Final rating: 5/5 stars

"From now on, the Sun Knight Platoon will have to run one round within the walls of the city every morning!" I said fiercely.

Upon receiving the order, Adair was stunned and his expression seemed to be a bit troubled.

"What? You can't do it? Are you still fit to be called knights?" On the surface, I was roaring with much energy, but in my heart I was a bit unsettled. How far is a round within the city walls? Maybe it's too far?

All of the Sun Knight Platoon members went silent.

Looking at this situation, maybe one round within the city really is very far. Should I cut it to half a round? But I have already set the command, so how am I to take it back...

At this moment, Ed seemed to have gathered up his courage as he said, "Captain, when you first met us five years ago you had set a command for us to run five rounds. Then three years ago you became angry when our physical performance lost to the Judgment Knight Platoon so you commanded us to run three rounds. At that time, Adair thought that you meant to add three rounds, so we have been running eight rounds for the past three years. Now... "

"... Now what I meant is add one more round, is there a problem?"

How can these books be better than a lot of books I've read before? I don't know, but it's true.

This book is a mess of a thousand events, all ending up with one and intervening perfectly.

Also, it's too hilarious and filled with great and moving scenes.

God, I love the characters so much. The only thing I do mind is not having female character (s) in bigger roles, but even this princess was interesting. Amazing. Just amazing.

This volume is about:

1. What Rolland and Pink are up to.

2. You get to know the Sun Knight's platoon of idiots (Adair is the greatest vice captain Sun ever chose)

3. The Hell Knight problem - you see, the Hell Knight, or Elias, wants to quit, and marry the princess.

4. The Son of the God of War also wants to marry the princess.

5. The Sun Knight also wants to marry the princess-

Wait what?

And that final chapter with Hell's POV was fantastic :D Just fantastic.

Final rating: 4.75/5 stars

"Also, as to why I was so determined to train a spell caster into a knight, there is another very important reason."

Hearing that, the green-cloaked traveler asked seriously, "Why is that?"

The gray-cloaked traveler turned around and looked gravely at his companion. He explained slowly and painfully, "Because, back then, I forgot to choose a back-up knight!"

Just a bit weaker than the previous book, the third book still doesn't disappoint. One could say, almost perfect. Nothing more, nothing less. I still laughed way too much and there were few extremely moving scenes, not to mention the ending, which surprised me!

► STORY:

A princess is kidnapped, a future bride of the Son of God of War, Mike, and the condition from kidnapper is that Mike forms an adventurer team and come to get them. What Sun was not expecting was that he and Leaf were gonna become party members. As an archer and a cleric (But Sun is not a cleric, he is clearly a Holy Knight! Ahem...). Ofc his first choice would have been either Judgment or Hell Knight, but apparently, both are unable to come so he had to stick with the nicest guy in the universe, an archer and the pure cutie, the Leaf Knight - Elmairy (or Elmy) !

*If you haven't read up to this volume, and wish to remain unspoiled - just in case, then don't read further than this*

Thus begins the quest for saving the princess and encountering people Grisia Sun would never want to meet again, because one of them has gold hair, blue eyes and is enough to make even Grisia wish for an escape... The second person though, however, is a dark elf, a despised race, because they are apparently "evil and tricky" bunch.

So the biggest problem is... How to deal with the current situation?

The answer is simple: follow the stereotypes of rescuing the princess, until something unexpected happens.

Short answer: Never ruffle Sun's feathers, because he will never forget any wrongdoings upon him or people he cares about, especially his knights.

"Yeah!" Ed, who was behind him suddenly cut in. "No matter how weird he is, he can't be as weird as our captain!"

... Has it really been so long since I last kicked someone down the cliff?

What does it matter if I can't learn any sword skills?

Even if I'm not like my teacher, the strongest Sun Knight in history, my Twelve Holy Knights strengthened with my holy spells will become "The Strongest Twelve Holy Knights in history"!

There is nothing in the world that can bypass them to harm me! Even if I can't use a sword, there is nothing worth my fear!

I honestly wonder if this series will ever stop amazing me? Like, honestly. Why is it so great? Because it breaks stereotypes and is unpredictable in most cases.

Especially this one. It has the most shocking beginning and definitely the strangest plot so far, because this is Grisia in his raw - honest to the light god - self. He doesn't hold any punches and this is the point where Grisia... is Grisia, without any constraints. Why? Because Grisia was attacked, ended up severly injured, got telleported to another kingdom, and got amnesia! (He was also rescued by the group of adventurers he, Neo and Aldrizzt encountered in the cave in book 3 and ended up hunting the unicorn! (Don't even ask)).

And then there is Scarlet... a tiny mysterious girl who stalks Sun Grisia.

And finally, this book focuses on Ice and Blaze knights. I will just say... They don't have any great time this time around (like Leaf/Hell/etc before, seriously Sun, wtf are you doing to your knights that you love so much?), especially Ice. Although we do get to see his true self, as a caring mother, unrelenting person and the one who really cares about Sun.

Anyway, the conclusion: do not piss of Judgment Knight.

This series is fun, wonderful, with amazing world building, so go for it. it's damn great.

He staggered, but he still managed to stand upright. He even lifted his head, and with a bitter smile, he said, "Grisia... No, you are not Grisia. Even if it had been Grisia, he would not kill us. Grisia is already dead. He's long dead. You are only, only... "

I am... ?

Lesus, Lesus! Don't collapse, tell me...

What exactly am I?

So, I kinda miss the hilariousness of the first two volumes, but damn, this is actually the first one to make me bowl my eyes out (i cried a river, seriously!). Before you ask - it was resolved, so there were no more tears involved. But my heart cried out.

How is it impossible to write serious reviews for these books? Oh my god! Why? Why is it so damn hard?

Anyway, this time, Earth and Cloud are forced to be Sun's bodyguards, but Sun wouldn't be Grisia if he didn't manage to screw it up and screw it up gloriously by acting on his own, aka, this is the book where Grisia finally finds out that sometimes it's better to share your worries, then hide them and have to suffer severe consequences. Judgment and Sun are actually very similar in this matter. Both have hidden things from their own holy knights, and it's starting to piss them off.

On the other hand, Grisia does feel a lot of regret over hurting Ice and Blaze in the past, not to mention leaving Leaf when he needed him the most, and he can't get over it so much that it resulted in very realistic nightmares.

As the books go, we find out more and more about other knights, but we never should forget that the real protagonist is only one - Grisia! But, I loved reading about other knights, about how interesting and mysterious Scarlet is, about Pink who is back again and ofc Aldrizzt and Neo!

Ah, what a charming reunion.

Just... it was so great to finally see the entire squad of holy knights act as a single unit.

Blaze and Leaf instantly rushed out of the room, while Earth gave a sigh, and idly said, "It's one thing after another. The Demon King is coming, Sun is broken. This time it really is the end of the world!"

Um... What just happened? That ending... did I read it right? Oh... oh my god?

At this point, the main story and the main point of this whole novel starts. Judgment is hiding something from Grisia, and Grisia is willing to let it go and never find out about it. After almost losing him in the previous book, maybe some things are better left unsaid.

But again, some things are better left said - no matter what they are. This time the book focused on the issue of the Demon King, ruler of the Shadow God Church.

And one is about to be born in Leaf Bud City - city of the Twelve Holy Knights. And no one is particularly happy about that. Awaitsun came as a Silent Eagle of the Church of the Shadow God and he and other countries support the birth of the Demon King: because if the Demon king is not born, then the world will be destroyed by darkness (if he is born, then the world has 50/50 chance of survival, depending on the Demon King).

To choose a demon king, there are three candidates... And no one knows who they are (yet). But, if one thinks about it, it's pretty obvious who the first two candidates would be.

To become a demon king, the easiest way is to kill the other candidate and absorb their element.

And this time, we have 3 guides of the candidates, the immortal leaches, who want nothing more than ensure their "child" becomes the demon king!

As for the ending itself... I actually did not see that one coming! And the epilogue slayed me, because... just... I couldn't believe it.

Also, I love how his knights all tease Sun, like, I'm laughing so much hahaha. (Sun does not deserve Adair, his vice captain, honestly). Oh right, and Metal Knight's secret is well... actually good for Sun (oh my god, that whole part with his secret made me just... laugh/cry? Oh my god?)

There are also Stephen and Charlotte, new characters and shadowpriest and a knight from the Cathedral of the Shadow god, and Charlotte is very much a fun of Sun Knight.

Earth's face froze, and he turned his head to ask Storm, "Do I have to be here to watch him bathe?"

"Captain Judgment wanted us to watch over Sun, " Storm quietly assessed. "So you have two options. Number one, violate Knight-Captain Judgment's orders. Number two, see Sun's naked body."

"... F***!"

F*** what? In any case, I am actually a fair and beautiful man, with a head of long blond hair, and now because of sleeping for half a year I am malnourished and too thin. Simply by looking at my figure from behind, I might actually look very much like a lady... Wait a minute! Come to think of it, later on when I bathe, there will be three men staring at me?

F***!

This book was blissfully hilarious, as were the previous volumes, but also very serious. Okay so: a bit of a warning. This review actually contains spoilers for the previous book! I couldn't avoid it, sadly!

Following the freaking cliffhanger from the previous books, this one continues half a year later. Sun has - in those past few months - actually gone insane. And the moment he wakes up, everyone still believes that he is insane as an effect of the spell they used on him. Side effects being: randomly shouting, having nightmares, and desperately trying to kill himself (even acting that he was sane so he could off himself). This put all of the knights on edge, not to mention the pressure they faced from other parties.

After all, the Demon King turned back to the candidate, and he cannot control darkness unless Grisia dies. And as he was insane, and coulnd't challenge DK, this was the situation.

And thus begins the quest for Grisia (now fully aware) to confront the DK, along with his band of missnamed Knight Captains and one vice captain.

"Henceforth, we're not allowed to use the titles Sun, Storm, Metal, and Moon. We'll just directly call each other by our real names. Is that okay?"

"Only you would have a problem with that!" Metal... No, rather, Laica yelled, "If you dare to continue calling me Slime, you better watch out! I'm Laica!"

Everyone reported their names one-by-one.

"I'm Ceo!" Ceo smiled extremely radiantly, seeming to hint that if I were to call his name wrongly one more time, he was going to make me meet my "death"!

"I'm Vival." Moon repeated it seriously, "Vi. Va. L. And definitely not 'Voila'!"

If you read Vival a little faster, isn't it "Voila"? I only read it a little too fast, that's all!

"Tyler." Tyler helplessly said, "Knight-Captain Sun, please don't call me Tyre anymore."

And this quote actually summarizes the entire series so well:

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Storm glared at me. "For this entire year, first it was you going blind, then it was Judgment dying, and then you dying. Even after you were revived, you were in an insane state. Hell Knight becoming the Demon King, lands of death encroaching further and further, the Cathedral of the Shadow God wanting you dead... Which one of these is not earth-shattering? It's not easy to scare us nowadays!"

]

And finally: everyone mistaking Sun for a woman. That was interesting.

"Sun, you are still so... " He laughed, shook his head, and said, "How in the world should I describe you?"

I suggested, "You can say that I am astonishingly wise and astute!"

"You are shameless and despicable!" Laica roared.

Laica, you're not a princess! Only princesses like to describe me with 'shameless' and 'despicable.'

Only one book left... Sigh.. I don't want it to end.

► STORY:

*Spoilers for the previous volume, so skip this:*

The Demon King has been born, and he is not planning on returning to the seat of the Sun Knight ever again! Which is very troublesome, because Grisia's real personality was actually just enough for him to tip over the edge of morality.

First, he is terribly bored. So he goes out and randomly joins adventurer party and decides to make one of them a hero that will try to kill the Demon King, while pretending to be their companion. He just loves abusing Awaitsun (partly because he still holds grudge over him killing Leaf), and is highly doubting his loyalty. Not to mention Illu who is completely loyal to Roland, yet, Grisia managed to "convince" him to work for him while keeping Roland's wellbeing over his head.

There is only one person, in the entire world, who might be able to keep him in check and he arrives just in time... But is he the person who will be able to help him go back to before, or will follow all of his commands?

In the meantime, Lesus is having an army advance towards the Demon King. He will not let Grisia get away from his duties as a Sun Knight, because they are lost without him.

► CHARACTERS:

There are like so many characters so let's do this: (actually non spoilery much)

◈ Grisia Sun: Even though he changed, a lot of him stayed in his subconsciousness. Even though he loves bullying his own knights, he would never allow another party to bully them instead. He is very protective, possessive and cruel in this book, but when you look at it, hasn't he always been this way? Just raise those traits and lower his kindness, consideration and thoughtfulness and you will see that he is... in a way, still the same, just balanced out.

"Lesus, the first time I cast Resurrection, I lost my eyes, the Sun Knight's blue eyes. The second time was the Sun Knight's golden hair. The third time even my affinity for the holy element disappeared. What do you think the God of Light means?"

◈ Lesus Judgment: Still the cold on the outside, yet calculative, extremely caring, the actual big brother of the group, he does everything in his power to return their own leader to the Holy Knights. No matter what methods he or his subordinates may use, he will never relent in setting out what needs to be done.

"But Sun is definitely not a weak and useless person! He chooses to take responsibility, and sometimes he even takes on too much. He uses everything in his power to prevent the people he cares about from getting hurt. But you, the Demon King, are a person who chooses to run away."

◈ Ceo Storm: a workaholic who needs more rest than anything, yet is there for everyone and supporting as they go, he honestly just needs a damn break. Out of all the characters, Ceo is one of my favorites so far. Without him the whole Holly temple would collapse, honestly.

◈ Georgo Earth: even though he started on unfriendly terms with his own Captain, Grisia, he still wants him back, despite their arguments and their fall outs, he still cares about Sun.

◈ Elmairy Leaf: The kindest knight, both in his stereotypical personality and his real personality, he was constantly in grief over everything Sun has done for him and lost for him, and yet he is not able to help...

◈ Demos Cloud: an unknown support to many of them, he will come out from the shadow when you least expect it, yet you can still count on him to be there.

◈ Chikus Blaze: much like his steretypic personality, he is hot tempered and easy to lose his patience, but still great support in the times of need and is one who pretty much idolises the Sun Knight.

◈ Ecilan Ice: Even though he has to be emotionless a lot of time, it's possible to break through and see his own personality come out. There is nothing he cares about more than his own team, his brothers. And would suffer many things, just to make it right. Truly a mother of their team.

◈ Vival Moon: even though he has his own perks, he would help doing whatever it takes, no matter what.

◈ Laica Metal: who gets so happy when he finds out that he actually managed to offend someone without even trying (his teacher would be so proud), yet he still tries his best to give compliments too!

◈ Aivis Stone: the "stubborn" person who refuses to be stubborn by actually being stubborn because he refuses to be stubborn. Did I confuse anyone?

◈ Rolland Hell : who is at loss. He feels tremendous guilt over allowing Grisia to do what he wanted, and knowing that he could have stopped it. Yet, everyone else supports him, because after all - he is one of them.

◈ Adair: the character that is so high on my list of favorite characters, that he might break the roof - there is only one thing worth mentioning: no one deserves a Vice Captain such as Adair. He would do anything, and I mean EVERYTHING for Grisia. That's how much he loves and respects him, even if what he has to do will hurt him, he was always one of those who managed to change Grisia's opinions on the matter. Even if Grisia didn't keep up what he promised, he was still there for him.

"At the time, Knight-Captain Storm and the others had all returned, yet you had not. Because of that, I felt somewhat... lost, so I did not particularly notice him."

◈ The new adventurer party: Of which the most notable is Taylen, the one Grisia choose as a hero, who holds his own secrets. I wish there were more about them, but this was nice too.

◈ Elaro: Who chose to walk the path Grisia suggested to him (even though a bit too early!), yet he sees the things in Grisia other people can't...

"Well, perhaps it was because of your brilliant smile!"

◈ Awaitsun and Alice : who follow the Demon Kings commands, as much as possible. Although Awaitsun is having a hard time doing it, and somewhat regrets supporting Grisia on this matter, because no matter what he did, Grisia was never satisfied and took it out on him. Which, in a way, was actually the point of his whole life: as a duty of the Silent Eagle is to take the brunt of demon king's anger. He deserves so much better, honestly. (As well as Illu who cares about his own creator, Rolland). Alice on the other hand, became even scarrier! Just try to avoid babysitting her children!

◈ Scarlet and Pink and Stephen: the undying that only wanted their own children to stay alive, prosper and do their roles, and help them in their times of need. Yet out of three, only two of their children survived.

[masochistic ]

[army, aka Alice, Awaitsun and illu, because the last I remember, Awaitsun was in a really bad shape. ]

When it comes to the real plot, it started good and ended awesome. I'm in awe of Yu Wo's antics where she turned the greatest Sun Knight into a Demon King.