Afterword

Thank you very much for picking up this book out of the thousands of other books out there. It’s me, Eri Shiduki.

This makes the second volume of the tale of a shut-in princess and a beast-headed prince! Seeing as how this is my first sequel, I’ve been quite nervous and anxious about it. So much so that it’s been showing up in my dreams...

I’ve tried to make things more cute and fluffy this time around. Not counting the animals that are usually scattered around to Rosemarie’s eyes, of course...

Oh, by the way, this is a bit of a behind the scenes thing, but I’m going to let you in on something that I wasn’t able to put in. Ilse’s bird head was actually a shoebill in my mind. It’s a monstrous bird that stands still like a statue. My line of thinking was that it’d be pretty darn scary if someone with a head like that came stalking after you.

The scary stuff aside, Kasumi-sensei is back again to provide her wonderful art for the sequel! Looking at the cover makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The flying squirrel on it is so cute.

I would also like to extend my thanks to all the people who made this possible, including my supervisor who provided so much help to me over the course of writing this novel.

Finally, I would like to give my thanks to you, the reader. I was only able to produce a sequel thanks to readers like you.

Here is hoping that I get to see you all again in whatever the future may hold.

Eri Shiduki