Afterword

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

This volume was the promised naval battle. That said, I now understand why it’s so hard to depict ships and robots in light novels—it’s tricky to explain their state in clear terms. I’ve tried my best to make it not so tedious to read, but I had a hard time trying to balance that alongside the quickly developing plot.

Had I just made the Belgarian troops board the enemy ship and allowed Altina to draw her sword, I could have easily created a pretty exciting scenario, but... since the line of battle tactic is specifically designed to prevent close-quarters combat, I’m going to respect that. I can only hope you enjoyed it.

I’m not sure whether this is any compensation, but in the next volume, Regis’s forces finally clash with an army equipped with the latest firearms. It’s a head-on battle with Mercenary King Gilbert!

On top of that, we finally get to see Latrielle go up against Oswald. Well, I hope we do, at least. Sorry, I’ve been writing without paying attention to page count lately, but I’ll see how far we can get. Please stick around for the next volume!

This might be shameless advertising, but the first volume of Koma Hibiki (published in Dragon Age) is out. It’s a different kind of story where high school girls play shogi.

My thanks—

To himesuz-sensei. The cover art for this volume is better than ever before. Once again, thank you for all the wonderful illustrations.

To Yamazaki-sama and Nishino-sama from Afterglow. You even did the map for me this time! Thank you for always making the books look so cool.

To my presiding editor, Wada-sama. Thanks to you, we finally have a manga adaptation. You have my utmost gratitude.

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! Thank you so much.

Yukiya Murasaki