Kou 1 Desu Ga Isekai De Joushu Hajimemashita

[ZeKeR]

I'm actually impressed Hiroto still can take the stand after getting mired with all that intrigue and racism.

I'm guessing that event in v17 is also a destabilization that has a mech guild similar to Hansa irl

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^Oh, trust me. This is not the first time for Hiroto to confront his ordeals and given how the stacks were against him in Volume 17 courtesy to Hydran's schemes, it surely won't be the last one. Why? Here's some details but I keep in short.

Hydran is a Duke who happens to be a relative to Moldius (cousin) and Leonidas (nephew) by blood. His grudges against Hiroto stems from the boy's growing influences in Hybride after his numerous accomplishments that made him even more important than the kingdom's affluent figures, and his vile schemes for Hiroto was out of fear that the boy's charisma is even more dangerous than Leonidas and he will "destroy" Hybride if he (and Valkyria) rule Hybride, though in reality he just can't stand him standing his way to fulfill his ambition in becoming king of Hybride after Moldius's passing (his deteriorating health was hinted at either beginning of Vol.17 or the end of Vol.16); even worse, in spite of their positions as the illustrious members of the elusive Privy Council of Hybride, Finnath (Hybride's Treasury Minister) and Shifelis (Deputy Archbishop who temporarily replaces Sobrinus) actually support Hydran due to their belittlement against Hiroto for their respective reasons: The former's grievances against Hiroto since Vol.7 was rooted from his toxic jealousy for the boy's and the vampires' growing popularity after their success in repelling the invading Phyllis Army in Vol. 6, and he still sneering at Hiroto even to this day. The latter, on the other hand, was due to her pride as both an elf and an Archbishop as the Spiritual Lights shine brighter whenever her presence is felt, which led to her self-righteousness & haughty and arrogant attitude; even more damning is that while she scorns Hiroto simply because of him accidentally saw her buxom, she ironically siding with Hydran & Finnath in order to stop Hiroto's increasing influences in Hybride despite both ministers aren't the nicest people in the kingdom. Regardless of what happened in Volume 17, lets just say that even they will learn Hiroto's true prowess the hard way, especially Shifelis the elf for she will undergo some character development like Excelis as she seemly begin to realizes Hiroto's true character.

Now, about the destabilization, whatever happens in Volume 17, one thing is certain is that we will gonna see the biggest shakeup in Hybride and the world is gonna watching, especially Hiroto for he will make the biggest changes in his life. I'm will make my personal stipulations/speculations/prediction for the upcoming Volume 18 in order to see how the story move on after Volume 17 after the manga chapter review and boy, it's gonna be a doozy.

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Now, where was I? Oh yeah, the manga chapter review. The chapter is already out and speaking of the stacks that are against Hiroto, his woes continues to grow because unless he accept Feuillet's and Excelis' respective Development Order, which he won't and never will, he will unable to solve Solum's wheat issue. As bad as Feuillet's Development Order is due to Southern Salabria castle lords' greed, Excelis version isn't fare any better either because it projects her lack of perspective or insight which blinding her form seeing a bigger picture beyond her views. Keep in mind that Excelis dislikes Feuillet as much as Hiroto does, but her own dilemma over the Development Order makes her an indecisive person and I'm surprised to see Primaria citizens (especially Illion who seems to be a voice on Excelis's behalf) of all people actually go along with this terrible decision, to the point wondering if Primaria genuinely wants to beat Feuillet or not. Even worse, Mimia is about to perform a suicide mission if it means helping Hiroto, though this only ends up exacerbate the problem even considering the meeting of Kazm itself is actually a part of Feuillet's scheme to demoralize our MC. There's a lot to talk about in this chapter especially Hiroto's troubles not only proving to be his biggest challenge pre-election, but also the dangers that would befall onto Salabria if either Feuillet or Excelis ends up winning this election and yes, the outcome will going to affect Hybride greatly as a whole.

Anyway, with the intro out of the way let analyzie the manga chapter, shall we?



Manga Chapter 39

Spoiler for Manga Chapter 39:

1. The manga continues Illion's conversation with Hiroto by telling the truth about Excelis's dilemma of keeping her 4 "allies" (Specifically Marcel, Glinka, Victor & Hugo as the 4 was among the 7 who support Feuillet's expansion) from supporting Feuillet, mainly because these 4-especially Marcel and Glinka-are the source of Primaria's economy and also one of 7 cities that supported Feuillet's expanding Development Order, with a promise of more wealth if he becomes the Governor. Not helping matters is whatever alternatives Hiroto is proposing on the table, Illion insists on keeping Marcel and Glinka due to their significant influences to Primaria's morale, and even "guaranteed" Hiroto that Primaria will provide as many resources as Solum needs if he go along with Excelis's proposal. This doesn't help anyone, neither humans nor vampires, and Primaria can't even see that?! At one point, Hiroto even begin to wonder who is the real castle lord of Primaria because Illion is the one who do the talking instead of Excelis…
2. Anyways, as lucrative as Illion's offer is, this causes Hiroto to stop and think for a while with a remark that accepting Excelis's proposal may have severe ramification to Solum: Not only it will worsen his relationship with Zeldis and the vampires, but also beyond Solum and its alliances. Ergo, he rejects Illion's proposal by saying that doing will endangers Solum Alliance's safety & benefit, much to Illion's disappointment. Before he leaves, Illion requests Hiroto 2 things: He will neither vote for Feuillet nor (this is important one) participating the election itself, with the latter one will split the vote and would ensure Feuillet's victory over Excelis. Ya know, the last of the 2 is a better because, lets be honest here, do you really think Excelis can actually win against Feuillet with her lack of charisma here? With that decision, it sounds to me that Illion doesn't want his lord to win or something.
3. After the meeting, Hiroto suddenly realizes something while Alvy rushes towards the Elves Association in order to get more answers about Excelis's Developing Order. Needless to say, Valkyria & Sorceire are concerned about this outcome but when Sorceire asks Hiroto what to do next, Hiroto tells her that he finally realizes Feuillet's real objective and he laments that he screwed up big time for falling into such scheme. So, he tells Valkyria to send 5 letters across Salabria by tomorrow & summon Soichiro over the matter and tell him everything about it, only to be berated by his friend for not doing something to avoid their predicament. I don't blame Soichiro for saying something like this, though Hiroto himself doesn't seem to have an answer about this crisis, yet.
4. We then get into Hiroto's remark that he should let his allies know about Excelis's Development Order, especially Zeldis. According to him, as much as he doesn't want everyone to know the bad news, it better off sharing it with everyone as he fears that not doing so will bring dissatisfaction from even his supporters. Furthermore, he himself need to see Excelis and at least trying to have a conversation with her because it would be virtually impossible to dissuade her from enacting her Development Order now Will Excelis willing to hear what he has to say, though?
5. Mimia comes by to check on Hiroto as she is worried about his fatigue after all of this shenanigans in one day. While they at it, Hiroto remark about is troubles and even thinking about his father's words about troubles can be also used as a chances for victory sometimes-something he personally haven't figure out yet and even jokingly thinking that having Excelis as his girl friend. Keep a close eye on this golden quote because THIS is important to Hiroto' in this new world. Moving on, we see Mimia plan to actually go to Kazm if this will ease Solum's burden. Obviously, Hiroto is shocked to hear this and tell her not to go because that was Kazm's lie so he can get something only benefits him, to point hugging her in order convince her not to go. Clearly, Mimia is moved by this but that doesn't mean this will ease her concern...
6. Later, Mimia remark about how stressful everyone was after the today meeting, as she never seen Hiroto's that troubled before especially after she is told Hiroto told her not to leave for Kazm. Unfortunately, her dilemma about Solum's woes kicks in as while she does know how uncomfortable Kazm truly is for his perverted gaze at her, almost as if he want to do whatever he please with her (See LN Volume 11), she still thinking an idea of lust for Mimia even with his gaze, she still think that go to Kazm's side is a "good" idea despite her hands is shaking, implying her hesitation. Unless someone is going to take action, Mimia is going to do something that actually hurt Hiroto more than help...

Basically, Hiroto need to go independent because he can't count on either Feuillet or Excelis to solve Solum's problem. It's clear as day that Kazm meeting is part Feuillet's scheme to demoralize Hiroto. As for Excelis? If Illion's words about his lord's dilemma implies something, this means for all her good intentions for Salabria citizens, she doesn't even know the damage of Development Order towards Salabria. This, folks, is the reason why neither Feuillet nor Excelis are adequate to be the Governor of Salabria. Now, in regards of Mimia, as much as I understand about her desire to help Hiroto, this is different from the last time because if Darmur's remark about Kazm's infamy is anything goes by, there is no guarantee that this perverted merchant will provide the wheat to Hiroto even if she ends up going to his side. Remember that Kazm isn't the only villain trying to exploit the Mummies' meek personality to do whatever they want, and LN's Volume 11 is a living proof of it. Also, keep an eye on Marcel and Glinka Lord for they will play more prominent roles to Hiroto's rise to prominence despite their antagonism against our MC, especially in Light Novel series.

Now that I think about it, all of this are part of Feuillet's plan to win the election because he actually expecting his haters reacts this way and will do anything stop him from getting more power albeit poorer solutions, and everything goes according to plan like clockwork. He is that good. Only time will tell what plan Hiroto had in mind to actually thwart his plan. The manga series haven't even introduce Gezerkia and others yet and already it gives us some horrific implications about Salabria's, no, Hybride's grim future should the Development Order is approved.

Garnering Zeldis Clan's wrath due to betrayal is the least of everyone's worry because if you pay attention of how the Light Novels goes so far, you should know for a fact that the Developing Order can and will doom not just Salabria, but also Hybride entirely. We'll talk about that in Manga's Chapter 40.

Also, pay attention to Hiroto's remark about his father's golden word about using his/her disadvantages as a chance for glory even when he/she is hit rock bottom. Yes, really. That's what dad said to Hiroto back when he was still a kid and this is proven to be extremely useful whenever he has some doubt.

Spoiler for Hiroto's despair in Volume 6 & 7:

1. In Volume 6, Hiroto had to relinquish his position as the Governor of Salabria because of Panopticus's "evidence" about him secret collaboration with Gezerkia to "take over Salabria", courtesy to the false information from the accounts of South Salabria castle lords and even Gezerkia's fellow vampires gathered by his bodyguards Infilia & Delegelis. This is because a) South Salabria lords are dissatisfied by Hiroto's decision to not permit their Development Order plan even after learning that Gezerkia's terror onto Orsia was rooted from the said Development Order went out of control and b) Gezerkia, due to her strong distrust towards humans even after meeting Hiroto, after didn't tell her fellow vampires the truth about Hiroto's mummering to her, causing them to make a lot of negative about the MC and belittles him even after their defeat. Emperia is the biggest sinner of them all for immediately punishes Hiroto without even pushing an investigation it. Why? Not only the the aristocrats and ministers who are stunned to see Hiroto's upsetting success to the point belittles him, even Moldius the king actually listened to these snobbish fools and declares a decree of vacating Hiroto's position, all the while ignoring Phyllis's demand to expedite the North Phyllis remnants as the result of King Eesh's (the King of Phyllis) near assassination, which ultimately leads to Phyllis's scheme to repay Moldius's ignorance: Manipulating Gezerkia by killing one of her underling and made her to think that the murder was a human, and while Emperia is busy to deal with Gezerkia Phyllis forces will going to use to chaos to invade Salabria. As the result of this, Hiroto is temporarily to be replaced by minister named Kestel to oversee Hybride but the guy is actually a narrow-minded jerk who constantly antagonizes Hiroto and his peers only to cower when the invasive Phyllis Army is at Salabria's door. Hiroto is so shocked to hear Moldius's decree that he literary fainted on scene and he is in bed for few days. The joke here is that of all their antagonism against Hiroto out of spite, these same lords ironically rushes to seek Hiroto for help when they hear Phyllis Army marching for Salabria for invasion...and Excelis chews them out for their hypocrisy.
2. He gone through another despair in Volume 7 when he was framed as the "traitor" by Emperia AGAIN for being a "spy" Phyllis to usurp the throne, though this couldn't be further from the truth as in reality, it was part of Phyllis's scheme to manipulate Hybride ministers and aristocrats, the useful idiots, to keep the MC isolated from from Emperia before assassinating him. Why? After what happened in Volume 6 where their best army being decimated by the vampires, Abrahim the Prime Minister of Phyllis concludes that that Hiroto and the vampires are the real threat due to their bond, though he also acknowledge that there are some vindictive aristocrats & noblemen such as the likes of Lujud (Governor of Hagar), Zoppo (Glinka Lord) and some, if not all of Emperia's ministers and aristocrats-that includes the influential figures such as the likes of Finnath (Financial Minister) & Universtel (Elven Elder of the Elven Association of Emperia)-still belittles with disdain even after he rescued Hybride from Phyllis's invasive forces. First, Phyllis will make a feint invasion onto Hagar despite Lujud's connection with Phyllis via his maternal side of his family-which is revealed to be one of Phyllis's distinguished noblewomen- by proxy. While that is going on, Phyllis will send spies infiltrate into Emperia and have them act as a "stranger" and spread false rumor about Hiroto's being "new King of Hybride" in order to create a rift between Hiroto and Emperia. Just as Abrahim predicted, the plan worked as everyone in Emperia (except Sobrinus and Panopticus as he is disgusted by Infilia's recklessness for her misinformation further exacerbate the ministers' hatred for Hiroto. Raquel was originally disgusted by Hiroto's relationship with the vampires too, though she had to visit Salabria herself when one of her maid suggested her to do so in order to debunk the rumors in Emperia.) including the king were completely fooled by Phyllis ploy have Lujud to replace Hiroto as a Boarder Minister. The news eventually reach Hiroto and he is absolutely distraught by this, to the point begrudgingly accept Moldius's ridiculous decree without question. In fact, the despair hurts Hiroto so deeply that he begin to even question's his father's advice, even when his peers trying to cheer him up. Fortunately, what Abrahim did not foresee is that Raquel's presence in Salabria that caused the assassins-who disguised themselves as Hagar guards- to be distracted from assassinating Hiroto, thought fortunately Hiroto rescued her along the way but leaving Soichiro behind, thought he chose to stay so that e everyone can escape to safety.

Oh, and another thing. Expect massive backlash against Excelis from multiple parties because it makes abundantly clear that Hiroto and Polowa aren't the only one find her decision own Developing Order to be naive. Believe it or not, the only person who seemly benefit from that blunder is Feuillet because whether Excelis enact her Development Order or not, it make no difference because her allies (Glinka, Marcel, Gustav & Victor)-especially Glinka Lord-still jump ship for Feuillet and vote for him either way, exactly what Feuillet wants.

Spoiler for Backlashes against Excelis's Developing Order:

1. Secondaria Elves Association are in disarray as many elves berates Excelis behind her back by calling her a disgrace to their kind. To the point Magnelis himself immediately declares that Hiroto is a better option than Excelis & Feuillet, much to all the elves' (including Alvy) confusion as some of them are hesitant to accept the decision because they don't want to turn against their own kind. For those who don't know, the association itself was once being visited by Donis who proposed on supporting Excelis's Development Order only to face Magnelis's rejection as it once said that even if they do support Excelis's plan at the expense of Solum, it still not enough to beat Feuillet as he view the Diferente as an essential figure ti stabilize the Ibrid System.
2. Solum Alliance castle lords are so stunned to learn such news that they suffer the same dilemma as much as the elves, even though they certainly ain't going to vote for Feuillet but they help from Hiroto to reject Feuillet just in case he pay Solum Alliance's cities a visit.
3. Zeldis is clearly not amused when learn this news but seeks consultations from his underling Baldos who, unlike his leader, is itching to teach human to know their place. Fortunately, Zeldis shows his restrain when he urges Baldos give up that idea because this only bring burden to Hiroto instead. What further enforces Zeldis's decision is Slara's stories about Luluk's rescue by Sorceire & Hiroto's from the hostile couple at Secondaria, a luck unfortunately would not at the boy vampire's side when he is almost brutally beaten by Magia soldiers in Volume 15. Tragically, vampires are not allowed to vote for Hiroto because they don't have that rights or privileges to do so, at least according to the humans. Ya know, Salabria should be grateful for having Zeldis because other vampires such as the likes Gezerkia and especially Disgurd hear such news, there will be violent retribution and it will be really ugly.
4. Darmur also read the letter as he laments how disastrous Hiroto's meeting with the 2 merchants from their respective towns. So much so that he almost going to vote for Feuillet if not for Leslie's advice of choosing the boy instead. Further enforcing his decision is because of the bond between Hiroto and Sorceire after he saved her twice in the past.
5. Even Astelis, Excelis own father finds her proposal isn't going anywhere despite him being one of her few remaining supporters after the defection of Glinka, Marcel, Gustave & Victor for Feuillet faction. In fact, Astelis himself have witnessed Salabria's calamity under Polowa's governance when castle lords from their respective towns (Feuillet being one of them) abused their freedom & privileges by implementing their Development Order rampantly simply because the "Emergency" was over. Little trivia here, before Hiroto & Soichiro being summoned to this world, Primaria played a neutral stance during the dispute between castle lords regarding their Development Plans...until Excelis's decision of enacting her own Development Order.

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Second post and more manga chapter review but this time is more about Mimia's resolution of either going to Kazm's side or not and thankfully, Sorceire manage to dissuading her to do just that, implying her friendship with Mimia especially after the latter rescued her from the kidnappers at the Mummy's Maze. Ya know, I am indeed planning on making predictions and stipulations about the would-be Volume 18 since news circling around about it's release in March 2021. I dunno the details of the book but it is relief to know that the story of Hiroto is far from over.

Further note, I know I am kinda late for making manga adaptation review because real life plans here and since the manga chapter itself has been released 1 month ago. Also, good news for manga readers because Manga Volume 6 tankoubon will going to be released in this year's February 1st!

Here is the cover for the upcoming Manga Volume 6



Lets dive in the analysis, shall we?



Manga Chapter 40

Spoiler for Manga Chapter 40:

1. The manga begins with Zeldis's tribe vampires are happily taking about their new job with human's blood as payment for their services, without killing them. Zeldis is especially delighted by such scene as he vies this will steepen the relationship between humans and vampires; furthermore, what's lighten his mood is Slara's story about how Hiroto and Sorceire saved her boy Luluk from the mean couple back at Secondaria-a luck Luluk unfortunately doesn't have in Volume 15 where he was badly beaten to near death by vengeful Magia soldiers. Then, his mood suddenly changes when he reads Hiroto's letter regarding Excelis's decision to support the Unified Development Order.
2. Meanwhile, Excelis receives 2 letters from both Hiroto and Illion and she has mixed feelings about them: While Hiroto's letter says that he will going to visit her by tomorrow, Illion's letter, on the other hand informed her that Hiroto refused to vote for her because of his refusal to comply the Unified Development Order, much to Excelis's anxiety. What else Excelis even expect?! Of all the contenders for the governor position, she should've known that her plan is not working and even Polowa himself has explicitly told her to widen her perspective and what did she do? She went on her plan anyways as if THAT will guarantee her victory against Feuillet! While tried AND failed to sway Hiroto to be her side no less! Great plan! Nevertheless, this forces Excelis to meet Hiroto in person in order to sway him to vote for her and ask her steward Donis about alternative. Well, he says that he has one plan to actually sway Hiroto to her side, though he warns her that this plan will going to cost her dignity. Its funny to see now Excelis will have to share Mimia's dilemma when it comes to do something for victory, more on that later. Little trivia about election in Salabria works, the voters will vote via a ball ballot to determine which candidate to be the next governor after their debate.
3. We then shift our focus onto Neka Villa where everyone is concerned about what come next: Soichiro remarks about Hiroto's next move after this kind of debacle since he is technically being cornered by all sides, especially with a stipulation that the votes will split should Hiroto participate the election, it will give Feuillet's victory. Trust me on this because it sounds like Primaria want to lose at this point. Also, Curele seems to comfort him a bit just to make him feel better. Meanwhile, Valkyria also worried about this situation as she fears that if her father ever learn about Excelis's Development Order, he can and will separating the sisters from Hiroto and allies forever. Not to worry, Valkyria because Hiroto will figure something out to dodge the bullet. Gotta have faith in him, sis!
4. And now, the main focus of the manga: Mimia bitterly leaves Hiroto as she decides to leave Hiroto if it means easing Hiroto just a even a bit. That appears to be a bad move when Sorceire, who has been ranting about Kazm's smugness along with Primaria's incompetence, immediately stopping her as she reminds her that Kazm still not going to sell his wheat to Solum even if she complies his "proposal". When Mimia remains hesitant, Sorceire asks her a question that will be served as a bombshell: What if Mimia's departure from Hiroto was part of Feuillet's plan? Yep, you read this correctly, this is part of Feuillet's plot to demoralize and break our MC. What eventually convincing Mimia to stay is Sorceire explains that the very reason why Hiroto is worried about her is because she is the first women he has interacted when he first arrived in this new world. Ain't THAT a truth?
5. When they both return to the villa, Mimia confronts both Valkyria and Hiroto when the former calls her an idiot for not leaving them while the latter hugs Mimia not to leave him again, with Mimia nod her head as her promise to him. A heartwarming ending indeed.

Manga Chapter 41

Spoiler for Manga Chapter 41:

1. The manga begins with Excelis waking up in the morning while still thinking about Donis's dastard proposal support the Unified Development Order. Excelis initially objected about this but Donis replies that it's better than letting Feuillet to win the election. Not that she ever want to use that to sway Hiroto but what choice does she has now?
2. Meanwhile, Hiroto and Soichiro are discussing about what happened yesterday and while they are relieved that Mimia is not going anywhere, they still have to deal with the problem ahead of them since Alvy is still at the meeting with Elder Association, it seems that the only for them to seek eureka is...having a hot spring trip? OK? Coincidentally, Hiroto receives a letter about Excelis's request to summon him to Primaria...and he claims that this is just a good time to go to the said hot spring afterwards. Little trivia, said hot spring is located in between Secondaria and Primaria.
3. So, Hiroto arrive at Primaria and witness how effective Excelis is by arranging a ball for his arrival. The meeting between the 2 begins with Excelis calls for a ball and Hiroto's has to dance with her instead. Fun fact, Hiroto learn to Waltz dance during his high school years under a Waltz teacher and also, he can't swim (LN Volume 9)
4. Anyways, during the dance, Excelis try to sway Hiroto to vote for her disregarding his own warning about, with the constant reminding Hiroto about how bad Feuillet is and how will he destroy Salabria and what not, While she does have a point, it still doesn't help her considering that her own bad policies that is not different than her opponent? To add her desperation, Excelis uses her oppai press to flirt Hiroto. Dang, this is heaven for Hiroto and watch out! Soichiro is about to feel the power of envy soon!
5. Well, too bad folks because Hiroto notices that Excelis is shaking out of fear, meaning that this is her length to stop Feuillet from holding the power even though that flirting is not her idea. Instead, she implies that he will obtain her but he has a plan to defeat Feuillet-him participating the upcoming election. Needless to say, Excelis disapproves Hiroto's plan vehemently since that is part of Feuillet's plan to ruin him, though Hiroto knows the risks and claims that agreeing with the Unified Development Order will break the relationship between humans and vampires that will cannot be repaired, and as their act of revenge due to their human allies' betrayal, the vampires will going to attack almost anyone and destroy everything in their path. Speaking of vampires' revenge, did one manga panel actually teasing Gezerkia and her rampage across Orsia?!
6. Moving on, Excelis insists that Hiroto's chances of victory is slim to none because Feuillet's own advantages due to his deal with her own allies. This implies that her four allies have ditched her for Feuillet, isn't it? Nevertheless, Hiroto explains that losing only counts if a candidate concedes defeat or denouncing the Unified Development Order or making exemption. Even so, she still insists that is impossible and claims that her dad has supporting her, only for Hiroto asking her if she really want to enact her Unified Development Order without any exemption, which she shakes her head as a no. Afterwards, Excelis then asks Hiroto if this means that she will give up her Development Order but the cliffhanger ends with Hiroto tells her to maintain her stance until the end. The the smile on his face.

In conclusion, both chapters are dedicated for Excelis and yes, while Chapter 40 does focuses on Mimia's resolution it quickly resolved, this is more about Excelis because that is about her specifically. Ya see, Polowa has specifically urging her to widen her perspective and see the other side, but she go along with her plan anyways only to see it crumble when not only it receive backlash from everyone including her supposed allies. Need to remind the readers that she isn't dumb nor incompetent, but it is her lack of hindsight of everything make she not a suitable leader for the province. Unfortunately, Excelis isn't the only elf who make similar bad decision that will going to bite them back in the end, all the while being humbled by Hiroto of all people for their own folly. Now, I know I have covering posts about the elves in the Light Novel series but here is a TLDR about the series and see it for yourself.

Spoiler for Examples of Elves' vulnerability to human mistakes. :

1. Univestel's antagonism against Hiroto and the vampires stems from his pride as an elf and deem having a vampire to protect the boarder is a "disgrace" to the kingdom. Heck, at one point, he is one of many gullible ministers (except Sobrinus and even Panopticus) who easily swayed by the rumors about Hiroto being the "next king of Hybride" across Emperia, which is couldn't be further from the truth as the reality is that it was part of Phyllis scheme to isolate Hiroto from Emperia and have them assassinated. Even worse, he and Finnath suggesting Lujud of all people to replace Hiroto as the guardian of the boarders, which is a bad idea as Lujud himself is rather incompetent lord t as he not only fail to repel another Phyllis Army's invasion-one that Hiroto get credit for, he also allowing Phyllis Army to enter Hybride without knowing that they are actually trying to assassinate Hiroto1; not helping Universtel's case is the fact that Sobrinus already warned Emperia about Lujud's incompetence and Hiroto's near assassination itself vindicating his claims about Lujud ! His another blunder is bring Hiroto for a peace talk with Phyllis but holding him back by having him to remain silent throughout the negotiation between Hybride & Phyllis, only to be struck by Abrahim's cunning and both he and Panopticus almost sign a deal that would screw Hybride if it not for Hiroto's timely intervention that will amazingly bring peace between both kingdoms.
2. Zalia's mistake is her aiding Urseus to attack/invade Hybride and she is one of few elves who don't believe in Spiritual Light. Not to say that her loyalty to the king is a problem, it just she is too loyal to her king that she doesn't even question her king whose warpath against Hybride for his unhealthy obsession of destroying Hybride. Even after being outwitted by Hiroto while feeling frustrated over Magia Army's first & horrible defeat, Zalia continue to support Urseus's plan to defeat Hybride even when the king himself have to kowtow to Disgurd just to level up the playing field with Hybride, one of which Zalia initially disapproves due to her own prejudice against the vampires. During the first Four Kingdoms Summit, she scornfully blames Hiroto for Hybride Vampires' terror at Babylos (Phyllis capital) only to be called out by Zeldis for Magia's double standard for that critique against Hiroto while letting Disgurd and her tribe to harass Emperia.
3. Same goes for Cognadus and Dialogs for their ignorance towards Urseus's invasion attempt onto Hybride simply because they too are not so keen on accepting Hiroto and the vampires. Worst still, they both approves Urseus's destructive plan simply because he was a "teachers pet" in their class. While Cognadus is at least feeling a bit regret after seeing Urseus resorting to allying himself with Disgurd the Vampire to yank Hybride-something that contradicting his desire to bring peace to the continent, Dialogs on the other hand actually advocating Urseus's destructive behavior so long that means bashing Hybride.
4. Shifelis is the worst example of them all for depending on Spiritual Lights heavily to guide her every move, which lead to her horrible judgement of a character. Terribly. Ya see, according to Alvy during his visit to Dominus Castle along with Soichiro, those who depend too much of Spiritual Light will lose their own judgement and unfortunately, Shifelis is a textbook example of this by not only belittles Hiroto as an "immoral" person, but also ironically siding with Hydran and Finnath despite their terrible track record of making decision that only worsen the kingdoms affairs.

The additional of that chapter is also Zeldis's reaction after reading Hiroto's letter where he is trying to control himself and his fellow vampires from doing damage, all for the sake of Hiroto. Trust me, making vampires angry due to betrayal is going to be the last thing people in Hybride need because the vampires will never forgives nor forgets those who do more harm for their kind and his allies, and not mention that not all vampires are patient as Zeldis because if other vampires such as the likes of Gezerkia and even Disgurd finds out about it, the vampires' retribution will going to be extremely violent and the cycle of hatred between both humans and vampires will not likely to end if nothing is to be done about it.

Spoiler for Volume 5 & 6 regarding the effects of the Unified Developing Order, and the vampires' importance in defending Hybride:

1. To summarize, in LN Volume 5, Salabria's neighboring province Orsia has been ravaged by the terror of the Red-Winged Vampires led by Gezerkia. The reason behind Gezerkia's terror onto Olsia was because of her dark past: As the result of the Development Order that devastated her forest, her siblings were starved to death, leaving young Gezerkia as orphan and the only survivor of her family. Ergo, she grew to hate humans and leads her vampires to occupy each town in Orsia and kill the men but spare women and children, though this only garnered the survivors' hatred for her & her tribe instead; even worse, due to a fact that the merchants refused to visit the said Vampire occupied towns, the supplies depleted very quickly but the vampires continue their terror anyways by taking over more town until Gezerkia set her eyes on Salabria due to the vampire population over there...and she also blamed Hiroto for the deforestation of Orsia that resulted her misery...
2. Her terror in Orsia got Emperia's attention and even demand to have her exterminated in order to bring "peace" back to Hybride. What really happening over there is that some ministers (starting with Panopticus) want to abolish the Ibrid System because they think the system itself is obsolete to their. Out of all ministers , Sobrinus-Archbishop of Emperia and one of the elusive member of the Privy Council-is the only sane minister views that abolishing the Ibrid System is a terrible idea and sadly, most of his time his warning has gone to deaf ears. Even if Hybride does manage to either exterminate the Hybride's vampires or driving them out from Hybride, then what? It still doesn't improves the kingdoms' prowess due to corruption within the kingdom. Speaking of that...
3. Without the vampires, Hybride is at the mercy of other kingdoms such as the likes of Phyllis and Magia that using their heated rivalry with Hybride as their justification to attack Hybride, then using its internal woes as leverage to weaken the kingdom. From Phyllis's perspective, at least according King Eesh, believe it or not, some of Hybride's land were part of Phyllis's own 100 years ago, as well as North Phyllis Remnants (including Raquel and Joachim) escape to Hybride as refugee further justifying its heated rivalry with Hybride. Magia, on the other hand, holding a grudge against Hybride for its 50 year long defeat. While King Nasar the First may conceded in order to stop the bloodshed between 2 kingdoms, but not his son Urseus though because he vows revenge and bring back Magia's former prestige back; not helping matters is that Phyllis Army's horrific defeat adding Urseus's justification to yank Hybride despite Nasar warns him that the vampires are not to be blamed for what happened to Phyllis Army.

In additional note, Chapter 41 is missing something that is important: The meeting of Excelis and her former allies. It is a missed opportunity considering that this is a perfect display some castle lords' arrogance to even aware about their, specifically Glinka Lord and Marcel Lord who play a critical role in the story.

Spoiler for Role of Glinka Lord and Marcel Lord in the series.:

1. In the prelude to the election of LN Vol.4 , all four of Excelis's former allies keep pressuring her to accept the Unified Development Order, with Marcel Lord and Glinka Lord dismisses Hiroto's warning about the Unified Development Order's effects onto the forest's water supplies as nothing but a teen rant. While these four do eventually vote for Feuillet due to Excelis's indecisiveness, they are also intrigued by Soichiro's visit and demands to display more of Curele, only to be berated by Hiroto's best friend for treating a vampire like some kind of circus animal . Sadly for the these lords, they are on the losing side when Hiroto eventually prevails and becoming the new Governor of Salabria and they have to concede to accept the result.
2. In LN Vol. 6, the castle lords are asking Excelis-who is now serves as Hiroto's Deputy Governor (Yes, really) to permit the Unified Development Order again but getting rejected because Excelis reminded them about Hiroto's contribution to fend off Gezerkia and the vampires from invading Salabria. This garners the castle lords' ire and and dismay (of course they because none of them really learn a lesson) that they come up with a fabricated story about Hiroto to Panopticus's adjutants Infilia and Delegelis . When Hiroto is forced to vacate his position, most of the castle lords celebrating it prematurely by claiming "good riddance" so nobody can stop them from implementing their Development Order...only for them to crawl back to Hiroto and even plea for his help when Phyllis Army trying to invade Salabria as the result of Emperia's failure to responds to Eesh's request to execute his assassin who is suspected to be one of North Phyllis's remnants. The irony of all ironies is that Feuillet of all people (yes, that Feuillet) views that booting Hiroto out from office is indeed a terrible idea, especially after he witnessing his prowess during their last debate as well his hindsight about Gezerkia's pending invasion attempt. Excelis is rightfully calling out these castle lords for their ungratefulness by booting Hiroto out from the office for simply refuse to grant their selfish wishes, only to beg him to save their own skin when they are the ones are in trouble. When Hiroto manage to drive Phyllis Army out from Salabria, these castle lords gives Hiroto a lots of gift as their gratitude for his resuce.
3. However, in LN Vol.7, only Glinka Lord-whose name now known as Zoppo- remains unsatisfied by Hiroto's ongoing accomplishments as he is envious about him, to the point thinking him living like a "king" or something. That toxic envy eventually leads to his corruption when he makes a shady deal with Phyllis merchant by helping him to frame Hiroto as the "traitor" to kingdom when the said merchant bestow some money and women for his deed. Needless to say, Zoppo, like many others, are being fooled by Phyllis's scheme and now he is leading Phyllis Knights-who disguised as Lujud's knight-to invade Dominus Castle and trying to assassinate Hiroto (as well as Raquel who happens to be in the same place)! Fortunately, Hiroto barely survives his assassination. As for Zoppo though? He is not lucky as he is getting executed for his cowardliness by trying to defect to Phyllis in order to save his skin. Here is a sick joke that when even an enemy assassins has more dignity and honor than the snobbish aristocrats, you know that Hybride is desperately need a deep fix...

Not only that, the manga chapter also dismissing Feuillet's 3 steps in securing his victory which itself explains why our main antagonists going so smug about it.

Spoiler for Feuillet's 3 steps to secure his win in the upcoming election.:

1. First, he will enact his Unified Development Order and trying to get all 7 Southern Castle Lords at his side but leaving Marcel Lords and other alone for a time being, then encouraging these 4 to sign up a contract with her, with a purpose of demoralizing her.
2. Then, he deliberately cut off the wheat supply to Solum so he can lure him to Secondaria because he expecting both the Diferente himself and the Elves Association to panicked.
3. Third and lastly, Feuillet will have Glinka Lord at his side with a lot of fortune in order to gain more votes, which resulting Hiroto's own lost to Feuillet despite gaining Polowa's vote in the end.

[Chingaruna517]

Third post in a row and this is about the upcoming Volume 18 that is confirmed to be released in Spring 2021. March 1st to exact. Now, I don't have any resources of both Vol.16 & 17 yet, so I really have no idea how will the story actually went and ended. Bottom line is that this story will continues Hiroto's adventure and only time will tell when the series will going to end. And speaking of which though, it seems of all the kingdoms who react to the new era, with Magia seems to be the first to react Leonidas's new reign and while we at it, some villains just refuse to give up and god knows if persistence alone cannot describe them?

What a coincidence! And I just about to make my long list of my personal prediction & speculations about Volume 18 around 3 months ago and apparently, 2...no, 3 out of my 7predictions/speculations actually come true...albeit different circumstances : A new king is ruling Hybride but with the least fame (originally I expect Hiroto is the one who is going to be the "next" king but I'm glad the book prove me wrong), other kingdoms' reaction to Hybride's new king (I'd never expect that Magia of all kingdoms is the first to react Leonida's reign. It usually Phyllis since its the first rival kingdom to be introduced in the series), and the noblemen's/aristocrat's last scheme to bring Hiroto down from grace (hopefully this will be the last because they don't seem to learn a thing from Bourgault's own downfall...) once and for all.

Spoiler for Spoiler for Volume 18 Teaser Summary/Description (Japanese)::

新王・レオニダス即位の陰でうごめく陰謀にヒロトはどう対処する？

己にとっても敵であり、ヒロトにとっても敵であるハイドラン公爵をおしのけ、新たにヒュブリデ国王として即 位したレオニダス。彼の片腕として国務卿に出世したヒロトだが、まだ王権の基盤は弱い。
その中で、隣国マギア王国との賠償問題を早期に片づけねばならない。敗北の煮え湯を飲まされたハイドラン公 爵は自分と同じくヒロトと敵対関係にあるベルフェゴル侯爵と手を組んで、最後の勝負に出る。
ヒロトは王権を強化するためにヴァンパイア族の許へ向かうが、折しも宮殿ではトラブルが発生し ていた――。
異世界成り上がり物語、新たなステージに立ったヒロトの戦いが始まる！！

Spoiler for Personal English Translation:

How will Hiroto deal with a conspiracy behind the enthronement of Leonidas the New King?

Courtesy to Hiroto's success in defeating his enemy Hydran the Duke, Leonidas is officially enthroned as the new King of Hybride. However despite having Hiroto the State of Secretary at his side, his kingship's foundation is week. One of his main duty is to resolve Magia Kingdom's compensation that as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Duke Hydran, who is still sulking over his defeat, seeking alliance with Count Belffergo due of his same hostility against Hiroto, preparing its final showdown against him. To solidify Leonidas's Kingship, Hiroto is going to seek the vampires for help but at the same time, trouble is brewing within the palace...

The story of the rise in Isekai begins Hiroto's new battle in the new stage!!

Basically, Leonidas is confirmed as the new King of Hybride but its a rocky start even with Hiroto's help, both internally and externally: Not only we are witnessing the deadly alliance of Hybride's 2 most vindictive, arrogant & condescending aristocrats in Hybride who still hold a vendetta against Hiroto, but also other kingdoms/countries' reaction towards Leonidas's reign but I never expect Magia (originally, I expect Phyllis and/or Gassel is the one to react towards Leonidas' reign considering whatever happened back in Volume 16 that led to Metis's resignation without condition) to be the first to do so. Either way, a new book means new challenge for our MC whose contribution to Hybride will be even more significant than before, and his enemies will stop at nothing to

Spoiler for Speculations/Prediction for Volume 18:

1. Leonidas's reign as the King of Hybrid after Moldius's passing will bring more challenge to the kingdom and Hiroto himself will do a LOT of work to do to at least keep the kingdom stable by strengthen the new king's kingship. Yes, really, considering the fact that people still has mixed feelings for Leonidas due to his past infamy as a womanizer who care less about politics. This means Hiroto may going to stay at Emperia for a while to help Leonidas and his court to handle national affairs (remember, he is now part of the Privy Council member) as well as diplomatic relations with other kingdoms that are near to the Terminus River but first, he need the vampires' help. So, expect Zeldis and Gezerkia be the one to aid Hiroto as much as they can.
2. Apparently, it seems Magia haven't answer its compensation to Hybride even after Volume 15 and I believe that Urseus and his court will play a critical role in this latest story and only time will tell Urseus's own response to his old classmate's rule as the new King of a neighboring kingdom. Given his experience from both Volume 13, 14, 15, Leonidas may need to strategize his plan carefully before doing something that will damage Magia again, but I speculate some ministers in his court (expect Lagos and Nestoria who served as Urseus's moral compass) don't share their king's view and going so far to demand retribution against Hybride in order to avenge Magia's last embarrassment, much like Phyllis's ministers and generals such as the likes of Zieglete or Kaine for their antagonism against Hybride for the same reason. How will other leaders from the remaining 4 neighboring kingdom respond to Hybride's new king other than Urseus? Also, expect Disgurd making her return in this book due to Urseus's involvement, as well as Hiroto's request to seek the vampires' help to strengthen Leonidas's kingship.
3. The deadly alliance between Hydran and Belffergo. That all you need to know who are the antagonists in this latest book because they both hate Hiroto vehemently, so much so that they will going to make their "last stand" (at least according to the book description) against our MC and I doubt they are alone: If the book's latest summary implies something, it tells me that other aristocrats like Finnath will join the deadly duo to ploy another scheme to take down Hiroto and Leonidas and allies when the former is leaving Emperia in order to seek the vampires for help. My hunch tells me that this is Anti-Hiroto Faction's vile attempt to stage a coup against Leonidas when his champion is away an the last thing we ever need is they require outside forces (such as Phyllis, Magia and probably Gassel too) to accomplish their wicked goals...or, even dirtier, they use to coup to take over Emperia and make everyone (Raquel, Orfina, Felkina, Universtel, Panopticus) as hostage but shift the blame to Hiroto again as their "proof" about his and the vampires' "revolt", and then starting yet another kangaroo court against him and ousting him from Hybride for good. I wonder who is playing a wild card among the usurpers?

[darkofficer]

always suprised by how much they hate hiroto.

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Chingaruna517

Anyhow, for those who are curious, here are the covers for the manga volumes (for now) and these merely covering what could be the rise of Hiroto in Salabria, including the 34th chapter.

Volume Covers (Manga)

Spoiler:

(Latest one)

P.S. : Might be planning to discuss the antagonist of the series real soon.

holy shit,Goban's art is cuteness max

[Chingaruna517]

@Cosmic Eagle Well, while Goban is the main illustrator for the light novel series, I think the one who illustrate the manga adaptation is actually Kamiyoshi Rika (神吉李花). Sounds like Volume 6 manga adaptation chronicling Part 1 of the Election Arc.

Speaking of which, here are 2 exclusive pictures for the manga Volume 6 from the respective bookshop: Melon Bookstore for Valkyria and Toranoara for Mimia. Both of them have Valentines Chocolates.





@darkofficer To say envy and fear are these aristocrats/noblemen's "reason" of their disdain for our MC is an understatement because a) courtesy to his relationship with Other Species, Hiroto rose to his prominence within a very short time and b) said prominence has outshone even the most established noblemen and ministers in the kingdom, much to these aristocrats' dismay as they feared that they have been overshadowed by our MC's success. It seems Volume 18 is the final straw (or is it because Bourgault tried that before) and what are they doing right now further show their desperation to oust Hiroto from power for good, and it going to be the battle of wits.

Spoiler for Prediction/speculation of possible more antagonists other than Hydran and Belffergo:

1. As mentioned before, other noblemen/aristocrats such as Finnath may join the deadly alliance to oust Hiroto from power, given their past grievances against our MC due to his rising fame. Keep in mind that they have been hated Hiroto since the beginning of Volume 6 when Hiroto manage to sway Gezerkia and have her joining him into repelling Phyllis Army. As stories goes by, Hiroto's rise to further fame has rubbed the aristocrats the wrong way, to the point to hatch a sinister plan to ousting Hiroto from power only to see their plans backfired. Expect their plan to be much more sinister since they tend to obey both Hydran and Belffergo instead of Hiroto & Leonidas.
2. The only person who may play the wild card is Shifelis the Deputy Archbishop. Yes, you read this correctly. Just because Hiroto was victorious in the last story doesn't mean she fully embrace Leonidas' reign or acknowledge Hiroto's credibility. Remember, this is the same elf (at least according to Volume 17's preview chapters) who once scorned Hiroto as an "immoral person" simply because he accidentally looking at her oppai of all things while joining both Hydran and Finnath in opposing the late Moldius's decision of inducting Hiroto into the Privy Council-one of which was Hiroto's reward for repelling Magia Army back in Volume 13, only to be baffled to see him participating the Privy Council anyways due to his talents in debate. The wild card part is her own dilemma after Volume 17: Regardless how the story went in Volume 17, let say that Hiroto's victory and Hydran's true nature forced Shifelis to reevaluate her perspective (more specifically, her faith in the Spiritual Lights) but I don't expect her to quickly accept our MC that quickly even after all the trouble she made for him throughout Volume 17...
3. As for Magia, expect some of Urseus's ministers and generals' proposal in attacking Hybride as their revenge against the kingdom despite warnings from both Lagos and even Nestoria that doing so will endangering Magia again. Urseus will going to make his toughest choices especially after his experience against Hiroto since Volume 13-15.
4. Don't forget other people from the rest 4 neighboring kingdoms too, for they will going to plan somethin in regards to Leonidas's reign and god knows what plan do they have to counter Hiroto.
   1. Freyas will most likely observes Hybride's situation since Metis's resignation as to rectify her failure in quelling Agnika, without Eesh's supervision of course, while mustering her own army to wage a war against Leonidas in order to avenge her humiliations by Hiroto's cunning.
   2. Unlike Cognidus and Dialogs, other elves don't seem to take the elders' advice well considering their grievances against Leonidas due to his (past) habits in wooing women while slacking around in the kingdom. In fact, some elves don't even take Leonidas's character development so seriously.
   3. Gassel may join the fray too considering Ismir's frustration about not only Hiroto's sanction against both Gassel & Agnika for their quarrel, but also Metis's resignation after her failure to take out Lyndrus and his men courtesy to Hiroto. In fact, she holds a grudge against Hiroto for Metis's resignation & even...aiding Freyas' war against Hybride. Speaking of which, I've got some suspicions that both Ismir and Freyas are mother & daughter considering both are Eesh's relative...
   4. As for Agnika, call me crazy but I get a feeling that people over there still harbor some grudge against Hiroto and the vampires even after they saved Lyndrus from Metis and Gassel Army. Also, expect Queen Astorika facing rebels for their dissatisfaction towards Lyndrus's sudden humility.

Oh, and while we at it, here's the illustration cover for the upcoming Volume 18 as we speak!

[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Chingaruna517

@Cosmic Eagle Well, while Goban is the main illustrator for the light novel series, I think the one who illustrate the manga adaptation is actually Kamiyoshi Rika (神吉李花). Sounds like Volume 6 manga adaptation chronicling Part 1 of the Election Arc.

Oh, no wonder the art styles were different

[Chingaruna517]

^That's because different artists have different style. Goban focuses the Light Novel one while Rika focuses on the Manga version of the said Light Novel one. Speaking of which, I wonder if somebody even have the full version of illustrations of both Volume 16 and 17.

Oh, and while we at it, here is a nice (preview) picture of Excelis from manga's Volume 6.

[darkofficer]

when you look at that picture weirdly it looks she is snuggeling to someone who is beefed up

[Shadow5YA]

Originally Posted by Cosmic Eagle

holy shit,Goban's art is cuteness max

None of that is Goban's art. Goban illustratrates the LN, not the manga art shown above.

[Chingaruna517]

^Exactly. And the name of the artist who illustrate the manga is Kamiyoshi Rika (神吉李花), the female artist too, may I add.

Now where was I? Oh yes, about the upcoming Volume 18. Anyone wanna make some speculations about the upcoming book?

[Chingaruna517]

Gee, I doubt anybody even have any sources for the stuff, huh? And we're getting so far here where Hiroto is becoming one of the most important figures.

Anyways, here is the official cover for the upcoming Volume 18 and featuring Hiroto and the vampire sisters Valkyrie and Curele. And yes, I will going to talk more about preview chapter based on the preview illustrations very soon.

[Chingaruna517]

Now, where was I. Oh yes, the preview has been released and it seems a new character is introduced and her name is Lizvorn (リズヴォーン) and believe it or not, she is a sister of Urseus who is the leader of her own Barbarian Army, the Lizvorn Squadron. Also, not even half day after his coronation as the new king, Leonidas already smell some off from various noblemen already . Thus ultimately leads to the Anti-Hiroto Alliance's next scheme to get rid of both Hiroto & Leonidas for good, now joined by the Duke from the last book who still holds a grudge against Hiroto. For Round 3, no less...






And for those who still reading the manga adaptation, these guys are far worst than Feuillet...


For those who are curious what is all about, here is some small description right down below about the first 3 illustrations.

Spoiler for Description based on preview pictures:

1. The prologue introduces a new character by the name Lizvorn, the leader of her female-only squadron who also a sister of Urseus the King of Magia. Seems to me that she is Magia's answer to Phyllis's Freyas (both are headstrong and stubborn women who refuses to let anyone control them), minus the haughty princess attitude.
2. Next, we see both Leonidas & Hiroto where the latter keep on reminding his position as a king but the former is too hot-headed to listen to anyone's advice, even though Hiroto is the only person he can depends on. Yes, really because apparently he still has trust issues with other aristocrats who once opposed him from the last book,
3. And now, the third illustration sees Belffergo (the bald one) and Ramsus (one who is sitting on the couch), two of the infamous members of the Anti-Hiroto faction who are plotting to get rid of both Leonidas and Hiroto from power for good by allying with an already disgruntled Hydran who is still bitter about his defeat by Hiroto and Leonidas; so much so that he refused to acknowledge them even after his defeat. Safe to say that the coup is going to happen and there will be more joining the three to take over Emperia too...

And because the preview chapter is still fresh and long which requires me some time to read it from the source, I gonna put up with the TLDR based on these illustrations themselves

Spoiler for Description based on preview pictures:

1. The introduction of Lizvorn itself shows more Magia characters than Urseus and his court, and given what happened in Volume 15 where the Vampire Alliance stormed into Bahram in order to avenge an severely injured Luluk at that time, there is an indications that there is an unfinished business between Hybride and Magia since Volume 15 and, man this book may explore the root behind the rivalry between 2 kingdoms. Oh, and since she is the leader of her squadron, expect her to be somewhat a challenge for the Vampire Alliance should Zeldis or Gezerkia or even Disgurd belittles her too early...and unfortunately, this also means that she is likely going to be a pawn for the Hybride aristocrats'/noblemen's ploy in yanking Hiroto and the vampires.
2. Second picture featuring Leonidas's attitude as the king but unlike his late father Moldius, he...isn't quite a listener as he only listens to Hiroto's advice almost exclusively while dismissing others because they said something sounds remotely nasty to his ears...for a good reason. You see, Leonidas himself already find some aristocrats/noblemen Keep in mind that Leonidas is not like his father Moldius, so expect the him will do what his father couldn't (or hesitant unless ) do and take no nonsense from anybody, including his uncle for he being barred from even interacting with Agnika due to what happened in Vol.16. This not only souring other aristocrats' already discontent for him, but it also makes even Hiroto's allies find Leonidas's stubbornness very concerning, specifically Raquel and Felkina in regards of the North Phyllis's revival issue.
3. Speaking of the villainous aristocrats, the third one is the book's major highlight where we see Anti-Hiroto Faction is really going all out just to get rid of both Hiroto and Leonidas. Little trivia? Belffergo is "supposed" to be inducted as a part of the Privy Council under Hydran's "recommendation", only to be rejected by Leonidas because losers can't be choosers according to the new king. The stinger of them all? Other aristocrats such as Margus also still displays some signs of discontent for both Hiroto and Leonidas as well as he too belittles them because he, very much like Finnath and Lemaire, can't stand to see youngsters running the kingdom. Worst still, Magia is now dragged into Hybride's affairs because of the bad blood between both kingdoms.

P.S.: I can't be the only one feels that Lizvorn, at least in storyline wise, is a combination of both Freyas & Disgurd?

[Chingaruna517]

Third post in a row and yeah, we really need to talk more about this series because it really deserved to be loved an translated because of how far this series is going, especially when Hiroto is now becoming the new king's most trusted allies.

By the way, last week was Kagami sensei's birthday, so I personally wish the author doing the best...and I am thinking of drawing more fan art about this work, both SFW & NSFW ones.

Anyways, more pictures are here and it seems.

Spoiler for Volume 18 based on 3 new pictures.:

1. First picture featuring both Raquel and Felkina in their cheongsam to meet up with both Hiroto and Leonidas.
2. Next, we see the three girls are waiting for Hiroto: Excelis, Mimia and Sorceire are greeting Hiroto.
3. The third (and possibly the last) colored picture featuring Soichiro is being subdued by the knights and Hiroto frantically urging the knights to let him go, with Shifelis also looking at the scene with horror.

Basically, Leonidas's reign is already shaking shortly after his coronation, problems have already brewing and Hiroto have to face mounting challenges and pressure from opposition of both sides: The ever discontent aristocrats and, more importantly, Magia's own princess may play a vital role for both Leonidas and Hiroto. with the former as the new King of Hybride while the latter being the new king's number two at this point.

Spoiler for My perception about Volume 18 based on said new pictures.:

1. It seems both Raquel and Felkina are one of few aristocrats/nobles who actually support Leonidas...and they don't like the new king's antics because they both worried that he will screwed up his own kingdom. Then again, since Hiroto gave his support for Leonidas, both ladies will try their best to at least get along with the new king. Note the keyword "try" because there are some of chances that the new king may not be listening much to any advice from anyone aside from Hiroto.
2. The scene of trio of Excelis, Mimia and Sorceire welcoming Hiroto's return to Salabria itself. It shows how long he has been absent in Salabria and since Shifelis is with Hiroto at the third illustration, perhaps she too visiting Solum for the first time? Also, since him returning to Solum? The book description specifically tells us that he need the vampires to support Leonidas's reign.
3. The third one confirms my suspicions about aristocrats' hostile takeover, with Soichiro's arrest by the knights seemly implies the said takeover and god help us if these same knights also imprisoning Curele and keep her separated from Soichiro too. If my speculations about the situation correctly, it apparently the arrest taking place when Hiroto and Shifelis return to Emperia after his trip to see the vampires. Heck, something tells me that even Leonidas of all people is helpless to see noblemen's insurrection despite he himself being the king of his own kingdom

Spoiler for Emperia Power Factions.:

There are few ministers/aristocrats who genuinely who support Leonidas's new reign: Hiroto, Panopticus, Univestel, Raquel, Felkina and Shifelis. Vampires (Zeldis and maybe Gezerkia and Disgurd) may play their part as enforcers to ensure the stability of his rule.

The rest of the aristocrats including Hydran, as well as Belffergo and Rasmus, are Anti-Leonidas and even Hiroto to an extent.

P.S.: Sorry for the late update because of real life shenanigans lately...

[darkofficer]

did Sorceire just get bigger. ?

and damm that king really is hopeless if he can't do anything against those nobles.

also don't worry real life comes first

[Chingaruna517]

^First of all, thanks for the encouragement and secondly, yes. It seems Sorceire's oppai is getting bigger as you see it. Then again, nearly all the female here except Curele

Now, regarding Leonidas being the new kin, to put it much more simple, lets say he is different than his own father (who himself isn't exactly the most decisive in what he does but at the very least he tried to be a good king by listening to opinions) due to his erratic personality. Not to worry, the new king is the good guy who is siding with our heroes, even though said erratic behavior may including him using crude language (meaning, sharp tongue in insulting people) as his rebuttal against oppositions. That being said, with him

Spoiler for Leonidas's character:

Leonidas is notorious for being a lecherous guy who spend most of his time in Regulus wooing women while ignoring politics and for this reason, he is belittled & ridiculed by almost everyone, including his own people. However, his lecherous personality masks his brutal and abrasive attitude as he vows to crush any enemies that threaten the kingdom, even if it means using brute force to do so. This makes him very extremely unpopular to everyone, including his own subject and it seems Hiroto is the only one whom Leonidas can ever listen to.

As for the aristocrats and nobles who are antagonizing both Hiroto and the new king, lets just say that their previous defeat from the last book didn't resolve their feud with Hiroto; rather it, only fuel their hatred for him and his allies (Leonidas and the vampires specifically) and they are getting desperate

Spoiler for Noblemen who displeased with Hiroto and Leonidas:

There are 12 aristocrats who are supposed to attend Leonidas's coronation ceremony and pay him some respects. Unfortunately for Leonidas and allies, many of them refused to attend the ceremony and those who do tend to arrive late on purpose. This irritated Leonidas so much that he deemed them untrustworthy as he only trust Hiroto

Making things worse is that those who attended the ceremony aren't exactly nice folks either: Margus, the governor of a province near Emperia who is one of the few who attending the ceremony...and also one of many to be displeased by Leonidas and Hiroto's status as the champions of the kingdom.

Things only worsen due to 2 developments: Hydran is still salty over his last defeat by Hiroto that he is seen ranting about how unfair the world is becoming when Leonidas denies him to handle Agnika (for a very legit reason because the Duke himself is responsible for the mess to begin with) during one meeting. Belffergo and Ramsus, on the other hand, plotting to set a trap so they can oust both Hiroto and Leonidas from power-starting by convincing Hydran to join their side to do just that.

And ya know the real stinger here?

Spoiler for Situation about Volume 18:

This is only Part 1 of current saga. Yes, really. Unlike the last books where it at least have some epilogue, this one is rather different as it ends with a cliffhanger...with Hiroto and the vampires are facing impeachment for some reason.

Speaking of that, Volume 19 is confirmed to be out in May 1st this year, following with Kyonyuu Fantasy 4 coming in May 24th. Really hope anybody dig into this series because the intensity is only getting started from here.

[Chingaruna517]

Second post and this is about Volume 19, the second part of the previous volume. Well, boy, ain't this is the first series to even have a cliffhanger but, IMO, that should be included in Volume 18 so we don't have to deal with a cliffhanger to see if Hiroto's luck is going to run out.

Spoiler for Spoiler for Volume 19 Teaser Summary/Description (Japanese)::

ヒュブリデ王国、分裂の危機!?

キュレレ、ハイドラン公爵の別邸を破壊する――。
公爵とヴァンパイア族との全面衝突は公爵の謝罪によって何とか避けられたが、諸外国大使の訪問を控える国務 卿ヒロトにとっては苦境の始まりだった。
ベルフェゴル侯爵は秘密裏に貴族会議を開催し、ヒロトとヴァンパイア族に弾劾決議が下される。
若き王レオニダスが決議を受け入れれば、ヒロトは宮廷より追放。ヒロトを擁護すれば国内は紛糾。マギア王国 との賠償問題の打開策も見つからない。
苦境に追い込まれるヒロトの許を訪れたのは、意外な使者だった!
異世界召喚物語、凱歌を上げるのはヒロトか、それとも――!?

Spoiler for Personal English Translation:

The Kingdom of Hybride is on a verge of collapsing?

Curele had destroyed Duke Hydran's villa. The full -scaled conflict between Duke Hydran and the vampires ended with the duke's apology, but consequentially this also begins the predicament of Hiroto the State of Secretary for he will be prohibited from meeting the foreign ambassadors. Worst still, Belffergo and others are holding a secret meeting and it is decided that Hiroto and the vampires must be impeached. If Leonidas the young king agree with the solution, then Hiroto will be expelled from the court; should he defends Hiroto, Hybride will be in disarray and he is yet to seek any solution in regards of Magia compensation issue. In the midst of all affair, Hiroto is visited by an unexpected messenger.

In the Isekai Adventure, will Hiroto be the singing the song of glory and triumph or..

In other words, part 2 focuses on Hiroto and the vampires' greater pinch in their lifetime and they will be expelled for the incident...just as the aristocrats wanted them to be. Not helping the case is that Leonidas is helpless a helpless situation: Why? Considering his bad reputation that garnered the public's scorn for him, anything Leonidas do will going to screw Hybride and the aristocrats know this because they also hate the new king in their bones.

Whichever the case, the aristocrats will do ANYTHING to get Hiroto, Vampires and especially Leonidas out from power no matter what. However, a surprise visitor who is caught up in this affair may seemly bring some hope...

[Chingaruna517]

Third post but this time it is analysis based on the said teaser summary of the Volume 19. If the description of Volume 19 is anything goes by, Hybride's peril is only worsen when the aristocrats are now going overdrive and by the gods, they will use any schemes to get Hiroto out from power even if this means that will ultimately tearing the kingdom apart.

Spoiler for Volume 19 (Analysis based on Summary):

1. First off, the feud between Hydran and the vampires ended with the destruction of the Duke's own residence and forced him to apologize for the said feud. Regardless if Hydran's apology is genuine or not, this is a pyrrhic victory for Hiroto and the vampires for the former will be prohibited from even meeting foreign ambassadors as the result of the said incident. You. read this correctly. It looks like Hydran got his wish of seeing Hiroto's downfall at the cost of his own home.
2. It get worse. The following aftermath of the Hydran-Vampire Conflict (yes, because the description said so) give the Anti-Hiroto Faction a perfect excuse to oust Hiroto and vampires from power for good, Belffergo and other aristocrats holding a secret meeting and make an unanimous decision to impeach both Hiroto and vampire. Adding with Leonidas's terrible track record in keeping his good reputation even before being the king, the Anti-Hiroto Faction surely going to exploit that as their own advantages so they can get Hiroto cornered and oust him. Speaking of Leonidas...
3. The new king's own hands are tied because of the aristocrats' proposal in impeaching Hiroto and the vampires: Should he accept the said proposal, Hiroto will be surely expelled from Emperia but if he opted to defend Hiroto, he will face consequences for his "folly". By consequences, I mean a possible coup from the aristocrats because he himself is outnumbered due to him have little allies. Speaking further of allies, there is a possibility that even his few allies will turn on him should he choose to dismiss Hiroto and the vampires, considering the fact that the only reason why some said few allies (Univestel, Raquel, Felkina and even Shifelis) even support him is because of Hiroto's trust in him, meaning that Leonidas will draw so many enemies regardless of his decision and the Anti-Hiroto Faction wanting him ousted from power too even if the new king concedes anyways. Perhaps this will Leonidas realize how hard being the king really is...
4. However, hope is not lost yet as Hiroto has some unexpected messenger who is dragged into the entire affair. Said messenger could be the new character Lizvorn whose mission is to meet Leonidas and Hiroto under Urseus's order. You see, out of 5 neighboring kingdoms of the Terminus RIver, Magia is the last kingdom to visit Hybride due to the 50-year-old Magia compensation issue that is yet to be solved even now; not to mention Belffergo and Ramsus is planning to manipulate Magia as part of their plan to remove both Hiroto & Leonidas from power...with Lizvorn may be part of their pawn for their vile schemes. Will Lizvorn be enough for Hiroto's miracle to overcome his ordeal that is far worse than the Kangaroo Court he was facing in Volume 12? All the while not being manipulated by the aristocrats? Only story can tell.

I will going to do some analysis the Volume 18 based on the previous teaser chapters and yes, even table contents in order to see what's going on. Can't say I have a full story about that yet because I don't have the books featuring the New Era Saga (Vol.16-18. Vol.19 seems to be either a middle or a conclusion). In the mean time, here is teaser cover about the upcoming Volume 19 and yes, that lady on Hiroto's left is a new character by th name Lizvorn, sister of Urseus of Magia.