Starts off with Lina Inverse and Gourry Gabriev heading into town. They stop along the way to do a little fishing. On the way into town they notice all the local fields are barren. At the inn they order a large meal. When they get the check and find out it's 500 gold pieces Lina has a fit. The owner says since the local crops have failed, food prices have soared. The crops failed because a magic staff was stolen by a group of bandits two months back. The staff made the area have large harvests. They are offered a deal if they get the staff back the meal will be free.

The players agree to the deal and head out to find the bandits. Its a group of 50 who have been raiding the area for the last year and living in an old fort. Lina decides to disguise themselves as bandits looking for work to sneak in. It seems to work and they get in to meet the boss. The boss listens to their pitch about looking for work. He then says there is word that Lina Inverse is in the area and goes into a list of unflattering comments about her. This causes Lina to snap and give herself away.

A battle with the guards in the room ends quickly and the boss is captured. The bad news he sold the staff to a merchant a few days ago since he had no use for it. They decided to take the boss with them to the merchant but an attack from some archers allows him to escape back into the fort. A last remark about a "Flat chested wench" ends with the fort being hit by a Dragon Slave.

They find the merchant (Carlos) in a town holding a festival. He bought the magic staff to be a prize in a Brass Racquets tournament. Carlos thinks having Lina enter would boost the attendance so he offers to pay their way in. When registering they run into some old friends Martina and Zangulus who have also entered. Martina gets a laugh when she points out that Gourry does not know how to play. It looks bad till Xellos walks in an offers to be Lina's partner. They ask him why and he just says he was bored and Lina is always up to something. The games goes well with Lina getting two quick knockouts. The final with the Martina team takes a while (player and GM not rolling worth a damn) but in the end Lina wins.

Carlos holds up the prize and as they walk to get it a figure rips it out of his hand and runs off. A quick look around shows Xellos has already disappeared so they give chase. They catch up to him about a mile outside city limits. At that point Gourry notices its a Mazoku (monster in the dub). He says he was the one who had the bandits steal the staff to cause chaos in the area. After a short fight he falls to the Sword of Light. Xellos is heard in the distance saying "Fun as always Lina."

A quick trip brings them back to the original town and they return the staff. Being hungry they order another meal and get yet another big check. The owner explains it will take a bit for food prices to drop. Not wanting to pay they dine and dash and are chased for a few miles out of town by the staff screaming "Pay for your dinner."