My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World: Volume 6

Table of Contents
 
 
 Cover
 
 Prologue: Over in the Empire
 
 Chapter 1: Ordinary Days in the Black Forest
 
 Chapter 2: To Forge or Not to Forge
 
 Chapter 3: A Letter to the Emperor
 
 Chapter 4: A Slightly Different Kind of Morning
 
 Chapter 5: Peace Talks behind Closed Doors
 
 Chapter 6: Another Member of the Family
 
 Epilogue: In the Empire’s National Library
 
 The Story of How We Met VIII: In the Footsteps of the One She Admires
 
 Afterword
 
 Color Illustrations
 
 Bonus High Resolution Illustrations
 
 About J-Novel Club
 
 Copyright
 
 
 Landmarks
 
 
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 Color Illustrations
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Copyright
 
 My Quiet Blacksmith Life in Another World: Volume 6
 
 by Tamamaru
 
 Translated by Linda Liu
 
 Edited by C.D. Leeson
 
 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 © Tamamaru, Kinta 2022
 
 First published in Japan in 2022 by KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Tokyo
 
 English translation rights arranged with KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Tokyo
 
 All rights reserved. In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading, and electronic sharing of any part of this book without the permission of the publisher is unlawful piracy and theft of the author’s intellectual property.
 
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 Ebook edition 1.0: March 2023
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Afterword
 
 Greetings. I’m confident no one out there is picking up this series on the sixth volume, so I’ll dispense with the nice-to-meet-you. This is Tamamaru, a writer by night and a man in his forties at all times of day.
 
 First of all, thank you for reading. For anyone who hasn’t purchased the volume yet, you could make a lot of people happy by bringing this volume to the register. Me, for example. Probably my supervisor as well.
 
 Now then, unlike the fourth and fifth volumes, this volume closely follows the developments in the web novel. Nonetheless, I’ve put effort into this compilation so that readers of the web novel will be able to enjoy it as well.
 
 Originally, I had only imagined this story as a web serial. I’d never considered that it might be novelized, so I ran into a few—nearly debilitating—hiccups along the way. However, the idea of cutting down words on purpose to suit the novel doesn’t sit well with me either. This is a balance that I’ve pondered time and time again.
 
 Anyway, this volume sees the introduction of a new family member—a high-ranking heroine from the empire, no less. She’s the first since two volumes ago.
 
 The series could’ve just been about various people in the kingdom. Make no mistake, it’ll continue to center around Eizo and his friends, and I don’t plan to deviate from the (self-proclaimed perhaps) run-of-the-mill blacksmith and his run-of-the-mill life. But I did want to expand the universe a tad. I also thought it would be interesting to provide a perspective on Forge Eizo from someone outside of the kingdom. That was how Anne was born.
 
 Anne’s role overlaps with Diana’s to some extent, but one is external to the kingdom and one is internal. That is how I hope to have them participate in the story. I’ll do my best to make that a reality.
 
 The tale of the lackadaisical family will develop from here on out, so please look forward to it. The web version is a little ahead of the novelization. Anyone curious to see what happens, please do read the web version on Kakuyomu or Shosetsuka ni Naro.
 
 Himori Yoshi-sensei’s comics have been received with fanfare and are still ongoing. The first two volumes of the comics cover the first volume of the novel. Several digital chapters have been released beyond that as well. I would be pleased if you would give it a try.
 
 The audiobook is being published through ListenGo. You can experience a completely different world through Sawada Tomomi-san’s narration. If you’re interested, you know what to do. By the time this volume is released, the audiobook versions of the first four volumes should be available, spanning nearly thirty-six full hours. They’re definitely worth a listen.
 
 In addition, the ASMR audio drama featuring Diana (played by Akesaka Satomi-san) is being published through Mimicle. Please give it a listen as well.
 
 Below are my acknowledgments.
 
 Kinta-sensei has once again snipped a character straight from my imagination and brought her to life. Thank you for the character design and the beautiful cover and insert illustrations. My head, bowed in respect, can never be raised again. In fact, I am putting my all into driving it farther into the ground.
 
 As always, thanks to Himori Yoshi-sensei, who is in charge of the comic serialization. I hope to see it rise to be Japan’s number one comic. I’m counting on you from here on out too.
 
 To the audiobook narrator Sawada Tomomi-san, you have brought forth a new face to the series. For that I am grateful.
 
 Thanks to my editor I-san for pouring everything into the work and for accommodating the schedule demands of my day job.
 
 Chama and Konbu,