Hello, this is Shin Kouduki. Whether you’ve been around since the first volume or are a new reader—though I doubt there are any of the latter now—I’d like to thank you for picking up this novel.
I can’t believe we’re already on volume five. Five volumes was my biggest goal back when I first started, so I can hardly express how deeply moved I am to reach it. All of the material on the original web version has now been novelized, and none of this would have been possible without your support. Thank you so much.
I’m not sure what the future will hold for me, but I’m fairly certain the manga version will continue, at least. I’d be very happy if you could support the manga as well.
As an aside, the second volume of the manga will be coming out in the same month this volume releases, if you’re interested in picking that up. Perhaps because they were more familiar with the material now, Karasumaru’s second volume is even better than the already stellar first, so whether you’ve been reading the manga or haven’t gotten around to it, I would greatly appreciate you taking a look.
As always, many people helped put this volume together.
I’d like to thank my editors S and F, who once again helped me with all sorts of things.
The illustrator Chocoan drew even more wonderful illustrations for this volume. At this point, I’m no longer bothered by the fact that my writing can’t match up to the beauty of the drawings. I’ve begun to wonder why we don’t cut out my words entirely and just make it a picture book, but I digress—thank you as always.
My deepest thanks also go out to the proofreaders, managers, designers, and everyone else who made the publishing of this volume possible.
And of course, most of all, I thank you for purchasing and reading this book. I can never thank you enough.
That’s all from me for now, but I pray that we might meet again!