Author's afterword. You can read it or skip it.
It's just a bunch of rambling!
With this, the story of this novel's first volume, "Seeking Encounters in the Fitoia Territory," has come to an end-the main text of volume one, that is.
My first novel ever, dedicated to myself! And, of course, to all the readers who have supported me!
I'll just say whatever comes to mind!
Let's talk about the ideas behind the story!
The title: encountering each other, saving each other!
Actually, at first, I only wanted to write a story about a protagonist who traveled into "Jobless Reincarnation" with absolutely no cheats.
But I thought about it for several days.
I really couldn't figure out how an ordinary person from modern society, without any abilities at all, could survive at the beginning of "Jobless Reincarnation."
Even Nanahoshi Shizuka had the Dragon God as her cheat when she first crossed over! And a clever brain!-she crossed over in her own body.
She taught herself the language and earned money; at first, she borrowed the Dragon God's reputation to bluff her way through!
Rudeus became a baby and started life over.-his soul crossed over.
So a more realistic approach meant considering things like language and survival after the protagonist crossed over.
If he appeared in the wilderness, how would he deal with monsters? If it was somewhere like the Demon Continent, where you had to fight a monster just to gather firewood, with deserts and rocks everywhere, that would be even more deadly.
If he appeared in a Humanfolk town or somewhere similar, he would probably either be taken for one of the Demonfolk because he couldn't speak the language and be ignored, or simply be kidnapped and sold into slavery.
In the end, I thought of how Nanahoshi