by CHIROLU
As someone with the rare power of a hero and connections to the influential duke, Dale may have been able to leverage his influence with the temple, but he didn’t want to push his luck. To be blunt, just because he could do something, didn’t mean he actually wanted to.
“I’m not asking that it be right away,” the old man said with a laugh, sounding almost as if he was scorning the thought that he may not have long left. “I don’t mind if it doesn’t happen until you’re just a bit more famous. But I’d appreciate it if you remembered this old man’s foolish request when you’re powerful enough to easily make a temple in a single town do as you please.”
Latina looked up with a tilted head at Dale, who wore a strained smile that said he seemed to be having trouble figuring out how to respond. Dale looked back at the girl, and figured that even if it wouldn’t be possible to make it a tradition, he could at least take her to the temple for the first time in a while.
“Right, well... In 10 years or so, you’ll probably get your hands on at least a bit of authority.”
Dale wanted to ask the old man why he seemed so confident, but decided it must have been owing to Dale’s extraordinary grandparents. And while he didn’t want to be compared to the two of them, to be honest, Dale himself was pretty exceptional by the standards of the world at large.
“10 years, huh...?”
“Hmm?”
Thinking on how much this girl would have grown in that time caused some complex emotions to well up in Dale. She would have to be a full-grown woman by then, right? He was probably just being selfish, feeling forlorn over that thought...
“I can’t make any promises, but...”
“Well, for now, this exchange alone is enough for me,” the old man chuckled, reminding Dale of his own grandmother’s craftiness. Voicing that thought would probably ruin the man’s mood, though.
Dale said his farewells as he mulled over his thoughts. Old Man Ciges, meanwhile, saw them off with a bright smile, having received the unexpected good fortune of a customer who paid in full for such an expensive outfit.
10 years... The old man may have thrown that out there without much deep thought behind it, but in less time than that, Dale’s fame as the Platinum Hero had spread the world over. He was marrying the sister of a neighboring country’s ruler, so the nation itself would find it difficult to turn him down. As such, exerting authority over a single town would be far from a pipe dream for him.
At the time, Dale had no idea just how accurate the old man’s estimate would turn out to be.
Afterword
“I tried to plot out the length of these sequel stories, but they ended up going longer than I expected...” I said to my editor one day after I finished the web version, complaining about my own inability to adjust.
For most of you, this is probably our first time meeting. I’m CHIROLU, and I’d like to sincerely thank you for picking up this work, the seventh volume of If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord.
To be honest, after finishing the manuscript for volume six, I went around and declared all over that, “The next volume will be the last one.” To be specific, I even did it at signing events and a dinner party overseas. That had totally been my intention, but then I went and tried counting it out on my fingers and noticed the problem. The whole thing just goes to show the downsides of looking at the compressed writing of the web version on a smartphone.
“If I’m careful about how much I add I could make it fit in one volume, but it’ll be difficult,” I said, only for my editor to respond, “It’s fine splitting it up.”
“Huh? But I said it so clearly...”
“It’s fine to go and split it up.”
“Oh, I see...! So we can go ahead and split it up?!”
Thanks to that exchange, I ended up betraying everyone’s expectations that this volume would be the last one.
As for the “sequel” chapters compiled here, well, I started out writing this series just for fun, so when the time came to sketch out the plot, I realized a certain fact: I didn’t give the twins enough time together... I’d set things up that they got along well, but I didn’t really get to show it. And so, in order to clear away that frustration, I decided to write these sequel chapters.
Thank you so much to everyone who helped make this book a reality. Sorry for all the trouble I caused you by making the titular “daughter” jump all over the time line lately, Kei. And more than anything else, to those of you who chose this book out of so many options, you have my deepest gratitude.
As long as this book brought you at least a little joy, then I’ll feel truly blessed.
February 2018,
CHIROLU
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If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord: Volume 7
by CHIROLU
Translated by Matthew Warner
Edited by Christopher Foxx
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 © 2018 CHIROLU
Illustrations Copyright © 2018 Kei
Cover illustration by Kei
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Original Japanese edition published in 2018 by Hobby Japan
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Ebook edition 1.0: August 2018