Ishura - Volume 2 - Chapter Aft

Afterword

“Keiso. Regarding the afterword for Ishura, Vol. 2, well, books are normally bound by folding sixteen pages at a time.”

“Yes, yes, I’ve heard that before.”

“The thing is, the number of pages that can be left over for the afterword changes depending on the leftover amount of those sixteen pages after the main story.”

“Ahh, I get it. In the last volume, I received four pages for the afterword, but this one may only get three, or sometimes I may get five, is what you’re saying. Well, how many will I get for this volume?”

“One.”

“One?!”

“There’s only one page left over, so it’ll either be a preview of the next volume, or your afterword.”

“W-wait just a moment, my dear editor Nagahori! I’m so very grateful to have you, Nagahori. You’ve offered me many helpful ideas when I have been deep in thought over the story, but… In the afterword, I need to express my gratitude to Kureta-sensei for again polishing this volume off with their brilliant character designs and illustrations, and I certainly need to give my thanks to the readers! Why, this novel is a brutal multiple point-of-view affair, featuring many different all-powerful protagonists from a variety of different fantasy races, and I need to be sure to let them know that in the third volume, finally, all sixteen of them will be present and kill each other in the big tournament! And you’re telling me to say all that in how many pages?!”

“One page.”

“Dammit! Well fine, I will then! ‘Thank you for reading. My name is Keiso. This time I have my recipe for mentaiko spaghe