Hajime Nagumo and his party head for the Hoelscher Empire in the third season, called in by Princess Liliana to defuse a conflict between imperial officials and the Haulia tribe, the rabbit-people clan his companion Shea comes from. His transmutation ability and the combat strength he built by devouring dungeon monsters now run up against a political threat instead of a monster, while Yue and Kaori Shirasaki manage their competing claims on him.