Chapter Summaries

Haimo gave Tsukuyo Inaba the Haimo Familia falna and explained how ability scores and leveling worked. Her status revealed three extreme skills built around heightened perception and sword attacks, despite her frail constitution, and Tsukuyo worried that Haimo’s reaction meant she had poor aptitude.

• Haimo pricked his finger and used his divine blood to engrave the Haimo Familia falna onto Tsukuyo Inaba’s back.
• Haimo copied Tsukuyo’s status onto parchment, showing that her abilities were all I0 and that she had three skills.
• Haimo explained the ability-score ranks, the requirements for leveling up, and why adventurers should build strong foundations before advancing.
• Haimo read Tsukuyo’s skills, which traded away senses or endurance growth for enhanced perception, sword attacks, and faster Agility and Dexterity proficiency.
• Tsukuyo Inaba heard Haimo call her status extreme and asked whether it meant her aptitude was poor.

Haimo reassured Tsukuyo Inaba that her extreme sword talent made her capable of defeating stronger enemies with a single strike. As the other girls prepared to have their own potential assessed, Sasamori Aya abruptly stepped ahead and removed her nightgown.

• Tsukuyo Inaba feared that Haimo had rejected her sword talent because her body was frail and sickly.
• Haimo explained how Tsukuyo Inaba's skills, 'Calamity Child' and 'Fleeting Splendor,' let her seize the initiative and deliver a potentially lethal blow to stronger foes.
• Tsukuyo Inaba accepted Haimo's reassurance and nuzzled his hand before retreating shyly to the bed's corner.
• Nemumeno Satori announced that she wanted to go second, but Sasamori Aya stepped in front of her.
• Sasamori Aya removed her nightgown without hesitation, shocking Kikakujō Mary, Onigawara Rin, and the others.

Haimo welcomed Sasamori Aya’s bold offer and granted her falna, revealing skills that made her body a powerful weapon and accelerated her growth. The chapter ended with Onigawara Rin staring in shock at the description of Aya’s abilities.

• Sasamori Aya boldly offered herself to Haimo, while Haimo reminded her to be mindful of Hanabishi Warabi nearby.
• Haimo accepted Sasamori Aya’s request and examined her trained body before granting her falna.
• Sasamori Aya’s falna revealed the skills "Incarnate Blade" and "Battle Frenzy," which strengthened her physical defenses and attacks and greatly boosted her growth.
• Haimo copied Sasamori Aya’s falna information and showed it to the others.
• Onigawara Rin reacted with shock as she read the description of "Incarnate Blade."

Haimo checked Nemumeno Satori’s status and explained how her skill made her a dangerous assassin. Satori accepted the assessment, and Kikakujō Mary prepared for her turn as the chapter ended.

• Haimo inspected Sasamori Aya’s skills, including her blade-like body and battle frenzy, while Aya spoke of finding someone to surpass.
• Sasamori Aya put on her robe and stepped aside after Haimo told her to make room for the others.
• Nemumeno Satori eagerly took her turn and received the skill “Heartless Blade,” which concealed attacks without killing intent and doubled damage against an unsuspecting vital point.
• Haimo reassured Satori that her single skill was exceptionally deadly, and she accepted his explanation with a smile.
• Kikakujō Mary straightened up as Haimo turned his attention toward her, leaving her and Onigawara Rin waiting for their turns.

Haimo recorded Kikakujō Mary’s status and discovered that her two skills worked exceptionally well together. Encouraged by Mary’s new abilities, Onigawara Rin overcame her hesitation and prepared to receive her own status.

• Kikakujō Mary let Haimo inscribe her status onto her back, revealing the skills "Noble Judgment" and "Elegant Dance Steps."
• Haimo explained how Kikakujō Mary could combine her skills and rapier fencing to evade attacks and cripple opponents.
• Kikakujō Mary proudly showed off her parchment to Onigawara Rin before returning to the others.
• Onigawara Rin steadied herself, undressed, and lay facedown on the bed for Haimo.

Haimo gave Onigawara Rin her falna and explained how her mask could become a swordsmanship tool she controlled. Hanabishi Warabi was shoved into the spotlight by Fierce Man and nervously prepared to receive her falna.

• Haimo recorded Onigawara Rin's skills, Clear Mirror Sword Heart and Sealed Heart Sword Soul, on her falna sheet.
• Haimo told Onigawara Rin to choose for herself whether to defend or attack and to follow the swordsmanship she believed suited her best.
• Fierce Man shoved Hanabishi Warabi out from behind him, sending her stumbling to Haimo's bedside.
• Hanabishi Warabi accused Fierce Man of betraying her, then reluctantly climbed onto the bed to receive her falna.
• Hanabishi Warabi nervously asked Haimo to be gentle, and he reacted with a twitch of his eye.

Haimo finished engraving Falna for Hanabishi Warabi, whose new skills delighted her enough to take revenge on Fierce Man. After telling the girls they would register at the Guild in the morning, Haimo met Hephaestus and led her away to show her the promised item.

• Haimo engraved Hanabishi Warabi’s Falna, granting her the skills “Fangs of Cooperation” and “Pathfinding Instinct.”
• Hanabishi Warabi celebrated her skills by jumping onto Fierce Man’s belly and punishing him for betraying her.
• Haimo told the girls to rest and said he would take them to the Guild to register as adventurers the next morning.
• Hephaestus confronted Haimo in the corridor and reminded him of their agreement to show her something worthy.
• Haimo confidently invited Hephaestus to follow him, promising she would be satisfied.

Haimo persuaded Hephaestus to let him use her private forge and promised to make her a one-of-a-kind God-Forged Weapon in exchange for her help and support for his Familia. Hephaestus started the forge, eager to see his techniques, but warned him she would not go easy on him.

• Hephaestus led Haimo to her private forge after they reached a dead end in the headquarters corridors.
• Haimo selected several flawless ores and explained that he would forge Hephaestus a God-Forged Weapon using his divine blood, hair, and Holy Script.
• Hephaestus questioned whether Haimo could forge in the lower world without using divine power, and he admitted he had never tried it there.
• Haimo asked Hephaestus to supervise him, and she agreed despite calling his proposal a scheme to get something for nothing.
• Hephaestus stoked the furnace, tossed Haimo's ores into the fire, and warned him she would be strict while forging.

After Haimo forged Hephaestus a dark-gold sword inscribed with holy script, she let his companions choose weapons from her Familia’s armory. Tsubaki led Haimo and the girls into the vast collection, where her members were stunned by the offer.

• Haimo finished forging a dark-gold longsword, and Hephaestus claimed it for herself.
• Hephaestus offered Haimo’s companions any weapons from her stock except the prized pieces on her display wall.
• Tsubaki waited for Haimo and the girls, then agreed to show them the Hephaestus Familia’s armory.
• Tsubaki led the group into a vast room filled with thousands of weapons and told them they could take anything they could lift and use comfortably.
• The nearby Hephaestus Familia members reacted with disbelief at the offer to give weapons away for free.

Tsubaki helped the girls choose weapons and armor at Hephaestus's armory. Hanabishi Warabi asked her to outfit her Fierce Man, but Tsubaki balked at the cost of custom bear armor.

• Tsubaki let Onigawara Rin choose the Famous Sword: Black Crow, and Rin eagerly claimed it.
• Tsubaki recommended the light, quiet White Heron to the blind Tsukuyo Inaba, who accepted it.
• Kikakujō Mary chose the Rose Thorn rapier for its bleeding effect.
• Nemumeno Satori selected the dull-gray Gray Snake, whose matte blade and fine channels suited her underhanded tactics.
• Sasamori Aya chose and donned protective light armor made from Shadow Leopard hide and refined steel wire.
• Hanabishi Warabi asked Tsubaki for equipment for her Fierce Man, but Tsubaki objected that custom bear armor would cost a fortune.

Hanabishi Warabi accepted Beast Armor for Fierce Man from Tsubaki, learning it had belonged to a beast tamer who died in the Dungeon. Haimo selected a spear, and Tsubaki offered to guide the newly equipped newcomers on their first Dungeon trip after they registered as adventurers.

• Hanabishi Warabi and Fierce Man persuaded Tsubaki to find armor for the bear.
• Tsubaki gave them Beast Armor left behind by a beast tamer who died in the Dungeon, and Hanabishi Warabi decided Fierce Man would wear it.
• Haimo picked up a silver-white spear with a dark red tip and showed that he could wield it smoothly.
• Tsubaki offered to take the newcomers into the Dungeon and teach them its rules after they registered as adventurers.

Haimo’s group left the Hephaestus Familia, toured Orario, and went to the Guild to register before entering the Dungeon. At the registration counter, Eina Tulle was confronted with Tsubaki’s unusual party, including two black bears.

• Haimo learned that Hestia was still asleep and decided to leave her undisturbed.
• Haimo’s group left the Hephaestus Familia and marveled at Orario and the Tower of Babel.
• Tsubaki explained that the group needed to register at the Adventurers’ Guild before entering the Dungeon.
• Tsubaki brought Haimo’s group to Eina Tulle’s counter and said she planned to take the rookies into the Dungeon.
• Eina stared at the gathered girls and the two black bears, then rubbed her brow in dismay.

Haimo brought his new familia members to the Guild to register, where Eina recognized him and discovered that Tsukuyo Inaba was blind. Tsukuyo demonstrated her extraordinary hearing and reassured Eina that she could rely on her hearing and sword.

• Eina remembered Haimo's intimidating divine titles and confirmed that he had brought several new familia members to register.
• Eina began processing the group's registration forms.
• Eina realized Tsukuyo Inaba could not see and worried that she was too helpless to enter the Dungeon.
• Tsukuyo interrupted Eina and used her hearing to identify a quill under the documents and describe two adventurers across the hall.
• Tsukuyo told Eina that her hearing and sword were more useful to her than her eyes.

Tsubaki led Haimo and the rookies through Orario toward the Dungeon, turning away Supporters and getting permission to bring Fierce Man inside. The group entered the Tower of Babel and reached the Starting Path.

• Tsubaki led the group through the plaza and refused offers from Supporters, warning Haimo that rookies should not rely on strangers in the Dungeon.
• Ganesha Familia guards stopped the group because Fierce Man was large and wore no muzzle.
• Hanabishi Warabi showed that Fierce Man would sit calmly when ordered, and Tsubaki vouched for him.
• Tsubaki presented her identification and pointed out Haimo was a god, persuading the guards to let the group pass.
• Haimo and the others entered the Tower of Babel's ground-floor hall, the Starting Path.

Tsubaki led Haimo’s party into the Dungeon and explained the dangers of its upper floors. When six Goblins appeared, Sasamori Aya charged them bare-handed and blocked a sword strike without injury.

• Haimo saw the party off at the Dungeon entrance, and Tsubaki promised to bring everyone back safely.
• As the group descended, adventurers mocked the rookies, and Tsubaki told them to ignore the jeers and expect to be looked down on.
• Tsubaki described the monsters on the upper floors and set the party’s goal of getting used to fighting.
• Six Goblins attacked, and Sasamori Aya charged them before Tsubaki could finish her warning.
• Aya raised her arm to block a Goblin’s sword, which sparked against her skin without breaking it.

Sasamori Aya, Onigawara Rin, Kikakujō Mary, Nemumeno Satori, and Hanabishi Warabi defeated the Goblins while Tsubaki watched. Tsubaki acknowledged that the rookies had done well, though she had abandoned her doubts about their abilities.

• Sasamori Aya pierced a Goblin's chest with her bare hand and killed it.
• Onigawara Rin kicked a charging Goblin into the rock wall, and Kikakujō Mary killed another with her rapier.
• Nemumeno Satori cut down a Goblin attacking Onigawara Rin from behind and praised her katana, Gray Snake.
• Hanabishi Warabi ordered Fierce Man to attack, and the black bear crushed the remaining Goblins.
• Tsubaki praised the rookies and quietly set aside her contempt for them.

Tsubaki led the capable girls deeper into the Dungeon, where they quickly defeated every monster they encountered. Near the entrance to the sixth floor, Tsubaki questioned Tsukuyo Inaba about why she had not drawn her sword, and Tsukuyo explained that the others killed the monsters before they could reach her.

• Tsubaki led the party down through the second, third, and fourth floors as monsters grew more numerous and dangerous.
• Sasamori Aya, Onigawara Rin, Kikakujō Mary, Nemumeno Satori, and the others swiftly killed the monsters, sometimes competing over who would claim each kill.
• Near the entrance to the sixth floor, Tsubaki called for a rest and noticed that Tsukuyo Inaba had not drawn White Heron during their journey.
• Tsubaki approached Tsukuyo and asked whether she had stayed out of fights because she was blind or because the monsters were not worth her sword.
• Tsukuyo said the others' swords were so fast that monsters turned to dust before reaching her, so she had let them enjoy the fights.

Tsukuyo Inaba answered Tsubaki’s question about protecting herself by instantly killing a War Shadow that ambushed her. Tsubaki recognized the blind swordswoman’s remarkable speed and judgment.

• A War Shadow emerged from a rock’s shadow and attacked Tsukuyo Inaba from behind.
• Tsubaki reached for her weapon but stopped when Tsukuyo drew her sword faster than the monster could strike.
• Tsukuyo used Iai: Cloud Gleam to cut the War Shadow in half before its claws reached her neck.
• Tsukuyo sheathed her sword and told Tsubaki that her response was her answer.
• Tsubaki marveled at Tsukuyo’s skill and thought that Lord Haimo had found a treasure.

Tsubaki led Haimo’s rookies deeper into the Dungeon after witnessing their extraordinary abilities, where the group fought a swarm of Killer Ants on the seventh floor. The battle continued as Tsubaki watched the rookies prove themselves against the monsters.

• Tsubaki tossed a magic stone to Tsukuyo Inaba, who caught it precisely without turning her head.
• Tsubaki decided the rookies could handle a more challenging route and led them farther into the Dungeon.
• On the seventh floor, more than a dozen Killer Ants emerged from the shadows and charged the party.
• Sasamori Aya rushed into the swarm, endured a Killer Ant’s sickle strike, and tore the monster apart with her bare hand.
• Tsubaki crushed a Killer Ant attempting to ambush her while the others continued fighting.

Haimo confronted Shakti Pharma after she followed him through Orario under orders to guard him while he carried a spear. He challenged the public suspicion her armed presence created, leaving Shakti tense as the watching crowd began to associate him with danger.

• Haimo walked through North Main Street with the silver-white spear while crowds parted around him and Shakti followed close behind.
• Haimo stopped and asked Shakti why she had been following him for five streets.
• Shakti explained that Ganesha had ordered her to provide security because Haimo was a newly arrived deity whose presence could affect Orario’s balance of power.
• Haimo slammed the spear into the pavement, cracking the stone and interrupting Shakti.
• Haimo pointed out that Shakti’s armed escort made the crowd think he was dangerous or involved in a serious incident.