I’d like to thank you for reading all the way to the end. Everyone, this is Kiraku Kishima. It’s been a while. This was the fourth volume, with our god-tier illustrator’s art knocking it out of the park to the very end. This marks the conclusion of the Veteran Heroes series, as well as Alan’s life. In the end, he was fully satisfied with his life and his soul could pass on in peace without reincarnating a second time.
If you’ll allow me to take a moment to talk about myself, ever since I quit my government work and aimed to become an author, I swore an oath similar to Alan’s: I want my life to be without regrets. Since I have a tendency to make the easy choices when I get even a little negligent, that’s something I tell myself every day. I live my life by it.
Various aspects of my life have changed for the better since then. My dreams have been granted one after the other, and I’ve obtained the things I wanted piece by piece. The attachment to life that used to terrify me has grown weaker, and a brighter thought along the lines of, “I would be content even if I died now,” has sprouted in my mind.
I think that’s probably how human beings are. The longer the many things they want to try remain inside them, the more they hate the thought of things coming to an end without the chance to try, and they continue to suffer. If any of you have things you’d like to try in your lives, I think you should take up the challenge—by all means. If this book helps you find the necessary courage, even just a bit, I couldn’t be happier.
Finally, in a world where series get discontinued left and right, I’m truly blessed to have written everything I envisioned for my series from the beginning. I’ve completed one more of the things I wanted to give a shot, so I feel quite happy. There are a lot more things I intend to challenge as a creator and a human, but I feel like it would be ideal if the end of my life was similar to Alan’s, feeling satisfied and optimistic.
I’ll be looking forward to our next meeting, either in my Novice Middle-Aged Adventurer series, or the new one I’m sneakily working on at the moment.