Chapter 29

Afterword Thank you for purchasing Konosuba: An Explosion on This Wonderful World! Bonus Story, Vol. 2. First, I would like to apologize. The Crystal Liger that shows up in this volume is an evolved Beginner’s Bane that appears in a short story included as a preorder bonus for an older volume in certain stores. I would like to apologize to everyone who wasn’t able to pick up on that because they didn’t get a chance to read the short story. Referencing characters from preorder bonus stories isn’t something one should normally do, but I really liked the story, so I couldn’t help myself, and for that, I want to apologize. Allow me to roughly explain the short story to those who haven’t read it. Megumin finds herself captivated by an herbivorous Beginner’s Bane that is being held prisoner by a nobleman. She passes by its cage day after day, slowly growing attached to it until she decides she has to help it escape. The Beginner’s Bane can’t speak human language, but it’s at least smarter than Aqua, so it probably decides to live the rest of its days peacefully in the depths of the forest. Now for some advertising. The title of the movie has been decided: Legend of Crimson. The word Crimson should be telling enough what clan the movie focuses on. In addition, Konosuba TRPG will be released on March 20. There are even replays done by various authors included in the game, so please check it out if you’re interested. Movies, concerts, TRPGs—Konosuba is becoming a transmedia franchise in a way. They have apparently begun development on the crossover anime Isekai Quartet—which includes characters from Overlord, The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, and Konosuba: God’s Blessing on this Wonderful World!—so please look forward to it! Also, the manga I’ve been working on, Kemono Michi, is getting an anime adaptation as well! Yes! I know I have brought this series up before, but it’s about a masked wrestler who gets summoned to a parallel world. Please give it a read if you haven’t yet and are interested. Anyway, this series has blown up really fast, so I still haven’t been able to completely grasp exactly everything that’s going on, but I hope you continue to watch over Kazuma and his friends on their journey. I don’t know whether they’ll ever be able to go on a proper adventure like Megumin’s hoping for, though… Now I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who helped this volume see the light of day. First, I would like to thank Kurone Mishima for the wonderful illustrations in this volume as well. Next, I would like to thank my head editor (I), the designer, proofreader, the staff in sales, and everyone who came together to make this happen. I apologize for all the trouble I caused, and I thank you for everything you have done for me. And last but not least, I would like to deeply thank you all—the readers! Natsume Akatsuki