Afterword

Volume 4 came out! Hooray! It’s thanks to all of you for buying the books! I would like to think that Volume 5 will definitely be coming out soon. But we’ve just about caught up to the webnovel, so if we keep publishing volumes after that, the publication rate will probably slow down. Any comments on that, Mr. Editor? I-san?

Personally, I would like to quit either the webnovel or the published versions to focus on just one. But stopping the webnovel right now wouldn’t be so great. It’s frustrating. I don’t want to lose my position in either community, especially the one that got me started.

I finally received actual art for a male character other than Keima. But at the time of me writing this afterword, I’m not sure if that character will receive an illustration in this volume. One is probably being drawn right now. Maybe. Also, there have been male mob characters drawn before, but this is the first actual male character with a proper background and everything getting drawn. Thank you, Youta-san.

Speaking of which, the receptionist finally got illustrated this time. She’s a mature beauty that really makes you want to scream “Woohoo! Please step on meee!” I mean, of course, I wouldn’t scream that myself. I’m an adult that knows the right time and place for things, so I would hold the urge back.

...Cilia, the Adventurer’s Guild receptionist, was introduced in Volume 1 and shows up so often she feels like a main character, even. Why hasn’t she been illustrated up until now...? Honestly, we just needed to prioritize other characters first. There haven’t been many full illustrations for new characters, so I believe they’ll be making some simple body shots of them... Wait. If that’s the case, what’ll happen if the next volume doesn’t come out? Any comments on that, Mr. Editor? (Again)

By the way, I really wanted art for Wataru the Hero of Debt, but he didn’t show up much in volume 4, so I gave up on the idea. Sorry, Wataru. Your art will have to come later.

Okay. I’m about to start leaking some hot secrets about this volume, so here’s a spoiler warning for those reading the afterword first. Be sure to read the volume before the rest of this.

In this volume, the settlement in front of the [Cave of Greed] was recognized as a town and placed on official maps. Keima ended up as town chief without issue here, but the truth is, when writing the webnovel I planned on making someone else town chief. They would make all sorts of unreasonable demands and just be a problem in general. But would Keima just be silent as someone forces work on him and cuts into his sleeping time? Nope, and Keima would just ultimately steal the position of town chief, so I figured, eh, he might as well just start off as town chief.

Also, I... huh? I’m out of space already? Dang, I was planning on spilling more secrets, but I guess I can’t.

Oh, but before I go. There’s a short story bonus for completing an online survey about this volume.

Now then, everyone, may we meet again at the end of Volume 5.

Supana Onikage