Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou Zero - Volume 1 - Chapter Aft

Afterword

Thank you so much to everyone who picked up this book.

Hey everyone, Ryo Shirakome here.

How did you like this Arifureta side story? It’s a completely original prequel, one that’s never been uploaded as a web novel. To be honest, I never thought a day like this would come, not even in my wildest dreams.

Still, it has, and now I’m finally able to tell the story of how the Liberators came to be.

I tried to make this as chuuni as possible too, and my only hope is that it entertained you enough to be worth the purchase. As long as you enjoyed it, that’s all I could have asked for.

Now then, we’re going to go off topic for a bit, but this is something that needs to be said.

Who on earth is that girl on the front cover!? I’m sure many of you thought that when you first picked it up, right?

To be honest, I kind of thought the same thing.

I’m sure no one expected that super annoying golem Miledi to have originally been such a beautiful girl. There is actually one description of her human form up on syosetsu, so those of you who’ve read that probably weren’t as surprised as the rest.

Her whole thing is supposed to be that she’s cute, but annoying as hell.

At any rate, my never ending thanks to Takayaki for drawing her so well.

By the way, I’m sure some of you might have guessed where Oscar’s umbrella comes from. What can I say, I’m an easily influenced guy. If something tickles my chuuni instincts, I can’t help but use it.

For those of you who are still wondering what it’s a reference to, google “manners maketh man.” You will learn what it means to be a true gentleman.

A lot of the events in this book tie in directly to the seventh book in the main series, which is why the two came out at the same time. For those of you who are interested, I definitely recommend checking out the connections.

Finally, it’s time for the acknowledgments.

I’d like to thank Takayaki-sensei for doing all of the novel illustrations, as well as Roga-sensei for drawing one very kick-ass manga. I’d also like to thank my manager, Morimisaki-sensei, all of my wonderful editors, proofreaders, and all the people without whom this book would not be possible. And as always, a big thank you to my readers.

Really, thank you so much. I hope you continue enjoying Arifureta from here on out too.

Let us meet again in volume two.

Ryo Shirakome