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.
I am writing this afterword during the later stages of February. The passage of time is frighteningly fast. How did you all spend this time? It’s allergy season for me, and my hand is constantly stuffed in the tissue box as of late.
But let’s do away with trifling topics like the author’s health. To those of you who begin reading from the afterwords, I’ll give an outline of this volume’s plot, as always. Firstly, volume 6’s biggest draw is that our protagonist finally entered the titular Wortenia Peninsula.
This is a complaint that’s been floating around since the web novel days, but we can finally say that the title of the series is not misleading. All the conditions for this war record story to begin in earnest are in place, which is a huge relief for me as the author. I’m sure our good Mr. Mikoshiba is as relieved as I am.
Well, he can only be relieved for so long, as he will soon have to contend with many internal and diplomatic challenges. Such is the fate of a protagonist that’s graced with both a strong body and a firm intellect, so expect to see him being tested to these limits in the future.
In addition, this time, the focal points are the efforts of Ryoma as well as other established characters like the Malfist sisters and Gennou. But another major part of the story is the slave children, such as Melissa and Kevin. The despairing environment of slavery, and by contrast the single strand of hope found in that situation. I hope that you will read the story while imagining their suffering and feelings.
And lastly, finally we have the fantasy setting staple of elves. And of the dark variety, at that. They’re only briefly featured in volume 6, but look forward to more developments regarding them going forward.
Also, I’d like to use this chance to deliver an update regarding the Record of Wortenia War manga adaptation, with volume 1 set to release next month. After the first chapter’s publication during October of last year, you will likely be reading this afterword in March, by which time we will have reached chapter 5.
During the first few months, I dreaded the possibility the manga might be canceled. But thankfully, that didn’t happen and volume 1 will be out for sale soon. As the author of this work, I am endlessly thankful for that.
I hope to see the number of this series’ volumes — both in manga and novel format — grow in number going forward.
In addition, this volume was focused on Ryoma and his group, so I’d like to apologize to those of you who are curious as to Asuka’s and Kouichirou’s fates. I’ve already started working on what happens to Asuka next, but following Kouichirou’s exploits will be difficult, given the flow of the story. Look forward to seeing more of that side of the story in the next volume.
Lastly, I would like to extend my thanks to everyone who helped bring volume 6 to life. Starting with the editors, and to everyone else who were involved with the work on this volume. And of course, to you readers — I can only continue working on this series thanks to your support.
I will work hard on getting volume 7 to you as fast as possible. I hope you will continue to support Record of Wortenia War in the future.
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