Afterword. To everyone whom I'm meeting for the first time, hello. I'm the artist for Kisei Jijitsu, Karakuzu RED. Thank you for reading to the end. This book is a result of my ballooning, groundless delusion about "What if Nue was Koishi's pet?" It might have been a slightly more serious work than my usual fare. Is it? It'd be good if it is... What if later on, a canonical work expands upon something like Koishi and Nue's first meeting... Well, the moment Koishi tore out her wing, the canon already got fucked up anyway. It was really fun drawing Koishi making Nue her bitch, so I think I'll want to draw it again if I have the chance... VERY loose translation, but I really like it.