Afterword

The second volume got sold, so here I am. It’s Supana, the author. It’s thanks to all of you that I get to write a second afterword like this. Volume three is next. I hope to see you then, too.

This afterword’s also limited to two pages, so I thought about saying something funny here, but decided not to. I don’t want to start a trend of having clever, funny afterwords. I feel like I’d have to be clever every time to avoid letting people down. That sounds like a lot of work. No thanks.

So, let’s talk about the deep lore of volume two. Ichika is part of the Keima group now. In contrast to Keima’s incessant hunger for sleep, Ichika has an incessant hunger for food. The only thing left to form a perfect trio is a character with an incessant hunger for sex. I’d really like Niku to fill that role (geheheh), but naturally I can’t have a literal child acting like that. And so, our main cast must do without a perpetually horny loli for now. This light novel is all-ages, after all. Which also means they might have to make do without one forever. That seems likely.

Now, about Ittetsu. The truth is, I decided his Core number by rolling a dice. I rolled a D100 and got 12, so 112. The only thing I decided beforehand was to have his number start with a hundred.

I really love dice. When playing games, I usually decide my name by rolling dice. In many ways, dice are extremely powerful. When you have multiple options and don’t know what to do, you can roll a dice to decide for you. That usually makes your feelings more clear, and even if you find yourself wishing the dice had landed on another number, you can just make the other decision anyway. And if you really don’t care either way, you can actually let the dice decide for you. It’s a win-win situation. (Though if you regret the decision afterwards, be aware that you have only yourself to blame for rolling dice to choose for you.)

It’s for that reason and more that I carry dice around with me wherever I go. I recommend anyone who has trouble deciding things to do the same. You’ll save all the time you would’ve spent worrying, which feels great.

Oh, I got pretty off topic there. I’d get fired if I got off topic like this in the actual story. You can only get content like this in afterwords, am I right?

It looks like I’m almost out of pages. I’ll use the rest of my space to express my thanks. First, thank you, Youta-san for drawing everything from frilly maid dresses to a Yakuza salamander. Your art was just as good this time as last time. I’m looking forward to your work on volume three.

Thank you to the stores selling this book and thank you to those who bought it. It’s thanks to all of you that the first volume got a second print run. And of course, I mustn’t forget all those reading the web novel version. I hope you continue to read and enjoy this story. Thank you.

And finally, thank you, whoever is holding this book in their hands right now.

That’s it for this time. I hope we meet again in volume three.

Supana Onikage