Shido: "Hey, doesn't that just mean the readers really like your novel?"
Lingmeng: "Exactly, so hurry up and update it! I want to keep bonding with all those pretty Spirit girls!"
Zhongsheng: "No. I'm lazy."
Shido & Lingmeng: "..."
"Are you a student? Is school stressful?"
Zhongsheng (tearing up): "Finally, a different question.
I am a student, but school isn't too stressful."
"Can you tell us how often you'll update during the school term?"
Zhongsheng: "Uh... I can't promise a schedule, but I won't abandon the novel. (That flag went up fast.)"
"Why can't we download it?"
Zhongsheng: "If you hadn't asked, I wouldn't even have known my novel couldn't be downloaded. It should work now, though."
Zhongsheng: "All right, that's everything on the question list. If you have more questions, leave them on the question list in the comments. I'll answer them in each volume's afterword.
The next volume is Kurumi's, by the way. If there are any scenes you'd like to see, you can post those under the pinned comment too. I'll do my best to write them.
Honestly, writing this volume was exhausting.
I had to figure out the plot while dealing with other things at the same time.
I applied to put the novel up for sale while writing this volume, so I couldn't miss an update. I also had to build up a backlog and write an outline.
I'd never put a novel up for sale before, so I went into it without knowing what I was doing.
At the time, I didn't think I had the perseverance to make it that far, but somehow I did. Looking back, it was a pretty painful process.
I'm such a lousy student that even figuring out Word took me ages.
Well, that's it for today's afterword. See