Sylvia begins her grand speech, congratulating Kyle for conquering the labyrinth trials—but Kyle immediately clamps her mouth shut. He really doesn’t want his friends finding out about her just yet. Sylvia, clearly offended, starts yelling about being disrespected, but Kyle just needs her to zip it for a second.
Once she calms down, Kyle admits he knows she’s a replica of the Queen of Selonia, Sarles, and, well, he didn’t actually clear the labyrinth properly. He just…dug a shortcut straight to the end. Sylvia is shook that he cheated her labyrinth so effortlessly, but Kyle says, “Look, just let me take the final trial and you’ll understand.”
That trial? Pulling the sword so Sylvia can read his memories. As she scans them, she witnesses all the tragedy of the future, from the demon lord’s reign of terror to the point where Kyle touches the Divine Dragon’s Heart and rewinds time. She’s stunned—she never imagined time magic could work on such a massive scale, but since she saw it herself, it must be true.
Meanwhile, the others notice Kyle is missing and start looking for him. Panicking, Kyle tells Sylvia to just play along. So when his friends show up, Kyle waves the sword and loudly announces, “Hey guys! I found an intelligent sword!”
Later, Sylvia is happily munching on Leila’s cookies, claiming it’s been centuries since she tasted real food. Leila asks if she’s really the Magic Queen, but Sylvia explains she’s just a fragment of her—a magical life form meant to evaluate intruders. If she found them unworthy? Boom. Vault explosion. But Kyle’s interesting, so they get a pass.
She also tells them to take the treasure bag lying around—it’s magically connected to the vault. With their loot secured, the group heads to the royal capital. While there, Sylvia keeps trying to sneak off to explore food stalls, but Theron keeps dragging her back before she wanders off.
The real reason they’re in the capital? To upgrade their gear. Kyle brings them to an exclusive weapons shop where the receptionist almost laughs them off—until Kyle drops a fat stack of gold. Suddenly, VIP access unlocked.
Inside, they meet the shop owner, Fesba, who offers to help them gear up. Sylvia spots some swords on display and instantly recognizes them as the work of Melanis, a famous ancient craftsman. Fesba is shocked she could tell, but Sylvia casually mentions she knew Melanis—though his work was just okay and he threw tantrums when criticized.
Naturally, Kyle yanks her away before she outs herself as royalty.
Fesba shows off some top-tier gear, including a set of dragon scale armor with all kinds of resistance magic. Kyle loves it and buys it on the spot, leaving Fesba speechless—it is ridiculously expensive, after all. Kyle offers to get matching armor for Theron, but Theron refuses—he’s not into the “twinning” thing.
The others pick their gear too: spirit bracelets, gauntlets for Leila, and some power-boosting armor for Theron…though sadly, it does nothing for his charisma.
Once shopping winds down, Kyle asks if Fesba has any magic stones. He shows them an explosion stone, great for combat, but Kyle wants something more suited for reptilian monsters. So Fesba presents a cold-enchanted magic stone—exactly what Kyle needed.
Lizards are weak to the cold, so these cold-enchanted magic stones should be super effective against them. The only catch? They’re expensive as heck because cold enchantments are hard to pull off. But Kyle doesn’t even flinch—he just says, “I’ll buy all the cold stones you’ve got.” Oh, and while he’s at it, he wants all of Fesba’s healing potions too.
Fesba is speechless—that would cost a fortune! But Kyle isn’t here to haggle; instead of coins, he casually drops a bag of gems worth 10 million coins and says, “Let’s just call it even.”
After that, the gang leaves the shop, but Theron is nervous that people might start whispering about how rich they are—last thing they need is fantasy IRS chasing them down. Kyle shrugs it off, saying they’re leaving the capital tomorrow. This shocks the others, especially since it’s Leila and Theron’s first time here. So Theron dashes off to live his “big city life” while Urza offers to show Leila around.
Meanwhile, Sylvia tries to sneak off for snacks, but Kyle drags her back to the inn—they need to talk. He asks if she really thinks the future can be changed. Sylvia scoffs—it was never set in stone. She figures that when Kyle used the Dragon Heart, it plucked his soul from one timeline and dropped it earlier in another. Since the Dragon Heart still exists in this timeline, his very presence is already altering things. But unless they act, the great invasion is still coming.
Knowing this, Kyle is determined to save the world—but he’s curious: if the heart exists in both timelines, why is there only one of him? Sylvia explains one of the most forbidden magics: soul fusion. Back in ancient Selonia, they discovered that fusing two souls could boost magic power—but experiments on infants ended in disaster. In Kyle’s case, his future and past selves probably fused perfectly since they’re the same person, doubling his magic power.
He might even have potential for the highest forms of magic—if he survives the side effects. Sylvia promises to guide him, but only if he reports any weirdness.
Later that night, Leila and Urza return from sightseeing. Leila is ready to sleep, but Urza suddenly remembers—tonight’s the full moon! She needs to perform the contract ritual with Kyle before it’s too late. She rushes to find him and sees him training with Sylvia in the forest.
Kyle had totally forgotten, and though he’s exhausted, he agrees. As Urza draws the contract circle, she thinks about how this ritual is a sacred thing in her village—like a wedding vow. She never imagined her first time doing it would be with a half-asleep human.
She finishes the circle and yells at Kyle to wake up. He stumbles up, they stand in the circle, and he recalls how he and Urza did this in their married life from his previous timeline. So, after vowing not to misuse her true name, he seals the deal—with a kiss.
Urza is frozen, completely stunned—then shoves him back, fuming. “You don’t kiss unless it’s a marriage contract, idiot!” Kyle is confused—he thought that’s just how it works. Urza is not amused.
The next morning, as they leave the capital, Leila notices how tired everyone looks. Kyle admits he and Urza were up “handling some stuff,” but Urza refuses to elaborate. Meanwhile, Theron was up all night trying (and failing) to get a girlfriend—even being rich didn’t help.
They’re headed to Arkin, but Kyle gives a vague excuse that Sylvia’s “prophetic abilities” pointed them there. When they arrive, they coincidentally witness Princess Molina’s parade through town. The kind, beloved princess waves to her people—but Kyle knows that in two days, she’s fated to die.
Her caravan is supposed to head to Scenes, a village recently attacked by Hydras. She wants to show support, but ends up getting killed by one. Kyle mutters that it’s the result of bad decisions—visiting a monster-infested village? Not smart. Sylvia wonders if it was an assassination masked as a monster attack, and Kyle admits there were rumors that her brother, Prince Kar, was involved, but nothing was ever proven.
Regardless, it’s officially recorded as a tragic accident. But to Kyle, it’s also…an opportunity—to save Molina and make himself a hero.
