Afterword

Afterword

 

VOLUME 4. I can’t believe the story got this far. I’m so grateful to all of my readers. It’s been almost two years since I first published this story on the internet. Even writing that sentence makes me feel nostalgic. It’s surprising how fast time flies, isn’t it? Time passes by so quickly after you become an adult, compared to when you were a child. I heard that long ago, but lately I really feel as if it’s true.

To change the subject, recently, one of my friends asked how I got the idea for this story in the first place. Actually, it came to me before I fell asleep. The idea just popped into my head one night, and I quickly jotted down the gist of it and filled in the details later. Since I wrote it down before I slept, there were some things on the paper which didn’t make much sense to me when I read it again. I tried to decipher the notes, but I had no luck at all. It made me wish I were a codebreaker. But for a code to work, the maker of the code has to make it decipherable in the first place!

Anyway, there were many things from my original notes that proved difficult to fit into the story, once I actually started writing it. The fact that the story has come this far is really a testament to the readers who have supported me this whole time, and I’d like to use this opportunity to thank you all.

To Haduki Futaba, thank you so much for your wonderful illustrations. Every time I see Futaba-san’s drawings, they exceed my imagination. My characters have truly come to life. It inspires me to write even more.

To Suki Umemiya, thank you so much for an incredible manga. This time, Volume 4 of the light novel and Volume 2 of the manga were published simultaneously, so I was really looking forward to that. It’s an honor to see a story I’ve written come out in manga form.

I’d also like to thank my editor for all their wonderful advice. And to my friends and family, thank you for all of your support.

Finally, to my readers. Thank you so much for buying this book. I only made it this far thanks to all of your support and encouragement. Thank you. I’ll do my very best to make sure we meet again in the next volume.

 

—REIA