“Karl and Wilhelmina have joined forces. There’s no turning back now.” With the emperor and the imperial princess working together to keep Reinald off the throne, Karen has to teleport to the stronghold city of Estaverde to warn him. However, when the teleport spell goes astray, Karen ends up not in Reinald’s camp on the outskirts of the city, but in the middle of the city itself, where magic is prohibited and punishable by death. Worse yet, she’s teleported right at the feet of the clan c...

After decades of war, Dias returns home as a hero and is rewarded with his own domain. When he arrives at his new lands, however, they turn out to be little more than endless grassy plains without even a single subject.Literally put out to pasture, Dias is stumped as to how to live any life other than a soldier’s. But when a horned girl named Alna crosses his path, Dias takes his first steps to being the lord of a not-so-empty frontier.

When Patrick tells Eumiella that Prince Edwin wants to speak with her, she expects another confrontation—not an apology. As old tensions begin to shift, Eumiella realizes Patrick has been quietly supporting her behind the scenes, giving her hope that she may finally be earning the trust of those around her. But before she can enjoy the moment, the academy's headmaster delivers grim news: Alicia's efforts to grow stronger are ending in complete disaster. Confident that real strength can onl...

Dias is getting used to life on the plains with his new wife—er, fiancée—Alna, and they even have actual subjects now: Dias’s old war buddy Klaus, and a group of refugees fleeing a civil uprising in the neighboring Kasdesk domain.Dias is desperate to raise the population in Nezrose without resorting to slavery, but he’s about to get a visit from none other than the lord of the Kasdesk domain himself, an infamous womanizer always accompanied by a harem of slaves. Dias will soon lear...

A blizzard hits Iluk, forcing everybody to stay indoors while it runs its course. The twins, bored out of their minds, demand Dias entertain them with a story. Dias thus regales them with a tale from the war, a tale that—unbeknownst to the man himself—has become legend. It is an epic of battles and strategy, of good versus evil, and of a small, unassuming hamlet grown into the famed “Golden Lowlands” with more than a little help from Dias himself.

Spring, a time of fresh starts and new adventures, arrives in Iluk. The villagers throw a banquet to celebrate the advent of a new year, and Dias decides it’s about time he visited Eldan in Mahati. It’s sure to be a long journey with quite a few surprises in store for Dias, his family, and their newly arrived Lostblood wards. But that’s nothing compared to the biggest surprise awaiting Dias and his party: the unstoppable force that is Eldan’s mother…

Iluk Village gets itself a new resident in the form of Sahhi, a falconkin hunter looking to slay a dragon for his family’s honor. It also sees an influx of baar residents, inspiring Uncle Ben to start thinking more seriously about the temple he longs to build. At the same time, Hubert decides it’s time Dias expanded his domain to better secure a vital salt supply. Easier said than done! The nearby salt plains are protected by a very strange power eerily similar to that of Dias’s battle-ax…...

Iluk Village’s winter prep is steadily taking shape. The hunting and foraging is going well, the firewood stockpile is growing, and Ellie is making warm winter clothing for everyone. But Grandma Maya prophesizes hardships on the horizon in the form of inclement weather and invading monsters. Dias rises to the challenge undaunted, but things get complicated when the pregnant Francoise and dogkin mothers finally go into labor. Has this battle-hardened warrior finally met his match?!

Even in winter, Baarbadal is bustling! There are herds of wild baars looking for protection, wolves roaming the domain’s edges, and a whole host of expecting mothers about to give birth to new pups, baars, and falconkin! The newly built maternity ward is all set up for things to run safely and smoothly. Unfortunately, a group of scheming forestkin decide to stir up trouble at the border, and they’ve got their sights set on Senai and Ayhan. The twins decide it’s their responsibility to meet...

Dias’s plate is full! With winter on its way, the villagers of Iluk Village should be thinking about their winter stockpile, but there’s too much else going on for them to even get started. First a pregnant baar arrives looking for her lost husband. Then Eldan decides to visit with his entire entourage in tow, just as Peijin-Octad arrives with a band of traveling performers. And as if that weren’t enough, there are bandits lurking east of Baarbadal, and another god in the wasteland ready t...

Ern left Karen a magical life-form she named Luca, a sort of magical AI who knows how to destroy the ruins trapping Six at the heart of the imperial capital. Unfortunately, Luca needs a lot of magical energy to complete her task, and their best bet for getting it involves a considerable sacrifice... What’s more, Karen is about to learn that one of her closest associates has intimate ties to the downfall of her former home of Conrad.

With the mystery of Felicia’s stalker resolved, Shiori and Alec can focus on the songstress’s performance at the Nativity Festival. However, Shiori’s illusion magic is about to draw more attention than she ever could have imagined! And to complicate matters further, on a visit to the bookstore, Shiori accidentally pieces together Alec’s true identity! Can Alec muster his determination and allay his lover’s worries as they look to take the next step in their relationship?