It can be pretty cute, but I don't really like how most of the jokes end with the pets getting hit by their owners, even if I know it's not real life...
Ik all of the discussion for this chapter are like a year old but I wanna throw my hat into the ring-- I think bergner was actually testing kibi's loyalty to the family. If he can be swayed into leaving his job for a day to see his brother, he's probably not going to end up being a good...
@MetaGable in japanese folklore, dragons can transform into clams, and in this manga's lore, nightmare clams are technically still dragons. So when Thistle summoned every single dragon, it included nightmares!