Book 2: Chapter Aft
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…