Light Novel:Volume 8

## Volume 8

* Japanese
* English

## Synopsis

The orphans Mary and Metea want to join Nao’s party as adventurers, so Nao and his friends decide to bring them along and explore a dungeon so that they can gain first-hand experience. However, although it’s their first time embarking on such an adventure, the young sisters display an unexpected form of strength. The dungeon that they explore is a strange and mysterious one in which the environment changes with each floor. The bond between the members of the Meikyo Shisui party, both old and new, will be put to the test!

## Chapters

* Prologue
* Chapter 1- Pining
* Chapter 2- Welcome!
* Side Story- Will They or Won't They?
* Chapter 3- Let's Explore a Dungeon!
* Chapter 4- Homecoming, and the Path Forward
* Side Story-Jade Wings Episode 4

## Adaptations

This Volume was adapted into following material:

* Manga

## Afterwords

> One thing I always try to keep in mind when writing this series is to find a good stopping point for each volume, but I bet I know what you’re thinking after reading how this volume ended above: I ended this one abruptly. Yeah, it was simply because I gave up on trying to always find a good stopping point. I’m sure that longtime readers already know this, but this work is based on a web novel. However, there are some characters who only show up either in the web novel version or the light novel version, and there are also some differences in the setting between the two versions, so you can probably guess the outcome: my poor memory is unable to maintain consistency between the two versions, so there have been a lot of cases in which I’ve had to look around to check whether or not I had already written something before, and the process was pretty time - consuming, so...
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> With all of that in mind, I tried my best to write this volume as close as I could to the web novel version, but it’s gotten to the point that I can’t really fix it by editing the web novel chapters. I have to compare the web novel and light novel versions to find the parts that didn’t appear in the light novel version, and then I have to use that information as the basis for rewriting while making sure everything fits within a certain number of pages.
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> During this process, I was thinking about what information is available to different characters at different moments, and about what to write at the end of various scenes. That was when I realized something — namely, there was no natural stopping point that I could put at the end of this volume. However, rewriting the majority of the story wouldn’t have worked either. If it had ended up rushed and lacking in vividness and detail, that would have defeated the purpose of rewriting in the first place, so I gave up. Instead, as a goal to work toward, I focused on the scene that was absolutely necessary to the story. That’s right, it’s the scene on the cover of this volume! Whew, I’m glad that I managed to write things in such a way that the cover isn’t deceptive.
> Speaking of the cover, I believe one thing that stands out in this volume are the new outfits the characters are wearing. Nao and his party have managed to save up a decent amount of money and have become accustomed to life in a different world, so they’re all wearing new winter clothes, including Metea and Mary. On top of that, there are some sketches of casual clothes for a few characters, like Haruka. Thank you very much for all of your art, Nekobyou Neko - san! Light novels in which the characters change outfits are actually quite rare, aren’t they?! I - I hope that Kaho’s group can also get new outfits next time...
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> On a side note, the character who has changed outfits the most over the course of the story is Yuki. She happens to have gone through seven different outfits, including a swimsuit and outfits from Nao’s imagination! Haruka is technically the primary heroine, but she’s no match for Yuki in this regard. In fact, she’s only even with Yuki if you include the promotional art that Nekobyou Neko - san drew to post on Twitter. Strange, isn’t it? By the way, the art of Haruka on Twitter is very cute, so please look it up if you haven’t seen it yet! I suggest taking a look at the depiction of Haruka back on Earth, before she became an elf!
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> Itsuki Mizuho