Chapter Summaries

Haimo confronted Shakti over the damage her armed escort was doing to his reputation, and she apologized while insisting she still had to keep his actions under control. She offered to cover his expenses and accompany him as a guide, and half an hour later Haimo had secured a fine three-story house for his familia.

• Shakti acknowledged that her armed presence had harmed Haimo's reputation but refused to stop monitoring him.
• Shakti offered to pay for Haimo's expenses and accompany him as an ordinary adventurer and guide.
• Haimo accepted the arrangement and used the offer to secure a detached three-story house in an upscale Orario neighborhood.
• Haimo inspected the house's courtyard and noted its restored exterior, laurel tree, and convenient location.

Haimo used Shakti’s Ganesha Familia connections to secure a home and set out with her to buy furniture. Meanwhile, in the Dungeon, Sasamori Aya, Onigawara Rin, and Kikakujō Mary fought Pigmen with deadly efficiency.

• Haimo accepted the house Shakti arranged through the Ganesha Familia and reflected on how having a home could ease a god’s rootlessness.
• Haimo asked Shakti to accompany him shopping for furniture so his children would have beds when they returned.
• Haimo and Shakti walked through Orario as the crowd cleared a path for the Ganesha Familia captain, while Shakti wondered about Haimo’s heavenly titles and past.
• On the tenth floor of the Dungeon, Sasamori Aya killed a charging Pigman with a blow to the back of its head.
• Onigawara Rin cut through a Pigman’s spine, while Kikakujō Mary pierced another Pigman’s eye and brain with her rapier.

Kikakujō Mary’s party fought through the Dungeon to the twelfth floor with surprising speed and coordination. Meanwhile, Shakti accompanied Haimo to an upscale furniture shop, where the nervous owner learned she had come to shop rather than investigate him.

• Kikakujō Mary killed a charging Pigman, and Nemumeno Satori killed another that had ambushed her.
• Tsubaki watched the party’s coordinated battle on the twelfth floor and marveled at how quickly the rookies had advanced.
• Shakti entered the Oakheart furniture shop in uniform, causing the shopkeeper to fear an official inspection.
• Shakti explained that she had accompanied Haimo to buy household necessities.

Haimo shopped for durable furniture to furnish seven or eight rooms, with Shakti offering to charge the purchases to the Ganesha Familia. He selected sturdy tables and chairs and ordered eight plush beds, then asked the store owner for exceptionally tough rugs or mats.

• Haimo told the furniture-store owner he needed sturdy supplies for seven or eight rooms and that price was no issue.
• Shakti offered to pay with the Ganesha Familia's funds, convincing the owner to help Haimo without asking questions.
• Haimo chose an Elf-style ironwood wicker set and a Dwarf-made obsidian table.
• Haimo ordered eight large, soft beds, thinking they would suit Tsukuyo Inaba and the other girls.
• Haimo asked whether the store had extra-large rugs or mats that could withstand heavy clawing.

Haimo bought durable bedding and furnishings for his familia, with Shakti approving the costly bill. He then visited the Hephaestus Familia’s headquarters and found Hestia hungry and upset because Hephaestus had shut herself away to work.

• Haimo bought Rockskin Giant Lizard hide padding for the bears and selected furnishings for Kikakujō Mary and Hanabishi Warabi.
• Shakti approved Haimo’s purchases and paid the shopkeeper with the Ganesha Familia’s seal.
• Haimo thanked Shakti for escorting him and headed with her to the Hephaestus Familia headquarters.
• Haimo and Shakti arrived at Valka’s Red House, where they heard Hestia lamenting that she had not eaten for hours.
• Hestia explained that Hephaestus had locked herself in her workshop with a sign telling everyone, including Hestia, not to disturb her.

Hestia complained to Haimo about being hungry and ignored by Hephaestus, while Haimo offered her his old house after he moved out. Hestia confidently refused, certain Hephaestus would never kick her out.

• Hestia wailed when Haimo returned and clung to him, complaining that Hephaestus had shut herself away and left her without food or money.
• Haimo lifted Hestia off his waist and told her Hephaestus was busy with something important.
• Haimo told Hestia he planned to move out and offered her his empty two-story house if Hephaestus ever kicked her out.
• Hestia rejected the offer, insisting that Hephaestus was her longtime friend and would give in if she wheedled and acted cute.

Haimo told Hestia that Captain Shakti had provided him with a furnished three-story house in Orario’s upscale residential district, prompting Hestia to try to secure a place there. After Haimo knocked her on the head with his spear, Hestia noticed the weapon and froze.

• Hestia asked Haimo where he planned to move, and he said Captain Shakti had arranged a furnished house for him in the upscale district where North Street met West Street.
• Hestia eagerly tried to persuade Haimo to let her stay with him, despite having just mocked his old home.
• Haimo reminded Hestia that she had been dismissive, and she denied it while trying to act cute.
• Haimo struck Hestia on the head with his spear, and she complained that he had to support her if he had knocked her stupid.
• Hestia noticed the silver-white spear with its dark red spearhead and froze.

Haimo explained that he had traded divine blood, hair, and his exclusive [Holy Script] to Hephaestus for a God-Forged Weapon, then took a spear from her treasury with Tsubaki’s permission. Hestia gave up worrying about the divine fallout and, hungry as evening approached, listened as Haimo asked what she wanted for dinner.

• Hestia and Shakti reacted uneasily to Haimo carrying a weapon, which the gods regarded as a serious taboo.
• Haimo explained that he had given Hephaestus a God-Forged Weapon in exchange for letting his Familia choose weapons from her treasury.
• Haimo said Tsubaki had allowed him to take the spear because Hephaestus had left her in charge while working in her workshop.
• Hestia realized Hephaestus had likely forgotten to warn Tsubaki about the significance of a god taking a weapon, and resigned herself to the consequences.
• Hestia’s stomach growled, and Haimo asked what she wanted to eat for dinner.

Haimo treated Hestia to food and arranged a housewarming meal, while Tsubaki’s group returned from the Dungeon with an enormous haul. At the Tower of Babel, Haimo and Shakti waited for them as the crowd panicked at something pushing through the spiral ramp.

• Haimo offered to pay for Hestia’s meal and proposed a housewarming celebration with Tsubaki and the others.
• Tsubaki regretted not bringing more Supporters after the newcomers fought down to the twelfth floor and gathered a huge amount of loot.
• Fierce Man and a smaller bear carried bundles of magic stones and monster materials as Tsubaki’s group climbed toward the surface.
• Haimo and Shakti waited beside the Starting Path while Hestia ate Fried Potato Balls and praised the food.
• Adventurers scattered as a commotion erupted and something forced its way through the crowd from the spiral ramp.

Tsubaki and the girls returned from the Dungeon with a huge haul of magic stones, drawing the stunned attention of nearby adventurers. Tsubaki was startled to find Shakti beside Haimo and learned that Ganesha had sent the Military Police captain to protect him.

• Tsubaki, Sasamori Aya, Tsukuyo Inaba, Onigawara Rin, and the other girls emerged from the Dungeon with an enormous bundle of magic stones carried by a black bear.
• Nearby adventurers gaped at the beast and the clattering bundle of loot as the uninjured party returned aboveground.
• Tsubaki spotted Shakti standing beside Haimo and worried that trouble had occurred.
• Haimo welcomed the returning girls and praised their haul.
• Haimo told Tsubaki that Ganesha had sent Shakti to protect him that day.