Afterword
I doubt there would be any newcomers at this point, but welcome to all those who have picked up Record of Wortenia War for the first time. And to the readers who have been with it since Volume 1, welcome back. This is Hori Ryota, the author.
For those of you who like to read the afterword first before going into the book, I’d like to discuss the contents of this volume and why I decided to write this kind of story. To start with, the second volume’s primary concept and biggest theme is factional dispute.
Not just in human society, but in the animal world as well, multiple individuals flock together to form a group, and factions are ultimately created. This is true of all places and times— it is a phenomenon that takes place in any and all types of organizations.
Perhaps the simplest example would be a school. For instance, once you graduate from a school, you would be called an alumnus of that school. But of course, even alumni who share a common alma mater are divided into further cliques based on what year they graduated in, and those are further divided into specific classes or different clubs.
When taken to the most logical extreme, one’s circle of friends and acquaintances can be seen as a clique all its own. Nowadays, factions are a major concern when it comes to politics, and some politicians openly present themselves as non-partisan.
Such things occur because of the many disadvantages associated with dividing others into factions and cliques, but other points of view will cite the advantages these organizations present. While democracy and its focus on the rule of the majority makes this idea particularly obvious, it’s worth noting that even in absolute monarchies and feudal systems, it holds a great degree of sway.
When taking a close examination of history, one can find that in most cases, even in systems where a king holds absolute power, it’s questionable how much power he actually has all on his own.
And so, the story of Volume 2 and the Rhoadserian civil war was intended to highlight this irrefutable law of the human world.
Now, while politics are an important matter to discuss, the more crucial part to discuss is that Volume 2 marks the introduction of the “war record” elements to the story, such as war, strategy and scheming. Still, our protagonist is still mostly plotting things behind the scenes, so you’ll have to wait a little more for those exciting combat scenes you’re looking forward to, dear readers. But I’d be grateful if you stay patient and consider this to be part of the nature of this work. As those of you who have read the web novel will know, Volume 3 is where the war record elements start to pick up.
Now, time to address what you’ve been expecting the most— information about the upcoming Volume 3.
Incidentally, as I’m writing this afterword, Volume 2 is set to be released in late December. Volume 1 came out in September, so it takes roughly three months to release a single volume. With this calculation, I intend to release four volumes a year.
Of course, keeping the current pace depends on everyone involved in the making of the series, so things are a bit hard to predict, but I don’t intend to have you wait too long to see what comes next. I personally hope to be able to maintain the pace of putting out four volumes a year.
Naturally, this all depends on you enjoying the series... The responses of the readers are undoubtedly the scariest part of being an author.
But thinking about those sorts of things too much can get depressing, so let’s end things here.
Finally, I’d like to express my sincerest thanks to everyone who helped get this book published, and to all the readers who picked it up. I hope to see you again in the next volume of Record of Wortenia War.
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