There’s no escaping his dark past...In the wicked city of Gray Neighbor, Matthew continues the dirty work of hunting down street dealers selling Release. He goes to great lengths to wean Arwin off the drug and protect her reputation—even going so far as to permanently silence a friend who discovered the princess knight’s secret. And Matthew isn’t the only one trying to clean up the Dungeon City. Paladins have arrived to address the rampant corruption, and among them is a knight searching for his sister’s murderer. Despite Matthew’s carefully crafted image as a weak and harmless kept man, he begins to draw suspicion. Will his dark deeds and Arwin’s secret come to light...?

HE’LL PROTECT HER SECRETS BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY... The Dungeon City is a wicked place filled with crime, debauchery, and death. Its one shining light is Arwin, the beautiful Crimson Princess Knight. She and her brave party of adventurers descend into the dungeon at the city’s center, seeking a legendary treasure with the power to rebuild the princess’s fallen kingdom. Many yearn to be by her side, but that spot is already taken by Matthew, a man despised by all in town as a cowardly weakling. Everyone thinks he is scum who just spends her hard-earned money on booze, women, and gambling. No one in the city—not even the princess knight— knows what Matthew is truly capable of.

The labyrinth calls, and is answered by adventurers, profiteers, and anyone looking to make a quick buck. And in this town inhabited by the dregs of society live a man, and the woman who owns him. Arwen, the Princess knight with lofty dreams of restoring her homeland—and Matthew, the town drunk. As Arwen challenges the labyrinth, Matthew spends his days in taverns and brothels living off the money he gets from her. But the town laughingstock has a side that no one knows about. In service of Arwen, Matthew would do anything—no matter how dirty he might get.

The Dungeon City is thrust into chaos when it is shaken by tremors that hint at an impending monster stampede. Arwin is still inside the dungeon, with no knowledge of the danger she’s in, so Matthew insists on going in to save her. Countless obstacles stand in his way: vicious monsters, the sun god’s insidious preachers, and of course, the curse he bears that steals his strength when he’s not in the sunlight. Prepared to face his death, the weakest kept man ventures into the dark depths of the dungeon.

The past catches up with Matthew when he's (violently) reunited with an old lover, Polly, leading him to recall the last few years. Being stripped of his power by the sun god, the friends and enemies he made while down on his luck, and his first encounter with Arwen. As we learn more about the scoundrel manservant of the princess knight, could it reveal a previously unseen side of his character..?

The past catches up with Matthew when he’s (violently) reunited with an old lover, Polly, leading him to recall the last few years. Being stripped of his power by the sun god, the friends and enemies he made while down on his luck, and his first encounter with Arwen. As we learn more about the scoundrel manservant of the princess knight, could it reveal a previously unseen side of his character..?

A month has passed since Ikki and Stella promised to cross swords again at the Seven Stars Battle Festival. But while they’ve won all of their qualifying matches in that time, their relationship hasn’t progressed one bit. To make matters worse, Ikki finds himself taking on a beautiful upperclassman as a disciple, making Stella lose her mind with jealousy. And to top it all off, he winds up challenging the infamous Sword Eater—a Mage-Knight who reached the quarterfinals of the previous year’s Seven Stars Battle Festival—to a duel! Things are heating up for both Ikki’s love life and his dueling career!

“Why does she get all the attention?!” Ikki and Stella continue to rack up wins in their selection battles, but despite their progress in battle, they’ve made little to no progress romantically. To make matters worse, a pretty upperclassman girl, Ayase Ayatsuji, has been taken under Ikki’s wing as his apprentice in swordplay, making Stella’s jealousy flare up more than ever. One day, Ikki finds himself tangled up in a conflict between Ayase and her fated enemy: the Sword Eater, Kuraudo Kurashiki! Will he be able to survive his duel with a student who reached the quarterfinals of last year’s Seven Stars Battle Festival? A battle with a student council member, the feeling of distance between him and his girlfriend, and a duel off school grounds with the ace of another school—the curtain rises anew on the second part of Ikki’s school-based, sword-action underdog tale as he cuts through yet more powerful foes! © Riku Misora / illustrations © WON / SB Creative Corp.

'" Arc vowed to avoid drawing attention to himself, but the world has different plans for him! Between hunting magical beasts and unknowingly saving the Queen''s retinue, he continues to find himself dragged into one adventure after another, culminating in a reunion with the young catgirl, Chiyome. Follow along as the Skeleton Knight embarks on a quest to set the beastmen free--and perhaps change the world while he''s at it. "'

The day of the junior ball has arrived. Octavia is determined to succeed in her plan to find a (fake) boyfriend. However, the ball may turn out to be more than she bargained for. Sil quite literally crashes the party, Derek Nightfellow confronts her to clear up his suspicions, and Countess Reddington is pulling strings to suit her own schemes. Will Octavia be able to meet Rust Byrne, her potential (fake) boyfriend? And if she does, will the meeting have the desired outcome? Whatever challenges this event may throw at her, Octavia must come to terms with her past as Maki and think fast on her feet to keep up with the machinations of others.