Chapter 63

Afterword Here you have Hollow Regalia Volume 4. The subtitle Where Angels Fear to Tread refers to a place where no wise person would approach—somewhere only fools enter. It directly represents the story this time, as they journeyed into the Moujuu colony, as well as the other world Iroha and Yahiro wandered into, while also being a metaphor for the power of the dragons itself. Now then, the stage this time around was Nagoya. I haven’t been able to visit in a long time due to various circumstances, but I personally like Nagoya a lot, and used to travel there frequently. The food is so good… The misokatsu, the chicken wings, the Taiwan ramen, the hitsumabushi… I haven’t tried the popular piyorin pudding yet, but I really should. (Excuse me for gushing about Nagoya to apologize for turning it into ruins in the story.) A few elements I was hoping to write about from the planning stages finally came into shape in this fourth volume, so I’m personally quite satisfied with how it turned out. Each dragon medium and Lazarus camp taking action for their own goals, the goals of Ganzheit and the countries occupying Japan, the secrets of the dragons’ Regalia becoming clear… Finally, it feels like everything in the story has been set up. I’m also glad I finally got to write a battle scene between two armored trains, which I’ve been wanting to do for a while now. I also have this hidden goal of making Iroha do something streamer-ish every volume, and I tried a few things out around that subject this time. I would love to have an actual ASMR released as merchandising, but I feel like that noisy girl probably wouldn’t be capable of making something relaxing in the first place… Now, I am incredibly thankful because the manga adaptation of Hollow Regalia began in the November 2022 issue of Dengeki Maou. Matsuki Ugatsu is taking care of the adaptation. The brutal world has been replicated perfectly, and all the heroines look exceedingly cute. I hope loyal readers of the novels will also check it out! As always, Miyuu has my deepest thanks for providing the book with the most wonderful illustrations. The alternate choice for the cover was so amazing, I suffered to the very end having to choose. The designs for the secondary characters are perfectly in line with my vision, too! Everyone else involved in the creation of this book has my utmost thanks, as well. Of course, a big thank-you to all my readers, too! Now then, let us meet again in the next volume. Gakuto Mikumo