Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer

Amamiya Yuuhi, an average college student, wakes up one morning to the sight of Neu Crescent, a talking lizard claiming to be a knight. Neu asks for him to help save the world and protect their princess from an evil mage seeking to destroy the Earth, but Yuuhi finds it hard to believe such an absurd request. However, later that day a golem created by the evil mage appears before Yuuhi. Yuuhi is about to die when suddenly—

Yuuhi learns of the reason Samidare wishes to destroy the Earth, and he continues to train himself every day in order to hone his new powers. However, the "discipline" Yuuhi received from his grandfather continues to bind him like cursed chains. During that time, Yuuhi receives word from his home that his grandfather has fallen ill and been hospitalized—

Yuuhi returns home to face his grandfather. His sick grandfather reveals that his feelings have changed from what he thought in the past, and he apologizes for all that he's done to Yuuhi. The sight leaves Yuuhi extremely distressed and angry. As he faces all that, Yuuhi is once more attacked by a new golem. This time he must fight it without any hope of rescue from Samidare.

Yuuhi and Samidare meet the Dog Knight, Shinonome Hangetsu and grow closer to him, but Yuuhi grows very wary after watching him easily defeat a golem by himself with his power. Meanwhile, Samidare's father returns as Hangetsu is making moves on Hisame. After interacting with several kinds of "adults", Yuuhi recalls his dead father—

Yuuhi and the others celebrate Samidare's birthday and enjoy a moment of peace and calm, but Yuuhi also learns that Samidare is truly ill, and she's only able to be active now thanks to the Spirit, Anima. So once their battle is over Samidare's days will be numbered once more. Yuuhi finally tells Shinonome Hangetsu that he wants to become stronger, and Hangetsu agrees to help. Then Hangetsu begins to speak about his own past—

Yuuhi struggles to cope with Hangetsu's death and actually fight as new Beast Knights appear before him and Samidare, and band together to face the next golems.