And that’s the end of volume 3. How was it?
For this volume, I was particularly debating whether or not to have the main character get his revenge on his foster father.
At one point, on the internet, stories featuring things like exiling and “it’s too late for you now” types were popular. Like ones where the main character would get kicked out of their party for being useless, then make a comeback and reveal that they’re actually super talented.
That’s fine as an example of this trope, but I felt off about it and didn’t end up following it, since most of those stories’ morals are “the people who kicked the protagonist out end up self-destructing.” Those who kicked them out gradually fall to despair as the main character gains feats better than theirs, and when that group begs for them to come back, they say, “It’s too late now!”
I can say for sure that these types of stories fall under the “villainess” category more often than not. Seeing one’s enemy self-destruct with no blood on one’s own hands is a story element that seems to be popular with women.
To put it simply, a woman who gets dumped by a high-value man suddenly gets popular with ultra, superhigh-value boys in a new place, and when she hears that the original man got fired from his job and became a bum, she goes, “Oh, really? Well, I’m glad I’m the lucky one.” That’s the most basic template for a female-based one.
You don’t really see those for series with predominantly male audiences, where the main character doesn’t face off directly with their opponent, so I guessed at the reason this genre was popular and did my research.
As a result, when I wrote the original web novel, I made it a free-to-read one that wouldn’t take up much time for people taking a break from housework. So from the time that this genre was trending, I carefully considered whether or not to incorporate it into my male-focused works. That’s why I mentioned the debating part at the beginning.
The answer I ended up with was “Summons sure are handy! They’re kinda the main character but not really (laughs).”
Lastly, my thanks.
My illustrator, Yuunagi, thank you again for drawing so many beautiful and cute characters.
To everyone at Micro Magazine: Thanks to you all, I was able to publish yet another volume. Thank you very much.
And to you, the readers, who purchased this volume. Thank you for everything.