AFTERWORD

It has been a while. I’m Isuna Hasekura, and this is the sixth volume of Spice and Wolf.

Time does fly! Just one month after I write this afterword will be the third Dengeki Novel Prize awards ceremony that I personally have attended.

Of course, that means deadlines come quickly, too. It’s certainly not my fault—it’s the flow of time that’s to blame. Stupid time!

Incidentally, I recently had the following conversation with a fellow author.

“Hasekura, how’re your stocks doing?”

“Oh, pretty good. Sometimes I make even [AMOUNT REDACTED] yen a day.”

“That much?”

“That much. When I make [AMOUNT REDACTED] in a day, though, it kinda makes me not want to do work.”

“Really? So when you take a loss, it makes you feel like you have to work harder, right?”

“No, actually. When I lose money, I feel awful, and work’s the last thing on my mind.”

“I see. So you work when the market’s closed, then?”

The stock market closes on weekends and holidays.

I answered, “Are you crazy? Work on a weekend?”

So that’s how I’ve managed to plow through the sixth volume of Spice and Wolf. This volume had fewer economic elements, I think, so my plan is to really cram them into the next one. The manga adaptation is starting, and I think right about the time this afterword along with the rest of volume six makes it to bookstores, the anime broadcast will be imminent. I’ll try to work really hard so I don’t lose out to all that stuff!

Also, in reality I’m working about six days a week.

Let’s meet again in the next volume.

Isuna Hasekura

Isuna Hasekura

Born December 27, 1982, winner of the twelfth Dengeki Novel Prize Silver Medal. He spends his time strongly protesting that the story’s plot constantly going off the rails is due to the random-walk nature of the Brownian motion of particles, and thus cannot be helped.

Works from Dengeki Bunko:

Spice and Wolf

Spice and Wolf II

Spice and Wolf III

Spice and Wolf IV

Spice and Wolf V

Spice and Wolf VI

Illustrations: Jyuu Ayakura

Born: 1981. Birthplace: Kyoto. Blood type: AB. Currently living a free, Spartan life in Tokyo. Recently cats have been holding their meetings in the street in front of his apartment. So far the highest attendance has been eight, but sometimes only three or four show up. Cats, man—no sense of community.