Let's start by creating a new chapter to talk about recent updates.

To keep anyone from thinking I'd dropped the novel or died, here's a quick update.

I'd already forced myself to keep writing this book for two and a half years. There was no way I was going to abandon it. Absolutely no way.

But it was true that I had some real-life troubles to deal with. If I had to compare it to something, it was similar to when Rider's Peace ended.

Both my real life and the novel needed some adjustments, so I was taking a few days off. Normal updates would resume on the first of next month, so don't worry.

Over the next couple of days, I'd probably finish writing Florence bit by bit. The plan was to start writing the Fourth Holy Grail War directly on the first of next month. That was roughly it.