Afterword
HEY, SO, we’re at the afterword. And you can never forget to thank people in your afterword, right?
First, to my readers who have bought this book, thank you! I get to continue eating delicious foods thanks to you all. Every day, I dream that my success will continue on to tomorrow and the next day.
Next, thank you to everyone involved in the release of this book. So many people really do help create the finished product. It’s kind of incredible!
And my biggest thanks to fuzichoco, who always provides us with such wonderful illustrations. Oh, but let me be clear: the frontispiece and insert illustrations are always so great because it’s my editor calling the shots rather than me. Goodness, what could drive a person to order such sexy illustrations from fuzichoco? Goodness. Certainly not me. (Aww, yeah, keep it up!)
Ahem! Next, dicca*suemitsu. They’ve taken up the task of adapting this series into a manga. I’m always so excited to see their rendition of things. Also regarding the manga, its second volume will be released alongside this eighth volume! Make sure you buy that too.
Now, we’re finally at Volume 8. This marks the end of the long battle with Chimera Clausen. Even I thought, Hey, this is getting pretty long, as I was writing it…but they were all necessary parts, so I couldn’t cut ANYTHING out! Heck, I started adding even more!
Thank you so much for sticking with it until the end. Listen, now: There maaay be some parts of this…that influence…future events. I hope you’ll keep an eye on coming volumes for just that.
Incidentally…those who have listened to the second drama CD might have noticed something strange in this volume. That would be the scene where Eizenfald is summoned.
Eizenfald sulks when he’s summoned. These events take place in the drama CD as well, but his attitude there is different. There are actually some reasons that I left this scene as is.
I’d considered changing things a bit here to match the drama CD, where Eizenfald is happy and excited to have his opportunity to shine. But if I did that, those who hadn’t listened to the drama CD might be confused by his sudden change. Why would he not care that he’d been neglected again, right?
That would seem out-of-character for such a mama’s boy. His mother had promised him, yet she still didn’t summon him. Sulking is the natural thing to do. If Eizenfald was more tolerant, I might’ve revised the scene to make his feelings a little more ambiguous. But that doesn’t seem right as things are, so I’ve gone with preserving the book storyline here.
If you did listen to the second drama CD, just rewrite your memory a little bit for me. Eizenfald is excited to be summoned again, and Mira warns him not to cause too much damage. When he sees Christina, the dragon reminds her of how much fun their last meeting was. Christina had reported this to Alfina as a major battle filled with many allied summons. But now, she cringes uncomfortably.
When Alfina questions further, Eizenfald answers honestly. It turns out they were just playing with Mira back then. Christina is sad—her next week of training will be twice as harsh as usual.
Oh, by the way! Sorry to change the subject, but I started a diet in June. As of the writing of this afterword, I’ve managed to slim down enough to use the next hole on my belt!
My secret? Soybeans. Deep-fried tofu for dinner. Cold tofu as a between-meal snack if I get hungry. If I get acid reflux, soy milk. And I throw in boiled eggs, cheese, and the like here and there for flavor.
But apparently, if you diet for more than two weeks straight, your body goes into survival mode, and it gets harder to lose weight. To avoid that, I have one cheat day a week. That day is for roast pork ribs and donburi bowls! Despite indulging once a week, I’m still losing weight at a good rate. But maybe that’s just because I was pretty heavy before…
I’m not very stressed about it, though. This probably isn’t related to the diet itself, but I’ve been having acid reflux, which means I don’t get to eat chocolate… That’s rough, because I love chocolate.
We’re shooting for under eighty kilograms!
Oh, there’s a bonus for people who fill out the survey. It’s kind of like a sequel story, so check it out if you’d like!
Well, goodbye! May we meet again in the next volume!
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