Afterword
If perhaps the world couldn’t be explained by the theory of universal eternity, just what would happen?
“Even if you ask what would happen, in the end Earth would just keep spinning normally, dumbass!”
While quipping at myself with that, it is good to see everyone again. This is Gamei Hitsuji. It has been four months since the third volume went on sale, and I have once more discovered how difficult it is to write a novel. I feel exhausted.
The story this time around follows up from the third volume, and brings a conclusion to the Empire arc. What happened to Liliana-chan after she vanished? What about Suimei, who was reduced to a tattered rag? What about the conclusion of the incident?! That’s basically what we cover here.
And also, compared to the third volume, there’s a lot of fighting! But it should be about time where everyone wants some more in-depth scenes with the characters, so I must humbly apologize. I wanted to write these fight scenes, so please forgive me. There’s a lot of heated development too, so I hope you can overlook it.
Graziella, Elliot, Suimei, Felmenia, Lefille, and even you-know-who will fight in this volume! She’s quite the tomboy! And don’t forget about Liliana! She’s too cute in this volume.
There’s also the bit about mystical entropy in the thick of this volume. It’s a theory that makes you wonder what exactly it is. Well, I guess that’s a given. There’s no such law, after all. Please just think of it as the rare symptoms of the illness the author came down with in middle school growing worse as I get busier.
Rather than normal entropy, which is about measuring chaos, this is more about returning to normal, or not... Sort of. Well, mystical entropy has all kinds of aspects to it, so this time around it should be fine to think of it that way for the sake of explaining it to Felmenia...
Going back to what we were talking about before: there is a physical law in this world called the theory of universal eternity. But because there are things that physical laws cannot explain, Suimei-kun and the other magicians are trying to dispel the ways of the world using a different approach known as mystical laws.
In this world, there are things that cannot be explained by physical laws. The mechanisms behind the outbreak of lightning, the expansion of space, or apocalyptic sounds. In that case, those physical laws that we use as a foundation are maybe not the necessary “proper measure” to truly explain all phenomena and events in the world. In truth, it’s just that the results that come about largely coincide with the theories of physical laws, so really, in truth, there’s probably a better theory out there, and maybe humans have simply yet to reach that.
So... from that way of thinking, magicians discover mystical laws, give birth to new ones, take hold of those laws, and the techniques they wield become magicka. The universal key needed to reach the truth that unravels the Akashic Record that the magicians strive for is one of those laws, and once they take hold of it, they become omnipotent. That was written in a grimoire...
This is steadily veering off course, so let’s put a stop to the complicated talk right here.
More importantly is the drama CD! That’s right, the drama CD! This is great. My brains are leaking out! I was present for several of the recordings, but I feel like all I was ever saying was, “Voice actors are amazing...”
What I feel extremely sorry about would be the chants, though... Even as they recited chants that really felt like magic without showing any discomfort on their faces, I asked them to retake them because the pacing or pronunciation was off. I’m really sorry about that.
In the drama CD, there’s a scene of the chants that come up in volume four, so I thought that if you bought it together with volume four it would put a grin on your face. I am overcome with such a playful mood.
And so I am deeply grateful to be able to deliver yet another volume out to everyone. To the ones who took part in the production of the drama CD this time around, Brave Heart-sama, Tsukuru no Mori-sama, and the one who cooperated in producing the scenario, Tokita Shakeh-sama... Thank you so truly much.
Also, in regards to the fourth volume, to the illustrator himesuz-sama, the designer Horiehideaki-sama, the chief editor S-sama, the proofreading company Oraidou-sama... Thank you so truly much too.
-Gamei Hitsuji
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