Afterword
Thank you for picking up the third volume of Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World (Last Crusade)’s short stories!
This is a special volume that assembles handpicked Last Crusade short stories serialized in the bimonthly Dragon Magazine from Fantasia Bunko.
The main story is hitting its climax, but these short stories are a step away from that and delve into Iska’s everyday life and Alice’s ordinary days at the palace.
File 01 “Or the Personal Belongings Searched in the Name of Justice”
This one might have had the most characters making an appearance out of all the stories.
Nene and Sisbell have the same magazine, Nameless and Mei have a guest appearance, and everyone has interesting items in their possession. Also, Lord Mask didn’t appear in the Dragon Magazines, but I’ve fixed that with this short story.
I love making those sorts of small adjustments.
File 02 “Or the Princess Who Masters the Military Arts?” (November 2021)
In this one, Alice learns martial arts.
When Alice and Sisbell cross paths, Sisbell generally goes on a rampage and causes trouble for Alice, but in this story, it’s the other way around for once.
Also, one bit of backstory—Master Daikungfu is nostalgic about a girl who spread her wings and left the dojo. That happens to be Mismis.
File 03 “Or the Anonymous Consultation Box” (July 2021)
Lord Yunmelngen is bored and does something ridiculous.
This story shows why Risya is exhausted being the lord’s staff adviser. And perhaps, Crow left the Empire because of that, too…
Secret “Even a Flash Is Enough” (New Story)
After letting it incubate for so long, this can finally be announced.
This explains where the “Flash” in Joheim’s title comes from, and the story of a witch and her knight that Elletear mentions to Alice. This is how it all began…
This is the only explanation for their relationship and his title that I thought would be right.
And this is also the first time Last Crusade has had a first-person story. That was how enthusiastic I was about writing this Secret File.
…Now then. I’ll end things about this book here and get into announcements next.
Season Two of Last Crusade, the TV anime, will be airing in 2023!
Thank you for waiting all this time!
I’ve only been able to say that the anime would be continuing up until now, but we finally have a formal announcement. I hope that you’ll enjoy it in 2023!
Also, please check out the official Last Crusade account! (https://twitter.com/kimisen_project)
Gods’ Games We Play, Vol. 5 is set to release August 25!
This is a new series that has an anime planned. The fifth volume is the newest release.
It so happens that August 25 is one week after this short story collection releases, so I hope you’ll support it along with Last Crusade!
And finally, I’d like to offer special thanks to certain people.
To Ao Nekonabe, who drew another first-rate cover, thank you very much!
Alice in her yukata in the September issue of Dragon Magazine was super cute!
And thank you to O, my editor. I can’t thank you enough for all your help with the novels and anime. I hope that you’ll keep helping me as Last Crusade makes its foray into the even wider world!
Well then…
On August 25, Gods’ Games We Play, Vol. 5.
And this winter, Last Crusade, Vol. 14 will be out. The main story has finally reached its climax!
I’m going to work on both series in full force, so I hope you have high expectations!
On a mid-summer day,
Kei Sazane
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