Chapter Summaries

Ryu Lion prepared to take Syr to meet Haimo and clear up a misunderstanding, while Anya tagged along to watch the supposed rendezvous. Anya and Chloe teased Ryu Lion about her feelings as they helped prepare breakfast at Haimo's Mansion.

• Anya explored Haimo's Mansion until Lunoire warned her not to break anything.
• Anya asked Ryu Lion about taking Syr to a secret rendezvous with Haimo, and Ryu Lion insisted she only meant to clear up a misunderstanding.
• Ryu Lion asked why Anya had come along, and Anya said she had taken the morning off to witness the occasion.
• Chloe joined Anya in teasing Ryu Lion about her budding feelings for Haimo.

Ryu Lion confirmed that Haimo would meet Syr that afternoon, while the mansion’s newcomers planned a shopping trip and Hestia prepared to visit Hephaestus. The chapter left everyone heading out to their separate errands.

• Ryu Lion nervously asked Haimo to meet Syr that afternoon, and he agreed to arrive on time.
• Haimo invited Anya to stay for breakfast, and the household shared a meal together.
• Onigawara Rin told Haimo that the newcomers would skip the Dungeon and shop for clothes and necessities, and he approved their plans.
• Ryu Lion, Chloe, Lunoire, and Anya left for the Vishan Café, while Onigawara Rin took the newcomers shopping.
• Hestia told Haimo that she planned to visit Hephaestus that afternoon and insisted she had something important to handle.

Haimo visited Ganesha Familia to secure land for his growing Familia, first proposing to demolish Orario’s High-Class Residential District before offering a castle on the outskirts instead. Ganesha agreed to help arrange the land, unaware that Haimo had maneuvered him into accepting the compromise.

• After Hestia left the mansion, Haimo went to Ganesha Familia headquarters.
• Haimo proposed clearing the High-Class Residential District, and Ganesha angrily warned that doing so would disrupt Orario’s economy.
• Shakti asked Haimo why he needed so much land and suggested finding a compromise.
• Haimo requested a concealed castle on the outskirts that could house over a thousand people, saying he planned to take in more children.
• Ganesha agreed to help coordinate an application for suitable land with the Guild, while Shakti suspected something was off.

Ganesha and Shakti realized Haimo had maneuvered them into endorsing his Familia and helping secure a castle for its forces. Meanwhile, Ais returned from testing the Sword of Despair, and Riveria revealed that it repaired itself by absorbing magic stone fragments and was adapting to Ais's magic.

• Shakti deduced that Haimo had targeted the castle from the start and that Ganesha Familia would nominally endorse his newly acquired force of over a thousand people.
• Ganesha realized Haimo had played him and sprang from his chair in alarm.
• Loki, Finn, and Gareth waited near the Dungeon entrance while Gareth doubted Loki's claim that Haimo's semi-living weapon could repair itself.
• Ais returned from a night of fighting and showed the undamaged Sword of Despair to Gareth.
• Riveria explained that Ais had fought monsters, including a Level 4 Mutant Green Dragon, and that the sword had restored a chipped section by absorbing magic stone fragments.
• Riveria added that the sword was adapting to Ais's magic and questioned what had happened to its internal magic circuits.

Ais discovered that the Sword of Despair had adapted to her magic and evolved into a living weapon, then realized she could barely afford a gift for a god. Meanwhile, Haimo headed to meet an elf at a café, unaware—or pretending not to notice—that Hestia and the Haimo Familia girls were secretly following him.

• Riveria explained that the Sword of Despair had restructured itself after combat, improving its magical conductivity and adapting to Ais's wind.
• Ais tested the sword with [Ariel], then found only a few silver Valis coins in her purse and worried about buying a gift for a god.
• Haimo noticed Hestia's conspicuous attempt to tail him but continued toward North Street without confronting her.
• Hestia boasted that Haimo had not detected her, while the Haimo Familia girls and Kikakujō Mary pointed out that he had likely noticed her already.
• Kikakujō Mary wondered whether the elf Haimo was meeting might join the Familia and unlock an elf-specific buff for Seitenshi's [Ideal Utopia].

Sasamori Aya judged Ryu Lion to be a highly skilled former combatant, while Ryu Lion’s friends dragged her and Syr to a clothing store to prepare for her apology to Haimo. The group struggled to dress the two women until Anya spotted Haimo approaching.

• Sasamori Aya told Onigawara Rin, Kikakujō Mary, and the others that Ryu Lion had strong combat instincts and likely belonged to a battle-focused Familia.
• Ryu Lion forced Syr to accompany her to a clothing store before their planned visit to Haimo, and Chloe, Anya, and Lunoire began dressing Syr for the occasion.
• Ryu Lion tried on a short, revealing white dress and protested when Chloe insisted it was suitable for apologizing to a god.
• Anya spotted Haimo across the street and excitedly called out that the god had arrived.

Ryu panicked when Anya tried to call Haimo into the dress shop, and she crashed Anya into a wall, damaging the shop. Haimo entered, saw Ryu in the white dress, and turned to confront Chloe and Lunoire as they tried to leave.

• Anya tried to call Haimo into the shop, so Ryu dragged her into the changing room and slammed her into the wall, cracking it.
• The shop assistant demanded payment for the damage, while Chloe and Lunoire argued over who was responsible.
• Haimo heard the commotion outside and entered the shop, where he found Ryu exposed in her white dress and Anya dazed on the floor.
• Haimo praised Ryu's dress, then surveyed the damaged shop and spotted Syr hiding among the clothes.
• Haimo stopped Chloe and Lunoire as they tiptoed toward the exit.

Ryu apologized to Haimo for damaging the clothing shop, but he arranged to cover the repairs and let her repay him through her morning cleaning work. The chaos settled, only for Syr’s disappearance to become a new worry when a frightened blue-gray-haired girl entered from the back alley.

• Haimo agreed to cover the shop damage and put Chloe and Lunoire to work on morning shifts at his home, and they dragged Anya into the same arrangement.
• Ryu emerged in a white dress, insisted she should bear most of the cost, and became mortified after using a crude expression in front of Haimo.
• Haimo reassured Ryu that she could repay the repair bill gradually through their cleaning contract and instructed the shop assistant to send the bill to Eina Tulle at the Guild.
• Ryu thanked Haimo and promised to repay the debt through her work as the shop assistant began recording the damage.
• Chloe and Lunoire noticed Syr had vanished from the wrecked shop, and a frightened blue-gray-haired girl appeared through the back-alley door.

Haimo recognized that Freya had sent Helen in disguise, then arranged for his companions to leave while he accompanied Ryu Lion and Helen to discuss what had happened. The chapter ended with Ryu Lion walking awkwardly beside Haimo as Chloe, Lunoire, and Anya followed them.

• Helen appeared disguised as Syr, and Haimo recognized her as Freya's substitute without exposing her.
• Hestia tried to rush into Velvet Iris, but Onigawara Rin, Kikakujō Mary, and Tsukuyo Inaba stopped her and explained that Haimo was handling the shop's damages.
• Haimo secretly told Tsukuyo Inaba to take Hestia and the others shopping while he finished his business.
• Hestia learned that Haimo had noticed them spying and reluctantly led the group away to shop.
• Haimo left Velvet Iris with Ryu Lion and Helen, while Chloe, Lunoire, and Anya secretly followed them.

Haimo accepted Ryu Lion’s explanation and joined her, Helen disguised as Syr, and their followers for coffee at Vishan Café. As the group settled in, Haimo began speaking with Helen, who mentioned the rumors she had heard about his Familia.

• Ryu Lion explained that she had followed Haimo and drawn her sword because she feared he posed a threat to Syr, and Haimo praised her courage.
• Ryu Lion insisted that Syr was the person she most wanted to protect, and Haimo teased her about the depth of their bond.
• Haimo and the others entered Vishan Café, where Anya, Chloe, and Lunoire joined them after spying through the window.
• The group ordered coffee and cream-topped pancakes, and Haimo asked Helen, disguised as Syr, whether she liked the coffee.
• Helen told Haimo that she had heard tavern patrons describe his Familia as formidable and its patron God as terrifying.

After afternoon tea with Ryu and Helen, Haimo planned to enter the Dungeon that night with Fels and meet the Xenos, while also hoping to see Fels’s resurrection magic. Elsewhere, Tsukuyo Inaba and Onigawara Rin interrupted Soma Familia members beating Lili Eard, and the chapter ended as they prepared to fight.

• Haimo parted ways with Ryu and Helen, then wandered Orario while thinking about meeting the Xenos and seeing Fels use Dia Orpheus.
• Hestia, Onigawara Rin, Tsukuyo Inaba, and the others finished shopping and headed back toward their base.
• Tsukuyo Inaba heard Soma Familia members assaulting Lili Eard in an alley and told Onigawara Rin what was happening.
• Onigawara Rin and Tsukuyo Inaba abandoned their purchases and hurried into the alley, followed by Sasamori Aya, Hestia, and the others.
• A member of the Haimo Familia struck the scar-faced attacker with a wooden clog, and Onigawara Rin and Tsukuyo Inaba drew Black Crow and White Heron to confront the Soma Familia men.

Onigawara Rin, Tsukuyo Inaba, and Sasamori Aya rescued Lili from members of the Soma Familia who were beating her in an alley. After Hestia and the others arrived, Tsukuyo Inaba assessed Lili’s injuries, and the group prepared to treat her.

• Onigawara Rin charged the Soma Familia members and incapacitated several of them while Tsukuyo Inaba defeated another attacker with her sheathed sword.
• A hidden lookout tried to stab Tsukuyo Inaba from behind, but Sasamori Aya kicked him into a wall and knocked him unconscious.
• Sasamori Aya called Lili weak, and Onigawara Rin defended her by repeating Haimo’s teaching that they should intervene when they saw injustice.
• Hestia and the others arrived, and Onigawara Rin promised to explain the fight and take responsibility for it.
• Tsukuyo Inaba examined Lili and reported that she had bruises, abrasions, and swollen joints but no apparent internal injuries.

Seitenshi healed Lili and brought her back with the others, while Haimo secured Guild support and authority for his new residence. Underground, Ouranos explained to Ganesha that the Xenos could not remain hidden much longer and that neither of them would be able to control the fallout once they were discovered.

• Seitenshi healed Lili with Fantasy Village and reassured her before Onigawara Rin decided to take her to the Mansion; Kisara Tendo carried Lili’s bundle as Tsukuyo Inaba and Seitenshi led her away.
• Haimo met Guild chairman Royman Mardeel and Shakti, and Royman confirmed the Guild had approved Haimo’s residence project and would cover its costs.
• Shakti left after Haimo thanked her, and Royman led Haimo through a restricted passage beneath Guild Headquarters.
• Ganesha confronted Ouranos over giving Haimo Guild authority and revealing the Xenos to him, fearing Haimo might provoke chaos.
• Ouranos explained that Dix’s Xenos smuggling and the Dungeon’s expanding dangers made the secret increasingly difficult to keep, and warned that Orario’s factions would seek to exterminate the Xenos once they were exposed.
• Ouranos told Ganesha that neither of them could control the crisis when the Xenos were discovered.

Ouranos explained why the gods feared Haimo and revealed that he was heading to the Altar to meet the Xenos. At Haimo’s mansion, Lili received care from Hestia’s Familia and described the Soma Familia’s abuse, leaving her to explain why she had not escaped it.

• Ouranos told Ganesha that Haimo’s reputation as a god of strife made the gods fear that fighting him would only strengthen him, and Ganesha warned that relying on him to protect the Xenos was a dangerous gamble.
• Fels reported that Haimo had entered the underground passage, and Ganesha fled through a side passage before Haimo arrived at the Altar.
• Haimo told Ouranos he wanted to see the Xenos, then left with Fels to meet them.
• Hestia and the others brought Lili to Haimo’s mansion, gave her clean clothes and a warm bath, and reassured her when she hesitated to enter.
• Lili told Onigawara Rin that Zanis controlled the Soma Familia, that members were driven to earn Valis for Soma’s Divine Wine, and that she was beaten if she failed to meet her daily quota.
• Tsukuyo Inaba asked Lili why she had not left the Soma Familia, and Lili lowered her head with a bitter expression.

Lili revealed the transformation magic that made her valuable to Zanis and explained how the Soma Familia’s abuse had shaped her life. After hearing her story, the girls discussed whether to let her join them, with the chapter leaving the decision unresolved.

• Lili showed the girls her Ashen Woman magic, transforming into a Dog Person and back, and explained that Zanis wanted to use it for fraud and theft.
• Lili said she could not escape Orario because she lacked the strength to survive monsters outside its walls.
• Lili recounted how her parents forced her to beg for Soma’s wine, how Lord Soma once cared for her, and how Zanis later made her drink Imperfect Failed Divine Wine.
• Onigawara Rin, Kikakujō Mary, Tsukuyo Inaba, Hanabishi Warabi, and Sasamori Aya gathered privately to discuss whether Lili should stay or leave.
• Sasamori Aya argued that Lili was too weak to be useful, while Onigawara Rin and Kikakujō Mary supported keeping her, citing the party’s need for a Supporter and the benefits of adding a Pallum to their Familia.

Haimo accompanied Fels into the Dungeon, where he tested his strength against a monster and unsettled her by asking to see beneath her hood. They continued toward their destination, with Fels hurrying ahead after Haimo examined her skeletal face.

• Tsukuyo Inaba said that only their God could decide whether to accommodate the girl or request her transfer from the Soma Familia, and the others agreed to wait for his return.
• Haimo asked Fels how the Dungeon would react if he released his Arcanum, and Fels warned that doing so would summon a black monster and trigger Forced Repatriation.
• Fels destroyed several monsters that attacked from the ceiling, while Haimo crushed an Al-Miraj that had struck his arm with an axe.
• Haimo asked whether Fels was a man or woman and pressed her to reveal her appearance beneath her hood.
• Fels showed Haimo her skeletal face, and he examined her jawbone, prompting her to pull up her hood and hurry deeper into the passage.

Haimo followed Fels to a hidden Xenos village on the twentieth floor and met the monsters living there. His friendly greeting won over many of them, but Gros and other wary Xenos remained suspicious as the chapter ended.

• Haimo deduced that Fels used hidden blue spheres to monitor Dungeon activity and guide the Xenos around danger.
• Fels opened a concealed passage on the twentieth floor and led Haimo into the Xenos' hidden village.
• Fels introduced Haimo to the Xenos, and Lido cautiously welcomed him after Haimo shook his hand.
• Haimo greeted Rei and the other Xenos with patience, while Gros and several distrustful Xenos watched coldly.
• Lido defended Haimo's intentions when Gros called the welcoming Xenos naive.

Haimo assessed the Xenos and accepted them after soothing a timid Al-Miraj Rabbit, but Gros challenged his authority and Haimo restrained him with an unseen force. Rei and Lido pleaded for Gros, explaining that he had recently lost a trusted companion to surface hunters.

• Gros and Lido argued over whether the Xenos should trust Haimo and seek coexistence with people on the surface.
• Haimo praised their disagreements as proof of independent thought and explained that he had come to judge whether they were worthy of his Familia's protection.
• Haimo comforted a frightened Al-Miraj Rabbit Xenos and told the gathered Xenos they were not bad.
• Gros accused Haimo of treating the Xenos like pets and questioned whether one God could save them.
• Haimo acknowledged Gros's distrust but punished him by forcing him to kneel and choke himself.
• Fels sensed the terrifying power surrounding Haimo, while Rei and Lido begged him to spare Gros and said hunters had captured Gros's trusted companion.

Haimo spared Gros after explaining his ability to control expressed hostility, then offered to take a few Xenos to the surface under his protection. The Xenos eagerly competed for a place, and Lido suggested Rei as a suitable choice.

• The Xenos pleaded for Gros, and Haimo released him after using his innate power to turn killing intent back on its source.
• Haimo welcomed Gros back and proposed taking a few Xenos to the surface, prompting the crowd to volunteer eagerly.
• Rei calmed the Xenos and reminded them that Haimo could take only a few because his new residence had limited space.
• Haimo said he would present the Xenos as members of his Familia and private property to deter attacks, while choosing candidates who would not frighten a little girl.
• The Xenos sorted themselves by appearance, and Lido decided that Rei was a better candidate than himself.

Haimo selected Rei and Lania to represent the Xenos on a first journey to the surface, then agreed to bring Aruru and Helga along as well. The group set out through the hidden passage toward the upper floors.

• Lido and Gros chose Rei and Lania to represent their factions on the surface, while Fei and Orn were rejected as unsuitable.
• Haimo had Fels provide black hooded robes for Rei and Lania before preparing to leave with them.
• Aruru insisted that Haimo take responsibility after holding and stroking her, so he agreed to carry her on the journey.
• Fels urged the Xenos to trust the attempt and vowed to atone with his life if anything went wrong as Haimo led the group into the passage.
• Rei noticed Helga secretly following them, and Haimo allowed the Hellhound to join the group.