Afterword

It’s Kanata Satsuki again! Thank you for reading I Refuse to Be Your Enemy! 3. To my great pleasure, we’ve made it to the publication of the third volume.

In this volume, the main character, Kiara, travels north to Sorwen and then west to Delphion to reclaim the stolen territories. Amid all that, she meets someone who helps her work past her problems. While she’s preoccupied, other characters start to change their way of thinking, and there’s some progress on the romance front as well.

Lots of new characters make an appearance this time around. As our antagonists start to look more and more threatening, Kiara cooks up strange ideas under the watchful eye of her clay master. I hope you all continue to watch her grow, too.

Just like the previous volume, the print version includes several additions and edits to what was posted online. This time, I’d say the bulk of changes involved tidying the story up and fleshing out a few scenes.

The side story takes place during the summer. Your author here happens to hate hot weather, so it ended up mostly focusing on how nice it would be for frostfoxes to exist, along with a little anecdote touching on Kiara’s reincarnation. Since so much of this story focuses on the battle sequences, I threw in an extra dash of much-needed romance, too. I really hope you all enjoyed it!

Lastly, I tweaked the map in the table of contents. That should make it easier to track the march of each country, so take a look at it if you need a reference.

Moving on, I would once again like to extend my thanks to my wonderful editor.

My illustrator, Mitsuya Fuji, based the volume cover on the nighttime scene in Sorwen. I absolutely love the nocturne atmosphere of it, and she even drew a few birds to go with it! And my favorite part of all is Girsch in the insert illustration! I burst out laughing the moment I saw the picture, but I think she captured the character perfectly. Alan and the fox look adorable eating their cake, and Gina’s smile looks just like I imagined it. Thank you for drawing all the other new characters, too!

I’d also like to thank the editing department at Shufu to Seikatsu Sha—the proofreaders, the printers, and everyone else who helped get this book published. And finally, I’d like to extend my gratitude to all my dear readers.

As thanks for purchasing this volume, I’ll be posting a short story to my blog on Shousetsuka ni Narou. I hope you enjoy it.

—Kanata Satsuki, May 2016