Life is beginning to settle down for Yuji and his new roommate, Francesca, but as luck would have it, things can’t ever just stay quiet. When an unexpected visitor arrives with a proposal, answers to questions which Yuji never even thought to ask arise—decisions have to be made and lines must be drawn. What really brought Fran all the way to Japan? What does Yuji have anything to do with it? And how will it potentially change his life forever?

Francesca is here to stay in Yuji’s life, but to what end? Yuji struggles to reconcile his newfound feelings with his obligations as a host. Wounds old and new only exacerbate the uncertainty of conflicting emotions and desires. Faced with the mistakes of his past, how long can Yuji really treat Fran as nothing more than a guest in his home? What does it mean to truly move on?

The battle for the Rising Sun reaches its bloody conclusion—and from the ashes will rise only the strongest of souls. Aegiana proves a more dangerous threat than Inori anticipated, and even with all his world-defying power, he’ll need to utilize every tool in his sinister toolbox if he wants to bring his plan to fruition. Meanwhile, deep in the palace, a will stirs, tempered by the flames...As ideals clash, corridors burn, and walls crumble, dawn finally breaks upon a kingdom in da...

Inori’s intuition was right. There are great unknown forces poking their noses into his business, and their methods are...intimate. The amorous Sylph has ensnared the layabout, but he’s nothing if not full of surprises.A new ally. New enemies. An out-of-season stampede. Myriad powers with myriad goals swirl about, with Inori at the center, and he couldn’t be more delighted. But where’s the fun in conflict if it’s too one-sided? Preparations must be made. One can never be too carefu...

Chris Chamsel is out for revenge by any means necessary—even going as far as drowning all of Regin in a sea of monsters. Whatever the church did to drive her to take such measures, Inori doesn’t care. He just needs more intel. And what’s the best way to siphon that from some unlucky prisoner of war? Torture. Physical and mental. And thanks to his new plaything, Sylph, he’s got the perfect means to that end.Ariya witnesses this from afar, and she arrives at a few conclusions. What t...

Change is coming for the Church of Saint Shurule, and Luciel’s first act as an S-rank healer is one that promises to shake the very foundations of the healing profession. But leave it to the ignorant masochist to find himself once again in way over his head in the process. The shoes that he’s inadvertently stepped into—those of his legendary predecessor—won’t be easy to fill, and the whole “imprisoned dragons” debacle continues to loom over the hapless young man as he struggles to move for...

The journey to Yenice is long, and Luciel has a big task ahead of him. Charged with reviving a long-defunct branch of the Healer’s Guild in a nation of beastfolk, the S-rank healer’s mission was never going to be easy. But things are made even more complicated when it is revealed that the country is home to its own host of problems, and even Luciel’s reputation isn’t enough to keep trouble away. In contrast to his time at the Adventurers Guild, the welcome mat hasn’t exactly been laid out ...

His trials and tribulations in Yenice behind him at last, Luciel makes for his next destination: Rockford, followed by the Kingdom of Dwarves. While the Republic of Saint Shurule creaks under the weight of a new wave of human supremacy, the hapless healer’s hopes for an easy mission are short-lived as the journey develops into something far more complicated than he signed up for… again. Something crawls beneath the earth, threatening to topple a precarious monarchy, and there’s more to the...

Saint Weirdo returns to the Holy City, and surely a few months of peace and calm await the masochist healer back on his own turf. This time, for sure! Yeah, right. Luciel’s homecoming is less a vacation and more a pitstop on his never-ending list of responsibilities as an S-rank healer. The enigma that is Estia and her connection to the mysterious Lihzalea loom in the background, as all the while the Church continues to reel under the changes its newest S-rank brought so suddenly. The capt...

The world now has its first sage in over a century! Luciel returns at last from his extended stay in the City in the Sky with wondrous powers in hand, and this displeases a very particular faction within the Church of Saint Shurule. Red carpets were never the timid S-rank’s style, but an armed platoon isn’t exactly what he had in mind for his homecoming either. To make matters worse, just about everywhere Luciel turns is yet another plot in the making.Four months can really leave a...

Your Photo on God's Fridge Door is a compilation of 101 original and thought-provoking analogies and parables that serve as devotionals or illustrations for the more mature Christian. Each entry's originality provides the reader with fresh insights into his or her faith.The entries, drawn from topics like sports, politics, science and nature, provide the same kind of applicability to daily life that characterized Jesus' parables. It was part of the genius of Jesus' teaching that he...

How can economists define social preferences and interactions? Culture, familial beliefs, religion, and other sources contain the origins of social preferences. Those preferences--the desire for social status, for instance, or the disinclination to receive financial support--often accompany predictable economic outcomes. Through the use of new economic data and tools, our contributors survey an array of social interactions and decisions that typify homo economicus. Their work brings order ...