Sigh, Despair, Twenty Thousand Words Asking for Monthly Passes

Sigh, despair. 20,000 words, please vote!

I made another huge blunder today. I spent a month working on a draft until 1 AM, barely managing to save up one draft, but I accidentally scheduled it wrong and posted it all today. Because I have to attend weddings of relatives and friends next month and the month after, plus other miscellaneous things like Chinese New Year, I was planning to save it up, but now I'm back to square one...

Since that's the case, consider this an extra chapter for the Silver Alliance. Because it's a wizarding story and an older book, the exposure has reached its limit, so please vote with your monthly tickets to support it.

Ugh, this is awful.