Afterword

Afterword

 

TO ALL NEWCOMERS, it’s a pleasure to meet you. To you old-timers, long time no see. My name is Mine, and this makes it four times that I’ve greeted the audience for this series. How is everyone doing?

There is a deep, dark ditch to cross between the third and fourth volume of a series. It’s always a Herculean task to span it, and I’m grateful that this work managed to publish its fourth volume.

This is entirely thanks to all the readers who picked up this book, and you all have my deep, heartfelt gratitude. I pray for your continued patronage.

Last afterword, I secretly asked the readers for ideas to put into the afterwords, but at the present moment, I have not received a single submission. I’m sure you all think little old Mine is better off just writing whatever he wants at the end. Yes, I’m sure I’ll be very happy once I convince myself of that. Salvation comes to those who believe. Or was that salivation? English is hard.

 

We’re nearing the end now.

To everyone in Hobby Japan’s editing department; to the proofreaders, the marketing team, and the designers; to peroshi-sama who keeps providing wonderful illustrations; and to my editor K-sama who always spares time for my phone calls: truly, thank you.

And my deepest thanks to you readers. I pray that your patronage may bring us together again.

 

—Mine