Sorry, this is not a chapter update. I cannot describe the immense bull-shittery of my life right now, and how it's an immense Gordian Knot that I need to work hard to untangle.
Basically, I cannot sit down and write, or engage in any creative endeavors until I get my life in order.
Which is why I check my Webnovel account to remind myself what I've created, and how hard I worked before, and the pride and dedication it took for me to get here. To remind myself that this is the creative sphere I want to return to.
So, I'm very much irked to see that there are Webnovel bots on this platform now, similar to YouTube bots in the comment sections. (I think bots have always existed, but these are blatant as heck.)
Honestly, they are not so bad (for now.) They are here and there, or in Dark Souls language, "Hither and thither."
The links they are trying to lead you to are inconvenient as heck to go to, so I don't think many people would even try to go to whatever the hell they're linking. (I have not gone to them; I would only investigate that under a virtual machine and a proxied connection. You, the reader, should not, but you might because I just told you not to.)
Still, it feels like the beginning. Honestly, I'm a fanfic writer, I'm not up on the Webnovel chain, but there are forums, and I can join the Webnovel Discord again if I need to to petition some change or notify someone.
Basically, this is a gentle warning to you all: please be safe on the Internet, do not click on shady links, and convert your operating system to a well-maintained Linux distribution, which you then fortify.
Please be safe out there, and if you may, wait for my story to return once again. Even though there are no recent chapters, I write intermittently, building up the story to release it once again.
My dear boy Ethan and his story isn't over.
For now, Happy Holidays, and I wish you joy, love, and happiness in the New Year.
-From EnderGolem997