’TIS THE SEASON…FOR DUELING?! After putting a stop to Raine Grad and ousting the Black Organization from Daglio, Allen barely has a chance to catch his breath before Claude transfers to Thousand Blade Academy. Things get even more hectic during the school’s annual Christmas Party, which includes the much-anticipated Crush Your Crush Competition! Just a few days later, Allen is invited to the Liengard New Year’s Jubilee to meet his nation’s empress. But when a demon in league with the Holy Ronelian Empire attacks the gathering, it’s up to Allen to fend off his deadliest foe yet!
Nick and his party have conquered the labyrinth and claimed the holy Sword of Bondsâ€just about the last thing you would expect of a group brought together by their pasts full of traumatic betrayals! But maybe, just maybe, the party can come to trust each other at least a little bit and to heal the scars of their histories together…That is, if a chance encounter with Claudine, the wicked woman who duped Nick, doesn’t reopen old wounds first!