Afterword
Afterword
THANK YOU for purchasing Volume 1 of Reborn as a Space Mercenary, originally titled When I Woke Up, I Got the Strongest Equipment and a Spaceship, So I Went and Became a Mercenary in Order to Live as I Please While Aiming for a Detached House. I must say, that’s one heck of a long title!
Nice to meet you! I’m Ryuto. Think of me as a little bear living in Hokkaido. For those of you who know me already, it’s great to see you again!
To be honest, I’m a fan of soft science fiction. As for how soft, well…honestly, I just can’t get myself to try out the classics of science fiction. Yep.
Argh, stop! Don’t throw rocks at me!
I first got into science fiction thanks to video games. There are so many kinds of games that use sci-fi concepts like robots, mecha, cyberspace, and outer space. These are the things that men dream of!
Lately, I’ve been into the sci-fi strategy game Stellaris and the spaceflight simulator Elite Dangerous.
Modern games have such beautiful graphics that, despite not being able to truly go to space, I feel as though I can navigate the vast sea of stars myself. It’s more than enough to make my fantasies go wild over the mysterious beauty of space.
If you’re wondering what I’m getting at, basically, you all should play some sci-fi games! Space is incredible! That’s all.
Honestly, though. Seeing asteroid belts and stars from different distances, accidentally getting too close, and almost dying is wonderful fun. I mean it.
Though I really need to stay away from pulsars. Pulsars scare me to death.
Anyway, I guess I should start talking about the book, right? Let’s do that.
…If you can’t tell, I’m really bad at afterwords! What am I supposed to write here?!
How about talking about aspects of the setting that I couldn’t get into during the story itself? I think that’s a good idea. Unfortunately, I think talking about the technology in this story would take up too much space, so let’s talk about Oishii Mart, which came up in the story.
Oishii Mart is a mega-corporation with shops all over the galaxy, offering all kinds of foods from the cheapest to the most exquisite. It dates back to before humanity even first struck out into space, according to some sources.
The corporation’s home office is shrouded in mystery; even seeing permanent employees of it is a rarity. That said, we (probably) won’t be pursuing that mystery much in the main series. At least, that’s not my plan at the moment. Yeah.
Sorry to change the subject, but GC Novels is now selling Survival in Another World with My Master. That’s another one of my works, so I’d be delighted if you would give that a read as well!
I want to tell you so much more! But for now, I think it would be best to leave it at that.
I offer my sincere thanks to A for giving me this opportunity; K, my manager; Tetsuhiro Nabeshima, our illustrator; and everyone involved in the publication of this book. And that goes to you too for buying this book. Thank you!
Let’s meet again in the next volume!
—RYUTO
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ryuto
A brown bear living in Hokkaido.
My hobby is gaming. I have a wide range of tastes, but survival action and strategy games are my absolute favorites. I changed the carpet in my living room recently. It’s wonderful to bask in the sun with my dog. Shaking things up is nice once in a while.