Volume 4 Chapter aw: Afterword
Afterword
Welcome to the first time reader. Long time no see, this is Harunohi Biyori.
The fourth volume is finally released! This volume became the last book of the first part. The next one will be the beginning of the second part.
When writing the web novel version, I had measured each chapter so the size will fit a single book, but this time there is a part that didn't go as planned and became longer and I had to split it into two parts. But as the result of splitting them in a good place, the latter part's word count became smaller. I considered it as a good chance and tossed in Carla's story as a side story in this volume, which I was unable to do in the web version because I had to prioritize the story's tempo.
Aria had only gotten stronger after going through such intense battles. I didn't want to make Carla who had also gotten stronger to obtain such strength just because of her talent, so I took the chance to write the battle that allowed Carla to reach rank 4.
Of course, I also managed to insert a lot of foreshadowing for volume 5 into it, so the result really satisfied me.
I want to see volume 4 getting comicalized quickly but, it might take 10 volumes to reach that point....... That will be a lot of hard work. I'm really indebted to Wakasa Kobato-sensei who is in charge of the comic version.
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The highlight this time is the exploration of a large scale dungeon. I think there might be people who start reading a book from the afterword even if they are few in number, so I'll keep the explanation short. The blessing that can be obtained from a large scale dungeon is something powerful that even the royal family sought it.
Even if the blessing isn't useful for combat, if a military general possessed the power of foresight, they will be able to win in almost all battlefields. If someone has perfect appraisal, it will make spies from other country unable to hide. With those two at hands, it will be possible to spoil the evil design of other country and enlarge your own country, but the compensation for that will be the life of the person who obtained the blessing.
The academy will be filled with people who obtained blessing. Who will survive it.......
The first part until this point is the vagabond arc, and in the second part next we will finally enter the otome game's main story.
Aria will enroll into the sorcery academy as Princess Elena's bodyguard, which is a major deviation from the otome game's story. How will Aria who has grown to possess strength that can repel a rank 5 monster on her own live in the academy? Look forward to it!
This is a light spoiler but, there's demand for more details of Aria's academy life. So I'm planning to increase that too.
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Hitaki Yuu-sensei had drawn some beautiful illustrations again this time. Every time my suggestion for the cover page illustration always got rejected by the editor though! (lol)
Well then, let's meet again at volume 5. To the readers who have read the book, the bookstores that has kindly put the books in their shelves, and all of the people involved, my biggest thanks to all of you!
Dungeon's Spirit
The spirit residing inside the dungeon in Duke Fudale's territory. Appeared in front of Aria in the form of a young woman. Granted Gift to human who reached her place.
Serjura
Aria's teacher in sorcery.A female evil race (dark elf). A former member of the demon king army and feared as the War Demon. Possess four elements.