章 87: Volume 2: Afterword

Hey guys, JadePanda003 here!

I bet some of you, scratch that, all of you who came from my subpar KnB novel are surprised that I surpassed it in terms of released chapters, even completing two volumes now. I bet you didn't see this coming, huh?

Welp. Anyway, I'll start this afterword by addressing some of the that I noticed after some readers pointed it out. It seems like my title is a scam and it doesn't really focus too much in the 'Group Chat' part of the title.

"I feel like I'm being scammed," they said.

Well, to start with, the current title was not the initial title of this fanfiction. Also, even if I did say on the Introduction auxiliary chapter that I wanted to try my hand on a group chat kinda fanfiction, I never said I'd focus on it. You think I'd constantly write some GC conversations that has no clear topic in mind every chapter?

Regarding Shun being such a lone wolf, or what others thought he is, I think I did mention in some chapter that he went to places with the girls of the GC after their quest. Or do I have to write a whole chapter about it to drive the point home?

Besides, there's no romance that could be written here as, at this point in time, they're just acquaintances at most. What? You thought heroines would fall in love left and right with the protagonist like some horny b**ches? Nah. Relationships aren't just about the face/looks.

Anyway, let's forget about the rants and let's move on to the happy side of it all. I first want to mention the many "Thank you for that chapter" messages that I've received during the release of this volume. Like, seriously, I can't even count how many they are by now.

If I haven't replied to your "Thank you for the chapter" yet, here is my usual reply… Thank you for reading this story as well!

Regarding the next volume at hand, Volume 3, I'd give it to you guys straight. While this Lazy Dungeon Master Arc is indeed going on for such a long time now, it will be going on for a little more than 1 and 2/3rds of an arc. This meant that the arc will be ongoing for at least until Chapter 110+.

If you want to skip it, go on. I don't think you'd loose so much by skipping an arc or two.

Also, just to be clear, I'm not forcing you guys to read this story of mine okay? I'm not employing any hocus focus to make read it xD.

With Volume 3 talk out of the way, let's talk about our event that will occur daily, the Side Story Main Character Voting Event(Yes, I know, the name is long. But you'll get used to it soon enough). Yes, I said daily. You guys who check out the chapters everyday can cast your vote once every chapter(I'll check the time of when you posted it and if it exceeds the time of when the next chapter gets released, your votes will be nullified.

Now, you can boost your favorite character's votes. Regarding the overwhelming popularity of Kaede, we have to nerf her a little by dividing the total number of her votes to 3 by the end of the next voting session. She's too OP and others should have a chance xD.

Anyway, that should be all for now. As always guys, you have my gratitude for picking up this humble fanfiction of mine and giving it a try. Even though I've been working for years now, there's this one desire within me to once again start writing and, I guess, this trial fanfiction gave me that break.

I know, I know, this fanfic definitely have many flaws in it as, as the author myself, I sometimes get bored of reading some chapters, but that's just how it is. I can't always make the chapters interesting or something everyday as I also need to take a break and relax my mind a bit. I might suffer a burnout if I don't do this.

This is actually the very reason why I liked writing Slice of Life. I get to relax while writing it, far removed from the stress of meeting some kind of expectation from readers like making a whole volume filled with interesting chapters.

It's fun to write, it's relaxing, and most of all, there's not so much drama involved in it. There's already so much drama in our lives so reading something with too much drama in it could sometimes be draining, don't you think?

~JadePanda003