I Said Make My Abilities Average! (LN) - Volume 4 - Chapter Aft

Afterword 

Been a while, hasn’t it, everyone? FUNA here again. 

I’m here to present to you Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! 4 , the fourth volume in the light novel series. 

A new trial has begun for Mile and the Crimson Vow! The battle against the beastmen. 

And they battle an elder dragon, the strongest opponent of all! 

Mavis von Austien puts her life and pride on the line, surpassing human limits for the sake of her friends. 

Mile has a full-strength attack of rage at seeing her friends hurt!!! 

Thanks to all of you, I’ve managed to leap over that hurdle all budding authors face: the label of being a “3-Volume Wonder.” 

Soon enough, I’ll be letting you all know what Mile and company are up to currently. 

I hope I can. 

No, I’m sure I can! It has been decided! 

Chief Editor: “Who decided that?” 

FUNA: “…I did!” 

It has now been one year and two months since the web serial began, and ten months since Volume 1 went on sale. The series has surpassed three volumes, and there’s even a manga. As I think about it, we really have come far. 

Perhaps I’ll even be able to live the life I’ve dreamed of since the third grade, resting on my royalties and laurels … 

“Chief, we’ve got a problem!” 

No, that’s Laurel Wagner, er, no no, Lindsay Wagner! 

Anyway, in Volume 5, the Crimson Vow leave their familiar capital behind and set out to new lands and places, to go back to the basics of “doing whatever” among people who know nothing of them. 

Wait, no, that’s not the kind of “basics” they should be going back to! 

A reunion with a trio from the past and premonition of new developments… 

This work is my third that was posted to the website Shousetsuka ni Narou (Let’s Be Novelists), but starting in January, my first two completed works on the site, Working in a Fantasy World to Save Up 80,000 Gold Pieces for My Retirement and Living on Potion Requests! (simultaneously serialized), were revived. The battle that is maintaining production speed while working simultaneously on all three has begun. 

Now I am experiencing a strange and mysterious phenomenon where, though my physical strength and sleep time is decreasing, my body fat percentage isn’t decreasing along with it… An enigma within an enigma! 

I’m sure the proofreaders and revision editors will have a fierce battle ahead of them, with all the old spots where I neglected to realize minor errors and completely ignored things people are sure to point out, “Did you miswrite something here…?” 

“FUNA, just what exactly are you fighting against?” 

Sh-shut up! 

Also, on the day when this volume goes on sale, the first volume of the manga adaptation, by Neko Mint, will go on sale as well! Please enjoy it along with the novel. 

Furthermore, the novel version (on the website, Shousetsuka ni Narou ) and the manga version (which can be read for free on Earth Star Comics [ http://comic-earthstar.jp ]) are still in serialization. Please continue reading and enjoying these works there. 

And 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, in print and online, I thank you all from the bottom of my heart. 

Thank you so very much. 

Please continue to enjoy the novel and the manga versions from here on out. 

With all your powers behind me, it’s onward to the next volume. 

And just one step closer to my dream… 

—FUNA