Notes I'll need later for the omnibus:

Chapter Previous Appearance Noble Gacha Princess Mia... Sows the Seeds (Literally) Volume 1 bonus story The Holy Eve Festival ~Words of Gratitude on a Holy Night~ Mia's Delicious Visitation Volume 2 bonus story What Seeds Are These? Mia and the Mysterious Traveling Theater Troupe Mia and the Terrifying, Bone-Chilling Superstition The Head Chef and the Vegetable Cake Volume 4 bonus story (though v4 got the name wrong) Emotions Weaved Like Embroidery Some Post-Theater Afternoon Tea The Chronicles of Saint Princess Mia ~An Excerpt from the Chapter “The Mystery of the Island and the Sage of the Moon”~ Volume 6 bonus story The Chronicles of Saint Princess Mia ~An Excerpt from the chapter “A Moonlit Battle“~ The Great Sage of the Empire's False Image...Grows! O Friend From a Faraway Land Volume 7 bonus story New Testament of the Ten-Day Late Birthday Celebration ~ The Poor Prince and the Golden Dragon (W.I.P)~ New Testament of the Ten-Day Late Birthday Celebration ~ Ascetic Chancellor Ludwig Has a Secret~ Princess Mia’s Project X ~The Quest for the Infinity Cake~ Volume 8 bonus chapter The Chronicles of Saint Princess Mia Continued: Anecdotes (Empress Cut) Ludwig and Empress Mia’s Maxims Volume 9 bonus story Thus, History Was Written

Yes Aoi, it is that weird that you want to pet their ears and tail. If they win, can they pet your chest?

More skip content today but yay we made it to the end of volume.

Nice volume. It would be great if at the end Rouga could end together with his ex party member, maybe after they save her sister.
Speaking of sisters, curious to see the last one and how the story will proceed when all of them will be "defeated ".

So, J-Novel Heart series has first hint of romantic feelings of the heroine at the end of volume 5. (This is entirely reasonable in-world, as she is 11. It is just odd that a "J-Novel Heart" would have five volumes to get her to age 11.)

that was a nice send off for Jean. He did terrible things and all, but he really got the short end of the succession stick.

What an excellent illustration of Helen and Diana preparing to fight Cromwell and his flunkies. The expression of glee on Helen's face is priceless. Kudos to the illustrator.

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@zwabbit

It's a good list.

I'd add

1b) Udajima's connections
Udajima talked to someone in Zegelt city. Udajima has a lot to gain from getting rid of Akira. Maybe his allies do too.

5b) Tiol
Tiol was the one making Akira fakes before. Though this seems a bit sophisticated for him.

7a) Nationalists
Akira has thwarted them a few times.

7b) One of the Big Five
Whichever competitor was messing with the Sakashita transport may want to get rid of Akira too.

7c) Carol's enemies
She hired a bodyguard because she was scared. We may not have met the scariest people after her yet.

7d) Alpha's enemies
Most people have not figured out the connection between Alpha and Akira, but if someone did, they might want to thwart her. The method seems indirect but maybe it's less traceable that way.

I have a feeling it will turn out to be a combination of interest. Like Udajima plus one of the Big Five, or Mizuha plus Nationalists, or an AI and one of the hunter groups. For the plan to go smoothly it helps to have both city connections and people who can take shady action.

I wonder who cares about the Kuzusuhara depths. There must be vested interests for and against exploring them. As readers we don't have a lot of information about the politics of that. It seems like it is a big deal if the Big Five are fighting each other over it.

Argh. Too bad I can't read Japanese... Book 8 came out in Japan back in October, and it hasn't started here yet.

They're probably waiting for me to spend the last of my credits, then post the start 3 days later, like last time.

I'm Surprised to see another volume of this and ya I don't remember any of this stuff past the web novel version ending. I was a big fan of the web novel but not so much the LN with all the stuff they adding. It also seems to be getting really convoluted.

@Kurzaa My take on that epilogue was to bring us up to speed up with the other six people summoned with Sora, set up the confrontation between the Demon King and the Hero, and set up something the Demon King wants that I'm assuming involves Sora.

Other than that, it's wait two weeks for the next volume to drop.

I'm happy that Seika was able to meet his mother and form a good relationship with her. She might not appear again in the story, but that gave me some closure, even if I feel a bit bad for her not k owing her son actually has a reincarnated soul.
The origin of the hero was interesting, although as people mentioned it left us with other questions that hopefully will be answered in the next volumes. There is also the matter with the emperor, that might turn out to be the final boss depending on what he's planning.

I'm enjoying more than I expected this stint with Anriette as the main heroine. Of course I don't believe they're going to stay in this world, and regardless there is no way Allen will be able to live doing anything so it I'll inevitably end as the previous one. The question is how much of an antagonist Riese is going to be and if the other characters will oppose Allen too.

@zeji13 To be more precise, my guess is they had school lessons on programming, not college or university modules on programming.

The trend seems to be that the more advanced the topic, the less accurate/detailed its coverage - e.g. the programming basics lesson in the middle of the book was decent (even if I still think it was pitched too basic for someone actively jobhunting in the field), but the smart frames were almost pure jargon and the All-RaWi system is kept very vague.

In all, it makes me think the author has had education only to around the level they themselves can fully describe - that is, the basics you'd teach a schoolkid in their IT class.

And no, I don't get where the idea that programmers think/say "hello world" came from, either.

Nice volume, and with the protagonist already having sex with three girls it's kinda hard to believe this is the same author of Zero believers.
After this big battle against a giant monster, I'm a bit worried that a school festival arc will feel a bit brand in comparison.

When you fast-forward through the sex and through the fights, the book really zips along. It’s not one of the better titles here, but it goes quickly.

There hasn't been any new chapters posted to the WN since Nov 2024.

There's just enough material remaining to publish a volume 7, which will finish the current school arc. So even if the series doesn't continue, at least it won't end on a cliffhanger.

@Hylebos Could be Dozran, the fact that he waited till the final charge indicates to me that the plan was to have the spider kill either the emperor or Duke Raul, considering Volk took the place of Duke Raul to keep up the pretense of that objective hiding the fact that it was actually artilleryman #22. who killed Duke Raul

I would not be surprised if it ends up being someone in the Eins group.

I wonder if the spider is someone that Volk has successfully gotten under his thread thing that is close to Carmine as well.

Question about Ernesta considering the Mountain Capital.

I don't remember her backstory, but is she adopted or are side effects of heralding random? I mean - Karen's mother forgot about her, but did Ernesta's also? Cause her current banished mother doen't seem to.

The epilogue did a nice job of showing why they all care for him so much - he gave Nifl and probably others a home and a family when no one else would accept them.