Chapter Summaries

Jiang Lianqiu discovered that Beldia had undergone crude Aether-adaptation modifications connected to the Progenitor and questioned him about the missing Demon King Yasakyoichi. After purifying Beldia and ordering Wiz brought to the base, he returned to find Megumin treating Yuyu like a servant.

• Hol reported that Beldia's body had been modified to adapt to Aether using technology resembling that of the Progenitor, and Jiang Lianqiu learned the changes had occurred within the past three months.
• Jiang Lianqiu woke Beldia, suppressed his powers, and used mind control to question him about the Demon King's modifications and recent actions.
• Beldia revealed that most Demon King's Army Executives had soaked in a pool at the Demon King's Castle, while Wiz and Wolbach had stayed away, and that Yasakyoichi later took the castle away with a magic array.
• Beldia asked to reincarnate as a voluptuous woman, and Jiang Lianqiu burned away his immortality before ordering his corpse taken to the Adventurer Guild and Wiz brought to the base.
• Jiang Lianqiu returned to find Megumin making Yuyu fetch tea, food, and massages, while Darkness and Aqua looked on disapprovingly.

Jiang Lianqiu questioned Wiz about the missing Demon King and learned that Celestina still directed the Demon King's Army. Later, Luna reported that the guild network was tracking enemy movements and issuing subjugation commissions, while Jiang Lianqiu prepared to expand the guild to other worlds.

• Jiang Lianqiu comforted Yuyu after she cried that she had no friends, then Aqua attacked Wiz with Divine Light and Jiang Lianqiu restrained Aqua.
• Wiz told Jiang Lianqiu that the current Demon King, Yasakyoichi, was a weak recluse who had vanished with Demon King's Castle after behaving strangely and muttering unintelligibly.
• Wiz explained that Celestina continued to direct the Demon King's Army, and Jiang Lianqiu asked Wiz to report any contact from her or other executives.
• Jiang Lianqiu offered to introduce Wiz to Vanir as a business partner, and Wiz eagerly agreed.
• Luna described how she was learning to manage the Adventurer's Guild and reported that guilds were tracking Demon King's Army movements and issuing targeted commissions.

Jiang Lianqiu welcomed the group back after they defeated the Mobile Fortress Destroyer and revealed that Megumin’s cat Dono-suke was the brutal half of the goddess Wolbach. After the study descended into chaos, he stopped the commotion and announced that they would vacation in Alcanretya the next day.

• Luna suggested that the missing Demon King's Castle might have crossed into another world, and Jiang Lianqiu said he had increased the investigation there.
• Aqua and the others returned from subjugating the Mobile Fortress Destroyer, and Jiang Lianqiu admitted he had been openly enjoying himself with Luna and Sirius.
• Darkness described her ideal partner as a lecherous, irresponsible drunk, while Alice blushed at the suggestion that she might be attracted to Jiang Lianqiu.
• Megumin asked to keep Dono-suke, and Jiang Lianqiu revealed that the cat was the brutal half of a goddess whose human half had taught Megumin Explosion Magic as Wolbach.
• Dono-suke chased Yuyu around the study, scratched Aqua and Darkness, and caused a commotion until Jiang Lianqiu stopped the cat and proposed a vacation in Alcanretya.

Jiang Lianqiu and the others set out from Axel by carriage for Alcanretya, where Wolbach was recovering, and fought off an ambush by de-corporealized monsters. They captured Duke, who revealed that Celestina had continued issuing orders to the Demon King's Army after Yasakyoichi disappeared.

• Aqua eagerly prepared to visit Alcanretya, and Jiang Lianqiu invited Wiz while keeping the presence of another Demon King's Army Executive secret from Aqua.
• The group chose to travel by carriage, and Alice told Darkness that her father had died saving Ukibo Yuzuha.
• Jiang Lianqiu spotted a horde of de-corporealized monsters attacking the convoy, and Mech Servant soldiers destroyed them and captured their angelic commander.
• Wiz recognized the captured angel as Duke, who said he had targeted her after the Demon King's Army found traces of Aether Energy on goods from her shop.
• Duke told Jiang Lianqiu that Demon King's Army members had continued following Celestina's orders after Yasakyoichi took the Demon King's Castle and disappeared.

Jiang Lianqiu and his companions reached Alcanretya, a town famed for its hot springs and the Cult of Axis, and explored its lively streets. After discovering that local elf and dwarf merchants were playing into tourists’ expectations, Jiang Lianqiu reassured Alice that their private hot-spring bath would be safe from peepers.

• Jiang Lianqiu learned that Celestina had used Duke as a medium to teleport the Demon King's Army, and that the spell had accelerated Duke’s irreversible de-corporealization.
• The caravan left Jiang Lianqiu and his companions in Alcanretya, where Cult of Axis believers welcomed Aqua and treated Darkness with contempt for being an Eris follower.
• Aqua hurried to visit the grand cathedral, while Megumin and Yuyu followed her and Jiang Lianqiu settled into a luxurious hotel with the others.
• On the commercial street, Alice nearly bought goods from an elf and dwarf before Jiang Lianqiu exposed their fake ears and beard and learned their argument had been a tourist show.
• The dwarf revealed that the elf liked peeping into the women's bath, so Jiang Lianqiu reassured Alice that their group had booked the entire hot-spring facility.

Jiang Lianqiu and the others explored Alcanretya, where his mental suggestions shielded Darkness from the Cult of Axis believers’ harassment. They found Megumin, Yuyu, and Aqua at the church, where Cecily’s chaotic welcome revealed that Aqua was enjoying hearing confessions while keeping her identity secret.

• Jiang Lianqiu explained that his mental suggestions had hidden Darkness’s Eris Cult identity, then briefly lifted them to show her the hostile treatment she would receive.
• Jiang Lianqiu restored the suggestions and reframed the locals’ disregard as a kind of neglect play, which delighted Darkness.
• The group reached the church and found Cecily clinging to Megumin while Yuyu trembled amid a pile of cult application forms.
• Cecily spotted Jiang Lianqiu and enthusiastically questioned and clung to him, prompting Alice and the others to react with dismay.
• Jiang Lianqiu asked where Aqua was, and Cecily carefully concealed her identity as a goddess.
• Aqua emerged from the confession booth and admitted she wanted to keep hearing confessions, leaving Cecily stunned.

Jiang Lianqiu learned that the poisonous slime Hans was contaminating Alcanretya’s hot springs and joined Aqua, Wiz, and the others in confronting him. As Aqua purified the poisoned water, Jiang Lianqiu appeared before Hans and pulled the remaining skeletons from inside him.

• Cecily recognized Aqua as a goddess, while Jiang Lianqiu learned that Hans was poisoning the city’s hot springs.
• A nun reported that High Priest Zesta had been swallowed by a slime, and Cecily and the others found Hans at a spring source.
• Wiz and Aqua confronted Hans, who accused Zesta of perving on his human form and attacking him first.
• Yuyu’s magic and Yuzuha’s gun failed to stop Hans, while Aqua endured the scalding spring water to purify it.
• Jiang Lianqiu appeared in front of Hans and pulled the remaining skeletons out of his body.

Jiang Lianqiu, Wiz, and Megumin defeated Hans, while Aqua’s purification turned Alcanretya’s hot spring into holy water. After Aqua resurrected Zesta, he and Cecily thanked her, and Aqua explained that Jiang Lianqiu now supported her.

• Jiang Lianqiu drained Hans’s Aether Energy and life force, allowing Wiz to freeze the weakened monster and Megumin to destroy it with Explosion Magic.
• Jiang Lianqiu shielded Aqua from Megumin’s blast, then explained that she had purified the hot spring into powerful holy water.
• Wiz nearly vanished after touching the water, but Jiang Lianqiu restored her with The Abundance Divine Power.
• Cecily prayed over Zesta’s remains, and Aqua resurrected him with her Resurrection Spell.
• Zesta thanked Aqua for her miracle and apologized for delaying his followers’ journey to Axel, while Aqua revealed that she had issued a divine oracle asking the children for money.
• Aqua proudly said that Jiang Lianqiu supported her, and Zesta and Cecily praised her apparent secret to wealth.

After the Cult of Axis agreed to conceal Aqua’s identity and cover her expenses, Jiang Lianqiu and the others relaxed at a hot spring in Alcanretya. Jiang Lianqiu then followed Dono-suke to Wolbach, who recognized her half-body’s aura in him but could not find the beast.

• Jiang Lianqiu told Zesta to explain the commotion as Aqua’s descent without revealing her identity, and Cecily called him the Divine Master and promised the Cult of Axis would pay for the group.
• Megumin and Yuyu soaked in the private hot spring before Darkness, Aqua, Alice, Ukibo Yuzuha, and Wiz joined them; Yuzuha’s bath additive turned out to be hot pot seasoning.
• Wiz said her senior had altered her body so she could use hot springs, then revealed that her senior had left with Dono-suke.
• Megumin remembered that another Demon King’s Army Executive was nearby and suspected Jiang Lianqiu had gone to find her.
• Jiang Lianqiu carried Dono-suke to Wolbach’s bath and used a trick to make the entrance appear to say mixed bathing.
• Wolbach sensed her half-body’s aura from Jiang Lianqiu but could not understand where Dono-suke was.

Jiang Lianqiu met Wolbach at the hot spring, where she mistook him for her half-body and tried to merge with him. After Dono-suke merged with Wolbach and the familiar contract took effect on her, she became Jiang Lianqiu’s contracted pet and went with him to see Megumin, leaving them approaching the bath where the girls were gathered.

• Jiang Lianqiu entered the hot spring, and Wolbach sensed Dono-suke’s presence within him.
• Wolbach recognized Jiang Lianqiu as her supposed half-body and tried to merge with him.
• Dono-suke merged with Wolbach, revealing that he was her half-body and that Jiang Lianqiu had contracted him as a familiar.
• The familiar contract took effect on Wolbach, preventing her from resisting Jiang Lianqiu and making her call him Master.
• Wolbach transformed into a black cat and agreed to see Megumin, but her sore legs made her collapse after a few steps.
• Jiang Lianqiu carried Wolbach toward the girls’ bath, where she smelled a fragrance that he recognized as coming from Stelle.

Jiang Lianqiu reunited Wolbach with her half-body, then questioned her about the Demon King's Army and Yasakyoichi. Wolbach explained why she had joined the army and revealed that successive Demon Kings had behaved strangely, leaving the source of the oddity unresolved.

• Jiang Lianqiu visited the girls' red and clear hot-pot baths, where they panicked and threw things at him after he appeared.
• Jiang Lianqiu revealed that Wolbach had merged with Dono-suke, and Wolbach transformed from cat form to greet Megumin and the others.
• Wolbach visited Jiang Lianqiu at night, and he asked her about the Demon King's Army while she ate cat food and resisted his commands.
• Wolbach said she had joined the Demon King's Army to investigate an extreme sloth and wrath she sensed there, and that the Cult of Axis had driven people to call her an Evil God.
• Wolbach told Jiang Lianqiu that she had once maintained the barrier in Demon King's Castle and that Yasakyoichi's strangeness had begun with his father and grandfather.

Yuyu received a letter from her father and announced that she wanted Jiang Lianqiu’s child, prompting a late-night gathering. The letter claimed that Yuyu’s destined lover and their child would defeat the Demon King, and Megumin began to recognize its familiar style.

• Jiang Lianqiu and Wolbach discussed how the Demon Kings had suffered strange personality changes since before Yasakyoichi’s generation.
• Ukibo Yuzuha frightened Alice with a ghost story, but Yuyu burst into the hallway first and declared that she wanted Jiang Lianqiu’s child.
• Jiang Lianqiu gathered everyone in his room, where Yuyu explained that she wanted a child to preserve the Crimson Demon Clan’s lineage.
• Darkness read Yuyu’s father’s letter, which claimed the Crimson Demon Village faced destruction and that Yuyu’s future child would defeat the Demon King in three years.
• Jiang Lianqiu questioned the letter’s claims, and Megumin recognized that its wording and style felt familiar.

Jiang Lianqiu revealed that the Crimson Demon Village was genuinely threatened by the Demon King's Army and led the group there to investigate. After Yuyu's teleportation landed them in a forest outside the village, the group fought off an ambush, and four black-robed figures suddenly appeared as more monsters closed in.

• Megumin read Yuyu's Father's letter aloud, and Yuyu realized its tale of disaster was mostly fictional before Jiang Lianqiu warned that the village really was under siege and the Demon King's Army sought the Mage Killer.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that the Mage Killer could neutralize the Crimson Demon Clan's magic and said he had sent watchers; he then agreed to bring everyone to the village the next day.
• Aqua stopped protesting the trip after Jiang Lianqiu promised she could return to Arcanretia by shuttle, and Yuyu teleported the group to the forest outside the village.
• Jiang Lianqiu identified a spell array that had disrupted Yuyu's teleportation, and a large force of low-rank monsters emerged and threatened the group.
• Yuyu cut down over a dozen monsters with Light of Saber, then Megumin blasted the force with Explosion Magic, forcing Jiang Lianqiu to rescue the others and scold Megumin.
• More monsters surrounded the group, and four black-robed figures abruptly appeared as the attackers surged forward.

Jiang Lianqiu’s group reached Crimson Demon Village after four Crimson Demon Clan mages defeated a wave of Demon King’s Army minions and guided them there. The village appeared completely untroubled by its siege, and the chapter ended as the group arrived at a large house in the village center.

• Four Crimson Demon Clan members attacked and destroyed the second wave of Demon King’s Army minions, then Green Broccoli recognized Megumin and Yuyu and offered to lead their group to the village.
• Jiang Lianqiu introduced himself as the Supreme Commander of the Silver Crown Legion, impressing the Crimson Demon Clan members, while Aqua and Darkness made awkward introductions of their own.
• Green Broccoli and the other mages pretended to teleport away but hid nearby with light-refraction magic, and Aqua chased them after Megumin exposed their trick.
• Megumin revealed that the village’s supposedly patrolling mages were mostly idle shut-ins, disappointing Alice’s image of a village full of disciplined magic users.
• The group entered the relaxed village, learned that a griffin statue was a petrified creature left as a landmark, and Aqua tried to cure it before Wiz stopped her.
• Jiang Lianqiu’s group arrived at a large house in the center of Crimson Demon Village.

Jiang Lianqiu witnessed the Crimson Demon Clan annihilate a thousand Demon King's Army troops and considered recruiting the clan into Silver Crown. He then visited Megumin's impoverished home, where her parents questioned his relationship with their daughter and reacted to his candid answer.

• Yuyu confronted her father about his dramatic letter, while the Clan Leader confirmed that a Demon King's Army officer had targeted a mage Slayer in the village.
• The Crimson Demon Clan's powerful magic wiped out a thousand Demon King's Army troops, and Jiang Lianqiu noted their strength and poor coordination.
• Jiang Lianqiu asked Megumin about bringing the villagers into Silver Crown, and Megumin enthusiastically agreed when he described it as fighting evil and upholding peace.
• Jiang Lianqiu and the group arrived at Megumin's dilapidated home, where Mimi mistook him for a wild man her Older Sister had brought home.
• Megumin's parents thanked Jiang Lianqiu and asked about his relationship with Megumin; he said he liked her and all the other girls, prompting Piyosaburo to erupt before a gift of sweet buns calmed him.

Jiang Lianqiu met Megumin’s impoverished family, fed Mimi, and offered to employ the Crimson Demon Clan, while her parents treated him as Megumin’s fiancé. After Mrs. Yuiyui trapped him in Megumin’s room, he sensed that the sleeping girl had cast Sleep Magic, leaving him to wonder whether she was truly asleep.

• Alice revealed the plentiful ingredients her butler had prepared, and Jiang Lianqiu promised Mimi she would always have enough to eat.
• Mrs. Yuiyui knocked Piyosaburo unconscious when he objected to Jiang Lianqiu taking Mimi, then discussed Megumin’s letters and teased Jiang about marrying her.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained his plans to hire the Crimson Demon Clan and promised the family secure living conditions, prompting Piyosaburo and Mrs. Yuiyui to welcome him as Megumin’s fiancé.
• Wiz and Ukibo Yuzuha prepared a lavish dinner, and Mimi happily ate meat, rice, and fresh vegetables before Jiang took her for a walk.
• Mimi asked to become Jiang Lianqiu’s bride when she grew up, and he learned Megumin’s letters had told her family misleading stories about him.
• Mrs. Yuiyui put everyone but herself to sleep, locked Jiang Lianqiu in Megumin’s room with her, and Jiang sensed Sleep Magic lingering on Megumin.

Jiang Lianqiu spent the night with Megumin at her home, where they teased each other about Yuyu, Megumin’s gratitude, and their closeness before sharing an intimate moment. The next morning, Mrs. Yuiyui sent Megumin off in Jiang Lianqiu’s care, while Piyosaburo cried.

• Jiang Lianqiu confronted Megumin about the letters she had written home, and Megumin admitted she had been jealous of Yuyu.
• Megumin thanked Jiang Lianqiu for taking her in after she had been rejected by parties and left wandering in Axel.
• Megumin demanded that Jiang Lianqiu accompany her to the bathroom, and their argument turned into an intimate encounter.
• Jiang Lianqiu and Megumin bathed together afterward, and Megumin complained that he had gone too far.
• Jiang Lianqiu explained that a transmigrator had once influenced the Crimson Demon Clan’s Japanese customs.
• Mrs. Yuiyui served red bean rice at breakfast and cheerfully placed Megumin in Jiang Lianqiu’s care, while Piyosaburo wept.

Megumin showed Jiang Lianqiu around Crimson Demon Village, where he revealed the Crimson Demon Clan's origins and Megumin teased Yuyu about their supposed night together. Yuyu explained that her Father wanted her to ask Jiang Lianqiu for a child to preserve the clan, and the chapter ended with an explosion and alarm in the village.

• Darkness, Ukibo Yuzuha, and Wiz each found reasons to leave Jiang Lianqiu and Megumin alone together.
• Megumin showed Jiang Lianqiu the village shrine, tourist attractions, and a mysterious steel fortress, and he explained that a transmigrator had created the Crimson Demon Clan's ancestors.
• Megumin teased Yuyu by claiming she and Jiang Lianqiu had become lovers, then showed her a kiss mark, making Yuyu cry out in distress.
• Yuyu told Megumin and Jiang Lianqiu that Piyosaburo had informed her Father about Jiang Lianqiu and that her Father wanted her to ask him for a child to preserve the clan.
• Megumin told Yuyu to call her Older Sister, and an explosion followed by an alarm sounded from the center of Crimson Demon Village.

Jiang Lianqiu and his companions repelled a Demon King's Army raid on Crimson Demon Village, then negotiated the village's future relationship with Silver Crown. He left the Clan Leader agreeing to the terms, including further training for Crimson Demon Clan graduates.

• Darkness held off Silvia and the Demon King's Army until Jiang Lianqiu, Yuyu, and Megumin arrived, and the invaders retreated when reinforcements appeared.
• Jiang Lianqiu recognized signs of De-corporealization on Silvia and barred her from leaving, prompting her to flee with her soldiers as Crimson Demon Clan members attacked.
• The Clan Leader proposed that Jiang Lianqiu marry Yuyu as a condition for discussing the village's alliance, while Yuyu and Megumin reacted to the idea of their future child.
• Jiang Lianqiu negotiated terms allowing the Crimson Demon Clan to remain in Crimson Demon Village and travel freely between worlds under his influence.
• Jiang Lianqiu required Crimson Demon Clan graduates to train with Silver Crown so they could improve their battlefield coordination.

Jiang Lianqiu discovered a powerful anti-magic rifle left by the transmigrator who created the Crimson Demon Clan. Meanwhile, Silvia captured Satou Kazuma during a nighttime encounter in the village, leaving Mikami Kyoya to decide whether to risk rescuing him.

• The Clan Leader announced he would hold a meeting, then began preparing the village hall for Yuyu and Jiang Lianqiu’s wedding, prompting Yuyu to flee in tears.
• Megumin revealed she had bought a luxurious, high-tech mansion online, and Mrs. Yuiyui beat Piyosaburo after catching him watching a show featuring dancing Tentacle Monsters.
• Megumin found Jiang Lianqiu examining the rifle from the Tailor Shop and learned that its energy beam could pierce magic and ignore Aether Energy.
• Jiang Lianqiu noticed Silvia outside and saw that Satou Kazuma and Mikami Kyoya had entered the Crimson Demon Village with their companions to hunt a Demon King's Army Executive.
• Silvia restrained Kazuma with her tentacles and rope, then threatened Mikami Kyoya that she would kill Kazuma if he attacked.