Afterword

It is summer now, and it is hot. It is...really hot. Here comes the season where one cannot sleep unless the air conditioner is on.

But, well, I might like the heat more than the cold. The joy I experience when I go from the scorching heat of the midsummer sun into a department store that’s ice-cold from the air conditioner... I cannot even describe how much of a treat that is.

That aside... Lately, I have been spending my time working hard during the day and then dedicating all my time after work on weekdays and holidays to writing. By the time volume three of Piggy Duke comes out in Japan, it would probably be just around the time when my summer holidays would be ending. I miss my school days, back when I thought, “Does anyone really need this long of a summer holiday?”

Wait, Piggy Duke volume three? Since when did three books get published? That thought shocks me. Volume one was published in February of this year, so it’s been half a year since then. My life has changed very, well, little since then, but wow, a lot of things sure did happen in this span of time...

After Piggy Duke started lining the shelves, some of my coworkers would talk to me and say that they bought the book, or they saw the book in bookstores, or other things along those lines. Not only that, but I started getting back in touch with some friends I hadn’t seen in a long time. Some people whom I didn’t even know would invite me to drinks too, and I also got to know new people.

I am living my everyday life with my share of little joys. How wonderful! These thrills are a blessing in my boring everyday life indeed. This is all thanks to everyone who supports me.

Well, that isn’t exactly the only reason, but I will try my best in volume four. Finally, we’ll get to the start of the anime timeline in the next volume. The Piggy Duke might leave Kirsch Mage Institute...or he might not. The destinies of Shuya and the Piggy Duke might cross. Or they might not. The world will expand like crazy from a mage institute in a remote area!

Please look forward to the next volume.

See you again!

Rhythm Aida

(Published August 20, 2017)