I hate being wed in a fantasy world!

Hello, kentusrpg here.

Well, this is an awkward Afterword, as it’s one I redid quite recently. Usually, they come after writing the alpha-draft of the volume, but there has been some developments, that I thought to address here. In addition of the old Afterword vanishing with some other stuff. I could recover most, luckily.

Alright, let’s start talking about this volume. I hope that Gottfried could live up to the hype I tried to build up so far. Stronger than anything we witnessed so far and close to the peak I like to establish, though we still haven’t seen his full power yet. This puts all the effort of the family so far in perspective.

This also concludes the second saga of the story, which includes volumes 4 to 8. While the first one was about assembling the cast, this one is about knitting them together. Or if we look at Kenta, first to get to people to be close to and then actually befriending them. Of course the wives also have their arcs, but they don’t fit as neatly in the saga-structure.

Kyou went from someone who wants to control the party to someone who wants to provide. Rine learned the value of power and the struggle of growing up. Ara’ainn learned that sex and romance might be different things… Well, she had already more than a century to learn stuff, so let’s settle on that. I’m sure that avid readers can point out a lot of different things the characters learned, be sure to comment!

There will be more to learn in the future as well. Maybe some will pick up Kenta’s next big step at the end of the next volume, which is coming out soon. Thank you for being my PR for this one again, Antsago!

Now thank you to the readers. I try to not apologize here, which is actually hard, but be thankful for everyone who is still willing to return to this story. I’m blessed with you and I’m always happy to see you comment and theorize. This makes me feel noticed and glad that I can make people think about what I write, which in return means that I somewhat move them.

Finally to MioChin. This is your last volume as an artist chum, and I’m really sorry to present that picture you drew so late, but several health issues and ongoing therapy made it hard to re-enter the world of writing fiction. Thank you for your effort so far, and that you put up with my endless nitpicking and desire of consistency. I hope our collaboration so far will continue to be a benefit for your life as a whole, so that I’ll be a part of your bright future! I know you are to mine!

Good bye, MioChin! I hope you will enjoy the story as a reader!