End-of-Volume Thoughts

And so Volume Two came to an end. I'm sorry I didn't wrap it up with a satisfying climax, but with a self-indulgent player competition instead. (laughs)

When I outlined this part a year ago, I thought it would be really exciting. Reality proved that was just wishful thinking on my part.

I'm a complete newcomer, and I have many shortcomings when it comes to plot and pacing. Sometimes, as I write, I get lost in my own world and start entertaining myself. There were quite a few similar cringe-worthy moments in this volume too, so once again, I'm sorry.

Sometimes my ambitions were pretty lofty. I wanted to reflect the development of an era through the reactions of ordinary people, but looking back, it all felt rather forced. I just don't have the skill for it.

Looking back on this journey, even I find it a little unbelievable.

I actually wrote over a million words, and I even made it through several finals weeks.

Here, I truly, truly want to thank everyone for your support, and for putting up with all my flaws.

Dragon fiction is actually a pretty niche genre. There haven't been many books in it with good results. I wanted to take a different path by combining dragon fiction with game fiction, fantasizing that I could become the Super God Mechanic of dragon fiction.

But reality proved that the combination was quite a failure. (laughs self-deprecatingly) The player characters really were poorly written. I had a lot of enthusiasm while writing them, but even I could barely stand reading them. Sigh.

Sometimes I also wonder whether the results would have been better if I had written more conventional dragon fiction.

A lot of dragon fiction gets dropped, but Steamed Bun hereby solemnly promises that, no matter