Chapter Summaries

Chris bought Goddess Pickles from Wiz’s Magic Item Shop and used them to seek forgiveness from Lord Aldarp. After the pickles purified a guard and Aldarp himself, Aldarp agreed to buy more.

• Chris visited Wiz’s Magic Item Shop while hiding from Lord Aldarp and asked for a product like Vitality Potions.
• Broly offered Chris Goddess Pickles, which Wiz explained were made from Demonic Cabbage and could ward off demons; Broly revealed that Aqua had stomped the cabbage with her feet.
• Chris bought two jars of pickles after learning they were made by a beautiful goddess, then brought one to Aldarp as an apology gift.
• Aldarp ordered a guard to taste the pickles, and the guard experienced their Purification Effect.
• Aldarp tasted the pickles himself, forgave Chris, and agreed to buy more after Chris quoted a price of at least four hundred thousand Eris per jar.

Goddess Pickles became a huge hit in Axel, but the pickle craze ended when Vanir arrived at the group’s home disguised as Wiz. Broly exposed Vanir and learned that he had come seeking more of Broly’s emotions.

• Aldarp’s wanted poster helped make Aqua’s Goddess Pickles famous, and the stock quickly sold out as customers chased rumors about how they were made.
• Aqua delegated making more pickles to a middle-aged woman, while Darkness grew fixated on what customers might do with her supposed foot-washing water.
• Wiz returned home and declared that she was breaking up with the Saiyan Boy because she could not accept his multiple relationships.
• Broly punched the apparent Wiz, revealing that she was Vanir in disguise, and Aqua attacked him with Divine Purification.
• Vanir explained that he had survived because the body Broly destroyed was only one of his many Clay Clones.
• Vanir told Broly that he had come to ask for food because he could not forget the flavor of Broly’s emotions.

Broly drove Vanir from his home after refusing to let the demon provoke him or harm his household. Afterward, a drunk Aqua revealed her extreme views about demons and nonbelievers, while Broly remembered that his companions included people from outside the Axis Cult.

• Vanir tried to provoke Broly and Aqua, but Broly recognized his scheme and calmed himself instead of giving him negative emotions.
• Broly defended Aqua from Vanir's taunts, then reassured her and took charge of deciding the demon's fate.
• Darkness joined the discussion, but Vanir exposed her concern for Broly and embarrassed her.
• Broly threw Vanir out and warned him not to break into the house again; Vanir left, wary of Broly's strength.
• Broly offered Aqua wine, and the drunk goddess declared that demons and everyone who did not worship the Water Goddess were enemies.
• Broly acknowledged Aqua's rant but reflected that his potential wives included Darkness and Wiz, who stood outside the Axis Cult.

Broly found Vanir working as Wiz’s shop assistant and learned that he had been hired to help with cleaning. Aqua and Vanir fought in the shop, where Vanir’s manure-laced Clay Missile struck Aqua, leaving the shop filthy and both of them trading insults.

• Eris briefly sensed her Authority of Fortune activate after a Departed Soul left for reincarnation, then dismissed the feeling as overwork.
• Broly confronted Vanir at Wiz’s Magic Item Shop, but Wiz explained that she had hired him as an Errand Shop Assistant.
• Vanir cleaned the shop thoroughly while secretly feeding on Broly’s surprise and anger.
• Aqua visited the shop, provoked Vanir by scattering sunflower seed shells, and started a fight with him.
• Vanir hit Aqua with a Clay Missile mixed with wild dog excrement, and their battle left the shop in a terrible state.

Aqua repeatedly lost her clashes with Vanir until Broly began beating the demon on her behalf. Vanir used his recording of Aqua’s embarrassing defeats to make her back off, but Broly took the Recording Crystal and silenced the threat.

• Aqua visited Wiz's Magic Item Shop each day to challenge Vanir, but repeatedly fell into his traps and lost.
• Aqua called on her disciple Broly, who removed Vanir’s mask and used Qi to attack the demon’s consciousness.
• Vanir threatened to publicize recordings of Aqua’s humiliating week, especially to the Axis Cult in Alcanretia, so Aqua stormed away.
• Broly demanded Vanir hand over the Recording Crystal and warned he would deal with anyone who mocked Aqua.
• Vanir gave Broly the crystal and asked him not to tell Aqua, and Broly agreed.

Vanir worried that Broly’s overwhelming strength and the cruelty of the world could eventually turn him into a Demon King, so he resolved to guide him in Aqua’s place. He began probing Broly about how he would react to upsetting sights, but Broly did not understand the question.

• Vanir tried to pressure Aqua into guiding Broly by having Wiz tell her that he was treating Broly to delicious food, but Aqua trusted her disciple and returned to enjoying her carefree life.
• Vanir learned that Aqua had no intention of guiding Broly and worried that his power could make him a future threat to the world.
• Vanir told Wiz that Broly might be driven into darkness if he encountered humanity’s cruelty or was forced into conflict by others.
• Vanir decided to help Broly love the world and keep him from seeking revenge against people who mocked Aqua.
• Wiz asked Broly what he would do if he saw something that made him uncomfortable, and Broly looked confused by her question.

Wiz and Vanir questioned Broly about what could make him destroy the world, and he said he would only do so if the women close to him were harmed or asked him to. When Aqua accidentally smashed her wine and blamed the world, Wiz worried that Broly might take her tantrum seriously.

• Wiz asked Broly how he would respond to bullying, and he said he would help acquaintances who asked and protect Aqua, Darkness, and Wiz.
• Broly said he might destroy the world if all three women were gone, or if they asked him to destroy it, and Vanir concluded his conditions were unlikely.
• Broly and Wiz returned home and learned that Aqua had pulled out a stick supporting the Wine Rack, smashing wine worth over twenty million Eris.
• Aqua blamed the world for the broken wine and shouted that it should be destroyed, while Wiz warned her about the consequences.
• Wiz anxiously asked whether Broly would destroy the world because Aqua demanded it, and Broly fell silent.

Broly comforted Aqua after she threatened to destroy the world over her lost wine, and the household limited her spending by assigning her daily living expenses and grocery shopping. Darkness claimed Broly’s freed-up mornings for grappling practice, while Wiz announced she planned to leave Axel to find new magic items.

• Broly reassured Aqua that he would share his money with her, but Darkness and Wiz insisted that Aqua receive a daily allowance and buy the household ingredients.
• Darkness took over Broly’s morning grocery-shopping time for grappling practice, where she matched his technique but repeatedly lost when he targeted her weak points.
• A week later, Aqua called Darkness a pervert for enjoying their daily training, and Darkness admitted she liked being insulted.
• Wiz said she planned to leave Axel to look for new goods because her Magic Item Shop had little business, but Aqua pointed out that the shop’s old stock had been unsold for more than ten years.

Wiz took Broly, Aqua, and Darkness to the plains near Crimson Demon Village to shop for Magic Items, but they encountered a group of female Beastmen in heat who tried to seize Broly. After Aqua, Darkness, and Wiz froze them, the group continued on, leaving Broly hoping to return for the Beastmen as food.

• Aqua and Darkness tried to stop Wiz from wasting money on unprofitable merchandise, so Wiz suggested they all help her choose stock.
• Wiz teleported the group to the plains near Crimson Demon Village, where Broly showed interest in learning Teleportation Magic.
• A large group of female Beastmen charged at the group after catching Broly's scent, intending to capture him.
• Aqua, Darkness, and Wiz combined their magic to freeze the Beastmen in a massive ice sculpture.
• Broly asked whether they could eat the Beastmen, but Aqua objected, so he followed Wiz onward while considering returning for their bodies.

Wiz brought Broly, Aqua, and Darkness to Crimson Demon Village, where they met the theatrical gatekeeper Papatto and learned about the villagers’ habits. Broly’s claims about his strength and his home planet left two villagers overwhelmed, and the group continued into the village.

• Wiz explained that Crimson Demon Village was prosperous because the Crimson Demons paid no taxes and could defend themselves, though their magic sometimes bombarded the Demon King's Castle.
• Papatto appeared at the Sealing Ground, and Wiz recognized him from childhood; he teleported the group to the village gate and welcomed them inside.
• Wiz explained that Crimson Demons liked to act cool in front of outsiders, and villagers eagerly approached the newcomers to show off their titles.
• Sicobe introduced himself as the Crimson Demons' First Angler, but Broly said he had caught bigger fish, prompting Sicobe to collapse in defeat.
• A villager claiming to be the First Lord of the Land bragged about his farmland, and Broly replied that Vampa was an entire planet he considered his land; the villager also collapsed and declared that he had lost.

Broly and his companions met the Crimson Demons, whose villagers eagerly admired their visitors and traded boastful stories. Meanwhile, Megumin, Yunyun, and Cecily raced to school, arriving exhausted after turning their morning commute into a contest.

• A Crimson Demon man admitted he had exaggerated his abilities, but he dismissed Broly’s claims as a child’s bragging and praised his own success as a landlord.
• Aqua declared that she was older than everyone present and claimed to be only a little smarter than everyone else, prompting the villagers’ astonishment.
• Megumin and Yunyun discussed why the Crimson Demons enthusiastically greeted outsiders, and Megumin complained that the village’s remote location attracted few visitors.
• Cecily hurried past Megumin and Yunyun on her way to school, reminding them that they were nearly late.
• Megumin, Yunyun, and Cecily raced to the magic academy, jokingly invoking wind magic as they competed.
• Megumin declared herself the champion after they reached the academy, while Cecily vomited the bread she had eaten.

Wiz brought Broly, Aqua, and Darkness to visit the poor Magic Item Craftsman Hyo Saburo, but his daughter Xiao Mi mistook them for thieves and chased her runaway cat into the forest. There, Darkness confronted Host, a Demon guarding the Sealing Ground, and Xiao Mi urged him to fight the people she believed had robbed her home.

• The Crimson Demons kept Broly and the others listening to introductions before Wiz led them to Hyo Saburo's cabin.
• Xiao Mi shouted that Wiz and her companions were thieves, then ran after her black cat when it escaped through the door.
• Aqua, Broly, and Wiz went into the cabin while Darkness followed Xiao Mi into the forest.
• Xiao Mi found Host at the Sealing Ground and told him that thieves had come to her home.
• Darkness taunted Host, who shielded Xiao Mi and fought her while she insisted he attack her.
• Xiao Mi called Host her Familiar and ordered him to defeat the thieves.

Host attacked Darkness after she challenged him, but Broly intervened and effortlessly blocked his blows. Broly reflected Host’s Energy Blast into him, sending him crashing into the Sealing Building, and Xiao Mi ran toward the rubble.

• Darkness provoked Host into a fistfight, and Host enhanced himself with Support Magic before charging her.
• Broly caught Host’s punch and scolded Darkness for putting herself in danger; Darkness claimed she had fought to protect Xiao Mi.
• Broly continued blocking Host’s attacks while demanding that Darkness apologize and promise not to repeat her recklessness.
• Host launched an Energy Blast at Broly, who absorbed it and returned it to him.
• Host crashed into the Sealing Building, which collapsed, and Xiao Mi ran toward the ruins to check on her Familiar.

Broly defeated Host near the ruined sealing building, but Xiao Mi claimed the Demon as her Familiar and protected him from the Crimson Demons. Hyoizaburo accepted Xiao Mi’s claim, placed a self-destruction spell on Host, and escorted them home, where Aqua tried to purify him.

• Host admitted defeat to Broly after his wings were destroyed, and Broly said he had not meant to harm Xiao Mi.
• Xiao Mi stepped between Broly and Host, then ordered Host not to attack him again; Host protested that he was not yet her Familiar.
• Hyoizaburo arrived and prepared to attack Host, but Xiao Mi stopped him and introduced the Demon as her Familiar, Haust—though Host corrected her name to Host.
• Hyoizaburo believed Xiao Mi and kept Host from being sent back to Hell, but placed a self-destruction spell on him as a safeguard.
• Hyoizaburo escorted Xiao Mi and Host home, where Aqua gathered purifying light until Wiz stopped her, explaining that Host belonged to someone else.

Aqua, Darkness, Wiz, and Broly visited Xiao Mi’s impoverished home to meet her father and discuss business. After seeing how little food Xiao Mi had, Broly offered to buy her lunch, and she eagerly led him to the village’s best restaurant.

• Aqua lamented her lack of money, while Darkness and Wiz pointed out that Aqua’s spending had left her poor.
• Xiao Mi mistook Wiz for a charitable guest and served her the family’s only tea, while the others received plain water.
• Broly learned that Xiao Mi had only thin porridge for breakfast and leftover roasted sweet potato for lunch.
• Broly offered to treat Xiao Mi to a meal, and she agreed to show him the village’s best restaurant while Host watched the house.

Broly and his companions took Xiao Mi to eat and arranged to stay overnight in her village while her father was away. When they escorted her home, they found Host trying to hide a clay cup he had broken and pieced back together.

• Xiao Mi led Broly and his companions to a restaurant and said an impressive Older Brother was treating her to a meal.
• Broly ordered every dish on the menu, and the restaurant owner used magic to cook them all at once.
• After eating, Wiz learned Xiao Mi's father might not return until evening and asked about lodging.
• Darkness convinced the innkeepers to give the group one large room by claiming her targets were Aqua and Wiz.
• Broly's group escorted Xiao Mi home and found Host hiding the fragments of a broken clay cup.

After Host accidentally broke Xiao Mi’s family’s cups, he tried to remake them and brought Aqua, Broly, and the others into a lesson on pottery. Xiao Mi’s parents returned to find her proudly showing them a newly fired cup, while Hyo Saburo spotted Wiz and asked what had happened.

• Host broke the cups and apologized to Xiao Mi after Broly urged him to take responsibility.
• Host tried to remake the cups by shaping clay and firing it, but they cracked.
• Broly asked Aqua to teach him cup-making, and Aqua instructed the group on firing pottery.
• Hyo Saburo and Wei Wei arrived home as Xiao Mi’s group finished firing a cup.
• Xiao Mi showed her parents the new cup, and Hyo Saburo noticed Wiz and asked her about the scene.

After Xiao Mi defended Host from her parents’ plan to petrify him over the cost of feeding a High-Level Demon, Broly pointed out that demons might not need ordinary food. The group then examined Hyo Saburo’s new Magic Items, and Wiz considered a bracelet that could provoke nearby people’s romantic interest while Broly inspected a lantern that only worked when other light was present.

• Wei Wei tried to petrify Host so the family would not have to feed him, but Xiao Mi stood up for her Familiar.
• Broly suggested that demons might live by absorbing negative emotions instead of eating, stopping Wei Wei’s spell.
• Wiz asked Hyo Saburo to show his new Magic Items, and he presented over twenty items for her to examine.
• Hyo Saburo explained that the Charm Bracelet magnified its wearer’s sexual allure and could affect people nearby, prompting Darkness to recommend it and Aqua to call it cursed.
• Broly inspected a lantern that worked only by day or within the light of another source.

Broly played tic-tac-toe with Xiao Mi and Host while Darkness negotiated with Hyo Saburo over the family’s magic items. When Megumin returned with cake, she mistook Host for a threat to her sister before learning that Xiao Mi had made him her Familiar.

• Darkness haggled with Hyo Saburo and his wife over the price of their magic items while Broly went outside to play tic-tac-toe with Xiao Mi.
• Host joined the game, but neither he nor Xiao Mi managed to beat Broly.
• Megumin returned from Softie's house with cake and headed to the yard after hearing Xiao Mi call to her.
• Megumin saw Host carrying Xiao Mi and confronted him with a branch, believing he had captured her sister.
• Xiao Mi explained that Host was her Familiar and said he had become it shortly before noon.

Megumin learned that Xiao Mi had gained a powerful Familiar and met Broly, the boy who had treated her sister to a meal. Megumin befriended Broly in hopes of getting another meal, and he eagerly agreed to grant her requests.

• Megumin returned home and learned that Xiao Mi had acquired Little Black as a Familiar.
• Megumin and Xiao Mi found Broly playing tic-tac-toe with Host in the backyard.
• Megumin introduced herself to Broly and agreed to be his friend after he promised to treat her to a meal.
• Broly invited Megumin to make any requests that would make her happy, but she asked only to eat her fill the next day.
• Host urged them to continue their game, but Broly abandoned it.