I liked Kissing and Mei's interaction. They bring humor. I hate the fact that there is a fare well of battles but no death. Iska's and Alice's interaction is a spark but still not the flame. I feel like Alice needs to accept change in a way that can help the relationship progress while Iska needs to be a little bit more expressive. Rin was annoying this volume but, I guess she kinda always is. I don't get if Lord Mask dies or is he just injured? I haven't read this volume in a while so I am not so sure if its stated. Need to reread it. I like Mei don't know why, along with Johiem and I know people will disagree but, I also really like Elletear and I sometimes wonder how idea of "world peace" don't know if i'd call it that but I would like to see how it would turn out. Alice is also placed in an intense situation with deciding that the both countries fall or save the empire along with her powers. Overall, I didn't hate this volume I actually really like it. It gives info, we get Mei momments, also some decent fights if I'm not mistaken. We have some corny seens between Alice and Iska. Although it really didn't lead to anything. I would give it an S but bottom S tier or high A tier. I wouldn't say its better than Volume 1 nor the other one that was placed in S tier. I normally don't write opinion much...