Hello, this is Ageha Sakura. Thank you very much for purchasing volume 6 of Lady Bumpkin and Her Lord Villain!
As you may have noticed from looking at the cover, there’s a cute baby in this volume! Yes, it’s Agnes and Nazelbart’s kid! Kurodeko drew him absolutely adorable! In the web novel side story, I wrote about Solis being a little older, but here he starts off as a proper baby. Even at the age of zero, he’s showing a promising future just a hair’s breadth away from danger. He’s still a baby, but I’d like to gradually develop his individuality.
I don’t have any children, so I wrote this volume while researching about babies and trying out many different things. I gathered information from various sources, like looking up things online and asking people with kids, but I apologize if I got things wrong. It might be a bit late to bring this up now, but I’ve been researching a lot of things since the pregnancy in volume 5. It was difficult to have Agnes go on long trips or do anything reckless while she was pregnant or with a little baby, so I was worried about how I’d have her play an active role.
Robin returned this time, and he’s grown up into a slightly wild guy with a stubble. He’s been mentally and physically jostled by the men in the Sempli Convent, and he’s grown just a bit stronger. Defi, the one helping him escape, is an outstanding, handsome guy—setting aside his lack of motivation. This was essentially his debut, but the frontispiece and illustrations were so cool that I couldn’t help but smile. Also, Mia and Davier ended up like that in the side story, ha ha.
The first four volumes of the manga adaptation of Lady Bumpkin by Narina Nanaura are currently on sale. It’s a great manga, so I hope you give it a try too!
Once again, I’d like to express my sincerest gratitude to the editor in charge for all the help (and I’m sorry as always). With the introduction of the baby, I started wondering how I should move Agnes around and froze up, so I’m truly grateful for the help. I’d also like to thank Kurodeko for always drawing uplifting illustrations, the designer for their amazing work, everyone involved in the publication and sale of Lady Bumpkin, and all the readers for purchasing this book. Thanks to all of your support, Lady Bumpkin has finally reached its sixth volume. I thank you from the bottom of my heart!
I hope that we meet again.
Ageha Sakura