Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest Vol. 6
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Wait a second. Is Onee-sama...
Before I knew it, she’s started hanging around Hajime-sama.
Before I knew it, her gaze is always fixed on him when he’s in the room.
Why is that she looks so happy when he teases her? Why is that she looks so lonely when other girls are fawning over him? No, surely I must be jumping to conclusions.
Surely her attention is really focused on Kaori-sama, who always happens to be next to Hajime-sama. She’s not following Hajime-sama around, but rather Kaori-sama. And the reason she looks so lonely is because she’s sad he took her best friend from her.
That has to be it.
Here, I’ll prove it.
“Onee-sama. Could it be that you have a crush on Hajime-sama?” I asked her that straight-up when I got the chance.
“What are you talking about? Of course I don’t.” She looked at me blankly when she replied. She wasn’t flustered, and she didn’t blush at all, she just said that without any hesitation.
I knew you were better than that, Onee-sama! You won’t fall for a guy that easily! Even though I should be relieved, how come I feel like drowning my sorrows in alcohol? In the end, I ended up drinking myself to sleep that night.
Terrible news. Onee-sama’s going to be traveling with Hajime-sama.
Apparently, so will the princess. But even though I’m part of her guard, I’m being left behind.
Why? Why cruel world? What have I ever done? This reeks of a conspiracy.
“You’ve neglected your duty far too often, so I’m removing you from the royal guards. Train yourself from the ground up, you stupid moron.” Kuzeli, the new knight commander of the kingdom, was telling me something, but I didn’t pay any attention to her.
I can’t believe Onee-sama’s going to be leaving together with that man.
This is the worst day of my life! All I can do now is pray.
Onee-sama. Please don’t let that man protect you any more than he already has.
Remember that the Soul Sisters will always believe in you!
Afterword
Hey everyone, chuuni lover Ryo Shirakome here.
Thank you so much for picking up Arifureta Volume 6.
Were any of you confused by the girl on the cover? Until now it’s always been one of the heroines on there, but this time a girl who hasn’t shown up in any of the illustrations was suddenly given the cover page.
Be honest, how many of you were like “Who’s that girl!?” And how many of you went “Wait, that’s Eri!?” when you saw the name on the inside flap? Me and everyone at the editing department planned this little surprise, so if it worked, then we’re really happy.
Anyway, Kaori sure did a lot this volume. And now she’s in Noint, a real apostle’s body.
Now that I think about it, that’s overkill. She already had cheat level healing magic that got powered up from the last labyrinth, and now she’s got physical stats as good as Hajime’s. Oh, and she can use Noint’s disintegration magic, and has all the skills needed to wield her greatswords proficiently. I’m starting to think she’s scarier than Hajime.
At any rate, congratulations on joining the ranks of monsters, Kaori! Speaking of monsters, Shea was really happy when Mikhail called her that too.
Were you all charmed by her smile when you saw the illustration? Can you believe she killed Mikhail while smiling that sweetly? I guess she really is a monster too! Thanks for giving us such a great image, Takayaki-sensei! It sure is wonderful to see Shea go from worthless rabbit to OP bunny girl.
There sure was a lot packed into this volume too. The invasion of the capital, Eri’s betrayal, all those deaths, the destruction of the Holy Church, the unveiling of the Soul Sisters, Hajime’s duel with Noint, all of his classmates’ changing feelings... I think I’ve said this a bunch of times already, but this volume really does mark the big turning point for Arifureta.
It feels like time’s passed by in the blink of an eye, but it also feels like it’s taken forever to get here.
At any rate, I think with all the revisions, additions, and extra stories, the light novel’s become a lot more complete than the web novel. I promise I’ll keep downing gallons of coffee and work hard to bring Arifureta to you all, so I hope you stick with me to the end.
Before we go, I’d like to give my thanks to everyone who made this volume possible.
First and foremost, a big thank you to Takayaki-sensei for all of his wonderful illustrations. Next, a huge thanks to my editor, who really helped me flesh out Kaori more as a character. I also want to thank my proofreader for picking out typos with the accuracy of a sniper. Plus, there’s RoGa-sensei for all his wonderful work on the Arifureta manga, and all of the people at the publishing division that made this book a reality.
Lastly, I’d like to thank my readers. Both the ones who’ve supported the web version, and the ones picking this book up in stores.
Thank you so, so much for your support.
I pray we meet again in the next volume.
Ryo Shirakome
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Copyright
Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest Vol. 6
by Ryo Shirakome
Translated by Ningen
Edited by DxS
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
Copyright © 2017 Ryo Shirakome
Illustrations by Takaya-ki
Cover illustration by Takaya-ki
All rights reserved.
Original Japanese edition published in 2017 by OVERLAP, Inc.
This English edition is published by arrangement with OVERLAP, Inc., Tokyo
English translation © 2018 J-Novel Club LLC
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Ebook edition 1.0: May 2018