Fresh off their victory over the demon lord Bifrons, Makoto’s party joins Princess Sophia on a political trip to broker an alliance with Great Keith. However, diplomacy quickly goes out the window when the party is attacked by Great Keith’s Hero of Incandescence, who is known to be the strongest hero of them all. On top of that, Makoto soon hears rumors that one of his former classmates has been captured and sold into slavery. As the Roses delegation tries to get to the heart of the matter, they find themselves facing another one of the Snake Sect’s nefarious plots. And though Makoto has thwarted them before, this time, he’s at a distinct disadvantage—Great Keith, with its desert climate, has hardly any water elementals! Can Roses secure a mighty new ally? Or will both nations fall into the hands of demons?
Makoto's high paced adventure is rushing towards the end game as the author points out in the Afterword, this time in Great Keith with Aya finally getting serious and Makoto getting even more indebted to Noah. Much like previous volumes it is a tad over the top, although not more so then in many isekai LNs, but at least there is plot progress and a decently interesting setup. The motivations of the involved deities (and demon lords tbh) is not very clear, although I am not entirely sure the story will ever take a dark turn which is very much could with the way it is set up. I mean, when we see Makoto from another point of view we realize how much he looks like a madman. Now if only we did not get the constantly last moment interrupted alone time with his girlfriends. The joke was never funny and it is getting very old.
This was a busy volume I enjoyed the story which seems to be moving rather quickly now. Makoto’s doing cray stuff, the girls are still being rivals (but thankfully while the thirst is present, it isn’t a main focus this time), we get a new friend, and Nijinsky ensue ;) Looking forward to volume 8!