Midword
Thank you very much for purchasing Realist Hero volume 9. This is Dojyomaru, who recently bought himself a road bike.
I was afraid of the position drop handlebars force you into, so I’m starting with a flat handlebar.
We’re back to the midword format again. I really struggled with the composition of this volume.
Before, I wrote that the appeal of internet novels is that you can write as much as you want of whatever you want, but with freedom comes responsibility. When it comes time to correct and edit what I’ve written, I am expected to take that responsibility.
The varying lengths of chapters, the number of them, where each story should go... It’s a headache, so I need to show a certain amount of restraint.
It’s not fair to only address the good points, so I’ve written the bad points now, too.
Now then, back to the main story: Souma and Liscia’s children have been born.
A twin boy and girl.
From the time I first began writing this novel, I’ve been thinking about a “normal” life in another world. Though he has the special circumstance of having been summoned to another world, suddenly having the crown forced on him, and needing to face the troubles of the nation, Souma meets normal people, falls in love normally, and has children normally.
The reason I write what day, month, and year it is at the beginning of each chapter is so that you can feel that flow of time. Though sometimes I have readers point out that the schedule is unreasonable. Sorry about that.
I hope you will continue to watch over Souma’s “normal” life now that he’s added two new members to the family.
Also, while there are those who seek normalcy, there are also those who seek the unprecedented.
That would be the man Fuuga Haan who appears in this volume.
That man is a concentration of the author’s conception of the sort of great man who appears in epic legends.
He is born in a time of stagnation, is looked to by the people to shatter that stagnation, and he actually does so. The result brings destruction and murder, but the people of the era accept it. They see the destruction as necessary to break out of stagnation.
When you hear it that way, maybe a great man from history appears in your heads. The men who are spoken of as heroes or tyrants all have this facet to them to one degree or another.
He is that sort of troublesome being, and someone Souma will have to deal with going forward.
Now then, after this midword, we have a collection of stories focused on the side cast. The time frame will move back and forth, so it may be difficult to follow, but please bear with me to the end.
I give my thanks to the artist Fuyuyuki, whom I am always troubling, to Mr. Satoshi Ueda of the manga adaptation, the appeal of whose adult characters always excites me, to my editor, to the designers, to the proofreaders, and to all of you now holding this book.
This has been Dojyomaru.
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