurred to me, a new realization, that I would have fallen for you, no matter where, no matter what." "What?" "It's not a particularly grand truth. Fortunately, the Being Beyond seems to have realized this fact too." Kisiar didn't elaborate further. He kissed Yuder's cheek gently and smiled.

HELP!! THIS LINE!!! EVERYONE ELSE IS SEEING THIS TOO RIGHT? I FEEL SOME SORT OF JEALOUSY BETWEEN KISHIAR AND THE GLOVES WHERE THEY KNOW EACH OTHER (THEMSELVES) HELPLESSLY LOVE YUDER.

Why does Kishiar say it's fortunate? Probably because Kishiar knows the gloves will help Yuder (cursed by simphood).

I personally interpreted part of Kishiar's delay in talking about the dream as part of his jealousy but also in general his worry about Yuder chasing after the Gloves (I mean this boy has literally said he would jump into a Crack to try to save the Gloves). I'm not sure how everyone else interpreted it. Please tell me I'm not hallucinating this subtle jealousy arc between Gloves and Kishiar.

Idk there's just something so delicious about 2TL Kishiar being jealous of 1TL Kishiar and how much 1TL Kishiar shaped the current Yuder. While Kishiar feels a distinction between them, to Yuder 1TL and 2TL Kishiar are both just Kishiar.

"Even if you say so... it's hard not to care. Because it's you."

This is what prompted Kishiar's realization. Yuder loves both Kishiars so sincerely, so how could both Kishiars not helplessly love him back? How could any Kishiar not melt in the face of Yuder's love and care and trust???

Ch 1327

It's the start of the weekend break and Gloe meets Fey in the hallway after finishing with her meditation group with Elpkins (who fell asleep and snored halfway through lol)

Recap of how Fey and Gloe are close because they always alternate last place in training and developed a sense of camaraderie, this closeness is why Fey told Gloe about meeting up with some hometown friends (the suspected southern merchants)

Fey is acting gloomy so Gloe asks what is up and Fey confesses the friends changed plans last minute from having 3 people to having an additional people from the same merchant group...Fey agreed but it felt off.

Gloe remembers Kanna encouraging her to use her abilities to develop them and know their limits better, so she offers to do a card reading for Fey

Fey feels undeserving but goes with it on Gloe's insistence and pulls The Trumpeter's Festival which provides bodily protection (same card that saved Yuder when Gloe pulled it for her entrance exam)

Recalling the situation with Yuder and worried that the card is foreshadowing something dangerous happening to Fey, she asks to come along to the meeting since Fey's friends also added people last minute why not also add people last minute on Fey's side?

Gloe was worried she and Fey, having poor combat abilities, wouldn't be able to do much if something actually happened, but then she sees Elpkins pass by and has the brilliant idea to invite him along too

Kanna reports to Yuder that Fey is leaving the Arcane Legion but is actually accompanied by Gloe and Elpkins!!

okay so i have decided to try to stick to the turning-miraheze-wiki spelling for all the names. I tried to back edit my reread posts as best as i can...i will miss spelling elpokins tho idk why it sounds cuter in my mind

Huge fan of the Gloe-Fey-Elpkins new generation trio!! Too cute

Ch 1328

Yuder wonders why Elpkins is there bc he doesn't seem to be close with Fey, but Kanna explains Elpkins is close with Gloe and this situation was probably a result of the encouragement she gave Gloe earlier about using her powers more

Kanna is worried she may have messed things up as a result of her advice but Yuder assures her it will be fine and that Kishiar would agree with his assessment too

Once Kanna leaves Yuder checks with Kishiar (who has been watching from the roof the whole time) if his assessment in speaking for Kishiar was okay and Kishiar also reassures Yuder teasingly that no one understands him more than Yuder

Kishiar is disguised in the blue Imperial Knights uniform because the meeting place was in District 7 where both the Imperial Knights and Arcane Legion had their headquarters; dressing as a normal Arcane Legion member might draw suspicion so the other most common place identity in the area would be an Imperial Knight (and also "because it's fun" lmao)

Kishiar wishes Yuder also dressed up as an Imperial Knight so they can have a cafe date. Yuder suggests Kishiar do it with Nathan instead (nathan is also wearing the Imperial Knights uniform) but Kishiar says he only wants to go on a date with Yuder

Yuder realizes his own simphood when he thinks damn maybe the imperial knights uniform isn't so bad if it's on Kishiar LOL

Kishiar is happy the new recruits are getting along well, and Yuder thinks maybe after the mission he and Kishiar can go to the cafe if Kishiar wants it so much

Fey/Gloe/Elpkins group arrive at the meeting place - a fountain around the Eastern Market - where they meet Fey's friend Matten who has dark hair with a hint of blue (typical of Southerners)

Matten says the rest of the group is waiting at their dining destination and asks about Fey's friends. Fey introduces them as his fellow Arcane Legion members

Gloe picks up on Matten's cold gaze toward Fey and immediately has a bad gut instinct from her days as a fortune teller which required her to read people's emotions well

with so much Kishiar simping we gotta love the occasional yuder simp moments!! Imperial knights? annoying. Imperial knights uniform on Kishiar? Well...everything looks better if it's on Kishiar... I love this little lovesick boy who is at least increasingly aware of his Kishiar bias

Ch 1329

Matten tries to inquire about the abilities of Gloe and Elpkins but Gloe is reluctant to answer and Fey interrupts saying that it's rude to ask

Matten reveals he knows about the three departments of the Arcane Legion (giving Yuder as an example) and Gloe points out it's weird because most people don't know that many details but Matten brushes it off as part of his job as a merchant to know Information

Matten asks about Gloe and Fey's relationship because it's unusual for a woman to follow a man during a day off and teases Fey for not being able to look away from Gloe, but Elpkins is the one who interrupts this time wondering why Gloe has to be a lover to follow Fey. He points out he also came along and has been watching Fey the whole time so what does that imply?

Elpkins deals a decisive blow with his directness and declares them all as very close classmates, like family, so it's not unusual for them to follow each other

Devran, disguised as a shoe shiner, also interrupts and offers to clean Matten's shoes. He notes how dirty they are with red dirt, which is a sign that they must be from the South.

Fey is surprised by this because Matten had said they were up north before coming to the capital, but Matten denies having been to the south and says the shoe shiner has no clue what he's saying and drives Devran away

Fey takes Matten at his word but Gloe and Elpkins were more suspicious because they had been part of the mission in the South

The group finally head to the tavern and along the way we get hints of all the Arcane Legion members hiding: the shoe shiner (Devran), a couple sitting on a bench reading a book (possibly Kanna and Steiber), two kids with their father (possibly hinn + finn + someone else?) and an Imperial Knight checking his pocket watch (Kishiar).

Elpkins notices Gloe staring at Matten and comments that Matten has a bad smell (like the people who abused him in the arena). Elpkins confesses he came because he sensed Gloe's anxiety and Gloe feels bad that it came off as them using Elpkins and says she would have invited Elpkins even if it weren't this kind of situation; Elpkins is flustered because he didn't mean to accuse them of that but they all agree to go out together another time!!

When they arrive at the tavern, people initially stare at Elpkins but he doesn't flinch and everyone else instead has to look away

Help this trio is SO CUTE. So polite and attentive to each other. Elpkins just inviting himself into the Fey-Gloe ship actually LMAO I love it don't leave him out!!

Ch 1330

There are six people total in Matten's group (including himself) and Gloe noticed they all look slightly Southern, especially in the way that their veins were more apparent because Southerners tended to have more transparent/thin skin (thus why they had a more red complexion with more prominent veins, and covered up in more clothing to prevent sun damage)

Everyone starts talking/eating, but Gloe is weary so doesn't eat much and refuses alcohol. Elpokins is chowing down but doesn't drink. Fey both eats and drinks and quickly becomes drunk

Gloe notices how all the merchant names are super common and how they avoided giving personal details and instead told interesting stories of their travels from the north to the capital

Gloe inquires how the merchants met Fey and they explain that Fey's village was one of the places they stopped by on their route; Fey always wanted to leave the village but his village was a closed-off community that didn't want people to leave. Fey didn't tell any of the villagers his abilities but told the merchants and they helped Fey leave the village, told him about the Arcane Legion recruitment, and gave him some tips.

Meanwhile outside Devran is listening from beneath the tavern's window communicating to Gakane via shadow

This is kinda a set-up chapter so kinda slow...

Every chapter I love the cautious and caring Gloe a little more tho i want ALL the good things for Gloe (and Fey and Elpkins but they are in good hands with their seniors!!)

Previous: [Ch 1321-1325]

Ch 1321

Kiolle is wondering how the fuck Katchian is coming up with the evidence if the Diarca aren't helping him, and he figures it must be from the mysterious advisor Kishiar mentioned

Marin's representative tries to argue about the evidence submitted of Marin's criminal history (past detention) and complains the record doesn't include the reason for detention; it is explained this is because the record is from two years ago and only the most basic information stays on the record after a case concludes for 2 years to save space

With Kishiar's advice, Marin's representative gives up arguing about the detention evidence and instead submits new evidence of Marin paperwork joining the Arcane Legion - detention for less than a week is not a disqualification for joining the Arcane Legion so Marin being able to join the Arcane Legion proves that the detention was not a big deal and helps shore up Marin's credibility

Both sides argue about evidence but neither side manages to disqualify evidence

Just as the judge is about to conclude the review of evidence, someone comes in with an envelope of new evidence for Katchian - documents saying the "Sage" (the one with the brainwashing powers) and his group were actually the cause of Mickey's death because they were sighted in the area

Katchian's side basically said the Sage + his group were behind the monster attacks at Imperial Palace and since Katchian was the one tasked by Keilusa to find the culprits, they framed Katchian for killing Mickey while they were on the run from Katchian's investigation

Unfortunately the Sage is oh-so-conveniently dead, so really all the blame goes to the Diarca family who hired him, and the Arcane Legion for supporting a reckless accusation by one of its members!!

The judge starts to discuss if they should accept the evidence and Katchian is already getting ahead of himself saying that it was absurd the accusation against him made it to trial in the first place and he shoulld prepare to leave

I have nothing to say besides...katchian is so delulu

kuyu does such a good job making me dislike him lol

Ch 1322

Kiolle is being every reader's representative saying that the evidence is ridiculous and can't possibly be accepted and getting an anxiety spiral about the trial going wrong...but then he makes contact with Kishiar who somehow perfectly meets his eyes despite the one-way viewing and it startles Kiolle out of his panic

Kishiar proposes finishing the original plan of scheduled evidence/witnesses for today and shelving the new evidence for discussion another day if the judges can't come to a decision right away.

Katchian arrogantly says stalling on a decision won't change the outcome and blames the stalling on Marin because this is what happens when commoners without honor make accusations

Insulting Marin is an insult on Kishiar, her commander, so Kishiar obviously retorts back that they would have been finished on time if someone hadn't suddenly presented new evidence to STALL things...and agrees that someone without honor making accusations sure does lead to stalling (turning the phrase back against Katchian)

Marin is barely holding herself back from laughing, everyone appreciates Kishiar's sick burn while Katchian goes red with rage

Round 2 of insult war: Katchian says that Duke Peletta can't distinguish between private/public (being inappropriately rude to Katchian over a commoner) and Kishiar basically says "Oh? I thought I was still pretty good at distinguishing things, at least I didn't scream in court like some other guy, guess I'll have to work harder"

Kiolle, after getting destroy, yields and agrees to move onto the scheduled witnesses for the day

Kiolle finally enters and can feel Katchian staring at him but confirms that he is one of the two witnesses on Marin's side (the other being Kishiar)

Katchian's side tries to complain about Kiolle as a witness because Kiolle has no connection to the murder, but the judge reiterates that Kiolle's purpose as a witness has already been stated on the record: Kiolle is the one who can most objectively testify about Katchian's state before and after the murder

Part of Kiolle's honesty/objectivity as a witness will come from him giving the Oath of the Sword (putting one's weapons, honors, and knighthood on the line) which is news to Kiolle (he didn't know he needed to do this) but he rolls with it

Katchian continues to make complaints and Kiolle is kinda stunned by how much Katchian is objecting to only him, but Kishiar steps in and asks why Katchian is so against Kiolle as a witness and subtly slides in why Kiolle is such a good witness being next to Katchian as a Diarca and having personally met the "Sage"

Unfortunately the judge has to remind Kishiar to be quiet in the witness box but Kishiar just apologizes and says "someone was mumbling to themselves so loudly earlier, I thought I could do the same" to get one last jab at Katchian lmfao

An investigator then enters the room again with a wooden box with a rotten smell and states he has more new evidence!!

okay i said i got rly bored w these chapters but i have to tip my hat off to Kishiar's sick burns

Ch 1323

Poor Judge is like...new evidence? After I just declared all evidence confirmed?...fine whatever which side is it for 😔

The evidence is from The Emperor (so technically neither side) who had his knights investigate the accusations and found the box which includes a letter and a worn sack with black bloodstains containing a rotting mass of mushrooms (Dudulem mushrooms that were cut/dried/purified - these are the ones that make you thirsty)

Everyone remembers Marin saying her brother Mickey had picked those specific mushrooms before he died, and that Katchian had allegedly learned of them from Mickey before being taken in by the Diarca, and later Katchian used the mushrooms to kill Lenore Apeto

Katchian finally stops smiling and starts having a breakdown, and Kiolle remembers Kishiar's saying (“If you want to make someone fall, keep making them laugh”) and how that's exactly what happened to Katchian up until now in the trial. And now that the laughs are finally up? Kishiar has a stone cold face that reminds Kiolle of Yuder

Marin confirms the bag belonged to her brother, and that Mickey was the only herbalist who would have dug up and processed Dudulem mushrooms that were worth nothing. She also recalls he started collecting the mushrooms after meeting with outside merchants (witnessed by other villagers), and it was weird that Mickey (who was shy) would meet up with merchants he didn't know...but it would make sense if they were related to his childhood "friend" Katchian. Mickey also said before he died that he might be meeting a friend he hadn't heard from in a long time. She denies that Mickey died from a wild animal attack or the Sage, and claims the merchants Mickey met with under Katchian's name were the cause of his death.

All evidence is accepted but the judge delays the remaining matters (witness testimonies) for the official trial date

Katchian calls out Kiolle for a private talk and threatens that he knows Kiolle's Most Shameful Secret...that he's gay

Kiolle: wtf this bullshit again??

AHAHAHAHA god the last part killed me okay Kiolle just cannot beat these gay allegations 1000 chapters later since his first "tryst" with Yuder im DYING

Ch 1324

In the past, Kiolle went along with Katchian's Gay-threat because he didn't want to get in trouble with his father even if it was false, but now Kiolle after his whole prison arc and learning about his incest-treason-family history just does not have a single fuck to give so he tells Katchian to do whatever

Katchian continues to try to threaten him but eventually just concludes Kiolle is now just a pawn for the Emperor/Duke of Peletta like his advisor said, so it's useless to keep talking

Kiolle asks Katchian if he really trusts this advisor, and Katchian says no but the advisor is useful so he will use him and then throw him out when no longer useful like he did with Kiolle

Kiolle realizes Katchian is crazy and only believes what he wants to believe and it has been that way since the beginning. Katchian hasn't changed, but he has

Kishiar enters the room and apologizes for interrupting but also gives Katchian the biggest death glare. Katchian flees immediately

Kishiar asks Kiolle if his time here was useful (referring to ch 1320 when he said he will let Kiolle feel more certain about the path he was taking by seeing the path of someone who made the opposite choice) and Kiolle says yes but asks about the advisor

Kishiar reassures Kiolle to not worry about the advisor and explains more as they leave the courtroom and return to the Arcane Legion

Marin joins them in the carriage and thanks Kishiar for everything so far

Once Marin leaves, Kishiar explains the advisor was a third party Kishiar allowed to make contact with Katchian

Kiolle: yeah whatever i'm gay! sure! it'd be the least of all my problems right now

i love kiolle so much now you guys don't even know how did kiolle shoot into my top 5 favorite charas lmao

he's getting a gay cameo in every fanfic i can stuff him into

Ch 1325

If Kishiar had tried to appoint someone as Katchian's defense, Katchian would not have trusted them, so instead he allowed in a third party - a lawyer from a fallen noble family, but underneath that Kishiar suspects there's also a connection to the extremist faction Southern Tribe (Wolf Eye)

This is a double bait - Katchian is being used to draw out those forces, and if Katchian does take the bait in collaborating with those forces then he is basically betraying his country and will get a harsher sentence

Kishiar reassures Kiolle that the trial will be over quickly, and then looks out the window at a public square - Kiolle is confused why Kishiar doesn't look happy since it should have brought good memories of the Arcane Legion passing through that area while triumphantly returning from the South but we all know Kishiar is thinking of Yuder's execution :(

Yuder arrives at the Arcane Legion from his tutoring session and finds Kishiar's office still empty (he arrived before Kishiar)

Yuder runs into Kanna who reminds him they are meeting with Fey's "friends" tomorrow (merchants who are presumably related to the Wolf Eye Tribe)

Supposedly there will be three people meeting with Fey according to Gloe (who Kanna has been talking to), and a total of 7 members (intelligence members + Kanna + Steiber) will be going undercover to monitor - Gakane and Devran will be the advance party sent in first

Before Kanna leaves, Yuder asks if she has noticed anything unusual recently like a Crack, but Kanna says she didn't feel anything unusual and Yuder dismisses the topic and before Kanna can ask further Kishiar arrives

They go into Kishiar's office and Kishiar sits on the sofa so he can pull Yuder into his lap and hug him immediately!! Yuder notices Kishiar's heart is beating anxiously and so they engage in some small talk about their day to calm down

Kishiar especially laughs at Faria leveraging tea time with Yuder and comments on how Keilusa has never defeated Faria and that Keilusa probably intended on obeying with whatever Faria wanted from the very beginning (SIMP CALLING OUT FELLOW SIMP)

Yuder is about to say something but stops midway, so Kishiar begs to know what Yuder was saying and offers to kneel down and kiss Yuder's feet to find out (please like you wouldn't do it anyways kishiar...)

Yuder just says he noticed a resemblance between Kishiar and Keilusa but thought it might be rude to say it...the resemblance being that they have the same expression when they look at their loved one (the expression Kishiar currently has looking at Yuder is the same as Keilusa looking at Faria)

Kishiar actually blushes before laughing and says he and Keilusa were famous for being opposites when young but to think there was such a similarity...Keilusa might be horrified if told but Yuder makes him agree not to tease Keilusa with this

Yuder also thanks Kishiar for recommending the class location

Finally Kishiar's heartbeat is calming down and Kishiar tells Yuder that he's ready to hear about Yuder's dream now

FINALLY WE ARE OVER WITH THE TRIAL (FOR NOW) AND KUYU REWARDS US WITH KISHIYU BEING DISGUSTINGLY CUTE AS USUAL!!!

one day they're going to have a formal meeting and yuder is just gonna subconsciously sit on Kishiar's lap because he's so used to it i swear

Previous: [ch 1316-1320]

Ch 1311

Yuder notices Kishiar sucking on his neck and just tells the man to bite him already

Kishiyu discover their new biting kink

Cat Whisker/Naby Manaik southern merchants (the ones Kishiar allied with to distribute what are essentially heat suppressants) finally make it to the Owl's Wing / Anman Noon tribe (where Nahan is with his relatives)

They meet Nahan's aunt, Raumah Asan Roeul, and talk about the now 13 awakeners in the tribe (13th being Nahan) and how the medicine will help them

“…I guess I like the pain when it’s from you. Now I understand.”

YUDER PLEASE NO WONDER YOU GOT DESTROYED THAT NIGHT YOU CANT JUST SAY THESE THINGS

Ch 1312

Raumah reveals Nahan has lost his powers, Gohum (Cat Whisker representative) promises to look into how he can help Nahan

The merchants tell Raumah of what Ansuma Mecht / Wolf Eye (also in some MTL TLs I've seen around Wolf Rock Moonshade??) has done regarding Duke Tain + the fake merchandise with monster blood

The two discuss rumors of how the Wolf Eye tribe is claiming divine will from the Black Moon church to bully smaller tribes into unifying with them so they can invade the north, and Gohum asks for Raumah's cooperation in stopping their ambitions so all the nations north of the desert don't mistake the actions of one tribe for all tribes

Raumah expresses disapproval of the Wolf Eye Tribe's actions and agrees to contact Gohum again for future cooperation

On the way out, Gohum notices a man wrapped in bandages (Nahan)

Scene cuts back to Arcane Legion and Yuder is being mobbed by people thanking him for his tea powder gift

i really need to complete my reread to refresh on all these tribe names and write myself a guide...a lot of their info/names were first dropped in ch 800s I think so i briefly went back for a Refresher

I will say this again and again: nahan has such zuko energy from the facial burns to the daddy issues... i bet he is getting some redemption arc!!

I will also NEVER get tired of people thanking and loving on yuder for his tea powder this is the bessst.

"Yuder! You said you made this? Are you serious?!" "Senior Yuder! Why on earth did you leave such a huge thing outside the classroom! I almost stepped on it...!" "Yuder! How could you do something like this and then just casually tell me to start training? Are you serious?!" "Yuder!" "Senior Yuuder!" "Sir Ail!" "Baron!"

I also want to point out the second line is prob from Gloe/Fey/Elpokins because it was mentioned they were napping together in the classroom when Yuder dropped off the tea powder in ch 1305, what an adorable image!!

Ch 1313

Devran comes back after playing Prison Overseer with Kiolle earlier and also thanks Yuder

Hinn + Finn also thank Yuder, apologize for missing training, and said they got official permission to help with the mage's research (It's implied Ever was the one who talked to them about all this, because she could relate the best to their feeling of failure in the previous mission in the south)

Kishiar appears and brags about how much tea powder he got from Yuder lmao

In response to everyone complaining about his bragging he lets them challenge him for today's training and promises to give some of his powder to anyone who successfully attacks him

Yuder agrees to be the referee and notes how Kishiar might be doing this because of how hard they went at it last night...yuder even had to wear a turtleneck ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) 

Kishiar wins but offers everyone a consolation prize - Yuder's favorite desert from when they were in Peletta will be served in the cafeteria

Yuder and Kishiar discuss the info from the Cat Whisker merchant group and how Nahan has lost his powers due to the damage Yuder inflicted on his mana core. Yuder wonders if the reason Nahan encouraged his aunt to meet with the merchants was from lingering brainwashing to help his fellow awakeners or from seeing Yuder's memories

Kishiar states his next step is to meet up with the moderate tribes in person to consolidate their allies and the perfect time to do it is during Ejain's coronation

Kishiar...we all knew no one would lay a hand on you when you agreed the prize would be to give away some of your tea powder LOL and then the consolation prize he offered was him showing off even more of his Yuder propaganda i can't with this man, if this were modern times he would run Yuder's biggest fanclub page

Coronation keeps getting more and more hyped up!!

Ch 1314

Kishiar notes Ejain is planning on making the coronation as grand as possible to show his strength to remnants of royals fighting for the throne and the Duvan nation (enemy neighbor of Nelarn) - this may also be because there are rumors Ejain's mother (Second Queen of Nelarn) was executed for colluding with Duvan

Kishiar is confident everyone will agree to meet in Nelarn because he thinks the Wolf Eye Tribe will be looking to use Nelarn as a stepping stone into the north similar to how they used the Orr Empire in 1TL

Wolf Eye Tribe used originally supported a different prince for the fight to the throne but after that failed, Kishiar speculates they will try to make contact with Ejain and that the recent attacks on Ejain + his attendants may be from them trying to create uncertainty that will make Ejain seek their support (Yuder recalls how in the 1TL, the Wolf Eye Tribe always approached Kachian after a disaster)

Kishiar plans to invite the moderate tribes as official envoys to Nelarn and gain Ejain's cooperation in light of Wolf Eye possibly being behind the attacks

Kishiar also reminds Yuder he needs new clothing for the coronation which ruins Yuder's excitement a little lol

Kishiar takes Kiolle with him to the courtroom for Kachian's trial to give testimony, meanwhile Yuder goes to the Sun Palace to meet up with the emperor for his lessons.

On his carriage ride Yuder has complicated thoughts looking at a statue of Luma and thinking of his grandfather and how the statue somehow looks more familiar now...and then he drifts to sleep and dreams of FUCKING WHITE GLOVES

It makes a lot of sense to me that the party that attacked Ejain a few chapters ago may be the Wolf Eye Tribe instead of any remnants of royals

"Think about it. Crown Prince Ezain has already defeated all his rivals. All that's left is his ascension, but now he's suddenly under attack more intensely than before. It's so persistent that it doesn't feel right to attribute it to the remnants of the fallen princes. It's also notable that the Crown Prince himself is unharmed and rather his subordinates are the ones who are being harmed."

Like damn ur so right kishiar, i love the politics of this series being believable

I CANT WAIT FOR NEW FORMALWEAR KISHIYU!! Also the way i screamed when white gloves appeared again

Ch 1315

Yuder notes how he usually sees the gloves before a rifts and wonders if there's going to be a rift at the capital even though it never happened in 1TL

Yuder tries to talk to the gloves, asking if the gloves met/guided Kishiar back in Peletta but the gloves continues to stay silent until Yuder asked if it planned to never speak to him again, then the gloves caved and wrote on Yuder's palm that it was at Peletta

Yuder notices the glove is missing a pinky and asks what happened but the gloves refused to answer and moved away T_T

Yuder says please and the gloves fold like wet paper because no kishiar in any universe can resist yuder saying please in his most vulnerable voice

White Gloves says the finger was not stolen and losing it didn't cause pain so Yuder shouldn't worry, but does not answer why he lost it and if he can get it back

Yuder thanks the gloves for warning him in the South, allowing them to prevent the earthquake

Yuder reiterates he wants to save the gloves and confesses he was thinking of just jumping into a crack and gloves was immediately like NO THATS RECKLESS and that this place beyond the rift is not a place for the living

okay im just going to quote the whole last part because i need to SCREAM

“But I’m here, alive.” 'That’s why I told you not to come.' 'I warned you.' “That's not something I can follow. And I…” Yuder lowered his eyes. “If there’s a possibility, I’ll try even more.” Silence fell again. His still fingers slowly traced letters across Yuder’s palm. 'Consider what’s important.' He had said that before. It seemed like the man didn't think Yuder should think of him as important.

IM ALWAYS ON THE FLOOR CRYING WHENEVER WHITE GLOVES APPEARS. THE WAY HE JUST HAS GIVEN UP ON HIMSELF BUT CAN NEVER DENY YUDER IN THIS CHAPTER...also the way yuder has fucking mastered the pleading eye maneuver on kishiar!! GIVE UP ON GIVING UP ON YOURSELF KISHIAR YUDER IS COMING FOR YOU (im dying at yuder being like...'yeah i was just gonna jump into a rift but everyone told me it was a bad idea...i'm still thinking on it though' everyone has their work cut out for them stopping yuder from doing stupidly reckless sacrificial things)

The gloves losing his pinky tho oh god?? We'll see kishiar speculate more on this in future chapters but oh my god i'm freaking out as much as yuder is ;;

I'm so attached to this helpless Kishiar who has basically lost everything and keeps losing more and more of himself but can't help but reach out to Yuder again and again like a moth to a flame UGH I LOVE TRAGIC CHARACTERS SO MUCH

ok i need a break to emotionally recover i can't believe this is what Kuyu hits us with immediately upon coming back from break

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