Chapter 175

Afterword Nice to see you again. Kotei Kobayashi here. As you might have noticed, the countries in this story each have real-world inspirations. That said, I only take the slightest, vaguest ideas from real life. I don’t put a lot of detail into reproducing cultures. They really are just a point of reference. I think the easiest to tell would be the Heavenly Paradise. And the Polar Union. Of course, the Enchanted Lands isn’t hard to figure out, either; it’s based on pre-modern China. I would say a mix of about the Ming to the Qing dynasties. You can expect a very Eastern-ish adventure for Komarin and the gang. Now, some special thanks. To riichu, for carefully illustrating the feats of Komarin and friends. To Ryo Hiiragi, for bringing color to this story with the book designs. To Yoten Sugiura, my editor, for pointing out the smallest details of my writing. To everyone involved in the production and selling of this book. To all of you my readers for holding it in your hands. I give you my deepest gratitude—Thank you so much!! We are at the halfway point of the series with this seventh volume, and I wasn’t expecting it to turn out like this with such serious fighting. The following volume will be something unusual for Vexations—a cozy road-trip style story in the Netherworld… Or I guess we’ll see! I also have an announcement to make. The manga adaptation of The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess is being serialized in Monthly Big GanGan, with art courtesy of riichu. You can see Komari’s feats in the same style as the novels, so I’m also very excited as I follow it. It also contains some characters and scenes not depicted in the novels, so I hope you enjoy it. Please give it a read! Kotei Kobayashi