The sealing ceremony for the relic of The Cleansing has begun at last. But to everyone's surprise, the ceremony is disrupted by an incredible surge of magical energy triggered by Avrora, the former Fourth Primogenitor sealed within Nagisa. Her presence has caused the calamity sleeping at the bottom of Kannawa Lake to awaken...Caught up in the mix, Yuiri and Shio of the Lion King Agency venture out onto the frozen lake to rescue Nagisa-and find themselves facing off against draconic demon beasts! Meanwhile, Kojou and Yukina, who sank beneath frigid waters at the end of a fierce battle, wake up in a strange hot springs inn to find their wounds have completely healed. At the root of it all is a mysterious girl named Glenda. Just who is she? And can she be trusted...?
StB continues to be a sort of guilty pleasure for me, if only for how predictable the formula is.
Fortunately, the author is starting to unravel quite a few ongoing threads introduced in the earlier novels, mostly related to the hidden backstories of the main characters.
Refreshingly this time, the POV switches quite a bit between the major players of the incident the protagonists have to face and it's actually pretty enjoyable to see our main pairing from the eyes of the characters around them.
Basically, more of the same, just slightly different this time.