Thank you for reading until the end! Volume 3 concludes this story. It’s thanks to all of my readers that I’ve been able to release it.
I’d been warned that the series might end in two volumes, so it’s only thanks to you that I was able to write a great deal of additional content for volume 2 to expand the story.
As usual, the illustrations—both colored and colorless—were handled by Bodax-sensei. It was really moving to see Estelle and Arcrayne looking happy in their wedding outfits on the cover of the book. All those white clothes, and red as the highlight—your sense of color is really amazing, sensei... There was still time to make changes to the text, so that’s what I did.
In the web version, Arcrayne wears a court uniform (a black military uniform), while Estelle holds a white bouquet. It changed in print because that’s just how gorgeous the colored version is.
Bodax-sensei, thank you for adorning the story with so many beautiful illustrations from volume 1 to volume 3.
Like I mentioned in the afterword of volume 2, this series has been turned into a webtoon.
Some things in the webtoon version are different from what appears in the light novel. Some parts of it are higher in sugar content, so you might find it interesting to compare the two.
For example, in the light novel, Estelle’s power lets her see mana as silver light, which can be brighter or darker, while in the webtoon, positive emotions are yellow, while negative ones are dark purple, blue, black, and the like. This change was made to make mana more colorful and easier to distinguish visually, given that the webtoon version is in full color.
It makes me nostalgic to recall the time someone suggested this change, telling me that using shades of silver to express color would be like grayscale.
Also, when Estelle goes on a short trip in the middle of volume 1, the scene where she and Arcrayne launch sky lanterns was made more exciting.
Shoko-sensei’s storyboards were amazing—it was always fun reading them.
At the time of volume 2’s release, the webtoon version was a Mechacomic exclusive, but now it’s available on various platforms. It would make me happy if you gave it a try.
Finally, I want to express my thanks to Ohara-sama who took over the editing for volume 3, as well as everyone else involved with the project.
Mari Morikawa