Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyusoukyoku (LN) - Volume 16 - Chapter Aft

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Afterword

Hello, I’m Hiro Ainana.

Thank you very much for picking up volume 16 of Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody!

It’s thanks to the support of all you readers that I’m able to keep putting out volumes like this.

I’ll try to make things even more interesting as time goes on, so I hope you’ll continue to follow along.

Now, for those of you who read the afterword to decide whether to buy the book, let’s discuss the highlights of this volume.

Satou and company have finally reached the royal capital after a long and arduous journey.

They plan to do some fun sightseeing in the royal capital until the kingdom meeting at the end of the year—but of course, that gets thrown into chaos because of Mr. Juleburg, the leader of the Shiga Eight Swordsmen, who appeared in the epilogue of the previous volume.

I’m sure many readers of the web version were surprised that Juleburg is now challenging Satou to a duel instead of Liza.

But don’t worry. Liza’s big scene is definitely still here.

Of course, everything leading up to that scene is newly written for this volume. I hope fans of the web version will still get plenty of enjoyment out of it, too.

There’s also some exciting scenes where Satou shows the Shiga Eight just a little bit of his true power, which I hope you’ll look forward to. If you read it again once or twice, it can be fun to approach that scene from the perspective of the characters who are watching Satou. Please do give it a try!

As usual, there are plenty of changes from the web version. Just like how the middle-aged male gun user of the Shiga Eight, who was killed in battle, has been replaced by Ms. Helmina, and how the katana user Bauen the “Wind Blade” has been replaced with a new character. A very muscly one. I’m confident that I made him a very charming muscle—I mean, character—so I hope all you readers will come to like him, too.

We’ll also finally be reunited with those girls who we parted ways with back in volume 2.

Even I wasn’t expecting it to take more than ten volumes to see them again.

What names will they be given after their reunion, how will they interact with Satou and the others, and what will their next goal become? You’ll have to read the book to find out.

Since there are so many brand-new scenes in this volume, I hope even fans of the web version will feel like they’re enjoying a new story.

I wanted to wrap up the highlights here, but I’m sure some of you are asking, “Who in the world is the little girl in the color frontispiece?!”

The little girl with her trademark ribbons on the front page there is Duke Vistall’s youngest daughter, Somienna.

At first, she had just a small role in the tour of the airship, but she ended up getting more screen time in this volume, to the point where she even won the coveted color frontispiece illustration.

Inspired by shri’s adorable art of her, I even ended up getting overexcited and rewriting the latter part a bit. Art really is a powerful thing.

But it’ll ruin the fun if I write any more spoilers. Let’s wrap up the overview of volume 16 here.

Before the thank-yous, I’d like to make one announcement.

Volume 8 of Aya Megumu’s manga adaptation of Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody should be coming out around the same time as this light novel volume.

Karina finally makes her appearance in the manga version!

Whether you’re a Karina fan or not, please be sure to take a look. Karina’s wonderful in the novels, but the manga Karina is extremely adorable, too.

Finally, the usual round of thanks and shout-outs!

I can never thank my two editors A-san and I-san enough. Not only do they give incredibly specific advice and corrections, but they even pick up on plot holes and contradictions that I surely would have missed. I would absolutely be lost without them. Thank you so much, both of you—I hope I can keep counting on your guidance far into the future.

As always, I have endless gratitude to shri for giving color and life to the world of Death March with such enchanting illustrations. I can always depend on you for the visual aspect of the Death March world.

Of course, I also want to thank the Kadokawa Books editorial staff and everyone else who’s involved in the production, sales, marketing, distribution, and multimedia aspects of this book.