Afterword

Hello there. This is Hiroshi Karui. This being my fourth time greeting you, I am incredibly happy to be able to release Volume 4! Also, the manga adaptation has officially begun serialization!

In Volume 4, even more new heroines appear! In addition to Aino, Chika, Asuka, Touka-san, and Mai Mizunase from Volume 3, we now have the kimono-clad lady Toyotomi Ririka! I think I managed to write her with a slightly "scheming" but cute personality. By the way, like Volume 3, this one is also a newly written story! It was fun writing these runaway-train-levels of cute heroines. Also, since I lived in Kyoto during my university days, I really wanted to set the story there—so the second half takes place in Kyoto. Usually, this series is set in Nagoya, so I hope you enjoy the change of scenery!

To pon-sensei, thank you so much for drawing Aino and the others so transcendently cute for Volume 4! Aino playing with the cat on the cover is wonderful, of course, but the bold, "erocute" atmosphere of the color illustrations and the expressive, charming new heroine Ririka were even more alluring and adorable than the previous volume. I'm so happy! Also, thanks to Han-sama, Sekino-sama, and my new editor Hashimoto-sama, as well as everyone in the editorial department, for making the publication of Volume 4 possible. I am truly grateful...! I look forward to your continued support for my other works as well. My deepest thanks also go to everyone involved in sales, distribution, bookstores, design, and proofreading.

And to the readers, thank you so much for reading Volume 4. If you like, I’m eagerly awaiting your purchase reports and recommendations on social media...!

As mentioned at the start, the manga adaptation by Takeshi Kagura-sensei and Yumeka Morozumi-sensei is a must-see! They’ve drawn Aino and the girls as extremely cute and charmingly alluring. You can enjoy so many expressive versions of Aino in manga form...! Chika, Asuka, and Touka are also adorable! The first volume of the manga is being released simultaneously, so please grab a copy and love Aino in manga form as well. I humbly ask for your support!

Also, from Brave Bunko, the releases of The Peerless Training of a Failure Magic Swordsman and Volume 3 of When I Transferred to Another World, I Married a Beautiful Princess (etc.) are scheduled. From other publishers, works like Cool Goddess, I’ll Become Your Ideal Maid!, and Taisho Roman Marriage Life Swung Around by a Younger Princess (tentative) are either out or scheduled, so please check those out too! It would be great to keep releasing sequels and new works! I also plan to start a new serialization on Kakuyomu!

Until we meet again somewhere, I pray for the best! ☆