Chapter 17

Afterword Thank you very much for purchasing Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! Bonus Story: We Are the Megumin Bandits. I doubt this is the first Konosuba book anyone has read, but I am Some-Authorlike-Nickname, aka Natsume Akatsuki. This book is a spin-off novel that was serialized on Sneaker Web, to which I added text that was previously unpublished. I already explained how this came to be written in the afterword of Konosuba’s tenth volume, so I will spare you that, but I sure learned this isn’t something to do on a whim. I earnestly pray there will never be another character popularity vote. …Anyway, this volume is a book packed with various untold stories. Even that Sacred Treasure, which Chris is still hunting for after chucking it in the lake at the end of Volume 7, was picked up by the goddess with a reputation for doing the uncalled for. She polishes it every day without having a clue what it actually is. Surely Chris will collapse when she probably ends up finding it at Kazuma and company’s mansion, after having searched high and low for it everywhere. If I get the opportunity, I’d like to write such a story sometime, too. …Well then, by the time this hits the bookstores, the anime should be approaching its second season. I haven’t been able to show up much for the anime’s post-recording this time, either, but an author is an animal that makes its habitat indoors, so it can’t be helped! I get spoiled hard when I go to recordings, so I try not to take part—instead, I’m looking forward to the second anime season as a regular anime fan myself. Also, next month an art book by the masterful Kurone Mishima called Cheers! will go on sale. I wrote a special story just for that, too, so if anyone is interested, then please do not hesitate to check it out. I would be happy if you enjoyed the manga, as well, which is being serialized in many magazines. Well then, as with previous volumes, I would like to thank first the masterful Kurone Mishima, as well as the many people who helped make this publication possible. And most of all, I once again express my deep appreciation for all the readers who picked up this book! Natsume Akatsuki