Afterword
S O, DID YOU ENJOY THIS VOLUME? Hello, it's Yomu Mishima, the
author.
I'm the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire! is now on its seventh
volume! As usual, I'm taking the story wherever I want it to go. Don't
worry, that's the sort of energy I approach these books with. It's important
to prioritize fun.
This is another volume with lots of revisions, and I think it's much
more enjoyable than the original on Let's Be Novelists. If you check out
the web version now, you'll find there are characters and mobile knights
who don't show up at all. It has a different feel from the print version,
which I think is interesting. Still, there are definitely characters who didn't
change much between the web and print versions!
There are way more mobile knights, in particular, in the print
version—the Nemain, Raccoon, Teumessa, Ericius, etc. I think readers
who enjoy reading about the mobile knights' exploits will prefer this
version. There's just more content as a whole, so if you like getting into
the nitty-gritty, I think you'll have more fun with the print version.
Well, I'm done my promotion for the print books, and now the real
afterword can begin. In this volume, our hero Liam has a fateful reunion
with someone from his past life. I began the web version with the thought
Liam was reincarnated into this world, but wouldn't it be fun if he got
summoned elsewhere as a hero too? It'd be even more fun if another hero
was summoned to interact with! While I'm at it, I'll make that hero
someone closely connected to him! That's where Kanami came from. If
you'd like to see how Liam handles his previous life, you can read about it
in this volume. I went into more detail about Kanami in the print version; I
hope any web novel readers will enjoy that.
The toughest thing this time was the maid robots. I think you'll
understand when you read the book, but I struggled with who would play a
certain role right up until the last possible moment. In the web version, the
maid robots don't have names, and there aren't bonus stories about them. I
just happened to start naming them in the print versions' bonus stories. In
this volume, I thought maybe I'd just introduce a new maid robot, but...
You'll know what I ended up doing once you read the book. Apparently
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some people start with the afterword, so if you haven't read this volume, I
won't spoil anything here.
Those mass-produced gals sure are popular. I give them names and
things to do in the bonus stories, and it's a lot of fun thinking up their
quirks and how they'll interact with Liam. Personally, I think I was most
successful with the shy Tateyama, and I enjoy writing about her. When I
imagined Liam forbidding anyone to make merch of him, but making an
exception for Tateyama's handicrafts, I thought, This is it!
I hope to continue introducing maid robot characters in the future,
and writing all about their daily life in bustling House Banfield. I hope
you'll continue to support me! Let's meet in the next volume.
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