Afterword
THIS IS NEKOKO, the author of this book. Thank you so much for purchasing the sixth volume of Disciple of the Lich!
Lunaère-san is front and center on the cover again, for the first time in a long time! The last time Lunaère-san was a major character on the cover was Volume 1. She did make an appearance on the cover of Volume 2, but definitely not as the main. (For those of you who didn’t notice, she’s peeking around the corner on the left side of the Volume 2 cover! If you didn’t catch her, go check it out!)
I’ve only been able to write about Lunaère-san from someone else’s perspective or in side stories, so I haven’t had a chance to really write about her. In complete honesty…if I work her into the main story, it just jumps ahead. And this time, the story actually did make incredibly fast progress. It was fun to put her in the main story alongside Kanata and really work her in.
I did consider making Lunaère the main focus of the extra story for this volume as well, since I had the chance, but in the end, I decided to grant that position to Lovis-sama.
This might be the last time he makes an appearance, after all… I’m glad I could make him a cool hero for his last appearance. Although I’m not sure about the “cool” part…
Here in Volume 6, Kanata finally reunited with his beloved teacher, and Naiarotop, Locklore’s archnemesis, began acting in earnest, which means that the story is suddenly moving toward a close.
I think it’s quite likely that Volume 7 of Disciple of the Lich will be the last. Locklore’s fate hangs in the balance in the fight between Kanata and Naiarotop, but how will it end? I’ve been writing Disciple of the Lich for over three years, and I can’t help feeling incredibly emotional that the conclusion is coming…
Well, all righty then, I hope you look forward to the final volume of Disciple of the Lich! I’d love to see you all watch over Kanata and Lunaère’s story until the very end!