Announcement~!

I'm not really good with words. I'm not even sure what to say, but thank you for sticking around for the ride. We will keep going with Aiko in 10th of this month. That should give me enough time to recover and be full of energy.

I'm thinking of making a small 'prologue' before getting to the mainland, just rehashing some things that might've been forgotten or only mentioned briefly. I think that would be cool, but I don't know where to even start...

Furthermore, I will definitely do a small re-design of Aikos, and the main cast to make them a bit more distinctive.

I don't really want to talk about sad things right now, since… well, I was very exhausted. I didn't know I was so exhausted until I just didn't write anything. I almost have not written anything for the past few days, and it's been honestly shocking how tired I was. Considering what I'm about to do next might be a bit concerning, but believe me, I have a good reason for that.

Now, for the updates and what happens moving forward. This will be tagged under Aiko, but I will talk more than just about Aiko.

First, Aiko will be returning 10th of this month, as mentioned before. It might be slightly late release, since I have doctors again, and then I have to go out, again, but I will have more than enough time to publish a sweet little chapter.

SH, will be entering a period of rest, however, Patreon is already going with new chapters for the second part of the story. This is to stockpile enough, but also give everyone a bit more. If you like Aiko's story and could spare few coins, it would make me happy. I know that times are hard for everyone and I won't pressure you into anything. If you can't support me like this, just write a nice comment or heart the chapter as those are completely free and can make any kind of author squirm happily~ ;p. And those small gestures can make each day a brighter place~ ^-^

For those who can consider this, you can find Aiko and other stories here~: /c/Ezy7506

The chapter's NovelPhoenix posting comes from its author; this version was taken without permission, and reading there supports their work.

Or for those who can't use links, just google: [Ezy - Dreams Abyss] and you will be able to find it~ ^-^

Second, I have decided to publish: Aiko, Gaia, Persie, and maybe Noah. I was considering Aurora and others, but I just don't have the mood for them at all, and I don't want to decrease the quality any more. I would also have to rewrite Aurora and a few others, since I have gained a lot of experience, but moreover, the dreams also answered a lot of questions about certain situations, so I would like to include those things if possible.

Third, during the next few days, I will be publishing all those stories on Patreon until we have acceptable stockpile numbers, by which it would go live for free on SH. They should come out somewhere during either this week or next week.

The plan is to fill all categories without overburdening myself right from the start, so my apologies and thank you for your understanding/patience! >.<

Fourth, once every few months, I might have a rest like I did right now. I... never really created long-term content before, so I never experienced stockpiled exhaustion and that kind of thing. I'm not really sure how to tackle it, so I will just experiment every other month or something like that, so that I'm in peak condition as much as possible. Everything is still very much new to me, so I'm sorry for any blunders I did before, or I might do in the future... >.<

Fifth, I have decided to just write. I will focus less on the final goal and more about the current situation. That means the 10,000 chapters of Aiko might happen, might not happen, or might exceed that number. We have a lot of content to cover, but it's obvious not all content will be welcomed, so I will have to figure that part out too, maybe do some polls about them?

Sixth? I honestly had a lot to say, but as it considers my private life I'm hesitant. Most of the things that are happening to me are either inflicted from the past that I have no control over, or present due to my clumsiness or lack of information. That's also one of the reasons I will be up-keeping so many stories at once. I don't want to deal with real life when there is seemingly no solution for the given issue.

I honestly wanted to talk about more things, but I'm still resting a bit due to my injured fingers. The plans won't get delayed this time, no worries about that part since I can no longer live in the real world, so I will have plenty of time to just slowly stockpile everything~! ^-^

With this out of the way, Aiko is coming very soon~! >w<

I hope you all have wonderful days ahead~! >////<