Afterword

Thank you for reading Altina the Sword Princess II. This is the author, Yukiya Murasaki.

The first volume was about how the imperial princess, Altina, found her ambition and gained both a tactician and an army.

This volume centered around how the newly-appointed tactician, Regis, takes command of a large-scale battle and captures a fortress. (And balancing the male-to-female character ratio...)

I can only hope you enjoyed it.

This work takes place in a fictional world inspired by the closing days of the European middle ages. Just how much inspiration did I take, you ask? Well, all measurement units are roughly based off of ones that were actually used in the area around the time.

I’m sure many of you have already noticed some similarities, but... this is a work of complete fiction with no relation to any real individuals, organizations or historical events—please keep that in mind.

Honestly, before the first volume was released, I was terribly nervous that nobody would read a fantasy story without any magic or monsters. Mine was a story about lecturing a princess on politics, and washing clothes with a maid down by the river, but...

I’ve received a surprising amount of support. Truly, thank you.

Thanks to that, it looks like I’ll be able to continue Altina’s story.

In the third volume, the pair finally returns to the capital.

The second volume turned out to center around large-scale warfare, so this’ll be yet another change of pace! What’s more, Eric has been hiding a bit of a secret...!

I’ll do my best to not keep anyone waiting for too long.

I’m glad I’ve been given the opportunity to write about the first prince, August, as well. I’ll start by releasing this story on FB Online.

When writing this series, I wanted to tell a single story from multiple points of view, and I’m very happy I was able to publish this work in the form I intended.

The first prince, August, hides a shocking secret: The guard assigned to him is the weakest swordsman in the empire!? It’s a story about a silver-haired girl, and the son of Altina’s master, Balthazar.

Now on to my thanks:

To himesuz-sensei, thank you for your refreshing and beautiful illustrations.

To Yamazaki-sama and Nishino-sama from Afterglow, thank you for all of the wonderful designs.

To my presiding editor, Wada-sama, I’m sorry for being behind on this and that.

To everyone in the Famitsu Bunko editorial division, everyone involved in the production, and to my family and friends who support me—and to you, dear reader, for reading this far—you all have my utmost gratitude!

Thank you so much.

— Yukiya Murasaki