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“You okay?” she asked.
“Yeah. Somehow.” Haruhiro let out a sigh. She hadn’t been at the thieves’ guild. Maybe she had been able to evacuate, or maybe something much worse had happened to her. That was what he’d been thinking. “Eliza-san... I’m glad you’re safe too.”
She seemed to nod silently. She was alive. Thank goodness she was alive. She was his senior in the thieves’ guild, a mentor who tried not to show her face for some reason. They weren’t close. Honestly, he didn’t know her well at all. Even so, she was one of his precious few remaining acquaintances.
Haruhiro felt something touch his left shoulder. After a moment, he realized it was her forehead. Her hands were quivering slightly as she held his arms. Haruhiro nodded. It was the only thing he could do. His words had left him.



Afterword
I’ve drawn up something like a timeline while writing this novel. It records more or less everything that happens. Who, what, where, and when. I primarily write the events centered around Haruhiro, the protagonist, but as we approach the final stage, there are a lot of different things happening at the same time, in a lot of different places. I considered depicting events strictly from Haruhiro’s perspective. However, rack my brain as I might, that was going to leave too many mysteries unsolved when the story ended, so for this volume I took a different approach. That said, I want to focus on Haruhiro and the party as much as possible as we head toward the end. I do have every intention of bringing things to a conclusion, and it feels like we’re getting there, but it just won’t end. It feels like it may take a while still.
To my editor, Harada-san, to Eiri Shirai-san, to the designers at
KOMEWORKS among others, to everyone involved in the production and sale of this book, and finally to all of you people now holding this book, I offer my heartfelt appreciation and all of my love. Now, I lay down my pen for today. Ao Jyumonji




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Copyright
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash: Volume 19 by Ao Jyumonji
Translated by Sean McCann
Edited by Adam Fogle
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 © 2022 Ao Jyumonji
Illustrations by Eiri Shirai All rights reserved.
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