Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou (LN) - Volume 1 - Chapter Aft

Afterword 

To those of you who picked this up when it became a novel, nice to meet you. To those of you who’ve been following me since my Syosetsu days, hello again. Author of Arifureta, Ryo Shirakome, here. 
Let me first start by saying that... this is a work of fiction. Any relation to real people, groups, etc. is purely coincidental. Humans of Earth cannot use magic (I think), and they definitely can’t turn themselves into living railguns (probably). 
Alright, now that those stuffy formalities are out of the way, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for picking up this book. 
I’m not sure if this book betrayed your expectations or fulfilled them, but I’ll be glad so long as you derived some amount of enjoyment from it. 
I mentioned this earlier too, but this story was originally something I put up on the novel website Syosetsuka ni Narou under the pseudonym Chuuni Lover. It’s something that’s been steadily edited and refined before appearing in the form you’re reading now. 
I’m still very much a beginner when it comes to writing, so forgive me for the half-assed setting, overall lack of plot, and general randomness. I added things as they popped into my mind, and wrote a story that was more for myself than anything. Even now, I’m still enjoying writing this story more than anything else as Ryo Shirakome... which is why I’m truly thankful to my fans at Narou for supporting this fanfiction-tier story all the way until it got published officially. It’s not every day that an isekai author gets published out of the sea of isekai stories on there. 
Once again, I’d like to thank my readers for letting me enjoy myself all the way through. To those of you following the web version, I still plan on posting updates there. We’re reaching the end now, so things are going to start getting more and more heated. I would love it if you continue to follow the web series along with the published novel. 
As I’m sure those of you can already tell by my Syosetsu pen name, I’m a huge chuuni lover. Enough of one that I wrote an entire novel based on it. Enough of one that I’m going to write an entire second novel about it too. 

And I’m not the only chuuni out there. I’m sure all Japanese boys, no, boys all over the world, no, every human alive, has a bit of chuuni hidden somewhere inside them. So, to all of you chuuni lovers who have to hide away because of common sense, or your age, or how embarrassing it is, or how society sees you, if this book has helped unleash your burning soul just a little... then I consider my work complete. 
Ah, but please don’t go around unleashing it in public. You’ll cause an uproar. 
Now then, I think I finally understand all those authors who resort to rambling for their afterword because they don’t know what to write... Yeah. Because that’s me right now. I’m out of things to write. Not good. This is just like that time I went to a job interview and blanked when they told me to write my strengths. 
Anyway, before I start spouting something stupid (though I think I’ve already spouted quite a few stupid things in this book) allow me to once more thank everyone who made this possible. 
First, allow me to thank Takayaki for his wonderful illustrations. I’ve been moved by his drawings ever since he sent me his first rough drafts. To have my work illustrated by someone so skilled is truly a great honor. Thank you so very much. 
Next, I would like to thank my editor, S, who fought to get the publication of this novel approved against all odds because of his own personal interest in it. I would also like to thank the rest of the editing department at Overlap for all the help you’ve given me. 
Lastly, I would like to thank you, the reader who’s picked up this book. Thank you so very, very much. 
Many thanks to both readers of the published edition and of the web edition. I look forward to seeing where this tale goes together with you. 
May we meet again in the next volume.