Combatants Will Be Dispatched - Volume 2 - Chapter Aft

AFTERWORD 

Thank you for picking up the second volume of Combatants Will Be Dispatched . 

It’s been four short years since I became a novelist. 

Lately, I’ve been reveling in the fact that I got to hole up in a hotel like a proper professional novelist, and that I haven’t even felt guilty for massively missing a deadline. 

My apologies. Please forgive me for all the trouble I’ve caused. I’m really sorry. 

Lately, it feels like I’m constantly apologizing for one thing or another. 

Anyway, in this volume none of the heroines do anything remotely heroic, but I have faith that as the volumes progress, they’ll eventually start growing into their roles. 

So please, I would appreciate it if you could stand by these scummy, seductive, predatory heroines for the time being. 

As you can tell from the cover, this is a volume focusing on Alice. 

Since this android was built to provide support for Six, it’s likely she’s going to continue lecturing our extremely flawed hero, while pampering him in the end. 

This volume contains a few parodies and homages to my other series, Konosuba: God’s Blessing on This Wonderful World! 

For those who have yet to read it, you’ll enjoy the short story at the end of this volume once you’ve finished reading the other series. (Shameless self-promotion here.) 

This short story depicts the other side from the short story written as the limited-edition bonus material for the first volume of Combatants . 

Personally, I’m a big fan of crossover works, but if you’d like to see more of the poor protagonist, you’ll have to ask my editors at Sneaker Bunko. 

Finally, the manga adaptation of Combatants by Masaaki Kiasa is running on Monthly Comic Alive. 

I recommend checking it out if you’re interested! 

Anyway, I wouldn’t have been able to get this second volume out the door if not for the help of many people, starting with the illustrator Cacao Lanthanum, my editor I ? , everyone else in the editorial department, and everyone else involved in the book-production process. Thank you so very much. 

And of course, last, but certainly not least, sincere thanks to all the readers who have picked up this book. 

Natsume Akatsuki