A Letter to Readers for the New Year

May the Year of the Dragon bring great fortune! Wishing everyone a happy New Year in advance!

Mm. It was time once again for the annual blessing-sending and reader-interaction event.

This year, it seemed to be Dragon Balls handing out red packets? Hope everyone was brimming with good luck.

Besides that, there was this—the blessings I wrote last year were still blocked in their original draft, locked away in the backend. I did not know what could or could not be said, so I would just casually talk about my thoughts on the plot.

I had calculated the plot's progress as best I could, but it seemed the New Year stretch of the story happened to coincide with "dragon slaying." It felt a little out of step with the festive atmosphere. I could only hope readers would not mind.

After the dragon slaying, the second major phase would be complete. I did not plan to write the third major phase in detail. The novel would probably be finished in the first half of this year?

By then, everyone would finally be freed from following the serialization!