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The invasion of Omen has been thwarted, and three of the Sovereignty’s princesses have joined forces with the Empire. But everyone decides what to do about the witches and the Calamity, Queen Mirabella hesitates to lend her aid. In order to face the truth, she asks Sisbell to use Illumination to recreate the past from thirty years ago...

THE AWAKENING OF A TRUE WITCH Alice pursues the Grand Witch Nebulis to the Empire to stop her rampage, but instead, she comes across her transformed older sister, Elletear. No longer human, Elletear has gained immense power from merging with the calamity at the planet’s core, and she’s set on destroying the Empire and the Sovereignty to achieve her dream of building a true paradise for witches. To prevent their nations from being reduced to ashes, Lord Yunmelngen, Iska, and Alice form a united front against Elletear and her knight, the traitorous Saint Disciple Joheim.

A DEADLY JOURNEYIn the aftermath of Elletear’s attack, nothing is certain about the war between the Empire and the Sovereignty. Mizerhyby and the Hydra are rushing to beat Elletear to the center of the world in service of their ambitions. Meanwhile, Kissing surrenders to Iska to avenge her uncle, and the two join forces with Alice’s entourage in order to travel to the forbidden land of Katalisk. There, they learn the truth of the astral swords, the monstrosity lurking in the planet’s core, and the terrible future that awaits…

An intriguing light novel series about a knight and a princess from rival nations and the war and conflict between them, one that stands out as an excellent blend of science fiction and fantasy.

THE TRUTH LIES BENEATH THE SURFACE​As the night of the witch hunt ends, the Nebulis Sovereignty finds it’s sustained nearly insurmountable damage. Its citizens are pointing fingers at the royal family, demanding they take responsibility for the chaos and accelerate the conclave to select a new queen. Meanwhile, Alice entrusts Iska with the task of rescuing Sisbell, the only one capable of revealing who is responsible for the Imperial raid. Iska’s next destination? The research facility run by theHouse of Hydra! Just who is the blue-haired princess who awaits them there?

UNDER THE SAME STARSTwo sisters with two clashing impressions of the same boy: Sisbell would do anything to get Iska to be her ally, while Aliceliese sees him as a worthy opponent, regardless of their duties or convictions. As part of a deal with Sisbell, Iska is required to serve as her guard until she returns to the palace. None the wiser about this pact, Alice desperately races around the nation to locate her younger sister before the other families can target her again. When Alice spies Sisbell and Iska linking arms in the Sovereignty, her chest starts to ache for reasons unknown…

SISTERS AT WAR With Iska’s unit at her side, Sisbell races against the clock, desperate to return to the palace and uncover who was behind the violent coup. However, when Elletear catches wind that Sisbell’s new guards are enemy soldiers, she hatches a little plan to thwart her sister’s earnest attempt to save their troubled country. In fact, Elletear’s best bet is caging Sisbell and her new guards in the family villa to keep them out of the way of her schemes. Meanwhile, petrified that Elletear might hurt their youngest sister, Alice scrambles to the scene…forcing all three siblings to come together under one roof for the first time in a long while.

Iska and Unit 907 have defeated one of the Eight Great Apostles, Luclezeus, and arrived at the Imperial capital. There, they meet Lord Yunmelngen, who asks Sisbell to use her astral power to help uncover the truth behind the tragedy that transpired a hundred years ago. They travel deep underneath the Empire to learn, at long last, the mystery behind the birth of the Founder Nebulis, of Lord Yunmelngen, and of the Black Steel Gladiator, Crossweil. However, what awaits them is a heart wrenching tale…

In their scheme to overthrow the government, Hydra abducts Third Princess Sisbell and spirits her away to the Empire. To rescue her, Rin takes it upon herself to tail Iska and company from the shadows and stage an infiltration! Little does she know that chaos brews in the land of witches…

Just as Iska and Unit 907 finally rescue Princess Sisbell, the Lord Yunmelngen abducts Rin and orders them back to the Imperial capital. Despite the obvious danger, Iska and company hurry to the heart of the Empire to both free their comrade and discover what transpired there a century ago during the creation of witches. But neither of these tasks will be easy, for the Eight Great Apostles are determined to end Iska’s pursuit of the truth. Meanwhile, disaster brews in the Nebulis Sovereignty!

BURNING BRIDGES​The Nebulis Sovereignty is in flames. For the first time since its founding, the Paradise of Witches is raided by Imperial forces. It’s Imperial solider versus Sovereign witch. Saint Disciples against Purebreds. Unit 907 toe-to-toe with the House of Hydra. While war indiscriminately obliterates all, Iska squares off against Alice. Finding each other on the battlefield, the two discover their circumstances have changed for the worse. As paradise falls, they face a choice that might alter the course of their relationship forever…

Break free...if you canGetting assigned to a special mission to infiltrate the Sovereignty was already more than Iska could handle, but with Captain Mismis becoming a witch, his list of problems just keeps getting longer. To make matters even worse, Iska finds himself dragged to the Sovereignty's prison block after an accident nobody bargained for. There, he's chained to Alice, giving him no chance of escape-and intimate insight into her true nature. But reality comes crashing down on them hard when the "transcendental" sorcerer manages to break out of his cell...

Fay and his teammates have received a gift from the gods that is like no other—Titan bestows them with a team name! Now designated May Your Gods and with Uroboros and Miranda in tow, Fay's team has some business to attend to at the Arcane Court Headquarters. Namely, getting to the bottom of the mystery around the world's greatest team, Mind Over Matter, and figuring out what Heleneia is up to! Fay is surprised to come across a familiar face, his former team leader, Chaos. However, this is no chance encounter. His trusted senior has information about the world's greatest team and Heleneia's true motivations.

May luck shine in your favorThe stars once aligned to grant a series of meetings between two fighters from enemy nations, but those ephemeral days have come to a close. Iska and Aliceliese must now take it into their own hands to scour the land in hopes of a rematch. Call it coincidence or predestination, but the pair manage to slip past each other at every turn, unaware they've been dispatched to the same battlefield. In their fight over a vortex of astral energy, they might just find that what brews and burbles in its abyss is more than magic...

Love is a battlefieldFor years, a great war has raged on between the scientifically advanced Empire and a paradise of witches known as the Nebulis Sovereignty. This age-old battle sets the scene for a fateful encounter between two young combatants: an imperial swordsman, Iska, and the witch princess, Aliceliese. As sworn enemies, they vow to cut each other down in order to unite their worlds, and yet Iska finds himself entranced by her beauty and righteousness, while Aliceliese is moved by his strength and resolve. In the midst of a never-ending war that forbids them from being together, they have no choice but to destroy each other-or can they find another way?

Fate has guided Iska and Alice together once more as they cross paths at an Imperial painter’s art exhibit. There, they agree to meet again—only this time, to settle the score! But when an ancient power awakens to threaten their very lives, Alice is forced to choose between her country and her ideals! Up against an all-powerful foe, will the two heroes form an unlikely alliance—or find themselves unable to overcome their allegiances?

A vortex—a fount of light that has the power to turn those it chooses into astral mages—has appeared, and both the Empire and the Nebulis Sovereignty are hot on its tail, each determined to stop the other from getting their hands on it. But great care must be exercised, especially by the Imperials, as those who dare venture too close just might find the mark of a witch freshly emblazoned on their skin…

Thanks to Rin’s interference, Iska has been taken captive in the Nebulis Sovereignty under Alice’s guard. But the two fated rivals have little time to sort out their feelings, as they learn that the infamous sorcerer Salinger has escaped imprisonment…and Alice must do everything she can to stop him from gaining what he seeks. Against an opponent with the fearsome ability to steal astral powers, will mage and Imperial soldier join hands once again?

A GLIMPSE INTO THEIR PRIVATE LIVES Iska’s and Alice’s day-to-day lives are riddled with troubles: Nene, Mismis, and Risya hold an unwelcome sleepover in Iska’s room, while Queen Nebulis IIX is pressuring Alice to attend meetings with potential marriage partners. Escaping these predicaments might come with some unexpected consequences… But more importantly, how did Iska and Alice first meet when they were younger? Take a peek at the everyday adventures of these two rivals in this volume of short stories!

A GLIMPSE INTO THEIR PRIVATE LIVES A simple art lesson escalates into a competition to determine which of the three princesses of the Nebulis Sovereignty is the most graceful. On the night of New Year’s Eve, some of the highest authorities in the Heavenly Empire get caught up in a letter-delivering battle. In an anecdote from Jhin’s childhood, Crossweil leaves the future Imperial sniper with some prescient words of wisdom. Take another peek into the everyday lives of the cast of Our Last Crusade in this second helping of short stories!

For years, Alice has worked hard to succeed her mother as queen of the Nebulis Sovereignty, but when her sister Elletear gets wind of her relationship with Iska, her birthright is thrown into jeopardy! Meanwhile, her other sister Sisbell is acting strangely, and unbeknownst to Alice, she’s planning to track Iska down herself…

Iska defeats the robot adversaries gunning for Sisbell’s life, only to find an indignant Alice waiting for him. Suspicious of each other’s motives, the two sisters quarrel over Iska, and he flees amid the commotion. But Sisbell’s business with him is not yet finished, and soon, he’ll find himself getting more and more involved with her while Alice’s jealousy continues to grow…

Let the games begin! In their (overabundance of) free time, the gods grew bored and decided to create challenging battles of wits to spice things up! Their opponent? Humanity! A select few players called “apostles” meet the gods on the spiritual realm’s playing field to beat the deities at their own games. A former god named Leshea has woken after sleeping for thousands of years, and her first demand is to meet “this era’s very best player!” She is introduced to Fay, an acclaimed rookie apostle. Together, they plan to challenge the gods and win the ultimate prize, but no one in human history has managed to clear ten games—because the gods can be capricious, outrageous, and sometimes downright incomprehensible! In the face of absurdity, what can the apostles do but enjoy the contest to its fullest?

APOSTLES VS APOSTLES WITH THEIR CITIES’ PRIDE ON THE LINE! Fay and Leshea’s spectacular performance has attracted the attention of people all over the world. Their wins against the gods are so inspirational that Dives are completely booked in Ruin, and they can’t enter any more games! To prevent former god Leshea from wreaking havoc, they travel to another city to Dive. As it happens, that city is home to another apostle named Dax, whose reputation is on par with Fay’s—and Dax considers Fay his rival. Time for some “friendly” competition! Fay has to choose a partner who can handle strategy, so of course, his top pick is…Pearl?! How will Pearl face this new challenge, and what god awaits them in their next Dive?

Determined to protect Sisbell, Iska faces off against a mysterious witch who can manipulate gravity. Yet for all the duel’s intensity, it’s the conflict brewing among the Nebulis sisters that he needs to worry about…Tensions were already high between Alice and Sisbell, but when Elletear, the oldest of the three, gets involved, this sibling rivalry starts to really heat up! Somehow, Iska finds himself at the heart of a dispute which promises to be more fierce than any war he’s ever served in...

The Nebulis Sovereignty and the Empire are embroiled in a war without end. The Ice Calamity Witch, a Nebulis mage of incredible power, and Iska, the youngest swordsman of the Empire ever to become a Saint Disciple, find themselves face-to-face on the battlefield. Each seeks to bring a close to this ceaseless conflict. Little do they know, however, that their meeting will be the catalyst that shapes the fate of the world!

A host of secrets are revealed when the Empire and Sovereignty conduct a surprise inspection of personal belongings! After Rin collapses due to illness, Alice and Sisbell travel to a legendary mountain to find a cure. The story of how Johaim swore allegiance to Elletear as her knight is detailed for the very first time. All these tales and more await in this third volume of short stories centering on the cast of Our Last Crusade.

After the fierce battle with the competitive apostle Dax, Fay and the crew planned to face the Bookmaker and get the god to reinstate their comrade, Nel—a retired apostle. Unfortunately, the cunning god turns the table on them. However, Fay provokes the god and with a masterful plan for a comeback, Fay takes on the Bookmaker, one-on-one. Meanwhile, apostles all over the world are unable to return from the Gods’ games. And Fay’s game is about to enter a new phase with the appearance of another irregular apostle!

An epic (and hilarious) fantasy series about humans versus the unfair gods!