Then, about the daily update time: I think being able to consistently post at eight before was thanks to the reserves built up over a month-long break. After resuming normal serialization, just managing an update every day takes all my effort. After all, if what I write today has fewer complications, I can post at eight; if tomorrow's material involves more, just planning it takes four or five hours, and then it's evening.
Of course, readers ask: why don't you plan tomorrow's chapter ahead of time after posting today's at eight?
Please understand: whatever the chapter, once the author finishes writing, I'm utterly exhausted, and my brain can barely function. I need to rest before I can keep working.
So when everyone sighs that the Constant Era is forever beyond reach, the author can only sigh along.
Then inspiration struck: why don't we simply redefine the Constant Era?
Our clocks diverge from the Earth's rotation by more than three seconds every day, while the duration of the Earth's rotation may change by two milliseconds every century!
What in this world is everlasting? It's simply a wanderer chasing a phantom.
So although Parrot's updates can't stay fixed at eight, they can still constitute a Constant Era.
The decision is hereby made:
There will be three stepped update times each day.
20:00
22:00
23:00
If I fail to hold the first line, I'll fall straight back to the second; if I fail to hold the second, I'll fall straight back to the third!
That means if the author finishes at 21:00, I won't post immediately, but will schedule it for 22:00, so everyone can follow a predictable pattern.
Of course, owing to the time difference (?), there may be fluctuations of a few minutes around these steps. For example, if I finish