Hello, and nice to meet you. My name is Harunadon.
Thank you ever so much for reading Accidentally in Love: The Witch, the Knight, and the Love Potion Slipup. The title’s rather long, so you can refer to it as Accidentally in Love.
The novel was originally serialized online. Afterwards, I made a lot of edits regarding the plot and the characters’ backgrounds, resulting in the work you have before you.
I’m grateful for being able to publish so many novels—however, of all of them, this one required a particularly tight schedule. It felt like my soul was quite literally leaving my body due to this indescribably difficult schedule, and I actually lost consciousness at my desk a number of times. Please don’t follow my bad example, kids.
In the novel, the story is about Cecily (the witch) who makes Zeke (the knight) drink a love potion.
We have an image of these potions that can control people’s hearts being used by wicked people in stories, both then and now. In shojo manga, too, the rival of the heroine uses these kinds of potions to cause a rift between the heroine and her friends.
This novel’s protagonist, Cecily, may be a witch, but she is also a sensitive, introverted, and shy girl. Nothing would make me happier than for my readers to relate to Cecily as they enjoy the novel.
Cecily’s true cuteness only really emerges as she meets the other characters in the novel and gets to know them, so it’s only natural that Zeke’s love for her will accelerate, no? I think it could accelerate even faster than this.
I’d like to say some words of thanks before I finish.
Thank you to my editor, F, who continues to work with me despite currently working at another publisher. I’m really happy that we got to work together again on this novel.
Thank you to my illustrator, Eda. There were many times that I wanted to give up, but thanks to seeing Eda’s cover art for the novel, I was able to keep going. Thank you for your wonderful drawing of the cool and manly Zeke and the sweet, smiling Cecily.
Finally, I’d like to thank you for reading this book. I hope to meet you again in another novel soon.