Afterword

I would like to sincerely thank you for picking up the third volume of “The World’s Least Interesting Master Swordsman.”

When volume 1 came out, I thought, ‘My first published work, awesome!’ but also worried that it might be my one and only volume. The fact that I’ve been able to continue with a volume 2, and now a volume 3, is all thanks to you, the reader.

I’ll continue to do my best to meet the expectations of my readers and entertain the people who buy my books.

In this volume Sansui doesn’t do much and has progressed from the least interesting master swordsman to being a swordsman who doesn’t care about appearances, a swordsman without a presence. As the story progresses and the world gets larger, it’s perhaps unavoidable that Sansui, a single swordsman, would end up being less important.

However, the title of this work is still “The World’s Least Interesting Master Swordsman.” To make up for his lack of activity in the book, I’ve added some stories about his time in the Sepaeda lands.

There’s quite a few things that haven’t been directly touched on in the main story, so I’d like to keep adding these stories as the opportunity allows.

Now, those of you who have purchased this volume are probably already aware, but the first volume of the manga, which started with the publication of volume 1 of the novel, will be coming out at the same time as this volume.

The work drawn by Appe is really great, so I’d appreciate it if you’d pick that up as well.

I’d like to thank Shiso-sensei for doing the illustrations, including the cover art, and my managing editors at PASH!, Egawa and Kondo. I look forward to continuing our work together.

Akashi