Wortenia Senki (LN) - Volume 11 - Chapter Aft

Afterword

I doubt there are many such readers left, but I welcome any new readers who picked up the series with this volume. And to those of you who have kept up with the series since volume 1, it’s been four months since the last volume. This is Ryota Hori, the author.

As of the time I write this afterword, it’s already the latter half of October. The months pass by quickly, and 2018 approaches its end. There were many typhoons and earthquakes this year, and I had to be hospitalized for the first time in my life. I was faced with the pressing question of how I’d live my life going forward... It was, in many ways, an unforgettable year.

But still, one way or another, I’ve kept up my schedule of publishing three volumes per year. That’s thanks to my editors, who waited patiently until the very limits of the deadline, and bob the illustrator. Allow me to take this chance to thank you profoundly for all your help.

Now then, let’s put aside the author’s navel-gazing and get down to our usual business. This volume’s outline is actually quite simple. Volume 11 is a close-up on Count Salzberg, ruler of Rhoadseria’s northern regions, and his two confidants Robert Bertrand and Signus Galveria. These two will have a great influence on Ryoma. Albeit, both carry their own problems and complications, so he’ll have to take special care when handling these two... Volume 11 ends on a question mark, but look forward to seeing how the story develops around those two in the future.

Also, dark clouds are brewing over Rhoadseria’s skies, and Queen Lupis is in quite the predicament... With only a couple of years having passed since the civil war’s conclusion, it’s surprising how much trouble seems to come her way! Such is the hand life tends to deal to a well-intentioned fool. No matter what she does or tries to achieve, it all turns out negatively.

And most of it...well, at least half of it is due to our unruly protagonist’s intervention. With Ryoma being the protagonist he is, and this story being what it is, some part of me marvels that we’ve gotten as far as 11 volumes in. Had this been a more orthodox fantasy story, the protagonist would have saved the unfortunate queen by now, wouldn’t he?

Of course, it’s because it’s so orthodox and hackneyed that I can’t bring myself to write something like that... A bit perverse of me, I’ll admit. But it’s thanks to you readers that a perverse author like me can keep writing.

I’ll try to make it a point to submit my manuscripts faster next time. If all goes as planned, volume 12 should be out by March 2019. I hope you will continue to support Record of Wortenia War in the future.