Congratulations on the exam!
You won again!
You're amazing, Anos!
As usual, she's a bit excessive in how she expresses love.
But isn't it nice how the family gets along?
Well...
Is it really okay for me to attend a victory party for your team, Lord Anos?
There's no problem. You officially serve me, after all.
What?
But we lost.
You have potential.
The spell you used during the exam was one of Linion's specialties.
Linion?
The Great Spirit of Water.
You must be related to them in some fashion.
If you can unleash its true power, it will be a sight to see.
Thank you!
You're doing well at school and making so many friends.
You're going to be a great Demon King in the future.
Me?
It's your dream, right?
That's why you're studying at Demon King Academy, right?
Well...
Oh, right!
I wanted to learn more about it
so I went to the castle of the Demon Lord of Midhaze, Ellio Ludowell!
Ludowell?
I've heard that name before.
That's Ms. Emilia's father.
Mom's going to support your dreams with all she's got!
Dad's going to support them with even more than he's got!
-That's very reassuring. -Misha, Sasha, will you support him too?
Yeah! Dad's going to make you a man!
Where are Lay and Misa?
They went out to get some air.
What?
I thought Misha was joking when she told me,
but he really was born only recently.
That's right.
I can hardly believe that such an amazing boy could be our child.
Just calling him an amazing boy is amazing in itself.
Not to mention, things looked pretty uncertain before he was born.
What do you mean?
Anos nearly died in Mom's belly.
What?
I prayed so hard when that happened.
If only they'd be born safely, I promised to raise any child I had with all my soul.
Maybe my prayers came true.
It's true that Anos isn't completely normal,
but that doesn't change a thing.
Because Anos is alive and kicking!
Thank you very much for today.
What do you mean?
It's thanks to you that I could join Lord Anos's team.
It's a giant leap forward for us.
Honestly, I should have avoided Anos and taken down the Necron sisters.
What?
If we had beaten even one of them,
he may have allowed the other girls in the Fan Union to join too.
That's...
I'm sorry.
I prioritized my desires over the team's victory.
You really are strange, Lay.
During the exam and even now,
you speak to a Mudblood like me with such respect.
You think so?
You really don't care about Highblood versus Mudblood or any of that?
I wish I only had to think about my swordsmanship. That much is true.
You might be the type of person that the Unification Party dreams of.
You're what it looks like when people don't discriminate.
I don't think I deserve nearly that much praise.
On that note, you're half-spirit and half-demon, right?
What? Yes.
Does it ever cause you any physical problems?
There are times when I feel under the weather,
but otherwise, I'm perfectly healthy. Why do you ask?
I heard that half-spirits don't live long.
As far as I know, half-spirits who can use spirit magic
rarely enjoy good health.
You must be special, Misa.
Do you think so?
I've never felt that way.
Should we go back in?
It's getting chilly.
As you know, the Magic Sword Tournament is rapidly approaching
and a student from our class was selected to participate.
Lay Glanzudlii!
And one other.
Anos Voldigoad.
-Go, Lord Anos! -Go, Lord Anos!
Please prepare your own magic swords to use in the tournament.
That is all.
Looks like I'll have an opportunity for a rematch sooner than expected.
What's wrong?
The Highbloods obviously don't want me to win the Magic Sword Tournament.
So why would they select me?
Do you mean they're plotting something?
It's the obvious conclusion.
Pardon the interruption, Lord Anos.
What is it?
Lord Melhace Bolan of the Seven Ancients is visiting.
Would you care to meet him?
This is the perfect time.
Yes, let's go.
Lord Melhace, I have brought Lord Anos.
Long have I awaited your reincarnation.
My liege, the Demon King Anos Voldigoad.
So you remember me, Melhace?
My greatest apologies.
I was caught unaware by an unknown assailant and my memories were erased.
Just like Ivis?
However, my essence did not forget you.
Having laid eyes upon you, I am now completely certain.
How much do you know?
It was 2,000 years ago,
soon after you exchanged your life to create the walls.
With my memories erased,
I awoke in the Forest of the Great Spirits, Ahartheln.
It was most likely to evade the assailant.
You passed through the wall between Dilhade and Ahartheln?
Yes.
However, to recover enough mana to return to Dilhade,
I remained there for 100 years.
When I returned to this land, the name of the Demon King of Atrocity had changed.
To Avos Dilhevia?
Do you know what they're planning?
It is beyond my understanding.
One more question.
Someone in Dilhade selected me for the Magic Sword Tournament.
Any idea what their aim is?
I believe it is the work of Highblood supremacists.
The Highblood Party?
You are the light of the Unification Party, King Anos.
They wish to dash our hopes by defeating you,
using any means necessary.
I see.
King Anos, if you will forgive my impudence,
please do not participate in the Magic Sword Tournament.
If you do not accept their invitation, Avos Dilhevia may expose himself.
I'll consider it.
Thank you, my liege.
I'm home.
Welcome home.
What are you doing?
Cooking
You made this, Misha?
She taught me.
Misha said she wanted to make something nice for you,
so I told her to come over whenever she had time.
So that's why you're here.
Oh, right, Anos! You're going to compete in the Magic Sword Tournament?
Ms. Emilia came to the house today.
She came here to tell you?
Yes.
She said the whole school would be cheering you on.
-They want me to participate quite badly. -Isn't that great, Anos?
Say, should we make a big banner?
I might not participate.
Why not?
If you do well in the tournament,
it'll be easier to become Demon King, right?
Will it?
You need accomplishments to be Demon King.
I see.
However...
I'll need a good magic sword.
Don't worry about that!
After hearing about the tournament, Dad went...
What?
Oh, nothing!
Let's have dinner now. We wouldn't want Misha's handiwork to get cold!
You're right. Gratin is best eaten hot...
You won't regret this? That mushroom is delicious.
Open wide.
Well?
It's perfect.
Bring Sasha with you next time!
But Sasha's busy.
What is she doing?
Preparing for the tournament.
Why don't we celebrate once the tournament's over?
Misha, what do you want as thanks for dinner?
I should thank you.
That makes little sense.
Isn't there anything you'd like?
In that case, let's go somewhere.
You mean in town?
Then how about tomorrow?
We'll go wherever you like.
There's somewhere I'd like to go as well.
Sounds good.
We're here.
"The Hall of the Dragon Kings, a Magic Model Shop"?
Is this where you wanted to go?
Misha, you're here!
Will you make another one today?
Someone already bought the one you made last time.
Thank you as always.
So these are magic models?
Yes. The smaller and more intricately they're made, the better.
The workshop's all yours to use.
Thanks.
This is a magic model workshop.
You make them using Iris?
Watch.
I see.
So this is what you enjoy?
Yes. This one is for Sasha.
Want to try?
You'll end up with an unreplicable masterpiece if I do.
I want to see.
Very well.
Misha, how about some tea...
A castle at this scale? No! It's the entire city!
How many decades of work...
Please let me have this!
I'll pay any price! You can have the shop if you'd like!
I'll give you anything you want...
Sorry, but this is for someone else.
What? No!
Come back again soon! I'll be waiting!
Do you like it that much?
You even made the parts inside the buildings.
As always, you have very good eyes.
This...
This is for you.
Now you can look at it whenever you want.
Thank you.
What's wrong?
You always help me so much.
You became my friend and gave me lots of memories.
I want to pay you back,
but you can do anything.
You don't need me.
That's not true.
You have good eyes.
You're also good with creation magic.
You may be able to surpass me in those two fields.
Really?
I'm not omnipotent.
The only thing I can do better than anything in this world is to destroy.
Your creation magic is the opposite of that.
If you'd like to help me, you should gaze deeper into that abyss.
Wait for me. I'll get much stronger.
I look forward to it.
"Catnip Castle, a cat cafe."
Are you sure? What about what you came to do?
No need to worry.
This is what I came to do.
Pardon my appearing before you in this manner.
That voice...
Lord Ivis?
I had him look into Melhace.
Have you found anything?
First, regarding the Unification Party.
It is not led by Melhace but by an unknown individual from the shadows.
Then who?
I could not determine that.
No one from the Unification Party knows their identity.
That's rather strange.
And one other report.
There is an unidentified individual here in Midhaze.
They belong to the Lognos Magic Hospital.
Demon Lord Ellio of Midhaze founded the hospital,
but he too is only a symbolic figurehead.
It appears that someone else is behind him.
People whose identities cannot be discovered through investigation.
There is not enough information to tie the two together.
Then continue investigating Melhace and the Magic Sword Tournament.
Understood.
So this is Lognos Magic Hospital?
The best hospital in Dilhade.
Nothing particularly unusual about it.
What are you doing here?
We were just passing by.
What are you doing here?
Just here to visit my mother.
If the doctors can't help her, I can do something.
Even if she's weak and on her deathbed today,
I'll make her able to climb the tallest mountain tomorrow.
That's a little too healthy for my tastes.
It's a little scary, so just the thought is enough.
Okay.
Now then. I'll be going.
All right.
I should tell you that I might not participate in the tournament.
I guess we'll have to settle the score another time if you don't.
What do you think?
He's a little different from usual.
I'll have Ivis investigate him just in case.
So this is where you're studying to be Demon King?
Yeah.
You didn't have to come all the way out here to support me.
It doesn't look like the sword will be ready in time either.
Oh, don't worry! It's...
Does this have something to do with why Dad hasn't been home lately?
No!
Not at all!
-Well, see you later! -Okay.
Anos, do your best!
Meow.
Did you find anything?
It appears Melhace has no part in the Magic Sword Tournament.
However, Gaios and Idol of the Seven Ancients
are involved behind the scenes.
Oh, those two?
They likely intend to lure you into some sort of trap.
What about Lay?
I searched the records of Lognos Magic Hospital.
Lay's mother is currently hospitalized with a serious illness.
She is at risk of death.
It was listed as Spirit Disease.
Spirit Disease? Such a thing didn't exist 2,000 years ago.
I have not heard of it either.
It appears to be an extremely rare disease.
I see. Good work.
Lord Anos,
do you intend to withdraw from the Magic Sword Tournament?
If it earns me information on Avos Dilhevia,
it might not be a bad idea.
The first round of the Dilhade Magic Sword Tournament is about to begin!
In this corner,
from the Lognos Magic Sword Association, Kurt Ludowell!
Right from the first round?
The winner of the last tournament! The best fencer in Dilhade!
The Lognos Magic Sword Association
is a famous organization of the Highblood Party, right?
He's Ms. Emilia's older brother!
And in this corner, from the Delsgade Demon King Academy,
Anos Voldigoad!
What? Who's that?
That's the guy that the Unification Party
has been claiming to be the Demon King of Atrocity reborn.
I'm so sorry. You're doing this for us,
but we don't know what sort of dirty tricks the Highbloods might use.
Not a problem.
The man I need to fight is not the one out there.
It's Avos Dilhevia.
I bet he ran off!
Mudbloods should just serve at the feet of us Highbloods!
Nothing you do will make you Demon King!
Man, what a moron!
Anos will be Demon King!
Anos is strong and cool, and he's an amazing boy!
Don't you dare laugh at my son's dream!
Anos!
Dad?
I've been looking for you. Here.
Dad forged this magic sword for you. It's adamantium.
Now you can fight in the tournament.
You're bleeding.
The adamantium was at the top of a cliff.
It's no big deal! Just a scratch!
If you win, you can be Demon King even if you're of mixed blood.
Go on. Get out there.
Good grief. What was I thinking?
Why should I be concerned about the plans of a coward who can't even show himself?
Lord Anos?
No need to worry.
No matter what traps may lay in wait, I will destroy them all.
My only desire right now
is to see my Mom and Dad
smile as I win.
Anos Voldigoad! Are you here?
I'm right here!
I thought you'd run away,
Mr. Unification Party Hero.
Sorry.
It may not make up for the time lost,
but I will finish this in one minute.
The first fight of the first round will now begin!
Next episode, "Mother's Words."