Volume One Afterword.

Originally, this wasn't supposed to be here, but I realized I had once again uploaded it under the wrong volume. With no other choice, I had to make this change.

To be honest, when I first started writing this book, I didn't have any expectations. After all, my previous works had always flopped, so before I even started this one, I was already prepared for it to flop as well.

And just as I expected, this book flopped—completely and utterly. Its daily income was only enough to buy one bottle of iced black tea. How could that not be called a flop?

I really was practically writing this book purely out of love. You have to understand, earning this little was hardly better than handing out flyers on the street.

First of all, I want to thank all the readers who have followed the updates until now. Without all of you, I couldn't have persisted this long. Without any interaction, I probably would have dropped the book long ago.

When this book reached around two hundred thousand words, I had already seriously considered dropping it, because the earnings had fallen to the point where I could only afford one bottle of mineral water a day.

If you search your conscience, how many adults in this day and age would be willing to spend one or two hours earning enough money to buy a bottle of mineral water? The cost-performance ratio was simply terrible.

Fortunately, after a few days, the earnings began to rise. Although they only went from mineral water to iced black tea, that was at least barely acceptable.

Next, I'd like to talk about some of the problems with Volume One.

I tried to read all the readers' comments, and I also tried to reply whenever possible. The