Light Novel/Volume 5

This is the fifth volume of the light novel series, The Eminence in Shadow (陰の実力者になりたくて！).

Synopsis

 * -|English=Midgar Magic Swordsman Academy, which should have been peaceful, is suddenly approached by a gigantic darkness... Students go missing one after another!? And even Cid's older sister, Claire, disappears... Zeta, one of the Seven Shadows, sets out to investigate. And Cid and Alexia get into Claire's room... "This is..." The moment I saw it, I guessed it. Ancient letters, cool magic circles, meaningless spells. "This is a note about the black history of chuunibyou...!"

平穏なはずのミドガル魔剣士学園に突如、巨大な闇が迫る……. 生徒が次々と行方不明に!? そして、シドの姉・クレアまでもが姿を消して…….
 * -|Japanese=「陰よ――喰らいつくせ」　シリーズ累計200万部突破!!

調査に乗り出す、七陰のひとり・ゼータ. そしてシドは、アレクシアと共にクレアの自室に乗り込み…….

「こ、これは……ッ」

見た瞬間に、察してしまった. 古代文字、カッコいい魔法陣、意味ありそうで全く意味のない呪文.

「これは、中二病黒歴史ノートだ……！」

Characters

 * In order of appearance:

Trivia

 * Although this is Zeta and Eta's debut within the Light Novel, both of them are debuted in the anime roughly two months prior in October 2022.