Afterword

 

 

 

Afterword

 

HELLO, I’m Sorahoshi.

Thank you very much for reading Past Life Countess, Present Life Otome Game NPC?!

In writing this story, I asked myself what would happen if the daughter of a count from another world were reborn in modern times. What if she were in an otome game? Would she be able to cheat? These questions drove me to write this novel.

I had originally intended this story to be half as long, but first Urara and then Shizuku and Kogetsu, and even the love interests, took on a life of their own; they all but demanded to be written, so I of course obliged.

Even though Urara was originally forced into playing the otome game, she and Shizuku became friends.

I had never planned the date in the rose garden, either, but in the process of writing, Chouko was whisking Urara away and things were going so well, even I was surprised. But because of that, the rose garden became important to the two of them. It felt strange at the time, but I think it must have been fate! These characters wrote their own events, and in some small part, I merely put their journey onto paper.

Just as I think it’s fate that this book found its way to you.

This may be the end of this tale, but my hope is that life leads you to many more fantastic stories.

I hope we meet again, somewhere, someday.

 

Sorahoshi