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
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…….
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 * -|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……！」

Chapters

 * Prologue: Darkness Lurks in a Peaceful Academy, a Case of Missing Students!
 * Chapter 1: Nee-san’s Return and Progression of Disease……!
 * Chapter 2: Shocking Morning, School Skewer Murder Case!!
 * Chapter 3: Case Closed, Yes, Let’s Talk About the Old Days
 * Chapter 4: The World is at Peace Today
 * Chapter 5: Unexpected School Terrorism Again!!
 * Epilogue: I Would Destroy the World If I Could Have It!
 * Eta’s Research Journal

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.