Author’s Note
NICE TO MEET YOU, MY NAME IS YUKIHA Kuroyuki.
Thank you so much for choosing to read my book, The Misdeeds of an Extremely Arrogant Villian Aristocrat.
I suppose I’d like to start by talking about this work a little. To put it simply, it’s one of those villain-rebirth stories. The protagonist suddenly becomes this monstrously talented villain aristocrat called Luke, and then all kinds of other stuff ends up happening. There’s no originality to that alone, though. The villain’s supposed to be destroyed at the end of the book but fights to make sure that doesn’t happen. I mean, I’m sure everyone reading this book has read something similar to that storyline before. That’s why I decided to add a little twist to the story. As for what that is—well, if you’ve read this far, I’m quite sure you’re already aware… That’s right—perverts. The accent I’ve added is letting intense, larger-than-life characters take the stage. I decided that instead of having my main character try to avoid destruction, I would place more importance on the changes that come about when he makes a real effort (despite never needing to), and that’s how I formed this story.
As a result, we’ve got doting fathers who just get worse and worse, burly butlers becoming zealous believers, a totally S heroine turning M, and loads of insane people, who were never meant to be a part of this story, getting involved… It’s getting a bit chaotic, isn’t it?
While I’m not going to stray too much from the strong protagonist genre, I’ve also introduced some comedy. I think that’s really down to the influence of the authors I admire, Kugane Maruyama-sensei and Natsume Akatsuki-sensei. Nothing in the world would make me happier than if, during your reading of this book, it made you laugh a little, even just once.
Right, then—I’d like to move on to some acknowledgements.
First, my editor, Kida-san. I’m so grateful to you for finding my work—I cannot thank you enough. But well, when you reached out to me, I clearly didn’t have enough pages for a full volume… I’m sure you messaged me because you believed in me, but it all happened so fast that I clearly remember I was more shocked than happy in the moment. Thank you so much for listening so patiently to my opinions, even though I have no experience with bringing a book into print.
Thank you also to Uodenim-sensei for the wonderful illustrations in this book. I’m sorry for being so selfish with my requests! I kept asking if you’d do this, or draw this that way if you could… I really am sorry for making so many demands of you! I can’t thank you enough for persevering and producing such brilliant illustrations in the end. Thank you so much.
Thank you also to all of my readers who have been supporting me in the online version of this story. It is only thanks to you that this book is in physical print. I hope you will keep reading. I’m sorry the updates are so slow!
Lastly, to everyone who has chosen to pick up this book: I hope you have found some enjoyment in it. This work is also being serialized on the website Kakuyomu, so if you’re interested in what comes next, I’d appreciate if you could take a look.
I don’t know if there will be another volume in this series, but I’d like to keep writing Luke-kun’s story, with all his incredible arrogance and boundless talent, and all the weird perverts that seem to flock to his side. I’m sure he’ll keep trying his best, even when things don’t go his way and his stomach starts to hurt.
Okay then, that’s about all. Once again, thank you so much to everyone who has read this book!