Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Vol. 1 — Manga Raw / Buy Official

The heart of this volume is Frieren breaking down in tears at Himmel's funeral, tormented by the thought that ten years was all she had and she never once tried to learn who he really was. That regret becomes the engine of everything that follows. The priest Heiter, sensing his own death approaching, raises the orphan girl Fern into a capable mage and entrusts her to Frieren before quietly passing on. Frieren resolves to reach Aureole, the land at the edge of the world where souls are said to rest, clinging to the faint hope of speaking with Himmel one more time. The volume closes as master and apprentice set out north together.