I Said Make My Abilities Average! (LN) - Volume 3 - Chapter Aft

Afterword 

FUNA here. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? 

Welcome to Volume 3 of this series, Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! 

Just when they thought they were settling into earning an honest living, trouble came knocking on the Crimson Vow’s door again. 

But they’ll do anything they can for their friends! 

Take this! The flurry of my secret technique! 

“Did you really think I needed to undertake special training for such a paltry secret technique as that?” 

And so the hellish wheels of fate have begun to turn… 

Huh? “‘Hell’ according to whom,” you say? 

That’s a secret! 

Even though they said, “That’s a registered trademark,” and “They’re gonna file claims against you!” and warned me, “Do you really think they can publish it like this?” these words were safely preserved for publication (even though there was one part that did have to be removed for the serial version). What does the future hold for this work, which continues to test the limits? 

“FUNA-san, just what, exactly, are you battling against?!” 

Sh-shut up! 

It’s been one year since I first registered on the novel posting website, Shousetsuka ni Narou , and half a year since I made my debut as a novelist. 

It’s been more of a whirlwind of a year than I ever expected. Will the next year be even more sensational for me? Or will I return to myself as it all comes crashing down, and end up huddled in the corner crying and saying, “I knew this would happen, I knew this would happen”? 

Please, buy enough volumes to keep this show on the road! Really, I mean it! 

Our battle has only just begun! 

I’ve only just started to climb that distant, endless hill of light novel writing… 

It can’t end now! I won’t let it end this way! 

In other words, I would really like to continue. 

I spend most of my day writing my novels or brainstorming ideas or reading articles online. 

I’m on my computer while I’m working, I’m on my computer on my breaks, and I’m on my computer even for my mindless entertainment. 

I spend far too long looking at my screen, and my eyes are so tired… Clearly, I have problems with eyestrain. 

Even when I’m on the train, I close my eyes and brainstorm new ideas. 

Ha, could this be… a false punch line?! 

Volume 1 was the “Uneven Parallel Bars” arc, Volume 2 was the “Japanese Folktales” arc, and Volume 3 was the “Puns and Wordplay” arc. 

So I guess that would make the next volume (assuming it comes out), the “Serious Arc,” when we finally get to meet “those guys”! 

Riddles and mysteries. 

And, for the Crimson Vow, a new battle and a new path… 

The real story has finally begun for these normal, unassuming girls. 

Even for the most mundane people, adventure eventually comes calling! 

Mysteries abound! 

Thank you for continuing to enjoy this work, along with the mangafied version by Neko Mint (which can be read for free on Earth Star Comics [heep://comic-earthstar.jp]), currently in serialization. 

Finally, to the chief editor; to Itsuki Akata, the illustrator; to Yoichi Yamakami, the cover designer; to everyone involved in the proofreading, editing, printing, binding, distribution, and selling of this book; to all the reviewers on Shousetsuka ni Narou who gave me their impressions, guidance, suggestions, and advice; and most of all, to everyone who’s read my stories, both in print and online, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. 

Thank you very much. 

Please continue to look forward to these novels, and the manga, from here on out. 

— FUNA