Volume 10 of the Misfit of Demon King Academy continues to focus on the gods that appeared in the previous volume. The word “order” that appears in the story is what we would call in our world the laws of physics—since this is a fantasy world, I thought it would be interesting to have different laws from our own.
In our world, we naturally accept the laws of physics without question, but when depicting a fantasy world, there needs to be a reason behind the laws or the story would feel unnatural. What kind of gods exist in this world? Who created the world, and what is their tale of origin? How was the world created, and what was the result? What happened afterwards to make the world what it is now? I think one of the best parts of writing fantasy is being able to write the formation of the world from scratch.
Normally, there would be no deeper meaning behind the existence of gravity, but say, for example, a god created gravity to keep humans trapped in their world—ideas like that are what I find the most exciting about the fantasy genre.
In this way, volume 10 was filled with these kinds of things that I like. What was Militia thinking when she created the world? And what are the secrets behind the creation of the world? I tried to write a grand tale about solving the mystery of the world in this volume, and it ended up spanning three books from volume 9 to volume 10 act 2, but I wanted to build on the world after eight volumes of story, so I hope you’ll look forward to reading it.
This volume was once again illustrated by the wonderful Shizumayoshinori. With the state of the world as it is, we haven’t been able to meet in person, so I’d like to use this space to express my gratitude. Thank you very much.
And as always, thank you to my editor, Yoshioka, for working closely with me.
Finally, to all the readers who have read this far, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you all so much.
Act 2 will be a culmination of everything in the Demon King Academy. A battle like nothing before awaits Anos and his friends, and I hope you’ll stick around to see how it ends. I’ll do my best writing so that you can all enjoy it, so please look forward to it!
SHU
7 June 2021