Afterword
HELLO, this is Hanami Nishine.
I am very happy to be able to deliver the fourth volume of The Dragon’s Soulmate is a Mushroom Princess! to you all.
The main character, Agnes, is a commoner daughter of a count with pink hair and gifted with the blessings of spirits. She also has the often-embarrassing power of causing mushrooms to randomly sprout. Prince Claude, a mushroom aficionado, has been helping to restore Agnes’s self-esteem following the abuse she suffered at the hands of her bullying ex-fiancé. They return from the Kingdom of Oreille following Agnes’s kidnapping, having learned the truth about her father’s death.
As they prepare for their upcoming wedding, they receive reports that the “hole in the wall” is getting wider. When Agnes learns that the duty of the royal family of Visage is to use their dragon blood to protect the kingdom, she wonders if her royal Oreillian bloodline means that she also has a role to play. Finding her voice and making her desires known, Agnes travels to the “hole in the wall” with Claude and uses her mushroom powers to aid the situation.
This fourth volume features Agnes accepting her powers, embracing mushroom life, and enjoying her wedding to Claude.
I hope you enjoy this mushiful mushroom love comedy.
Volume 4 also includes the Mushrooms of the Day section at the end of each chapter. The mushrooms, basically background characters in this story, are very active in this volume, as well! From familiar mushrooms to new varieties, I hope you enjoy the brave (but sometimes misguided) efforts of the mushrooms as they try their best to aid Agnes!
Each volume, I pay attention to which mushrooms are the favorites of my readers and make sure they feature prominently in the story. Who knows, your favorite mushroom might have a key role this time around!
Also…the audiobook version of Mushroom Princess is now available! Now you can enjoy the world of mushrooms with Diana Richardson’s beautiful voice. Furthermore, it has been decided that the Japanese version will be made into a manga! Please look forward to the manga version of Mushroom Princess.
And finally…
To all the readers who have read the story up to this point and supported Mushroom Princess. To poporucha, who draws the characters and mushrooms so beautifully. To the publisher who gave me the opportunity to continue publishing the series, and to everyone involved in the publication process. To my family and cat, who helped me write this book. Thank you all. It’s because of you that I was able to deliver the fourth volume of The Dragon’s Soulmate is a Mushroom Princess!
Thank you truly, from the bottom of my heart.
Well, I hope to see you all again soon.
Hanami Nishine