Shinwa Densetsu no Eiyuu no Isekaitan - Volume 9 - Chapter Aft

Afterword

Thank you for picking up this copy of volume 9 of The Mythical Hero’s Otherworld Chronicles. To all my returning readers, Happy New Year! ’Tis the season, as they say (for getting money from your relatives). That said, I’m writing this in 2017, but this book won’t be in your hands until 2018, so the new year hasn’t actually come for me yet. It feels weird sending season’s greetings ahead of time. Why do I feel like I’ve suddenly aged a year, I wonder...

That aside, the new year is exciting, don’t you think? You just can’t stop coming up with new goals. Maybe you could do something you didn’t get to do last year, or try something new... It’s fun to wonder how many of them you’ll actually manage to complete before the year’s up. Maybe you’ll spend the year rushed off your feet, or maybe you’ll spend it with your feet up. I like to take my time and enjoy life as it comes, but the funny thing about life is that you never know what’s in store... Did that sound profound? What I’m trying to say is, here’s to another year!

Now, to the usual—have you all looked at the front cover yet? I doubt I even need to say it, but Scáthach looks gorgeous. Is there anything as beautiful as the profile of a woman with eyes full of resolve? Her chest might be encased in armor, but if you use your imagination—if you squint hard, breathe heavily, and read real closely—maybe, just maybe, you’ll be able to see through it.

I have a lot—a lot—that I want to say about Hiro too, but I’m running down my word count here, so I’d better get to the thank-yous.

To Miyuki Ruria-sama, your wonderful illustrations are the coal that fuels my chuuni soul. They’re what awakens me to new powers.

To my editor, I-sama, thank you for putting up with me. I know I only get worse each year, and I’m sure you’re tired of me, but I hope you’ll continue to lend me your expertise.

To everyone in the editing department, the proofreaders, the designers, and everybody else who helped make this book a reality, thank you very much.

And last but not least, it’s thanks to you, my readers, that we’ve made it as far as volume 9. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

I’m going to keep the chuuni rays on full blast over here, so I hope you’ll keep supporting me.

Until we meet again, I’ll be waiting.

奉 (Tatematsuri)