Hitachi Chigusa

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Hitachi Chigusa
Romaji	Hitachi Chigusa
Characteristics
Race	Human
Gender	Female
Hair Color	Black
Eye Color	Green
Professional Status
Affiliation	Takemikazuchi Familia
Occupation	Adventurer
Level	2
Personal Status
Status	Alive
Debuts
Light Novel	Volume 5
Anime	Episode 10
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Iguchi Yuka

Hitachi Chigusa is a member of the Takemikazuchi Familia.

Appearance

Chigusa has medium length hair that usually covers her face, and when parted it is revealed that she has dark green eyes. She wears bandages around her neck and left upper leg as well as a lavender kimono with red cloth wrapped around her waist. Her only piece of armor would be red thigh piece on her left leg.

Plot

Volume 5

Bell, Liliruca, and Welf head down to the middle floors for the first time after forming a party. While there, they are passed on a whole group of monsters by Yamato Mikoto, Kashima Ouka, Chigusa, and three other adventurers from the Takemikazuchi Familia. Overwhelmed and near death, they try escaping using Lili's items and succeed for a temporary amount of time. Through Lili's advice the party decides to head to Rivira on the 18th Floor, a floor where no monsters are born.

To help their party, Hestia organizes a party consisting of her, Hermes, Asfi Al Andromeda, Ryuu Lyon, Yamato Mikoto, Ouka, and Chigusa.

Later on, Bell, Liliruca, and Welf reach the 18th Floor only to be confronted by the Goliath. Having no way of fighting it in their current condition, Bell narrowly managed to escape while carrying Lili and Welf. They successfully escape but start to lose when consciousness when Aiz saves them.

Aiz brought them to the Loki Familia camp near Rivira. She revealed that they were on their way back from an expedition but they were camping there for a few days to treat injuries. Aiz takes Bell to meet Finn Deimne, Riveria Ljos Alf, and Gareth Landrock. On the way back, Bell met Tione Hiryute and Tiona Hiryute, discovering that they saw his status after the fight with the Minotaur. He was surprised that Tiona referred to him as "Argonaut-kun". After the introductions Bell returned to his tent to talk with Lili and Welf. The Loki Familia invite them to eat with them and Bell sat between Aiz and Lili. Later on, Tione and Tiona forced themselves next to him and asked him about how to get all skills to S. Bell didn't know if "hard work" was a valid answer and was saved when he heard a loud sound. Bell, Lili, Welf, and Aiz go to investigate and found the rescue party. After discussing the situation, the party members decide to spend a couple days with the Loki Familia. Bell also made a promise with Aiz to have her guide him through Rivira the following day.

During the afternoon Tiona invites Tione, Aiz, Hestia, Asfi, Mikoto, and Chigusa to go bathing in the river. At the same time Hermes invites Bell to go somewhere with him. After traveling through the forest for a while, Hermes revealed that they were going to peek at the women bathing in the river. Bell, not wanting to do something like that, tried to take Hermes back with him to their camp. Hermes struggled against him and the two fell down to the river. They are then spotted by the seven girls. Tione and Tiona are impressed by his daring and make no effort to cover themselves from Bell, while Hestia, Asfi, Mikoto, and Chigusa are embarrassed by the presence of the two men. Bell's gaze ends up on Aiz near the waterfall and he saw her completely naked as well. Embarrassed, Bell runs as fast as he can out of the area and into the woods.

Volume 6

While running from the Apollo Familia members, Bell noticed the emblem of the Soma Familia on various adventurers and realized that the Apollo Familia wasn't the only Familia after him. He remembered seeing Hyacinthus and Zanis discussing something during the banquet held by Apollo the night before. While he looked at them, he heard something behind him and turned to see Hyacinthus land on the ground and come after him with a flamberge. Bell intercepted the blow with his Hestia Knife but was blown away due to the difference in strength. Hyacinthus proceeded to overwhelm Bell in terms of strength and beat him out of jealousy because of the attention Apollo was giving him. Hestia pleaded for him to stop but Hyacinthus simply stated that they were going to heal him later so it wouldn't hurt to cut off an arm or a leg. As he was about to do so, Naaza sniped him with several arrows, forcing Hyacinthus to dodge. Bell took the opportunity to grab Hestia and run away. He didn't get far before the Apollo Familia attacked him with magic and he hit the ground. An Elf named Lissos told Bell to surrender but at that moment Mikoto, Ouka, Chigusa, and the members of the Takemikazuchi Familia came to his aid along with Miach. Miach told Bell to run as far as they could while they kept the Apollo Familia busy. Bell ran as told and was again about to be captured until Lili and Welf appeared and helped him escape again. After helping him escape, Lili saw that the Soma Familia was helping the Apollo Familia and was shocked when she saw Zanis appear. Zanis revealed that they were only doing this for money and threatened Lili. She had no choice but to follow his orders and left with him after saying goodbye to Welf.

Volume 7

Several days after the War Game, Bell, Lili, and Welf decided to follow Mikoto after she suspiciously lied about going to bed early, likely due to the information she received from Chigusa earlier in the day. As they followed her, Lili revealed that Mikoto was just like Bell in that she was bad at lying. Mikoto met up with Chigusa and headed off in a direction that Lili and Welf immediately recognized. Both of them tried to make Bell return but he had no idea what they were trying to do and commented that they were going to lose sight of Mikoto. Lili and Welf gave up and decided to just go ahead.

Once they entered the street, Bell immediately realized why Lili and Welf wanted him to return. He realized that their current location was the Entertainment District where brothels were all over the place. Welf revealed that he had come here once with his old companions from the Hephaestus Familia but thankfully didn't do anything. Lili added while fighting off women from Bell that she was fortunate enough not to end up there. She wondered if Mikoto and Chigusa were there to gather money through selling themselves though Welf disproved her thought by reminding her that Mikoto and Chigusa were too innocent to do something like that.

Bell, Lili, and Welf continued to follow the two girls around a corner and saw them surrounded by a group of Gods that were flirting with them. Welf quickly came to their aid and reminded the Gods that the night was short. The Gods agreed and left for the places they originally came for.

Mikoto was surprised that the others were there, and explained to them that she and Chigusa came to try and find a friend from the Eastern Lands that had been supposedly seen in the Entertainment District. Mikoto noticed that only Lili and Welf were there and everyone realized that Bell had accidentally gotten separated.

After Bell and Mikoto were kidnapped by the Ishtar Familia, Takemikazuchi and several members of his Familia arrived at the Hestia Familia home. They discussed the reason behind their kidnapping and ultimately came to the conclusion that it probably had something to do with Haruhime. At that point Hestia remembered what Bell had said and told Takemikazuchi about the Killing Stone. He was shocked and demanded to know if she was telling the truth. Takemikazuchi told her that the Killing Stone was an illegal magic item created from a Tamamo Stone and Tobi Stone, which in turn were created from a dead baby Runarl and a stone called Lunatic Light. He further explained that a Killing Stone took the soul from a Runarl and allowed whoever wielded it to use their power. While the soul could be sent back to the original body, the Killing Stone could break and if that happened there wouldn't be any guarantees if the Runarl's whole soul would return. Takemikazuchi finished by saying that the Killing Stone ritual would happen on the night of the full moon, which was exactly that night.

Volume 8

One night, Mikoto dreamt of a memory of her past. She was sitting at the base of tree during a cold day when Takemikazuchi came over and asked if she was hungry. She ignored him for a few seconds before she asked him, without raising her head, why she didn't have any parents. It wasn't that uncommon to be an orphan in the Eastern Lands due to wars, disease, and monsters. Takemikazuchi answered by saying that Mikoto's parents left her with him and left for heaven. Mikoto asked if she'd never see them again to which Takemikazuchi told her that she probably wouldn't while she was still alive and asked her if she was lonely. He crouched down next to Mikoto, lifted her up, and asked for her to become his daughter, promising to give her his Falna in a few years, making the two a family. The thought brought warmth to Mikoto and cheered her up. Takemikazuchi asked Mikoto what she would've liked her parents to do and she told him that she would've wanted her parents to give her a piggyback ride, sleep with her so she wouldn't become lonely, and eat some of the konpeito that she saw in the capital the other day. Takemikazuchi grimaced at the konpeito request due to them being poor, however he kept his promise and took her, Ouka, Chigusa, and the others to eat it days later. Takemikazuchi told Mikoto that if she didn't like him she could always join Tsukuyomi or some other God's Familia but she adamantly declared that she wanted to be with Takemikazuchi. He smiled and gave her a piggyback ride back to where Ouka, Chigusa, and the others were looking for her. From that day Takemikazuchi became her father and she felt feelings of familial love which would eventually turn into feelings of romantic love.

After spending some time in the dungeon, the Hestia Familia returned to greet Takemikazuchi at their home. They employed the Takemikazuchi Familia to guard their home in case other Familias tried to break in. As the others left for their duties, Mikoto stayed behind and tried to give Takemikazuchi a bag of money to send back to the shrine back in the Eastern Lands. Takemikazuchi refused the money and stated that Mikoto was currently a member of Hestia's Familia so she had no need to worry about it. This saddened her, however he reminded her that the Falna that he gave her before hadn't disappeared and that she was always his daughter and family member. He added that Chigusa and Asuka had risen to Level 2 which gave them more stability. As Takemikazuchi left to find Ouka, Chigusa called out to Mikoto and revealed that she had heard their conversation. Embarassed, Mikoto asked Chigusa to keep it a secret. The annual celebration for Takemikazuchi was coming up and Chigusa wanted to discuss what gift to give him this year. Mikoto thought about it before she came up with the perfect solution.

Several days after the incident with Takemikazuchi, Mikoto had calmed down and created another cake to give to Takemikazuchi. Mikoto made her way to the Takemikazuchi Familia home which was an old apartment located in a narrow area in north west Orario. She was surprised to see the other members of the Takemikazuchi Familia and Haruhime already there. Ouka revealed that it was not only Takemikazuchi's celebration but also a send off party for Mikoto. After apologizing, Takemikazuchi promised to listen to anything Mikoto had to say. She tried to confess her feelings to him but he interrupted by saying that he had a gift for her and left. Takemikauchi ]returned with a pair of short swords in his hands. He gave the black Chizan to Mikoto and told her that she would receive the other one, Tenka, when she came back to the Takemikazuchi Familia. Mikoto decided to confess to Takemikazuchi again when she would come back to the Takemikazuchi Familia. With the matter settled, Takemikazuchi told everyone to continue the party.