Greetings, it's Southern Cross.

Eugene’s grand saga, which lasted for about a year and three months, came to an end two days ago. Looking back, it truly was a fierce and relentless journey. Balancing academics and writing novels is no easy task. Still, I’m thankful that I didn’t end up wasting an entire week of updates, so that’s a relief.

Technically, this is my first paid novel, and there were a lot of trial and error along the way. Especially in the early chapters... Thinking about it now, it makes me dizzy. But because of that, I learned a lot. As I continued writing, my own style started to take shape... It seems that when pushed to the brink, one really starts to improve.

This story was conceived about a year and six months ago, around the time I had four stripes on my rank insignia. Specifically, I first came up with the concept for my previous work, and then in the later stages, I began thinking about this novel. Looking back now, it feels like a terrible mess. I should have taken the time to think it through properly...

Anyway, aside from all that, I owe a lot to my junior, Kim XX. Strictly speaking, he gave me a lot of motivation for writing. I had almost given up on it, but thanks to him, I rediscovered the joy of being a writer. We hadn’t been in touch for a while because we were both busy, but when I checked in to see how he was doing, I found out he’s still writing. I should probably reach out to him soon... Anyway, that’s how it goes.

In any case, I’ve received far more love than I deserve. Though the updates were irregular, I made it this far purely out of persistence. Many people read my novel throughout the process, and I’m really grateful for that. Of course, as I say this, the next chapter will be starting tomorrow.

Regarding the side stories, since this novel is technically about internet broadcasting, it was somewhat lacking in certain aspects, so the side stories will focus on filling in the gaps that weren’t addressed before. In other words, the side stories will likely be more focused on internet broadcasting. The main story was an internet broadcasting novel without any broadcasting... quite ironic, right?

I’m not entirely sure how many episodes there will be, but I think I mentioned I’d write around 120 episodes in the final part. However, it might go beyond that. As I mentioned before, I have around 24 materials to work with, and each one might take several episodes, so I said 120 episodes in a naive estimate. It might even stretch to 200 episodes. With this pace, I’m not sure when the next work will happen...

In the last episode of Part 1, I briefly explained the next work, and it’s likely that the sequence will be "Saint" followed by "Magical Girl." The reason is simple: I’ve written more of the setting for the former. For TMI, the first setting I created was the magical girl concept back in July 2020, when I was still at the military academy. Anyway, that’s the situation.

There was probably more I wanted to say, but I can’t really remember, so I’ll stop here...

Below are answers to questions that weren’t really questions.

Q: Will you write a yuri side story?

A: Probably not. I’m not sure. I’ll try writing it in my notepad, and if it feels odd, I’ll just keep it safely stored on my hard drive.

Q: Eugene vs. the protagonists of your next work?

A: The latter characters are individuals with the power to change the terrain with just their bare bodies, so unfortunately, a battle wouldn’t really make sense.

Q: Why have Russia and China become good guys in this world?

A: This is explained in the main novel. I think it was mentioned around the 100th episode.