Genjitsushugisha no Oukokukaizouki - Volume 10 - Chapter Aft

Midword 

Thank you very much for purchasing volume 10 of Realist Hero. This is Dojyomaru, who bought himself a road bike, and who has been physically unable to drive less than 40 kilometers on any day with clear skies since. 

Road bikes: They’re the vehicles of the devil. I chose a bike because of cost efficiency, but I never thought I’d get this hooked... 

That aside, let’s talk about the main story. In this volume, Souma finally officially ascends the throne as king, and marries Liscia and the other girls. I suppose you could call this the end of the second part. 

Oh! But the story goes on, so please stay with me. 

To tell you the truth about the romantic parts with the side characters in this volume, I hadn’t originally planned to go into them so heavily. 

I thought it would be fine to do the coronation and wedding ceremony, and just present the information that those characters were now married, too. 

However, from readers following the story in real time, I heard they wanted me to conclude all of the other romances properly, so the wedding ceremony became its own independent chapter. It’s an unusually in-depth romance plot for this story. 

Well, that’s fine occasionally, right? This is the tenth volume milestone, so please overlook it if I let loose a little too much. 

Though, from here on, we won’t be able to dawdle. 

With the appearance of Fuuga, the movement of the world is accelerating. 

Souma has to prepare for the moving times, and if he does something to prepare, I’m sure that will agitate Fuuga, and push him to act even faster. 

The way they influence one another will make the era move forward at an accelerating rate. 

Although the next volume is of the internal politics kind. This is preparation, too. 

Now then, after this midword, we have an extra story. 

There were about fifty pages left to spare, so I went into detail depicting something that I hadn’t yet, but wanted to eventually. 

In terms of the timeline, it’s a little before the coronation. I considered placing it between the fourth and fifth chapters of this volume, but while this one is also a love story, it has a different atmosphere to it, so I separated it from the main story... 

When I write these sorts of new stories, instead of a plot, I create a list of scenes I want to depict, and then as I depict them, they have a way of turning out feeling somewhat different from how I imagined. It’s mysterious. 

Now I give my thanks to the artist Fuyuyuki, who is the illustrator, to Mr. Satoshi Ueda of the manga adaptation, to my editor, to the designers, to the proofreaders, and to all of you now holding this book. 

This has been Dojyomaru. 

Now, please stay with me through the extra story.