Afterword
It’s good to see you all again. I’m Shigeru Sagazaki. Thank you very much for picking up From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman Volume 6. In my head, I feel like I’ve gone past the point of no return. I never planned to end this series in ten volumes or anything, but after passing five, I feel like there’s no going back—if that makes any sense.
To be perfectly honest, once again, things got pretty close to the deadline. I managed to make it in time, but it definitely feels like I’m never going to build up a reasonable backlog. I would love nothing more than to have some extra room to breathe, of course, but as long as I’m making the deadline, it’s all good. “I barely made it,” and “I failed to make it,” are like heaven and Earth from society’s perspective. I don’t enjoy living on the edge, but that’s just how things ended up. Hopefully, I can free myself from this cycle somehow.
Now then, in this volume, Beryl genuinely leaves Baltrain for the first time. There are a lot of circumstances behind this expedition, and everyone’s expectations are in a weird state of being somewhat at odds but also in concert. I hope you can all enjoy it as it plays out. Incidentally, I had a motif to go off for the mercenaries who show up at the end. Allow me to thank R and K for that now.
Also, with this volume, we’ve amazingly surpassed two million cumulative sales. In the last afterword, I’d just reported breaking five hundred thousand. It’s really become rather outrageous. I truly owe more than I could ever repay to Sato, the artist for the manga version, which is largely responsible for this. I am in awe at his ability to take my humble work to such heights. It has reinforced my resolve to write to the best of my abilities so that I don’t lose to his momentum. I’ll try hard so that I have more happy news to report in these afterwords. I would love nothing more than for all of you to stick with me for the ride.
Until next time.
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