Drecom Media, the publishing and video brand of Drecom Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Yuki Naito), is pleased to announce that DRE Novels will publish a completely new novel by Hisago Amazake-no, author of the hit TV anime Knight's & Magic, titled "Retired Old Man Becomes the Queen's Sword - For the Sake of His Daughter, the Former Knight Returns as First Knight" and is now available for pre-order. In addition, starting today, November 24, the DRE Novels Hyper Plot Contest, a contest for writers with experience in commercial publishing, will be held to lock in book and comic book adaptations based on plots.

Hisago Amazake-no of "Knight's & Magic" will be participating with DRE Novels!

DRE Novels will publish a completely new novel by Hisago Amazake-no, author of the popular robot fantasy, Knight's & Magic, which has been adapted into an animated TV series. To commemorate this, we are pleased to announce the preliminary release of a robot design for the novel by illustrator Akemi Mikoto.

<Scheduled for release Friday, 5/10/2024!>
Retired Old Man Becomes the Queen's Sword - For the Sake of His Daughter, the Former Knight Returns as First Knight

For the sake of his daughter, the old knight comes back in full force! Hisago Amazake-no and Akemi Mikoto bring you the return of a retired knight in this isekai robot fantasy!

◆Synopsis
"No matter what comes, I'm going to wreck you!"
"Now that's my teacher! Shutting the fight down!"

After retiring as First Knight of the kingdom, Watt Sears spends his days working as a cargo handler in a remote town, piloting a giant humanoid machine called Machine Steel. He was going to live out his days as a good-natured but dependable old man who sometimes served as the town's mediator, sometimes mounted up on Machine Steel...

"My father's name is Watt Sears. It is you I'm here to see."

His story as a knight begins again when he meets Anna, a girl who claims to be his daughter.

"The Succession has begun..."

Watt learns that Anna, who is in line to be the next sovereign, is being targeted by her brother, another candidate for succession, and decides to help her. This event, which later engulfs the kingdom, leads to the return of the kingdom's most powerful knight as his daughter's (the queen's) sword... For the sake of his daughter, the old  retired man comes back stronger than ever. Hisago Amazake-no and Akemi Mikoto bring you this isekai robot fantasy!

Writer: Hisago Amazake-no (Knight's & Magic)
Artist: Akemi Mikoto (Eirun Last Code - From the Fictional World to the Battlefield)
Price: 1,430JPY (1,300JPY + tax)
Format: Shirokuban Size
Label: DRE NOVELS
Publisher: Drecom

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About DRE Novels

DRE Novels is a light novel label by Drecom Media, a publishing and video brand with an all-encompassing media mix development strategy. It has released a wide range of genre-bending works, including the hit full-on dark fantasy, Blade & Bastard (written by Kumo Kagyu, illustrated by so-bin), and A Royal Rebound: Forget My Ex-Fiancé, I'm Being Pampered by the Prince!

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