Chapter 9

To Dig Your Own Grave is the 9th chapter of the Game of Familia: Kazoku Senki manga.

Summary
Ru explains that you can't use magic in Daba and with them specializing in close combat, their army is the best if they fight on their own territory. THere is also the Bloody Children, Ganbairu's own children, said to be the craziest and worst of them all.

Still a few days until Daba, the group camps for the night. Manako takes a bath and Chulika, Searus' maid helps her. Manako explains she can do it herself, but Chulika its her job as she is lower than her and explains that she is a sub-species, a mixed blood. Manako tries to say that their lives are equal, but Chulika comments that if this was true, then her mother would not have been assaulted by a drunk noble and killed with her body left there for days, and no one did anything to stop the noble. Chulika explains she is happy to be able to serve kind people like Searus and Manako, and she believes that if Manako was there, she would have protected her mother. On the next day, Manako decides to walk like the rest and Sasae tells she was carried as a reason to protect her and if a time comes, she needs to prioritize her life first, but Manako tells him, she is strong and she is the one that will protect the others.

Few days later, they see the Daba Castle from the distance and decide to camp for the night. During the night they get attacked by the Bloody Children. While the guards try to protect Manako, two of the brothers capture Chulika and Jilquend tells them to rape her. Manako wants to help, but the guards explain its their priority to protect her as their lives values are different. Hearing that Manako gets angry and attacks the brothers, pushing them away and saving Chulika. Jilquend starts fighting her and Sasae supports her with magic, allowing her to overpower Jilquend, who then decides they to retreat. Manako not wanting to let them get away starts chasing them, but then passes a barrier and all of Sasae's magic disappears. Jilquend then calls Dackte who then attacks Manako and manages to overpower her. As she was about to hit her, Chulika jumps to protect Manako, but Manako decides to protect Chulika instead. As Sasae knew she would do that, he pushes them both away and Dackte cuts his hand.

Characters

 * Sasae Hatsushima
 * Ru
 * Jilquend Daba
 * Dackte Daba
 * Galgan Daba
 * Zergala Daba
 * Geipa Daba
 * Chulika
 * Manako Hatsushima
 * Chulika's mother