After that, Nephy tilted her head to the side as she stared at Zagan blankly.
“Um, Master Zagan.”
“Yes?”
“What exactly is our relationship if I’m not your slave, servant, or disciple...?”
Zagan’s face stiffened up. I’m the one who wants to ask that! I want us to be lovers, Zagan thought, his face in anguish as he was unable to speak those words.
I, an Archdemon, made an elven slave my bride, but how do I express my love to her? And from his heart, he prayed that someone would teach him.
Afterword
Hello everyone, this will be our first meeting. I have come to deliver ‘An Archdemon’s Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride’ to you. My name is Fuminori Teshima.
This story is about the meeting between a man who, while possessing tremendous power, lived a cruel life, and a beautiful girl with a sad fate. It is a great rom-com about them deepening their bonds, or so I hope...
Well, setting the jokes aside, it’s a pretty good fantasy story, which is something I haven’t written in a while.
There’s swords and magic, elves and avians, and animal-eared therianthropes and the like. There are also gods, Archdemons, demons, and more! Plus, this is a world where they use currency made of gold and silver. And on top of all that, our protagonist is a young man who stole food as a child and was beaten for it.
After falling in love with an elven girl at first sight, the young man learned about something that he couldn’t obtain through force alone. For, you see, a sorcerer who shut himself into a dark research room like him possessed no conversational skills.
It would be nice if you could continue to watch over such a pitiful first love.
Let’s see, it’s been about two years since I wrote such an RPG-like fantasy story, I think. It’s somehow both nostalgic and embarrassing at the same time.
Speaking of it being a long time, about COMTA, who has taken charge of the illustrations for this volume. Actually, they were also responsible for the series called ‘The Blunder of Shadow Butler Mark.’ And so, this marks the second time we’ve teamed up.
Because of that, I was relieved, since I didn’t have to worry about the quality of the art at all.
About my plans from here on, first coming in February is the sale of the novel version of the second volume for ‘Desktop Army Hamelin’s Whistling Fairy.’
I’m taking charge of the novelization of the anime broadcasting next spring ‘Frame Arm Girls,’ and am also planning to finally put it on sale in April through Famitsu Bunko. Also, I have prepared another new work with Famitsu Bunko, so I do believe it will come out around the same time.
There are various other new works stirring about, but these are the only ones I can talk about at the moment. I think my other new works will probably be on sale by the rainy season, though.
Anyway, I’m just glad that my work caught your attention on this occasion.
To the one who put up with the planning for this book, and for providing all sorts of great feedback, K. The illustrator who provided me with sweet and beautiful images, COMTA. To everyone who took part in the cover design, proofreading, publicity, and similar duties. To my children who have lately ended up cooking me omelet rice and more. And to you, my dear readers, who have picked up this book are reading these words at this very moment.
Thank you very much!
January 2017: On an evening where I wish to build plastic models
— Fuminori Teshima
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Copyright
An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride: Volume 1
by Fuminori Teshima
Translated by Hikoki
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 Fuminori Teshima
Illustrations Copyright © 2017 COMTA
Cover illustration by COMTA
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Original Japanese edition published in 2017 by Hobby Japan
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English translation © 2018 J-Novel Club LLC
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