With the end of this volume, we've also just caught up with the latest translated chapter for the manga.

Luke throwing Ally a party was very sweet. And I suspect he was actually able to grant Ally freedom to exit the dungeon as soon as he accepted her as a villager.

@pcj I doubt it's intelligent since it's a dungeon monster, or at least it won't have the freedom Coeurl had. Also I can't see Alia taming an earth dragon, it's probably just a big lizard that probably can't fly, if it was a light dragon she'd probably bond with it, though.

Ok, author-sensei. That was a major tease that you just let slide to the wayside. We will probably never know why Amilia wishes she had met Liam sooner. Unless she blurts it out just before Dyphon eats her. (No evidence.)

At least Amelia realizes she's in competition with one divine dragon. She doesn't realize she's competing against three, not to mention an entire nation of familiars, both human and monster. Jodie did sort of warn her that everybody loves Liam.

Now here"s the trick. How does anyone get Liam to look at them romantically? Amelia showed up at his room in a negligee. Paithon flat out told him she wants to do naughty things with him. Dyphon, well, I don't think she could be any less obvious. Lardon? Bruno has her number. The entire female half of the nation had Liam make them recordings so they could hear his voice when they go to sleep. Is Liam going to need to make a female homunculus to fall in love with? At least that would involve magic.

Amelia could come right out and confess to him and I'd give him less then 50% chance of reciprocating, even though he's obviously smitten with her.

All I have to say it that Ignis certainly gets around. Maybe he's a bit higher in the pecking order than he lets on.

As for the tree, I'm anticipating a deux ex machina to restore it's mana to full level.

I like this new Carbuncle request arc. I wonder what Leen will learn by "talking" to the Carbuncle.
I hope the gift Hakura got for Leen is worth all this build up.

Damn, Char activated her Byakugan

@Soapturtle said in In Another World with Household Spells Vol. 4 Discussion!:

Also, why is the butler a better father than her actual father? I know crappy absentee parents are the norm in light novels but poor (actual) Patience was so cold she died, and Patience is pretty traumatized from that. How could he not know how cold his house was for his children? Why would he not go ask his sisters for help so they wouldn’t suffer? Just no dude. No.

"I'll only get one shot at this..." Viscount Granger muttered to himself in his cold and darkened study; the door locked, the blinds drawn. Happy sounds from the horseback riding lessons drifted in from the sunlit garden, but his eyes were instead riveted on the transcription of an ancient stone tablet before him. The drawing depicted the end of the world, ushered in by a small, pip-squeak of a girl, riding a bicycle despite wearing a skirt, and carrying an ice cream cone in one hand as she unraveled the landscape around her with her so-called "Household" magic. "It doesn't matter the culture: they all agree that she is the prophesized bringer of destruction. I can't let anyone know. Not before I'm ready. I need more information on how to stop her, I need to keep translating..."

Empress Lyudmila? Lyudmila Pavlichenko reference spotted. Going by the Feudal Russia parallels I thought the empress would be named Catherine. Nope, we're doing anchronism.

@rkkn

The only one who'd still want to associate with him if he did something silly like that would be the butler since they're both isekai'd.

My question is whether Ork is going to appoint a new marriage candidate for form sake (should have 3) or to protect Luna. Also who it could be? The author (Louise?)? Someone we haven't met?

Well, they made an agreement, but it looks like the end to that search might create more than it's fair share of troubles.

@Eternal-Wanderer he only wants to hire her in order to entice one of the elite sages of the world to visit, thus raising his status. You are right that we know next to nothing about him, but I feel like he wouldn't treat her badly given that he made sure she was "safely" brought to him. On the otherhand, we know that he doesn't actually care about her at all given that he attempted to "buy" her from her previous employer without knowing anything other than she is the sage's favorite maid.

And while Nina becoming a spy would be hilarious, she can't lie. At all. Period.

@_killjoy_ said in Disowned but Not Disheartened! Vol. 3 Discussion!:

Well that was fun, Shiela just nuked Lera's father from orbit and now house Duvall is open for Lera. At least she gave him a nice place to be broken at.

And he can be retrieved for magical paternity tests, should there be a need.

@wanderer_1204 said in The Tiny Witch from the Deep Woods Vol. 3 Discussion!:

I guess it is a good thing that caro left before the plague started showing more intensely.

If he did get it, he could always become a vector that escaped quarantine! =P

Elden don't give up! We all want to see some romance between the two aksi!

The first story was the best one, mainly because I'm a fan of horror. A bit of the shame the Scooby-Doo ending, but a real horror story wouldn't have worked too well with an overpowered protagonist.
The curry story would've irritated me a lot if it was part of a main volume.
The shark story was fun and I learned there are sequels of Sharktopus which is invaluable intel. Ti,e to plan for a B-movie marathon.
The other stories were fine, although while I'm fine with the talking (well, at least telepathically) cat, I hope we won't end up with an overpowered little girl later in the main story.
I do agree that is annoying that Kei isn't doing anything with the girls that are clearly after him but I'm totally expecting zero romance until the end when he'll just marry Miyoshi.

Will Emelio be able to detect more about Dilf's magic than previously known? That wouldn't surprise me. Maybe a magic useful enough that they keep him?