By the Grace of the Gods (LN) - Volume 7 - Chapter Aft

Afterword

Hello. Roy here, author of By the Grace of the Gods. Thank you so much for picking up Volume 7! I hope you enjoyed the full cast of nostalgic characters. Episodes full of happy feelings, like preparing for a wedding, are such a blast to write.

While I was working on them, I received repeated texts from a friend in Japan, and found out that they had gotten married! I also found out that several of our old classmates (whom I hadn’t spoken to since graduation) had already married, too. It wasn’t like I was trying to research the novel and reached out to them, either. A funny coincidence, I suppose. Happy times all around, both in the novel and in real life.

Unfortunately for me, my protagonist is technically a preteen. While I have female characters in the series who adventure with him or work with him in the shop, the series completely lacks any romantic plot lines. By the Grace of the Gods may be an outlier in that sense, amidst the recent trend of light novels where cute girls all want a piece of the protagonist, or at least are prominently featured throughout the series (though I may be a bit biased).

Since I wrote in Eliaria toward the beginning, I may or may not be a bit worried that some readers are feeling duped into reading the rest of the series.

In any case, Volume 7 is finally out... I feel like I say this in every postscript, but that mere fact means that there are plenty of readers who want more of this series. It fills me with joy that I have another opportunity to compose a postscript. I always relish a sense of accomplishment when I do, and it’s also when I feel the closest to my readers. Thank you again, dear readers.

I’ll keep trying my best to make this series a fun read for you. Until next time!