Afterword

So. Volume three is finally out. Honestly, I don’t know what I should write in this afterword. But I know I should start with a warning towards people who read the afterword first. This afterword has spoilers, so if you keep reading, you only have yourself to blame! Though I do understand that a lot of people here read the web novel version, so the afterwords are the most interesting part.

First of all, I’d like to express my thanks to everyone involved with this book and everyone reading it. I’d also like to thank my friend “S” who repaired my computer after it broke for some reason. It’s thanks to all of you that volume three safely got published. Okay? Did you see that, S? I wrote about you fixing my PC in the afterword just like I promised. We’re even. Feel free to buy me a cake later. I wouldn’t mind a small two-pack from the supermarket.

Anyway, assume that everything after this point is spoilers for volume three.

I intentionally introduced Gozou, Roppe, and Wataru Nishimi together this volume. Gozou and Roppe are actually names I got from readers of the web novel version when I asked for mob character names. It was only later that I came up with Wataru Nishimi.

...And about Wataru. I originally envisioned him as a kind of nasty Hero, but decided against it later. Thankfully, my plans didn’t go to waste. Indeed. The nasty Wataru was reborn as the second Hero introduced in this volume. I crammed basically everything I might dislike about other people into Suzuki. He’s a light novel original character that didn’t exist within the web novel.

Basically the same thing for the sad slave elf that didn’t even get a name in the web novel or volume two. I noticed how cute she looked in the volume two illustration she appeared in, and got inspired to write what happened in this volume. Youta-san, the illustrator, definitely never expected what horrors the cuteness of his art would cause.

The differences between the light novels and the web novel have been piling up, but this volume I wrote an entire new chapter. I also put more effort into making Rokuko act like a main heroine, so to speak. Reason being, the editor asked me to make the main heroine more cute. Hopefully I accomplished that. To be honest, though, I like Niku the most out of all the heroines. What about Ichika? She’s okay. If only she wasn’t a gambling addict...

Oh, look at the time. There’s a lot more I want to say, but I’m running out of page space here. Afterwords can only be two pages. In conclusion, thank you very much. I hope we meet again at the end of volume four. Thank you.

...Volume four is coming out, right? Right?

Supana Onikage