AFTERWORD

To those of you who have purchased one book at a time, hello again.

To those of you who purchased all twenty-two volumes at once, it’s nice to meet you.

I’m Kazuma Kamachi.

Finally, the war between science and sorcery! Last time we had a battle in a single country, but this time, the scope is one size larger.

Touma Kamijou, Accelerator, and Shiage Hamazura are each viewing the same war from different points of view. Apart from them, other people in the world, those who have had their hands full just living but would have never seen the light of day, are, just once, abandoning everything and risking their lives to fight. I changed the composition of this story slightly from being centered on a single protagonist because I wanted to emphasize how this is the story about a global conflict, and that no matter what one focuses on, the story will always be about a dangerous battle.

In the end of this story, the hearts of those who once fought against one another are, albeit a little at a time, beginning to gather toward one direction. Never stopping this flow. Never straying from one’s own path, using this huge conflict as an excuse. That is probably the most important thing for so many protagonists, so that they can beat this all-too-great flow called war.

I would be deeply moved if you were to watch over their efforts and see whether they succeed or not.

Thanks to my illustrator, Haimura, and my editors, Miki and Fujiwara. The story is getting even more difficult to deal with. Science and sorcery, justice and evil, and what have you—so many different hues are mixing together, and I gather it was hard to give all the illustrations a singular direction. Thank you once again, so much, for meeting the unreasonable requests I make of you each time.

And thanks to all my readers. To be honest with you, with the first volume, I doubted whether you’d let me write this kind of story. Thank you very much for supporting an environment that allows me to do whatever I want.

Now then, as I have you close the pages here,

and as I pray you will open the pages again next time,

here and now, I lay down my pen.

How many protagonists are there anyway?

Kazuma Kamachi