Chapter Summaries

Yotsuba Mahiro revealed his immense power by evaporating a lake rather than swimming, drawing Esdeath’s interest and earning increasingly dangerous private training. After his companions were injured and sent to recover, Dr. Stylish revealed Mahiro’s promotion to Deputy Minister of the Imperial Capital Guard Corps, and Esdeath demanded to know why he was leaving her side.

• When Mahiro disappeared beneath the lake, Esdeath prepared to rescue him, but he used Muspelheim to boil away the water and walked across the lakebed.
• Esdeath asked whether Mahiro was an Imperial Arms user, then invited him to become her pet; he rejected her offer.
• Esdeath gave Mahiro separate training against increasingly powerful Danger Beasts while the other five recruits continued their own training.
• After a Class One Danger Beast badly injured the recruits, Mahiro killed it, and Dr. Fashion treated them before Esdeath ended their training and promised them army positions.
• Dr. Stylish announced that Mahiro had been appointed Deputy Minister of the Imperial Capital Guard Corps, prompting Esdeath to grab her and then demand to know why Mahiro was leaving her side.

Yotsuba Mahiro rejected Esdeath’s attempt to keep him by her side, returned home to find Mine managing the estate, and began his new post as Deputy Commander of the Imperial Capital Guard Corps. He left Ogre beaten on the floor after the captain challenged his authority.

• Esdeath grew furious when Mahiro explained that serving under her would hinder his advancement, and warned him she would not let him leave her side.
• Mahiro returned home and found Mine directing a group of maids she had bought, then learned a blonde woman at the marketplace had taught her how to manage them.
• At a tavern, Ogre and the other captains mocked Mahiro’s appointment, and Ogre vowed to teach him a lesson the next day.
• Mahiro reported for duty as Deputy Commander, where Ogre insulted and threatened him in front of the Commander and the other captains.
• Mahiro slapped Ogre across the room and crushed his knee underfoot.

Yotsuba Mahiro took command as vice minister of the Imperial Capital Guard Corps and quickly won the captains’ submission. Esdeath tried to reclaim him for her forces, then challenged him to a fight, demanding that he return to her training if he lost.

• Yotsuba Mahiro beat Ogre into unconsciousness and forced the Guard Corps captains to pledge loyalty to him.
• The Guard Corps minister assigned Mahiro to his new office near Esdeath’s and explained that the corps protected the nobility’s interests.
• Esdeath confronted the minister about Mahiro’s transfer, but he refused to release him without General Budo’s approval or Mahiro’s consent.
• Esdeath decided to take Mahiro by force and kicked open the door to his office.
• Esdeath smashed Mahiro’s desk and challenged him to fight, demanding he abandon his vice minister position and return to her side if he lost.

Yotsuba Mahiro fought Esdeath in a match at the training grounds and defeated her with a powerful counterattack. Esdeath accepted her loss and honored their agreement, leaving Mahiro to decide what to do with her.

• Yotsuba Mahiro agreed to fight Esdeath, with the condition that she would become his if she lost.
• Yotsuba Mahiro arrived at the crowded training grounds, where Nyau announced the match between him and Esdeath.
• Esdeath attacked Mahiro with a rapid series of punches and kicks, but he dodged every strike until he caught her leg.
• Yotsuba Mahiro caught Esdeath's ankle and launched her across the training grounds with a powerful kick.
• Yotsuba Mahiro stomped beside Esdeath's head, and she calmly admitted that she had lost.
• Esdeath reminded Mahiro that he could do whatever he wanted with her, as they had agreed.

Yotsuba Mahiro defeated Esdeath, who accepted the result of their wager and promised to challenge him again. Days later, he gave Dr. Stylish an enhancement drug to study, and their research attracted the attention of a bald man who entered her laboratory.

• Yotsuba Mahiro kissed Esdeath and slapped her after defeating her, and she accepted that she had become his possession under their wager.
• Esdeath left to suppress a rebellion in the southern tribes, while Dr. Stylish summoned Mahiro to her laboratory to review her failed enhancement drug.
• Mahiro identified the drug's life-draining flaw and gave Dr. Stylish a sample of an enhancement drug made from Danger Beast blood.
• Dr. Stylish analyzed the sample and discussed combining it with Tyrant's adaptive-evolution traits to improve strength and recovery.
• Dr. Stylish admitted she had already used some of Mahiro's potion in her own formula and planned more live experiments.
• A bald man entered the laboratory and noticed Mahiro sitting on an operating table.

Yotsuba Mahiro visited Dr. Stylish’s laboratory, where five young Imperial Assassination Corps recruits were to receive an experimental strengthening drug. He removed the addictive component from Kurome’s dose and injected her, leaving her body reacting to the medicine.

• Dr. Stylish introduced the five child recruits to Yotsuba Mahiro and Bill, and explained that he planned to test a diluted drug on them.
• Mahiro warned that the drug could kill the children, and Bill agreed to let Dr. Stylish proceed only if their safety was protected.
• Dr. Stylish began preparing Natala for an injection, while Mahiro took the four girls behind a privacy curtain.
• Mahiro recognized Kurome and promised she would see her sister, then removed the addictive component from her dose.
• Mahiro injected Kurome in the arm, and she began trembling and spasming as the drug took effect.

Yotsuba Mahiro treated the assassination-group children with a modified enhancement serum, then visited the Imperial Capital Guard Corps with Mine. There he met trainee guard Seryu Ubiquitous and recognized her and her Imperial Arm, Hekatonkheires.

• Yotsuba Mahiro injected Kurome, Gin, Mekime, and Remus with a serum whose addictive poison he had removed, while Natala received no substantial enhancement.
• Yotsuba Mahiro arranged with Dr. Fashion to take over injections for the four girls, and Bill agreed while asking Dr. Fashion to handle the Elite Group children as well.
• A few days later, Yotsuba Mahiro brought Mine to a branch of the Imperial Capital Guard Corps, where Captain Ogre greeted him and promised to protect her.
• Seryu Ubiquitous introduced herself as a trainee guard who dreamed of eradicating evil, and Yotsuba Mahiro recognized her and her Imperial Arm, Hekatonkheires.

Yotsuba Mahiro appointed Seryu as his secretary and taught her to review cases while his equal treatment of nobles and commoners angered the aristocracy. Dr. Stylish then brought Mahiro to see the completed elite squad, where the children recognized him and Pony regarded him with disbelief and resentment.

• Mahiro told Ogre to have Seryu report to him after learning the guard force's work, and he appointed her his secretary.
• Mine asked whether Mahiro liked Seryu, grew jealous of her figure, and bought more than a dozen papayas.
• Mahiro taught Seryu to review case reports, correcting her mistakes and guiding her away from Ogre's arbitrary methods.
• Mahiro's executions of nobles and commoners alike earned him public support and prompted nobles to try to impeach him, but the minister refused to dismiss him.
• Dr. Stylish told Mahiro that his serum was finished and invited him to see the elite squad, so Mahiro left Seryu to review the files.
• Mahiro met Bill at the research facility and saw six familiar children; Bill explained that they had been selected as the elite squad and might be merged into the enhancement group.

After learning that Yotsuba Mahiro had killed Gozuki, Bill assigned him responsibility for training the elite assassination squad, and Mahiro negotiated to add his former enhancement group as well. The combined group gathered the next day, where Akame and Kurome reunited and the children began introducing themselves to Mahiro.

• Pony accused Yotsuba Mahiro of killing the children’s father, Gozuki, and Mahiro admitted he had killed him after Gozuki attacked him and his maid.
• Bill asked Mahiro to take over training the elite squad, and Mahiro agreed on the condition that his four former trainees join them.
• Mahiro led the enhancement group to meet the elite squad, and Akame and Kurome joyfully reunited after three years apart.
• Mahiro warned Akame and Kurome to focus on training, then introduced himself as the children’s new superior.
• Cornelia, Tsukushi, Akame, and Pony introduced themselves to Mahiro, while the others tried to excuse Pony’s hostility.

Yotsuba Mahiro began training the ten children with a weighted run to the Eastern Forest, where Remus and Mekime failed and were removed from the elite group. He promised to find them safer work, then fed the exhausted children Earth Dragon meat and let the fastest runners choose their portions first.

• Mahiro warned the children that repeated failures would get them eliminated, then made them run thirty kilometers to the Eastern Forest wearing heavy vests, with dinner depending on their finishing order.
• Remus dropped out first and Mekime fell behind later, while Nahashu finished first, Akame second, and Gin last among those who completed the run.
• Mahiro eliminated Remus and Mekime from the group, explained that they lacked the talent for assassination, and promised Cornelia to arrange safe futures for them.
• The hungry children gathered at the waterfall valley, and Mahiro produced an Earth Dragon he had hunted for their meal.
• Mahiro used Murasame to cut the Earth Dragon into portions, then let Nahashu choose first as the winner; Akame took the second-largest piece.

Yotsuba Mahiro fed the hungry trainees and assigned them to build shelters, then investigated Little Silver’s claim that her large chest slowed her down. He led Little Silver and Tsukushi deeper into the forest to find a way to help them.

• Mahiro cooked seasoned meat for the trainees, promised to teach them cooking if they met his training standards, and gave Little Silver and Pony the bones he had finished eating.
• Mahiro ordered the group to build three shelters, but Little Silver soon collapsed from exhaustion and said her chest made running harder.
• Little Silver called Tsukushi over, and the two argued about whose chest was larger before Little Silver placed Mahiro’s hands on both of them to judge.
• Mahiro declined to name a winner and instead said he would find a way to help them, then led Little Silver and Tsukushi deeper into the forest.

Yotsuba Mahiro trained the assassination squad, helped Tsukushi and Little Silver solve their training difficulties, and brought Remus and Mekime home after they were removed from the squad. The two girls began settling into life at his mansion under Mine’s supervision.

• Yotsuba Mahiro made bras for Tsukushi and Little Silver, who mistakenly tried to use an inappropriate method to reduce their busts before he corrected them.
• The squad completed tree-felling training and built temporary cabins together, leaving Akame and Pony feeling happier than during their earlier training.
• Yotsuba Mahiro told Director Bill that Remus and Mekime could not keep up with training and took them home without objection.
• Mine welcomed Yotsuba Mahiro and questioned why Remus and Mekime were with him, then learned they would help at the estate.
• Mine agreed to train Remus and Mekime as maids and instructed them to call Yotsuba Mahiro Master.

Remus and Mekime settled into their new lives as maids under Yotsuba Mahiro, grateful for the freedom and comfort he had given them. Meanwhile, the assassination squad confronted Mahiro over the special training he had given Little Silver and Tsukushi and demanded the same treatment.

• Mine made Remus and Mekime practice addressing Mahiro as their master and began teaching them household duties.
• Remus and Mekime talked about how much they enjoyed their new home and resolved to serve Mahiro for life.
• The assassination squad surrounded Mahiro in a cabin, with Cornelia asking why Little Silver and Tsukushi had received special training.
• The girls recalled discovering that Little Silver and Tsukushi had been given supportive undergarments, which they believed had helped the two improve in training.
• Pony and Little Silver wrestled after Little Silver teased her, while Akame comforted Kurome about her figure.

Yotsuba Mahiro gave the girls sports bras and awkwardly taught them about physiology before separating the recruits for advanced training. Esdeath tracked him to the forest and arrived ready to challenge him again.

• Mahiro made sports bras for the girls, and Cornelia and Akame each approached him after putting theirs on.
• Mahiro secretly taught Akame and the other girls about anatomy, using Cornelia as a teaching aid when Pony could not understand.
• Mahiro told Nahashu and Green that the girls would train separately, then heard someone approaching through the forest.
• Esdeath arrived with three followers and greeted Mahiro, who asked how she had found him.
• An hour earlier, Esdeath had confronted Dr. Stylish, learned Mahiro was training recruits for the Assassination Department, and set out to find him.

Esdeath challenged Yotsuba Mahiro to another duel, with the winner deciding whether she would join him or he would become her pet. Their battle began before the Assassination Squad and the Three Beasts, and Mahiro gained the upper hand as Esdeath raised several massive ice shields to block his next attack.

• Esdeath found Mahiro in the Eastern Forest and challenged him to a rematch, agreeing to train Nahashu and Green if she lost.
• Mahiro accepted Esdeath’s wager and told the Assassination Squad to watch their duel as practical training.
• Esdeath opened the fight with a flying kick and an ice scythe, but Mahiro dodged the kick and shattered the blade with one punch.
• Esdeath summoned a blizzard and dropped a giant hailstone on Mahiro, who destroyed it with Night Demon’s Heavy Metal Burst.
• Mahiro caught Esdeath’s frost-covered punch and overpowered her in their close-quarters battle, while the observers realized how far beyond them the duelists were.
• Mahiro stepped back and charged with a powerful punch, prompting Esdeath to raise several massive ice shields in front of herself.

Yotsuba Mahiro defeated Esdeath, who accepted his request to train Green and Nahashu, then led six girls to practice concealing their presence by catching river tuna. The girls failed to catch any fish and ended the day exhausted on the riverbank.

• Yotsuba Mahiro shattered Esdeath's ice shields with Firework Fan and defeated her, and Esdeath agreed to train Green and Nahashu.
• Mahiro brought the six girls to a river and explained that they had to suppress their presence to catch alert river tuna.
• Mahiro demonstrated silently approaching and knocking out a Danger Beast, then assigned the girls to catch fish for lunch.
• After Pony flirted with Mahiro, he made the girls wear weights in the river as an added training challenge.
• Akame and the others entered the pool to catch fish while Mahiro cooked by the riverbank.
• The girls returned at night exhausted and admitted to Mahiro that they had failed to catch any fish.

Mahiro trained Akame and the other members of his squad for two years, helping them grow stronger as the Empire’s political factions began maneuvering over the critically ill Emperor. Back in the Imperial Capital, Seryu told Mahiro about a murder case involving a girl named Sheele.

• Mahiro caught fish for the six girls after their first training attempt failed, and they resolved to work harder after sharing a meal with him.
• The girls gradually learned to catch fish, mastered concealing their presence, and trained for two years while Nahashu and Green trained under Esdeath.
• Esdeath left on campaign with Najenda, and Nahashu and Green returned to the unit as the Empire’s critically ill Emperor stirred political tensions in the Imperial Capital.
• Mahiro returned to the Guard Corps headquarters with a vial of alchemically recreated Demon's Extract and found Seryu troubled in his office.
• Seryu explained that Sheele had killed several men in the lower district, and that she had tried to subdue the girl and send her to prison.

After Seryu’s encounter with Sheele made her realize she was too weak to fight evil, Mahiro healed her wound and enhanced her with a serum. He summoned Mibu Asaka, Enju, and Tina, then introduced them to the sleeping Seryu, whom they suspected was his new girlfriend.

• Seryu told Mahiro she wanted to become stronger after struggling to defeat Sheele and suffering a serious wound.
• Mahiro healed Seryu and refused her request to undergo Dr. Stylish’s mechanical modifications.
• Mahiro injected Seryu with his enhancement serum, and she fainted as it transformed her body.
• Mahiro planned to enhance several trainees and summoned Mibu Asaka, Enju, and Tina from Arcadia.
• Enju and Tina noticed the sleeping Seryu and teased Mahiro about her becoming his girlfriend.

Mahiro brought Mine and three young instructors to train the assassination squad, whose members doubted the newcomers’ strength. He arranged three challenge matches, and the chapter ended as Nahashu, Pony, and Cornelia faced Mibu Asaka, Enju Aihara, and Tina Sprout.

• Mahiro took Mine and the three girls to the guard force’s duty room and beat up Ogre as punishment for his loose mouth and for pushing Seryu toward Dr. Stylish.
• At the forest training ground, Mahiro introduced Mine and named Tina, Mibu Asaka, and Enju Aihara as the squad’s instructors.
• The squad questioned whether the young girls could train them, so Mahiro proposed a 3v3 match and promised graduation to anyone who defeated one of the instructors.
• Pony chose Enju, Nahashu chose Mibu Asaka, and Cornelia chose Tina as their opponents.
• The three pairs prepared to fight as Mine worried, while Mahiro assured her that the instructors were strong.

The elite squad defeated the assassination team’s strongest fighters, and Mahiro assigned the trainees to specialized groups. Chief Bill then asked how long their training would take and relayed Minister Honest’s wishes.

• Enju defeated Pony, Tina bound Cornelia, and Mibu Asaka defeated Nahashu, giving the trainees a three-to-zero victory.
• Mahiro assigned Mine and Tsukushi to train in marksmanship, Akame and Kurome in swordsmanship, Cornelia, Pony, and Little Silver in hand-to-hand combat, and Nahashu and Green to hunt Danger Beasts.
• Chief Bill met Mahiro and praised the elite squad after members of other assassination groups failed to beat them, even after taking drugs.
• Mahiro said the special training would take one more month, and Bill replied that he had come to convey Minister Honest’s wishes.