Afterword
Thus, this work was born.
Alright! And this marks a good stopping place.
I worried quite a bit whether I should start off my Afterword with this.
To first-time readers, and to the readers of the web version, thank you very much for picking up this book. I never even dreamed that we would be able to meet in this format.
I am very indebted to those of you who supported the web version! I hope that I was able to live up to some of your expectations by turning this work into a novel.
This series was originally hosted on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website when HJ Bunko contacted me, resulting in this publication.
As the particulars of how this series came to be will drag on, I’d like to omit this due to the amount of space I have available...
Instead, I’d first like to write about our protagonist, Alus.
Despite having gained everything, he is still restrained. Or more accurately, because it was so easily gained, shackles and fetters follow him around.
This story is about how Alus, who only knows battle, begins on a journey to learn about himself. While literally being the world’s strongest, he will go on to regain that definitive piece of himself that he’s missing, while at the same time finding and cultivating something irreplaceable.
Being the world’s strongest—while also greatly lacking something—is kind of a contradiction in itself.
And this story is about how this lone Magicmaster, this lone human being, the very warped Alus Reigin becomes a true protagonist.
As the author, I am particularly fond of him. Of course, I believe you can enjoy a different kind of appeal from the characters that appear around him.
However, compared to how the readers interpret and enjoy this work, my goal is but a trivial matter. If you were able to find enjoyment in the path Alus took, or let your imagination run free in regards to this story, I would feel blessed as the author.
Moreover, if I was able to bring out a response to the scenes I put extra hard work into, there is nothing that would make me happier.
Well then, I would like to give thanks to everyone involved with this publication.
It was thanks to Hobby Japan’s editorial department, my assigned editor T-sama, the fans supporting my humble work, and the managers of Shousetsuka ni Narou who provided a place for me to put my scrawlings that this series came to see the light of day. And I would like to use this place to give you my heartfelt thanks.
I am also very thankful to my assigned illustrator, Miyuki Ruria-sama, for the gorgeous illustrations. It’s like the protagonist and heroines in my head suddenly came to life. Just witnessing the high quality, vivid illustrations was enough for the story in my mind to grow even further. I truly look forward to continuing to work with you again.
Finally, I would like once again to thank you, the readers, for picking up this book.
How did you like The Greatest Magicmaster’s Retirement Plan? If there was even just one part that you enjoyed, as the author, I would rejoice.
I look forward to meeting you again in the near future, in the Afterword for Volume 2.
Izushiro
February 2017
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