When I woke up early today, a thought suddenly came to me: it was time to take a break from updating.
There were many reasons for that decision: stress, my physical health, and mental exhaustion.
But the most important reason was this: I had lost my passion.
The original reason I wrote this book-the inspiration that started it all-was my love for Genshin Impact.
I loved the characters in this game. I tried to understand the joys and sorrows hidden behind each of them, then tried to have Ellin bring them happiness.
After I started writing this book, it was rejected four times for various reasons. Just as I was about to give up, a friend encouraged me to try again, and only then did I make one last attempt.
The fourth attempt went so smoothly it was practically a miracle, and that was how this book finally got the chance to reach you all.
At first, I really only wrote this book to fulfill my own wish and express my love for Genshin Impact.
I never imagined that so many people would love it.
I felt honored, but I also felt tremendous pressure.
Under the weight of so many people's expectations, I often felt as though this book no longer belonged to me.
Without realizing it, I began treating this as a job, one where I simply went through the motions.
Writing and posting updates became my daily work.
Whether I was using the bathroom, buying groceries, cooking, eating, or even trying to sleep, I was still thinking about the plot. It left me tossing and turning, unable to sleep, until I finally fell asleep full of anxiety and suffered one nightmare after another.
Whatever I was doing, I kept thinking that I needed to hurry up and write,