Tenkyou no Alderamin:Volume 1 Afterword
Afterword[edit]
Hello to those who have been here from the start, and to those who haven’t. My name is Uno Bokuto.
This is quite sudden, everyone, but do you look at the stars?
They’re nice, aren’t they, stars? Even if we are apart now, we are watching the same stars. That makes your heart skip a beat, doesn’t it?
…Huh, what’s that? If we’re too far apart to the north and south, the stars we can see are completely different, you say? HAHAHA, well well, just ignore that kind of boorish reality. Please ignore it. Let’s ignore it.
Anyway, a star’s brightness is a very widespread and long-lived indicator for humanity. Even if it’s not perfect, there’s the sense of security that they have remained in the night sky for a time far surpassing the long time we have spent in this world. In the present and in the past, we may have been charmed by this fact, no?
However, even these stars cannot help but seem irrelevant to the flow of time when you view them on a large scale. For example the North Star. That which we look up to in the night sky is a star officially called Alpha Ursae Minoris, or Polaris. It has been pointing to the North Pole of the heavens for a slightly over 1,000 years already.
From our perspective, who don’t even live 100 years, that’s a length of time we might take to be eternity, but even that star is slowly reaching its end. Even a single star can’t remain in the center of the celestial sphere for eternity.
Therefore, after that has passed, just how many stars in this world will be born, shine, and disappear? Just how much of their memories have people preserved? It’s a grand tale, isn’t it?
…Ah, no, that’s not it. This isn’t a screening of Proj ○ ct X.
Let’s end our chatting here, and acknowledge the people to whom I’m much obliged for my writing career.
First, my illustrator, Sanba Sou-san. When you first completed an illustration of the protagonist, I truly thought it was strange how I was blessed by my artist. Thank you for your splendid drawings. Please continue to work with me on this series in the future.
Next, Kurosaki-san, who has done me the favor of becoming my editor from this work onwards. Thank you for always giving me precise suggestions. I apologize for recently having you push back all of my deadlines.
My friend M-kun. One thing or another, for better or for worse, please continue to be my friend in the future. Also, try your best in your job search, try your very best.
Lastly, to you, the one who has taken this book into your hands, all or nothing, I thank you with my body and soul.
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