Our take
The setup
Having already bound his childhood friend to his will through dark magic, the protagonist takes on a mission to hunt down the orcs holding a captive princess knight. Inside their dungeon stronghold, he finds she has already been broken by contract magic and the monsters guarding her.
Why read it
For fans of
「正しいヒロインの躾け方〜突然手に入れた“黒魔術”で世界征服を目論む〜」continues its harem dark fantasy premise with a protagonist who has already bent his childhood friend to his will using dark magic, and who now turns that power toward the wider world. The story follows him as he takes up adventuring alongside her, using his dark magic to fight monsters while keeping her bound through contract magic in their day-to-day life.
The central event of this stretch of the story is a mission to hunt down orcs that have taken a princess knight captive. The protagonist and his companion are called up for the operation, and the trail leads them into the orcs' dungeon stronghold, where the captive knight has been subjected to control through contract magic and to abuse at the hands of the monsters holding her.
Readers drawn to this series are likely those who want their fantasy conquest stories unflinching rather than softened, with the protagonist's dominance over the people around him treated as the core engine of the plot rather than something to be undone. The dungeon raid gives the story a clearer adventuring backdrop than simple domestic control, placing the characters in direct physical danger while keeping the same power dynamics running underneath.
The captive princess knight's situation adds a darker edge to the conquest narrative, raising the question of what becomes of her once the protagonist and his companion reach her. Fans of harem dark fantasy who want corruption and domination handled directly, without being swapped out for a gentler romance, will find that tone carried through this stretch of the story.
Overall, this entry keeps the series' established formula intact: a protagonist who treats both monsters and people as targets of his growing power, a loyal companion already remade by his magic, and a new captive whose fate is tied directly to the dungeon's outcome.
2 volumes in print / Volume 1 to the latest
Spoilers through Vol.2
Official synopsis
"Master, I can't take it anymore, I'm at my limit!" Following his life as an adventurer with his childhood friend Alice, whom he has placed under his control, Kuro starts his new life. Amidst days of defeating monsters with dark magic and doting on Alice with contract magic, he hears of the 'Princess Knight' Elina, who has been captured by orcs. Kuro and Alice are conscripted into the orc subjugation operation launched to pursue the enemy, but... In the Gamul Labyrinth, the orcs' stronghold, the captured Princess Knight Elina is controlled by contract magic and subjected to XX by the monsters... What will be the fate of Princess Knight Elina in this Gamul Labyrinth conquest arc!? The long-awaited second volume of this harem dark fantasy! Note: This volume contains the contents of "How to Properly Train a Heroine: Aiming for World Domination with Suddenly Acquired 'Dark Magic' [Full Color]" (6) through (10). Please be careful not to make duplicate purchases.
Official synopsis
"That lying mouth and that lewd body... I'll train them all!" Kuro has lived his life as a village farmer. On one birthday, he remembered the existence of the super-rare skill "Dark Magic: Lewd Cruelty" and three special skills bestowed upon him by a god. He tries to use this power to save his childhood friend Alice from being sold, but he is betrayed by Alice and her family. Enraged, Kuro uses his overwhelming power to subdue them. To Alice, who begs for her life, Kuro issues a command as her "master": "Take off your clothes and crawl like a dog." While Alice's body is flushed with shame and excitement, the tentacles of a slime summoned via dark magic writhe suspiciously as they creep toward her... Having established a "master-servant relationship" with his childhood friend, Kuro sets off on a journey to learn about the outside world, but... he finds himself saddled with an outrageous mission!? Dominate the heroines of another world and conquer it! The curtain rises on this harem dark fantasy! Note: This volume contains the contents of "How to Properly Train a Heroine: Aiming for World Domination with Suddenly Acquired 'Dark Magic' [Full Color]" (1) through (5). Please be careful not to make duplicate purchases.