Chapter Summaries

Haimo persuaded Kohina Hiruko to leave with him for Orario, where she could become a hero, and Kagetane Hiruko entrusted his daughter to him. Kagetane stayed behind amid the burning ruins to face the end of his world as Kohina began a new life.

• Kagetane Hiruko ordered Kohina to go with Haimo and become his blade, then asked Haimo to care for her.
• Haimo described Orario, where gods lived among mortals and anyone could become a hero by accomplishing a great feat.
• Kohina asked whether she could become a hero, and Haimo promised she could grow stronger and be welcomed by his familia.
• Kagetane bid Kohina farewell, wished her and Haimo good fortune in battle, and disappeared into the flames.

Haimo decided not to bring millions of cursed children to Orario, but to create a safe haven for them in their own world and offer limited travel to Orario. As dawn approached, he used his divine power to contact cursed children worldwide and declared them chosen by a god.

• Haimo weighed the enormous population of cursed children against Orario’s limited space and resources, and recognized that many simply wanted safe, ordinary lives.
• Haimo planned to build a protected settlement, use the Gastrea for support, and open a daily portal quota for children who wished to visit Orario or pursue Adventurer training.
• Haimo raised his hand at dawn and snapped his fingers, sending a golden apparition to cursed children around the world.
• A frightened girl in an abandoned Tokyo subway station asked the apparition who it was, and Haimo told all the children they had been chosen by a god.

Haimo comforted the Cursed Children, purified the Gastrea Virus in their bodies, and promised to answer their questions. He gave the starving girls food and agreed to provide a child with a new dress.

• Haimo purified the Gastrea Virus inside the Cursed Children, freeing them from the threat of turning into monsters.
• The children cautiously approached Haimo and asked whether he was truly God and whether they would have enough to eat.
• Haimo conjured bread, meat soup, and apples, and the girls began eating and crying with relief.
• A little girl asked Haimo for a new dress without patches, and he agreed.

Haimo comforted and cared for the cursed girls, then went with Kisara Tendo to find the last girl in the IISO Tokyo Branch. He found her alone and filthy in a stark white room.

• Haimo renewed a little girl's clothes, then patiently answered the girls' questions and gave them comfort.
• Haimo promised the girls they would meet him properly soon and stayed beside them as they fell asleep safely.
• Kisara Tendo told Haimo that only one girl remained in the IISO Tokyo Branch.
• Haimo entered the innermost room and found an orange-haired girl curled up alone in a corner.

Haimo found Enju Aihara imprisoned by IISO and confirmed that the promise of finding her parents had been a lie. He offered her a safe, ordinary life in a repaired world or a dangerous path to Orario, and waited for her choice.

• Enju Aihara recognized Haimo as her god and realized that IISO had deceived her about finding her parents.
• Enju asked Haimo what she should live for after learning that no one had been waiting for her.
• Haimo told Enju he could not erase her painful past but could give her a real future.
• Haimo offered Enju the choice to stay and live safely in a rebuilt world or go to Orario and pursue strength through dangerous battles.
• Haimo held out his hand and waited for Enju to choose.

Enju Aihara chose to join Haimo’s familia so she could stay by his side, and he led her out to meet her future family. Outside, Kohina Hiruko and Kisara Tendo were keeping watch.

• Haimo offered Enju Aihara a peaceful life or the dangerous path of joining his familia, and promised she could still visit him if she chose the first.
• Enju Aihara chose the second option because she did not want to be left behind, and Haimo welcomed her as his child.
• Haimo led Enju Aihara through the metal door to meet her future family.
• Kohina Hiruko sprang down from the stair railing and inspected Enju Aihara, while Kisara Tendo relaxed after recognizing Haimo.

Haimo stopped Kohina from threatening Enju Aihara and told her that companions must not hurt one another. Kisara Tendo tried to welcome Enju, but her bloodstained hand and intimidating presence left Enju facing a group that seemed dangerous and unfamiliar.

• Kohina asked Haimo if she could cut down the frail-looking newcomer, Enju Aihara.
• Haimo flicked Kohina's forehead and pinched her cheeks, then told her not to draw her sword on her companions.
• Kohina reluctantly promised to listen to Haimo and accepted that Enju would be her companion.
• Haimo prompted Kisara Tendo to welcome Enju, and Kisara awkwardly introduced herself.
• Kisara noticed the blood on her hand and apologized, while Enju stared at the group's fierce, deathly presence.

Enju Aihara accepted Kisara Tendo as a companion, and Haimo led the group out of the IISO building into a Tokyo Area still shaken by the previous night. A forced citywide broadcast showed Seitenshi confessing her failures and beginning to expose Kikunojo Tendo’s crimes.

• Enju Aihara took Kisara Tendo’s hand and declared that they were companions from then on, and Kisara accepted her.
• Haimo led everyone out of the IISO building into the deserted, damaged streets of Tokyo.
• The city’s screens and devices were forced to display a broadcast showing Seitenshi outside the Imperial Palace with a group of Cursed Children.
• Seitenshi declared that she would no longer be the Tokyo Area’s ruler but a sinner, and admitted that she had mistaken reports from the Imperial Palace for reality.
• Seitenshi announced that Kikunojo Tendo was dead and accused him of embezzling Monolith construction funds, arranging Gastrea attacks to hide his crimes, and sacrificing his son and daughter-in-law.

Seitenshi publicly confessed that Tokyo Area’s persecution of the Cursed Children had brought God’s wrath and declared that sinners would face judgment. The crowd rioted, the guards fled, and Seitenshi was left bleeding as she shielded the children from the mob.

• Seitenshi admitted her responsibility for the city’s treatment of the Cursed Children and warned that sinners would die in the coming judgment.
• Tokyo Area residents rejected her words, blamed Seitenshi and the Cursed Children, and surged toward the Imperial Palace square.
• Yasuwaki Takuto abandoned his post, and the other guards scattered as the crowd broke through the security line.
• Seitenshi shielded the Cursed Children while the mob pelted her with debris, striking her head and drawing blood.
• A man raised a brick and swung it toward Seitenshi’s head as she held a child close and closed her eyes.

The Seitenshi and the rioters saw tens of thousands of flying Gastrea descend over the city beneath an enormous red eye, revealing that the Monoliths had stopped suppressing them. As the Gastrea sealed the sky with webs and began attacking, the crowd panicked and trampled one of its own, leaving the city under assault.

• The Seitenshi opened her eyes and saw the crowd frozen in terror as an enormous dark-red eye watched from the sky.
• Tens of thousands of flying Gastrea appeared, carrying other Gastrea across the Monoliths, whose varanium magnetic fields had failed.
• Spider-type Gastrea fired silk onto nearby buildings and covered the sky with webs, blocking escape routes.
• Scythe-mantis-type Gastrea descended onto a police car and killed its trapped driver.
• The crowd fled in panic, and rioters trampled the suited man who had tried to kill the Seitenshi.

Gastrea overwhelmed Tokyo, killing rioters and guards as Varanium bullets proved ineffective against them. Amid the slaughter, a patrol officer saw a red-eyed little girl standing in the road.

• Gastrea crashed into the square and attacked the rioters who had persecuted the children under Seitenshi’s protection.
• Yasuwaki Takuto and his guards were trapped by Gastrea near the Imperial Palace, and Varanium bullets failed to pierce a mantis-type creature.
• A mantis-type Gastrea severed Yasuwaki Takuto’s hand while spider-type Gastrea trapped the other guards in corrosive webs.
• Gastrea poured across Tokyo, turning its districts and streets into slaughterhouses.
• A patrol officer facing a crocodile-type Gastrea spotted a small red-eyed girl clutching a rag doll in the middle of the road.

A patrolman tried to shoot a crying little girl during Tokyo’s Gastrea attack, but a Jumping Spider Gastrea killed him before he could fire. In Osaka, President Genshō Saitake watched the devastation and coveted the technology controlling the Gastrea, then discovered a Chameleon Gastrea above him.

• A patrolman blamed the Cursed Children for the catastrophe and aimed his pistol at a little girl.
• A Jumping Spider Gastrea dropped from a streetlight and killed the patrolman as cameras broadcast the attack worldwide.
• Genshō Saitake watched Tokyo’s destruction from his Osaka office and decided he wanted the technology controlling the Gastrea.
• Genshō Saitake noticed Gastrea fluid dripping onto him and looked up to find a Chameleon Gastrea clinging to the ceiling.

After the Gastrea overran the cities, Kayo Senju survived the death of her Civil Security officer, Shōgen Ikuma, and wondered whether the God who had protected his familia had spared her. The God appeared beside her on a rooftop as she watched the fighting below, and Kayo finally spoke.

• The Chameleon Gastrea ate Genshō Saitake after he recognized a piece of his guard captain’s uniform in its mouth.
• Gastrea overwhelmed cities around the world, but some people still fought to protect others or buy them time to escape.
• Shōgen Ikuma was killed on a Tokyo rooftop, while his Initiator, Kayo Senju, remained untouched by the Gastrea.
• Kayo wondered whether the voice that had declared his familia inviolable had protected her, and felt lost without Ikuma’s orders.
• The God appeared on the rooftop beside Kayo and watched the fighting below until Kayo finally spoke.

Haimo reassured Kayo Senju that he admired the Cursed Children who chose to protect humanity despite his decree, then offered her a place to rest. Kayo accepted his lap pillow and questioned whether she deserved comfort after Ikuma Shogen’s death, and Haimo told her she had done her best.

• Kayo Senju asked Haimo whether the people and Cursed Children resisting his army made him angry.
• Haimo said he admired their choices and would not force the children he loved to follow his will.
• Seeing Kayo’s exhaustion, Haimo offered her his lap as a pillow, and she accepted.
• Kayo Senju said Ikuma Shogen was dead and wondered whether it was wrong for her to rest and enjoy Haimo’s comfort.
• Haimo continued stroking her hair and told her that Shogen’s death was destined and that she had already done her best.

Haimo reassured Kayo Senju that he would take responsibility for the Gastrea’s increased power and explained why he believed the rotten world had to be destroyed to make way for a better one. He asked what she wanted for herself, and she wished for a quiet place to read and learn, then wondered whether any of the children had asked him for something unreasonable.

• Haimo told Kayo Senju that she was a victim and ordered her to rest instead of blaming herself.
• Kayo Senju asked whether destruction could bring new life, and Haimo said the old world had to be cut away so a better one could be built.
• Haimo asked Kayo Senju what she wanted to do after the fighting and missions ended.
• Kayo Senju said she wanted a quiet, sunlit place to read and learn about the world.
• Kayo Senju asked whether any of the children had made an unreasonable request, such as asking for a star.

Haimo comforted Kayo Senju on a rooftop, then took her to the Imperial Palace, where Seitenshi and the others awaited him. The chapter ended as everyone present bowed to Haimo and paid their respects.

• Haimo told Kayo Senju she could be willful with him, and she rested with her head on his lap.
• After about an hour, Kayo Senju thanked Haimo and said she felt refreshed.
• Haimo took Kayo Senju by the hand and opened a golden portal to the Imperial Palace.
• Seitenshi stood wounded but resolute among the [cursed children], Kisara Tendo, Enju Aihara, and Kohina Hiruko as prostrate Gastrea surrounded the plaza.
• Haimo and Kayo Senju emerged from the portal, and everyone bowed to Haimo.

Haimo praised the [Cursed Children] for their courage, then asked Seitenshi why she had stayed to protect them. Seitenshi admitted her failures as a ruler and asked what Haimo planned to do with the world.

• Seitenshi and the [Cursed Children] bowed to Haimo, who told them to stand and praised the girls for fighting to protect others.
• Haimo asked Seitenshi why she had remained in the ruined order and shielded the children despite the danger.
• Seitenshi said her suffering had helped her understand the hardships people faced and why Haimo had judged the world rotten.
• Seitenshi admitted she had been an incompetent ruler and an arrogant hypocrite, then asked Haimo what he would do with the world.
• Haimo considered Seitenshi's words and noticed changes to her section on the system panel.

Haimo invited Seitenshi to leave behind her role as ruler and join his familia, offering her a chance to start over in another world. Seitenshi accepted, while Haimo continued building a new order for the Cursed Children and Gastrea.

• Seitenshi wondered where she belonged after the old order collapsed and decided she might disappear somewhere alone.
• Haimo rejected Seitenshi's belief that she was useless and praised her courage in protecting the children.
• Haimo invited Seitenshi to travel with him, grow stronger, and begin a new life in a wider world.
• Seitenshi accepted Haimo's invitation and swore to follow him as a member of his familia.
• Haimo welcomed Seitenshi and teased her about her tear-streaked face, making her blush.

Haimo announced that the Cursed Children would inherit the land and promised to return with a chance to take them to a new world. He entrusted Kayo Senju with leading them, then used divine power to restore the ruined Imperial Palace.

• Haimo sent a message to every Cursed Child, declaring them the new masters of the land and promising to return in a few days.
• The Cursed Children celebrated and found hope in Haimo's promise to take some of them to a new world.
• Haimo told Kayo Senju to lead the children until his return, and she accepted the responsibility despite her sadness at being left behind.
• Haimo restored the ruined Imperial Palace and its surroundings with divine power, astonishing Kayo Senju and the others.

Haimo brought Seitenshi, Kisara Tendo, Enju Aihara, and Kohina Hiruko from G-404 World to Orario as the first members of his familia. He explained the city's rules and warned them to keep their arrival from another world secret.

• Haimo inscribed the mark of the Haimo Familia onto every Cursed Child, giving them a god's protection.
• Haimo prepared to leave with Seitenshi, Kisara Tendo, Enju Aihara, and Kohina Hiruko, telling Kohina to only cut up bad people.
• Haimo opened a golden portal, and the group traveled from G-404 World to Orario while Kayo Senju and the others watched them depart.
• Haimo introduced the newcomers to Orario and explained that the gods lived alongside humans there.
• Haimo told the girls that gods were forbidden from using divine power and instructed them to keep their arrival from another world secret.
• Haimo encouraged the girls to enjoy Orario, defend themselves against bullies, and call on him if they needed help.