Afterword

Okay, so this was volume six, a story that got more and more horrible, in many senses of the word, the more you read. How did you like it?

As the author, Maruyama, I think it was very Overlord. I’d be happy if you all agreed. Plus, it’s a parade of things a normal light novel protagonist would never do.

Since I set up foreshadowing a few volumes back, now I can get a smug look on my face and say, “I was thinking about this way back then!” It makes me want to brag. It’s hard, though… If you make it too conspicuous, people will see through it right away. I think the hardest to figure out is the journal. I believe there’s a scene in Volume 2 where there was a discussion of her things being disturbed. Considering the motive of the attacker, there was no real reason to go through her stuff. But that attacker always did things in a showy way, so it wouldn’t have been strange if everything was really ripped apart. But the things weren’t so out of place—almost as if someone who knew where things were did the searching… So sneaky…

So there are other things like that where if you go back and read all the other volumes after reading this one, you might make some discoveries.

As for the characters, the MVP of both Volumes 5 and 6 is clearly Evileye, but my personal fave is the thief whose name you finally learn at the very end. If you’re the kind of person who finds yourself murmuring things like, “It’s good to be young,” then you probably understand.

With that, thank you, everyone, for reading this two-part story. I’m extremely interested in hearing your impressions. Unfortunately, you’ll have to pay for the stamp, but I’d be happy if you sent in a reader postcard.

From here on out, I’d like to give some thanks. To so-bin, F——ta, Osako, Code Design Studio, and everyone who helps create Overlord, thank you. And Honey, thanks for so many things.

Finally, to the people who bought the book, I truly thank you!

KUGANE MARUYAMA

January 2014