I Said Make My Abilities Average! (LN) - Volume 5 - Chapter Aft

Afterword 

Hi everyone, FUNA here. Long time no see. 

I present to you Volume 5 of the Didn’t I Say to Make My Abilities Average in the Next Life?! light novel series. 

The Crimson Vow have left the kingdom of Brandel behind and are continuing on their journey of self-improvement. 

They are reunited with an old town and some old friends. Along the way, they encounter some new places, some new acquaintances, and a cute little catgirl. And, just at the end, perhaps some new enemies? 

What does tomorrow hold in store for the Crimson Vow? 

It is thanks to all of you that this series has been able to continue on for five whole volumes. 

This is Volume 5! Volume 5! That’s halfway to Volume 10!! (Obviously.) 

It’s been one year now since the publication of Volume 1 and my true authorial debut. I wonder if I’ll get my promotion from “greenhorn” to “novice” soon. 

Last month, the momentous one-year anniversary of the start of my career as a novelist, it was miraculously announced that one of my previous works will be published as well. 

On June 2nd, K Ranobe Books, Kodansha’s brand-new label for titles that were originally published as web novels on Shosetsuka ni Narou, will be publishing my Shousetsu debut, Living on Potion Requests! as one of their very first offerings—and on July 2nd, another of my debut projects, Working in a Fantasy World to Save Up 80,000 Gold for My Retirement (serialized the same time as Potion Requests ) will be published by them as well. 

In addition, both titles will be receiving manga adaptations, to be serialized in the web comic magazine, Wednesday Sirius (http://seiga.nicovideo.jp/manga/official/w_sirius/). 

Because this series was so swiftly noticed by the folks on high, and because of its publication, these two other titles, which were from my origins, and which I had thought would only vanish into the depths of my memory, will now be making it to print as well. These two series, which I thought were nothing more than a foundation, boosters one and two on the lunar rocket that shot Abilities Average up into the sky, destined themselves to sink beneath the waves, forgotten. 

But instead, here they are, showing right up alongside Average , saying, “Eheh, finally made it!” and “Sorry to keep you!” 

Gosh, I’m so moved. I’m gonna cry! 

…Ah, yes, right, this is the afterword for Average , isn’t it, not for Potion Requests. A totally different publisher, you say? My apologies. 

Well, anyway, it really feels like I’m used to the pace of a real novelist at this point, and now that I’ll be continuing my previously unfinished and abandoned works along with the current one—all three at once—I will continue from my frantic first year as a novelist on to an even more hectic second year, I’m certain. 

I mean, I truly am grateful. 

I’m really not complaining, not at all. 

Anyway, expect to see some new enemies and a new battle in Volume 6 (if it comes out)! 

Please look forward to it! 

And please, look forward to the reprints of this series, as well as its manga, as well as the publication of Potion Requests and 80,000 , along with their serialized manga versions, too. 

Of course, as always, the manga version of Average can be found in the web serial, Earth Star Comics (http://comic-earthstar.jp/). 

And finally, to the chief editor; to Akata Itsuki, the illustrator; to Yamakami Yoichi, 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 all from the bottom of my heart. 

Thank you so very much. 

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

With all of your powers combined, I’m sure we’ll see it through to the next novel. 

And then, I’ll be one step closer to my dream… 

—FUNA