Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 5

Re:Zero Kara Hajimaru Isekai Seikatsu Ex 5: The Tale of the Scarlet Princess (Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活Ex5緋色姫譚) is the fifth spin-off novel of the Re:Zero Light Novel series. It was released on September 25th, 2021.

The story revolves around Priscilla Barielle and her upbringing, adapting the two side stories Crimson Afterglow and The Crimson Countess and the Gladiator.

Synopsis
The Sacred Vollachia Empire is the largest nation in the four major countries where the law of the weak and strong are alive. There is no exception to the iron laws of the Empire, where the strong are honored and the weak are oppressed. Even if it were emperors who were the pinnacle of the Empire. One of the Volachian royalty, Prisca Benedict -- who is still young but intelligent, descended on her in the Ceremony of Choice, which determines the next emperor. The blood struggle in which the brothers and sisters kill each other and become the next emperor, it opens in the flames of a cruelly beautiful treasured sword.

"It doesn't matter what it is. ──This world is made convenient for me."

A act in imperial history where the reason of the strong overruns everything. ──Scarlet Princess, burn it down. oneself the obstacle of fate.

Chapters

 * Chapter 1: Crimson Afterglow
 * Chapter 2: The Crimson Countess and the Gladiator

Trivia

 * The title "The Tale of the Scarlet Princess" is a reference to Priscilla Barielle.
 * The cover of this volume features Miles and Balleroy Temeglyph riding their Winged Dragons in the far left top corner of the illustration.