When the herbalist Nils realizes that he’s completely out of mandrake root, he asks Shiori and Alec to accompany him on a gathering expedition in Hortensia Cavern. Upon arrival, however, the group of adventurers quickly realize that they’ll have to face a magical beast which feeds on the fears of its prey. And when this monster gets a hold of Alec, he is forced to confront not just his past, but a potential tragic future too...

Shiori and Alec successfully guide their client, the artist Annelie, to the top of Silveria Tower. Their arrival allows Annelie to accomplish her true goal: bringing her lover, Dennis, to the pinnacle of the tower, so she can confess her long-held love for him. However, in the shadow of their blooming romance, danger lurks, and the journey home will prove more challenging than any of them imagined...

Alec, an A-rank adventurer, meets Shiori, a woman with the mysterious appellation “housekeeping mage.” She has so little magical power that she’s useless as a combat mage, but to make up for it, she uses her magic to take care of all the daily chores of an expedition, like washing and cooking, single-handedly. As Alec adventures with Shiori, her novel use of magic provides a warm bath and delicious food...in other words, an environment much too comfortable to be called “camping”! He’s completely taken with her, but she has a certain secret...

After much anxious planning, Shiori decides she’s finally ready to hold her highly anticipated housekeeping magic lecture. The turnout exceeds expectations, with adventurers, knights, nobles, and even former foes coming from far and wide to attend. Shiori’s magic offers them a chance to rediscover magic and all its possibilities, but when an avalanche hits a nearby village, the class quickly finds itself part of the search and rescue effort. To save the lives of those caught in the disaster, they’ll have to put their newfound magic to the test!

A crisis hits the Tris Cathedral the day before the much-anticipated Nativity Festival! When half of the orchestra for a famed songstress falls ill, Shiori is called in to help provide some much-needed backup with her illusion magic. However, the songstress soon reveals that a rival performer may be plotting her downfall, and more danger may yet be waiting around the corner. Will Shiori and Alec become targets themselves? And will Shiori’s illusion magic be enough to save the songstress’s performance?

Shiori’s been busy putting her magical abilities to use as a housekeeping mage, and she finds her services requested by a well-respected noblewoman from a famous family of artists who’s looking for protection on a special journey. Together with her lover Alec, her slime companion Rurii, and two A-rank adventurers, Shiori braves the frigid wilderness to reach the Tower of Silveria, where the noblewoman wishes to behold a vista only visible in the midst of winter. The trek there is treacherous, meaning preparation is paramount and any error could be fatal. Is there more to the noblewoman’s request than just art? And what of her relationship with her aides...?

When an Eastern merchant expresses a desire to meet Shiori because of all the soy sauce she’s bought, Shiori finds herself facing quite the dilemma—she’s let those around her believe that she hails from the East, and any contact with the real thing will almost certainly blow her cover! But there’s a small ray of hope for her too—what if the distant nation to the east is in fact a version of the Japan she calls home? Follow Shiori as she faces up to her past, and finds the courage to reconcile it with her future!

In the aftermath of the snow wolf attack on Brovito Village, Shiori begins to come to terms with her past while she and her fellow adventurers help the villagers get back on their feet. She feels like she’s found a place where she belongs. Meanwhile, Alec decides that he wants to continue protecting the housekeeping mage, so he approaches Shiori with a request...but what might it be? And what truths will come to light when Zack reveals to Alec the connection he has to the horrible incident in Shiori’s past...?

Micrographic reproduction of the 13 volume Oxford English dictionary published in 1933.