Sakaku Hishikawa The situation with Liz has been resolved, so Zenos shifts his focus to researching the Black Guild, a mysterious organization that closely guards all information about their members. Even so, he learns of an important figure within it who can supposedly heal any malady. Could it be his childhood friend and fellow student of healing magic, Velitra? Upon looking further into the matter, he suspects Velitra also has their old mentor?s notes. Finding his old friend could be the key to learning more about their mysterious mentor...Will Zenos manage to infiltrate the Black Guild? And if he does, what secrets will he unveil?

Sakaku Hishikawa With everything at the Royal Institute of Healing settled, Zenos, Lily, and Carmilla return to their regular routine at the clinic in the ruined city. Zenos reminisces about his mentor and his past, and the three demi-human leaders announce the slums? fir

Zenos and Lily succeed in founding St. Carmilla Academy, the first-ever school in the slums, with help from noble children. There, the shadow healer meets Roa, a young girl with big dreams of adventure and bold claims of being the daughter of the former Sword Saint. When Roa runs into trouble, she finds herself face-to-face with the current Sword Saint and vows to become her apprentice. Between this fateful meeting and a certain meddling wraith pulling strings, Zenos is drawn back into the adventuring life he thought he?d left behind.