I've finished taking care of everything that needed doing at the company today, handed over my work, and asked my boss for some leave. I've taken seven days off to start; if that isn't enough, I'll ask for more.
Nightmare, the book I've spent two years writing, has reached its final arc. I want to settle down and give it an ending that satisfies both me and all of you.
Some of the most important foreshadowing is about to be revealed. Jiang Cheng, Wu, Fatty, and the others have all been working hard for so long. It's time they found a place to call home.
According to the plan I had when I first started writing, the final battle was going to be incredibly brutal. The main cast would win, but only at a terrible cost, with a host of supporting characters making the ultimate sacrifice. That would have been a fitting ending, since the villains' strength had been plain to see. Defeating the Old President would take not just strategy, but a mountain of lives thrown into the fight.
But as I kept writing and reached this point, my feelings changed.
Jiang Cheng has suffered too much. The older sister who raised him was a fake, even his own identity was a lie, and he still doesn't have a girlfriend.
His friends have suffered too. They've supported each other and stumbled along together, but people kept leaving along the way. Some barely managed to stay on the bus, while many more died and were gone for good.
I don't want the main cast's victory banquet to feel bleak. I want everyone to be happy, raising their glasses to congratulate Jiang Cheng on leading the new generation of Night Watchers and upholding the justice and loyalty he believes in; to