Life in the spirit forest is pleasant for Rio and Latifa— but alas, their time together there isn't meant to last. With a promise that he'll eventually return, Rio departs for his parents' hometown in the Yagumo region. A small village holding the secrets of his birth awaits him… Yuri Shibamura is a Japanese author best known for the series Marginal Operation . Futago Minaduki writes and draws the manga adaptation of Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles