Genius Prince’s National Revitalization from State Deficit ~ Right, Let Us Sell the Country

Afterword

It’s been a while, everyone. This is Toru Toba.

Thank you for picking up the second volume of The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt (Hey, How About Treason?). The theme of this book was—you guessed it—political marriage. I’m pretty sure some readers read this section first, so I’ll spare you any spoilers. I hope you enjoy Wein agonizing over and conquering political marriage—which is an unavoidable obstacle among royalty and nobility.

Anyway, I’m writing this in the smack-dab middle of summer. This year had been sweltering beyond words…

If you catch some speed on a bike, you can normally feel a coolish breeze even in the dead of summer. But this year, it feels like you’ve put the hairdryer on full blast…

This volume is set in the fall, and I pray every day for the weather to be more tolerable in real life, too.

Well then, time for some words of gratitude.

To my illustrator, Falmaro. Thank you for your beautiful illustrations in this volume.

The girls are adorable, which is a given, and Wein’s colorful expressions made me burst out in laughter. It may be more fitting to call him the Prince of Funny Faces instead of the Genius Prince…

And to my head editor, Ohara. I’ve caused you a bunch of trouble again. Thank you for letting me revise the manuscript until the very last minute. I was able to polish this book to my heart’s content.

And thank you to all my readers. It’s thanks to you that I was able to receive good feedback. Writing can be a lonely profession, and there are times when I get nervous about whether I’m going down the right path. But your reviews get me through those tough times. I hope you’ll continue to root for me.

I will be coming out with a third volume for this series. I think I’d like the next story to take place in the West. Look forward to the continued adventures of Wein and his friends.

Well then, until we meet again in the next volume.