Banished from the Hero’s Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside - Volume 12 - Chapter Aft

Afterword

Thank you for picking up this book! This is the author, Zappon.

Volume 12, set in their second summer, features a lovely cover illustration of Yarandrala swimming in the sea. Once again, the colors in Yasumo’s illustration are beautiful. From the moment I received the rough sketch, I was looking forward to seeing the completed art.

As indicated by the illustration, this volume is the story of Yarandrala indulging in her hobbies and going out to sea, and about a girl they meet there, and about Ruti, the former Hero.

Then, there’s the necessary counterbalance to any hero’s story—the demon lord. The story of Demis and the Hero has reached a conclusion for now, so next will be the demon lord’s story.

If the hero’s goal is to defeat the demon lord, then the demon lord’s existence could be said to frame what it means to be the hero. There are stories where it feels tasteless to look for any special meaning in that, but this is a story in which blessings exist to limit people’s ability to live a free and easy life, and the reason those blessings exist is due to the existence of the hero and demon lord…so I guess I thought that if I wrote about those sorts of ideas, then maybe I’d be able to write a story where the hero finds happiness.

Another important event is the marking of one year of Red and Rit living together. They have yet another important event coming up, too, as the two of them tie the knot on their engagement.

I hope you continue to support the three of them in the next volume, too.

Now for an announcement!

Volume 11 of the comic adaptation by Masahiro Ikeno and Volume 2 of the spinoff, Rejected by the Hero’s Party, a Princess Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside, starring Rit, are scheduled to go on sale on May 26. They’re both fun manga, so please give them a try.

A lot goes into the making of each volume, and this book could only have happened thanks to the hard work of everyone involved. Thank you all so much.

I look forward to working with you on the next volume, too!

With that, let’s meet again in Volume 13!

Zappon

Shuddering at the pollen dancing through the blue skies, 2023