I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Max Level Witch - Volume 10 - Chapter Aft

AFTERWORD

Book ten! Wow, what a nice ring that has.

Hello, this is Kisetsu Morita.

I’m not sure how many people I’ve told, but it’s been my goal for a long time to put out book ten of a series. It’s not often you get popular enough to reach double digits, be it novel or manga.

Of course, there are plenty of perfectly good works that wrap up after one volume, and there are many stories that can’t last any longer (for example, if the main character dies in the end), but those types of works aside, it’s always been my dream to create something that reaches ten volumes.

The reason I’ve gotten this far is truly because of all the support you’ve given me! I know we’re a little early on for acknowledgments, but please let me give my gratitude first. Thank you so much, truly!

To Benio, who has designed over twenty characters in this series alone.

To my editor, who has consistently supervised me since novelization began.

To the retail staff who have made their own pop-up stands to sell my books.

Thank you so, so much!

Now I have a few announcements, so let’s move on to those!

First of all, next month in September, the Beelzebub spin-off I’ve Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years and Maxed Out My Level Spin-Off: I Was a Bottom-Tier Bureaucrat for 1,500 Years, and the Demon King Made Me a Minister will be releasing as a full novel! I know it’s very long, but that’s apparently the official title (even I’ve never said the whole official title out loud).

This book will contain the parts already included in I’ve Been Killing Slimes, Volumes 5–7 but also new chapters in the same vein! I’ve also fixed a few issues in what was already published!

And of course, brand-new illustrations by Benio-sensei!

It’s essentially a new product! And so please check it out if you get the chance!

Also in that same month, the first volume for that novel’s comic adaptation by Meishi Murakami will be on sale at the same time as the novel!

And also in that same month, the fifth volume of the I’ve Been Killing Slimes manga adaptation will go on sale! The I’ve Been Killing Slimes adaptation is getting more and more characters and is getting more lively along with them. I expect it’ll be exponentially more lively from here on out, so please look forward to it!

Since Beelzebub will be on the cover of this one, we could say that September will be a full Beelzebub festival.

But wait, there’s more!

On the Manga UP! smartphone app, a third spin-off (after Halkara’s, which was included in this volume, and Beelzebub’s) about Laika the red dragon will soon begin serialization! I think it might have already started by the time this book comes out…?

It’s called The Red-Dragon Academy for Girls! It’s essentially Maria-sama ga Miteru plus Sakigake!! Otokojuku, Laika-style! It talks about Laika in her student years! If you’re wondering what that might be all about, please check it out!

Laika’s older sister Leila also appears quite a lot, so I think you’ll enjoy seeing Laika’s relationships with the other red dragons, which we don’t often get to explore in I’ve Been Killing Slimes (since it’s all in Azusa’s perspective…).

And while we’re here, according to the survey conducted with the Volume 8 and comic Volume 3 bundle campaign, the most popular character is Azusa, with number two being Laika (and Beelzebub coming in at third). So as the author, I would be delighted if Laika fans enjoyed this spin-off!

She’s a hardworking girl but just a little off the pace from everyone else, which makes her cute—so I hope you get your fill of that in this spin-off!

I really hope you not only stick with the main series but also check out each spin-off and all the comic adaptations, too.

The series’ media keeps slowly expanding, but I hope to keep my basic stance on the mellow, relaxing life as it is. I’d be happy if you kept a mellow watch over me, too.

The next volume is eleven. I write this series, and even I had no idea in the beginning that it would turn out to be this long. But I hope to take small, easy steps forward.

See you in Volume 11!

Kisetsu Morita