Sissel’s unleashed horde of dragons on the party mostly works against them, but Laios’ advanced knowledge of monsters keeps him alive long enough to get close to Sissel and overtake him. The two have a healing meal where Laios tells Sissel about how his desires have actually harmed the people of the Golden Kingdom. Laios feels like he’s getting through to Sissel, but it’s all trickery in the end. Kabru and the Canaries eventually find their way to Sissel’s home, and they try to reason with the party to voluntarily give up the books where Sissel has sealed away the Winged Lion, but lots of mistrust on all sides leads to skirmishes and a new Lord of the Dungeon being born.
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Kiyo has spent his entire life studying, and he is finally on his way to a prestigious university in Tokyo. But, he's lost. As he sits for a moment trying to compose himself, a dashing man exits and inquires why he has been pacing around his house. Rather than be mad or make fun of his predicament, Ozaki offers Kiyo room and board if he will help take care of his enormous house! It doesn't take long for Kiyo to figure out something is up with his strange new master, other than offering young men a place to stay. Ozaki is actually a fox spirit, and he supposedly hates all humans, except for Kiyo's grandfather, who he had a connection with and offered Kiyo this arrangement as a means to repay the family debt.
Inori partakes in her first skating competition, and her warmup is disastrous. Her mom comes back to the locker room to ask Coach Tsukasa if they can take the jumps out of her routine since she can’t complete them, and she doesn’t want Inori to fall out of love with skating. This furthers Inori’s resolve to do well during the competition. Inori and others watch Hikaru compete, one of the best child skaters, and Tsukasa realizes something strange is going on with her coaching staff. After the competition ends, Inori and Tsukasa travel to Kyoto to take the Level 1 exam, and Tsukasa gets some advice from another coach that boosts his confidence.
Orphan Kotarou has just moved back into his grandparents’ home outside the Takao region as he has inherited it, and he’s reliving some of his fuzzy childhood memories. One day, he is asked to tour guide to some friends to a local shrine, and some of his memories start to trickle back. He remembers a day on a trip to that same shrine where he met a tengu girl. That night, he comes back to the temple again and finds himself in an arranged marriage situation with Hime, the tengu from his memories! But she dreams of seeing the outside world and experiencing lots of different food. Kotarou agrees she should, which Hime interprets as an offer to live in his house.
Sabrian visits Abigail after their failed dance practice and confesses his trauma about touching her and why the Foundation Ball will be so difficult for him. The Ball finally arrives, and Abigail and Blanche make a splash with matching dresses designed by Abigail. They’re in the style of chemise A la Reine, one by Marie Antiunette that doesn’t require a corset or panniers, so it’s perfect for the summertime ball. Also at the ball is Lady Karen Stoke, sister to Abigail’s mother, who is Abigail’s rival and would love nothing more than to usurp Abigail. Later, Abigail hosts a tea party and Karen comes in another dress style, mi-parti, and instead of showing Abigail up, she becomes an object of fascination as Abigail explains the intricacies of the dress to the attendees.
In this leg of the journey, the adventurers find themselves at the home of Sissel, the Lunatic Magician and Lord of the Dungeon, and find a disorganized mess of dirty dishes, broken mirrors, a library in disarray, and the bodies of Delgal’s family around a table. The party decides to clean the house while they scour for signs of the imprisoned Winged Lion. Sissel catches on to their activities, so they lay a trap for Falin and plan to take on the Lunatic Magician. As Sissel bemoans his now clean house, we learn how he became the Lord of the Dungeon in his attempt to protect the people of the Golden Kingdom.
Mr. Villain, also sometimes called The General, is a leader in the Evil League, and normally, his job is to eradicate humans on Earth in order to conquer the planet for his people. But, Mr. Villain is very wise and particular about his mission. Earth isn’t going to be conquered quickly, so balancing his work life and his days off is extremely important. On one mission, he investigates several animals at the zoo and grows particularly fond of the fluffy, cuddly looking pandas. He then becomes a frequent visitor to the zoo and begins investigating other fuzzy creatures. While on his excursions, he comes into contact with the Rangers, the human protectors of Planet Earth, but as he’s maintaining his work-life balance, he calls a truce with all of them and refuses to do battle on his days off.
Nina starts off life as an orphan, but is quickly sold out by someone she trusted. Her beautiful blue eyes make her rare and alluring, but also an almost perfect double for the recently deceased princess Alisha. Her captor is Prince Azure, Alisha’s older brother, who brings Nina into the palace and strikes a deal with her to impersonate the princess in exchange for a comfortable life. Nina goes through etiquette training and soon has to put her acting skills to the test in front of the king, Alisha's father, and her stepmother, who haven't seen Alisha in a number of years. The next test will be to survive long enough to be married off to a prince and secure an alliance for her kingdom!
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Our heroine meets an untimely death but received a message just before asking her if she wanted to purchase the full insurance package for her transmigration journey. Once in the afterlife, she is asked what kind of story she wanted to be placed in, and she asked for a childcare fantasy, but she gets an S-class novel instead! Rather than live out her afterlife in relative ease compared to the hardships she endured in her first life, she’s now stuck as Ailette, an energetic child of an alchemist serving a noble household. Thankfully, she thought to partake in the full insurance package, so can purchase skills such as cooking, alchemy, fighting, and impress everyone into thinking she's a child prodigy, all to help her navigate her difficult storyline! 
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A botched attempt at revenge causes Abigail to confess her fondness for Blanche, but this works out for Abigail in the end as Blanche becomes more comfortable around her. With the Foundation Ball coming up, Abigail's family is worried she will be snubbed again like last year, owing to the fact that Sabrian refuses to dance with his queen. Compounding their worries is Abigail's failure to produce an heir for her new kingdom. When Abigail asks Sabrian to ensure he will dance with her this year, he confides that he lacks the confidence to dance with her because he is terrible at dancing. Abigail invites him to practice sessions with her and Blanche, hoping to help his skill level but also repair some of the relationship between Sabrian and Blanche. |
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