Outbreak Company: Volume 5

Kanou Shinichi runs Amutech, a company that trades across a wormhole between Japan and the Holy Eldant Empire, a fantasy world with dragons in its skies. The firm exists to bring otaku culture to the empire, and Shinichi is its general manager.

In this volume he is kidnapped. Bahairam, a long-standing enemy of the Eldant Empire, is responsible, though the book does not yet say why they would take him.

Political considerations mean that no official help is coming. His maid, Myusel, refuses to let that stand and sets out to bring back the man she calls her master. She gathers a small band of volunteers to go with her.

The open matters are practical ones. The nature of Bahairam, the reason it resorted to such a bold abduction, and the plan the rescue party carries all remain to be seen. The comic, fantasy-meets-otaku tone of the series carries through the rescue attempt, with Myusel taking the lead while Shinichi is held captive.