Chapter Summaries

After Bell defeated a Minotaur, Hestia and Broly obtained Hermes's investigation into the Soma Familia and discussed their plan to replace its captain. Hermes offered a discount in exchange for observing their actions and suggested he had advice that could affect their plan.

• Ais told the Loki Familia that a skilled boy from Hestia's Familia had defeated her in a sword fight, and Finn and Gareth recognized that the loss had shown her a path to improve.
• Broly, Bell, and Liliruca invited Eina to a meal to thank her for advising Bell, but she declined and accepted the idea of a modest gift instead.
• Hestia celebrated Bell's Minotaur victory, then took Broly and Liliruca to collect Hermes's investigation of the Soma Familia.
• Hermes presented intelligence dividing Soma Familia members by their roles in exploitation and charged Hestia another 5.9 million Falis before offering a discount for the chance to observe their conflict.
• Hestia explained the plan for Liliruca to defeat the Soma Familia's captain at the Divine Liquor Banquet, while Broly described her training and other measures to ensure victory.
• Hermes agreed to keep their plans confidential and offered a suggestion about dealing with the Soma Familia, which Hestia agreed to hear.

Hermes advised Hestia, Broly, and Liliruca to seek a legitimate cause and Soma’s tacit approval before changing the Soma Familia, while Broly remained intent on punishing Liliruca’s bullies. Meanwhile, the Loki Familia returned from its expedition, and Finn reported that Ais had lost a swordsmanship match to someone from Hestia’s Familia.

• Hermes suggested that Liliruca request to leave the Soma Familia before challenging its captain, so a refusal would strengthen her support among its members.
• Hermes advised Hestia to discreetly learn Soma’s opinion of changing the Familia, and Broly said he would secretly kill anyone who had bullied Liliruca.
• Hestia, Broly, and Liliruca visited Azure Pharmacy, learned Miha was preparing medicine for Divine Wine addiction, and sorted Soma Familia members into groups to punish, reform, or recruit.
• Bell met Anna and Elin while shopping for a thank-you gift for Eina, and they offered to help him choose one.
• Finn reported the Loki Familia’s Dungeon findings to Royman, obtained the promised Labyrinth information, and commissioned corrosion-resistant equipment from the Gubyeong Familia.
• The Loki Familia returned to Twilight Manor, where Finn told Loki that Ais had met and lost a swordsmanship match to someone from Hestia’s Familia.

Loki agreed to let Ais seek swordsmanship guidance from Broly, and Ais gained the temporary Skill [Invisible Wings], which boosted her growth. Broly went to The Goddess of Harvest with Loen Vick and discovered that Lyu Lyra and Sheele Forova were new Capture Targets.

• Loki agreed not to stop Ais from seeking swordsmanship guidance, after Ais admitted she might leave the Loki Familia if refused.
• Loki found the temporary Skill [Invisible Wings] on Ais's Ability Value, and Ais's proficiency increased, including her Dexterity from A827 to A837.
• Loen Vick invited Broly to The Goddess of Harvest to thank him for saving his life, and Broly accepted after Hestia encouraged him to go.
• At the tavern, Broly recognized Lyu Lyra as a new Capture Target and asked Loen about her.
• Sheele Forova took over serving Broly, overheard him asking about Lyu, and was revealed as another new Capture Target.

Broly dined at the Bountiful Mistress, where Sheele became captivated by his claim that they were fated to meet and gave him preferential service. The Loki Familia arrived and Loki approached Broly after Ais recognized him as the swordsman who had defeated her.

• Sheele stopped Loen from revealing Lyu's private affairs, then offered Broly information about Lyu in exchange for ordering from the Menu.
• Broly ordered every dish and told Sheele he wanted to meet her because he believed they were fated to encounter each other, causing her Happiness Value to rise.
• Sheele shared some details about herself and Lyu, while Lyu watched Broly warily and Sheele secretly brought his table a dish meant for another customer.
• On the way to the tavern, Loki proposed recruiting Broly from the Hestia Familia to spite Hestia, while Finn, Riviera, and Gareth warned her about the risks.
• Ais spotted Broly when the Loki Familia entered the Bountiful Mistress, and Loki went over to introduce herself after Loen identified her as the Loki Familia's Chief God.

Broly refused Loki's offer to join the Loki Familia but agreed to teach Ais Wallenstein Swordsmanship, then returned home and told Hestia about the encounter. Hestia learned Loki had tried to poach him and reacted angrily.

• Loki offered Broly a large transfer fee and a joining fee to leave the Hestia Familia, but Broly refused because Hestia had given him his first encounter in this world.
• Finn introduced himself and asked Broly to guide Ais in Swordsmanship; Broly agreed and met Leffia Viridis, who became another capture target.
• Broly ate with the Loki Familia, discussed their chief gods' rivalry, and promised to speak with Hestia about teaching Ais.
• Broly left the tavern with packed meals, and Loen helped pay his bill before accompanying him partway home.
• Hestia and Liliruca heard Broly's account and worried about his interest in Ais and Leffia, but Hestia accepted his plan to teach Ais.
• Broly told Hestia that Loki had tried to recruit him, and Hestia angrily accused Loki of trying to poach him.

Hestia supported Broly teaching Ais swordsmanship after learning that his Skill made him stronger through encounters with women, while Liliruca agreed to help him despite her worries. Freya became intrigued by Broly after meeting him as Sheele and ordered him watched; the next morning, Broly visited the Loki Familia to invite Ais and Leffia to train with his group in the Dungeon.

• Hestia praised Broly for refusing Loki's offer to change Familia, then encouraged him to win over Ais and Leffia and marry them.
• Hestia told Liliruca that Broly's Skill made him more powerful through encounters with women, and Liliruca promised to help him.
• Freya ordered Ottar to watch Broly after sharing her fluttering feelings as Sheele with Helen.
• Broly led Bell, Liliruca, and Ede to Twilight Manor to ask Ais and Leffia to join his Dungeon training group.
• Ais agreed to begin swordsmanship lessons with Broly in the Dungeon, and Leffia eagerly accepted his invitation to come along.

Broly took Ais and Leffia into the Dungeon, where he began teaching Ais swordsmanship. Ais chose the unorthodox North God Style to grow strong enough to avenge her family, and Broly started refining her sword swings.

• Loki allowed Ais and Leffia to join Broly's group for Dungeon training, and Broly treated the party to breakfast at Babel Tower.
• Bell gave Eina a Magic Stone Pen as a thank-you gift, and she accepted it.
• On the Dungeon's 10th Floor, Broly assigned Leffia to watch Bell and Liliruca while he instructed Ais.
• Broly explained the Sword God and Water God styles, demonstrated the North God Style, and Ais chose to learn it so she could become stronger and avenge her family.
• Broly began teaching Ais the Sword God Style by adjusting her sword-swinging form, and she produced a stronger sword wind.

Broly trained Ais in swordsmanship and began helping Leffia overcome her nervousness after her uncontrolled magic wiped out their Dungeon practice targets. By evening, Leffia had endured a day of stick-dodging exercises, though she remained unsure whether her confidence had improved.

• Ais agreed to remove her armor and let Broly examine how her body moved so he could refine her swordsmanship training.
• Leffia panicked when Lili was threatened and unleashed magic that destroyed the Monsters and their drops, prompting Broly to offer help with her nervousness.
• Broly concluded that Leffia lacked confidence and had not prepared herself to fight, so he had her practice swordsmanship against Dungeon Monsters.
• When Broly’s sword-based desensitization attempt frightened Leffia, Ais intervened, and Broly switched to having Leffia dodge a swinging stick with her eyes closed.
• After a day of training, Leffia said she felt bruised rather than more confident, while Broly noted that she had begun trying to dodge instead of bracing for each hit.

Broly invited Ais and Leffia to dinner at the Tavern of the Bountiful Mistress, while Bell planned a separate meal with Anna. As the group prepared for the evening, Freya arranged for Helen to impersonate Sheele so she could observe Broly without Hestia discovering her interest.

• Broly invited Ais and Leffia to dinner and let Bell leave to meet Anna.
• Ais caught Pan of the Freya Familia watching them, but Pan claimed he had only been passing by.
• Broly picked up Hestia from the Fries Ball Shop, and she agreed to join dinner while warning him she would judge the girls he liked.
• Freya asked Pan to bring Helen to the tavern, then sealed Helen's Blessing and had her take over the role of Sheele.
• Helen told Lyu she had fallen in love at first sight with Broly, and Lyu made her change into her work uniform.
• Broly, Hestia, and Liliruca got ready for dinner, while Hestia and Liliruca fussed over their outfits.

Broly, Hestia, and Liliruca dined with Ais and Leffia at the Tavern of the Bountiful Mistress, where Hestia probed the Loki Familia girls about their romantic preferences. Helen Sheele, acting in place of the usual Sheele, grew determined to keep Broly from being matched with them and prepared him a red wine steak.

• Broly arrived at the tavern with Hestia and Liliruca, where Ais and Leffia were waiting, and Hestia judged the Loki Familia girls to be good-hearted.
• Broly ordered several dishes, while Ais and Leffia ordered a pork cutlet rice bowl and a salad.
• Hestia and Liliruca asked Ais and Leffia about their romantic preferences; Ais described her father as her ideal, while Leffia revealed her devotion to Ais and said she might consider Broly if he grew taller and could turn his hair gold.
• Lyu sent Helen Sheele to the kitchen, where Helen suspected Lyu also liked Broly and decided to protect Freya's interest in him.
• Helen borrowed a stove and cooked a red wine steak, intending to win Broly's attention with her food.

At the Bountiful Mistress, Broly’s meal with Ais and Leffia led to mistaken assumptions about Sheele’s interest in him, while Hestia and Loki investigated his temporary Skill. The chapter ended with Freya suspecting Hestia was using Broly to target Loki, though she rejected Ottar’s suggestion to abduct him.

• Sheele served Broly steak with red wine sauce, and his praise restored her Happiness Value, while Anya and Lyu’s coworkers mistakenly concluded that Sheele had fallen for him.
• Hestia invited Sheele to work as a cook for her Familia, but Sheele declined to join and said she would consider the work after consulting Freya.
• Broly paid for the meal and arranged to meet Ais and Leffia at Central Plaza before their Dungeon training the next day.
• Hestia told Broly that Sheele’s interest seemed false and that Lyu appeared more promising, while Broly trusted the Crystal Palace Panel’s higher Happiness Value for Sheele.
• Loki learned that Broly’s temporary Skill had increased Leffia and Ais’s Ability Values and planned to send more of her Familia into the Dungeon with him.
• Freya heard that Broly was associating with Ais and Leffia, suspected Hestia was using him against Loki, and refused Ottar’s offer to bring Broly back by force.

Freya arranged for Helen to prepare meals for the Hestia Familia so she could meet Broly, while Loki’s Familia joined Broly’s group in the Dungeon to guide one another. After a day of training, Leffia and Ais showed improved reactions, and Loki prepared to update her Familia’s Ability Values.

• Freya praised Helen for cooking to strengthen Sheele’s appeal to Broly and arranged for her to take a part-time cooking job at the Bountiful Mistress.
• Finn brought Loki’s Familia to meet Broly, explaining that they would guide his companions in return for his help with Ais and Leffia.
• Broly led Bell and Liliruca through combat training on the Middle Floors while Bert, Finn, and the others taught them practical techniques.
• The Amazon sisters trained Leffia to dodge while Broly taught Ais to defend against and evade attacks using thrown pebbles.
• Broly healed Leffia after her forehead was repeatedly struck, and she later dodged Loki’s attempted hug at Twilight Manor.
• Loki summoned Finn and the others to update their Ability Values, hinting that the training had produced new Temporary Skills.

Loki tried to discover how Broly granted Ais and Leffia the growth-boosting skill Invisible Wings, while Freya arranged for Helen to pose as Sheele and bring Broly closer to her. Finn invited Broly and Liliruca to dinner at Twilight Manor, and Hestia went to the Tavern of the Bountiful Mistress with other gods instead; Freya was left hoping to learn about Broly through Helen’s memories.

• Loki found that only Ais and Leffia had gained Invisible Wings and asked Finn to have Broly train him to uncover how the skill was granted.
• Helen, posing as Sheele, arranged to cook part-time for the Hestia Familia, while Lyu agreed to deliver meals and meet Broly.
• After three days of training without anyone else gaining Invisible Wings, Finn invited Broly and his companions to dinner at Twilight Manor, and Broly accepted after checking with Hestia.
• Hestia declined the invitation because she needed to collect a potion, then invited Miha, Naza, Take Mikazuchi, and his Familia children to eat at the Tavern of the Bountiful Mistress.
• Helen asked where Broly was when Hestia arrived alone, and Freya planned to obtain Helen’s memories of any encounters with him.

Hestia hosted Take Mikazuchi and his Familia while Loki thanked Broly for training the Loki Familia and tried to recruit him by offering approval of his relationship with Ais and Leffia. Broly refused to leave Hestia’s Familia, and after he left with Liliruca, Ais sought gift advice from Riviera and received an unexpectedly intimate suggestion.

• Hestia welcomed Take Mikazuchi and his Familia, and Take Mikazuchi asked her to have Broly train his children; Hestia said she would ask Broly first.
• Loki thanked Broly for training Ais and the others, then asked him to grant his Temporary Skill to more Loki Familia members; Broly explained it only worked for women willing to become his wives.
• Loki discovered Broly intended to court Ais and Leffia, offered to approve if he joined her Familia, and heard him refuse to abandon Hestia; Broly suggested the Familias could divide any future children equally.
• Finn said the Loki Familia would stop accompanying Broly into the Dungeon for now, while Ais and Leffia planned to shop for a thank-you gift; Broly left with Liliruca, who had personal matters to handle.
• Ais asked Riviera how to thank Broly, admitted she did not dislike him, and earnestly recorded Riviera’s advice to dress prettily, tie ribbons around herself, and give herself to him.

Broly and Bell accompanied Liliruca to the Soma Familia headquarters so she could confront Soma and seek his support for reform. Liliruca revealed her improved Ability Values and asked Soma to back her bid to replace Chanis as Captain, leaving Soma to consider whether she could change the Familia.

• Hestia told Broly that Take Mikazuchi wanted him to guide his Familia's adventurers, and Broly agreed to help.
• Broly, Bell, and Liliruca set out for the Soma Familia headquarters, while Loen and Hermes Familia members offered limited help with messages and information.
• Liliruca returned to her old room and recalled how her relationship with Soma had changed after she became addicted to Divine Wine.
• Liliruca apologized to Soma and said she wanted to end the Familia's addiction to Divine Wine and its abusive practices.
• Liliruca asked Soma to update her Ability Value and support her becoming Captain in place of Chanis, then showed him her greatly improved stats.
• Soma questioned whether Liliruca planned to seize the Captaincy by force, and she said she would accept peaceful reform if Chanis stepped down.

Liliruca prepared to challenge Chanis for leadership of the Soma Familia, and Soma agreed to help her distribute an addiction cure at the Divine Wine Banquet. After recruiting Chandra and arranging help to spread news of free entry, Liliruca joined Broly at Hestia’s shop, where Ais bought Fried Potato Balls and patted Broly’s head.

• Soma examined Liliruca’s status and agreed to prepare wine that could conceal Miha’s Divine Wine Addiction Cure for the banquet, where Liliruca planned to challenge Chanis for Captain.
• Soma remembered how Divine Wine had ruined the Familia’s former camaraderie, drank wine mixed with the cure, and broke down before returning to work on the banquet wine.
• Liliruca demonstrated her speed to Chandra, asked him to stay neutral and contact other members, and offered rewards for their support.
• Broly’s group met Loen Vick and his people, who agreed to spread news that any Soma Familia member could attend the Divine Wine Banquet for free.
• Broly went to Hestia’s shop to sell Fried Potato Balls, and Ais bought a mixed serving before patting his head, which increased her Happiness Value.

Broly spent the day with Ais and the Loki Familia girls, receiving gifts and promising to fulfill a future request from Ais. After meeting Lyu and the Take Mikazuchi Familia, he invited the three Familia members to demonstrate their combat skills so he could guide their training.

• Ais and the Loki Familia girls took turns touching Broly's head, then Ais gave him a Gift Ribbon as a promise to help him in the future.
• Theiona, Theione, and Leffia gave Broly gifts, while Liliruca called him her best friend and he said he liked her.
• Lyu delivered Hestia's lunchbox, asked about Broly's relationship with Liliruca, and arranged to visit the Hestia Familia Residence for swordsmanship guidance.
• Hestia returned with Take Mikazuchi and his Familia members, and Broly agreed to train Kashima Sakura, Hitachi Chigusa, and Yamato Mikoto.
• Broly startled Allen Furomu, revealed he had noticed the tailing, and left him Fried Potato Balls before heading home with the Take Mikazuchi Familia members.
• Broly asked Kashima Sakura, Hitachi Chigusa, and Yamato Mikoto to demonstrate their combat skills so he could assess their training needs.

Broly tested and trained three members of the Take Mikazuchi Familia, then sparred with Lyu and taught her a sword technique. Lyu agreed to owe him one future favor as repayment.

• Broly fought Kashima Sakura, Yamato Mikoto, and Hitachi Chigusa, testing their coordination and combat skills.
• Broly pointed out each adventurer’s flaws and assigned them exercises to improve their defense, archery, and magic casting.
• Lyu visited the Hestia Familia residence and asked Broly to guide her Swordsmanship.
• Broly defeated Lyu by matching her fast swordplay with Phantom Sword Dance and explained how he built speed by borrowing the force of each slash.
• Lyu agreed to repay Broly with one future request that did not go against her true wishes.

Broly taught Lyu Lyra the basic movements of Phantom Sword Dance and sparred with her, then invited her to keep practicing and learned that she would tell Sheele he liked her. After Lyu left, Broly reassured jealous Liliruca and arranged Dungeon studies and training for the Take Mikazuchi Familia trio, then asked Bell and Lili about sparring with a Lv. 2 adventurer.

• Broly taught Lyu Lyra how to borrow and redirect an opponent’s force, then trained her footwork and sparred with her until she had learned the basic movements.
• Lyu asked Broly what he thought of Sheele, and he said he liked both her cooking and her as a person; Lyu promised to pass that along before leaving for the tavern.
• Broly noticed Liliruca was unhappy and offered to teach her Phantom Sword Dance once she had a stronger foundation, then danced with her in the yard.
• Broly recommended that Yamato, Mikoto, and the third Take Mikazuchi Familia member attend Eina’s Dungeon knowledge class, and arranged training with them for the following day.
• After the trio left, Broly asked Bell and Lili how they had found sparring against a Lv. 2 adventurer.

Broly and Liliruca discussed their relationships with Bell and Lyu, while Freya learned that Broly thought well of her and encouraged Lyu to consider romance. Broly decided to conceal his interest in Lyu for now, and Lyu and Ais arranged to meet him for sword training the next day.

• Broly abandoned the idea of using underhanded tactics against Soma’s Familia after Liliruca said she could beat Kashima with her equipment, then corrected Bell’s misunderstanding about his relationship with Liliruca.
• Allen told Freya that Lyu had practiced swordsmanship happily with Broly, and Lyu later reported Broly’s praise of Freya and explained why she had visited him.
• Freya teased Lyu about her feelings for Broly, but Lyu said she would not fall for someone her friend liked and doubted she would ever develop romantic feelings for anyone.
• Liliruca advised Broly to conceal his interest in other women until they liked him, and Broly agreed to hide his feelings for Lyu for now.
• Lyu treated Broly to dinner and agreed to practice with him the next day, while Ais planned to visit the Hestia Familia Residence with Leffia to ask Broly for sword training.