Each Other's First Step, the Two of Them's Second Step / Aldan Joins the Team, and the Three Goddesses Force Someone to Train a Horse?

"I'll fight fate, and then I'll win. You'll see."

A brief story update

A quick note here.

I know some of you are getting tired of these, but I'm not sure putting this in a postscript would work.

It feels like more and more people are saving up chapters to read later. (Scratches head.)

Not everyone sees the postscript, so I made a separate chapter for this.

I handled the last livestream badly, and the experience wasn't good. I'm sorry. I promise that won't happen again.

We've had a few quieter chapters now, and that lull is about over. It's time for another fun livestream.

I'm going to move into a more exciting stretch to make the reading experience better.

Aldan will join the team in the next chapter, and then the next livestream will begin: McQueen's training.

I'll get back to the pace and feel of the Silence Suzuka arc. The quality won't drop.

My health is gradually improving too. If all goes well, I'll be back to three updates a day around the middle of the month.

Please put your trust in me.

I'm going to shamelessly ask you to keep up with the updates. More than once, I've seen authors in our group talk about readers who saved up chapters and then forgot the book entirely. Hearing my fellow authors say that scares me a little every time.

I'm not asking for much. Just please don't tuck this book away somewhere you'll never notice it.

So, I'm bowing to you all here. ORZ

I'll also make up for the chapters that got cut off over there. And don't worry, everything planned for the real-world arc is still coming.

Each Other's First Step, Their Second Step

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