Back at the palace, the princess welcomes her brother back. He's been training so hard that he's exhausted himself. The duel with the governor is coming up, and the princess wants to make sure that he doesn't lose. The princess tells the master that she's heard that the governor has reached the fifth level of spiritual apprenticeship. The master tells the princess that he has an idea. He remembers the stone that he bought at auction. The shopkeeper said it was useless, but the master says it's actually a magic stone that can gather spiritual energy hundreds of miles away from the center of the universe. It's called the "spirit gathering array." The master says that after the earthquake, countless great people died. The array stones disappeared, but now they're back. Master says that the master must be planning something. He tells the prince to relax and put his spiritual energy into the array stone. Next chapter preview: the female lead is going to become slim. The prince asks the princess what she'd like to see happen after she becomes beautiful. A: cat fights and being love-dovey, of course. B: I want to see the scene where she beats up people and improves her power. D: am I the only person who likes her chubby version