It finally went premium.
I'm not really good at writing this sort of thing, but I'll follow tradition and have a chat with everyone.
Before I knew it, the word count was already approaching 200,000 Chinese characters, and this day finally arrived.
First, I want to thank my editor, Penglai, for giving me this opportunity to go premium.
Next, I also want to thank the readers who matter most and have supported this book all along, including, of course, the friends chatting and shooting the breeze in the group every day.
Thank you for voting and commenting every day and giving me so much feedback. That's what gave me the motivation to keep writing.
Next, I'll take this opportunity to answer a few of the more controversial questions.
First is the question of age.
Actually, setting the protagonist's age at twenty involved several considerations. After all, this is a living, breathing world, not just an endless series of battles. Besides, some things are easier to do as an adult, and with little difference in age between him and people like Cynthia and Elesa, romance wouldn't feel out of place.
Besides, Pokémon isn't just a children's game. Otherwise, Leon, Lance, Steven, and the rest might as well hurry home and get married.
Second is the question of the supporting female characters.
Because Misty, May, Dawn, and the others are still underage, I listed them as supporting female characters. That doesn't mean they aren't important.
And the synopsis already states that they're all Xia You's admirers. By admirers, of course, I mean people who have feelings for Xia You and look up to him. So regardless of how things develop emotionally between Xia You and them, he absolutely won't date them before they're adults. That's also a line web fiction mustn't cross.