This season’s meetings…… no, the Nation’s Opening Festival is over.

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Rimuru easily thwarted Rosso family’s plan to undermine Tempest’s standing, with Duke Muese taking the brunt of the fall.

Rimuru recognized that Yuuki is the boss behind Clayman with connections to the eastern merchants. This followed by Tempest receiving a letter from the Council of the West foreshadows the conflict for the next season, which was announced after the episode.

The anime have almost caught up to the manga, around chapter 118 (latest is 122), and about half way through the LN volumes. We do not know when the next season will begin broadcasting, but manga readers can probably look forward to it going into unknown territory.