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After the chaos of Julius's capture arc, life in Umbaria settles into an uneasy version of "normal." Rin starts spending more time with Team Velocity, and their idea of low-stakes bonding quickly turns into a series of mildly disastrous, deeply chaotic adventures that somehow never stay low-stakes for long. Between failed training drills, accidental public incidents, and Rin's uncanny ability to turn simple errands into multi-person crises, the group begins to feel less like a tactical unit and more like a found family held together by bad decisions and mutual concern.
Julius, now officially Rin's fifth knight, is... trying. He's mostly adjusted to civilian life, therapy, and not solving problems with swords-but Rin's other knights-Artemis, Xavier, Constantine, and Romeo-remain deeply unsettled by his polite smiles and disturbingly calm honesty about his violent impulses. As Julius struggles to fit into everyday castle life, he must learn what it actually means to belong to a group that doesn't revolve around combat, hierarchy, or fear-something far more complicated than any battlefield.
Meanwhile, the social battlefield remains very much alive. Ophelia and Sophia's rivalry for Rin's attention escalates into increasingly polite, increasingly hostile social warfare, with Rin remaining completely oblivious to how much emotional damage is occurring within a five-meter radius of him at all times. As friendships deepen, tensions simmer, and chaos becomes routine, this arc explores healing after trauma, learning how to exist in peace, and the strange, funny, sometimes painful work of building a normal life after everything has gone wrong.