Author's Notes + Poll

Hi, there, author here :)

First of all, I want to give a huge thank you to all my patreons, truly. I wouldn't be able to keep writing without your support. 

I have a few announcements to make:

- I've signed a publishing deal with Aethon Books. The same publisher of 'He Who Fights with Monsters', 'Primal Hunter' and many more. It will probably take a loooong time (Spring next year if all goes well) before I actually publish and take the first book off RR. I only wanted to give you all a heads-up and let you know what is going on behind the curtain!

- Next. I've been editing the book 1 on the weekend for the last month to get it ready to send to the editor. I only need about 9 chapters more and count on finishing this week. 

Worry not, there were no big changes except some minor tweaks that won't affect the story going forward. I mostly fixed punctuation and convoluted sentences or cut them altogether when they didn't feel necessary to the story.  I think the story reads better now. If someone does a re-read, don't forget to let me know what you think, you can DM me on Discord or RR. 

- This brings us to the last point: the poll. While editing there was only one thing I was considering changing. The part where Kai reveals to his mother that he had the memories of his previous life in chapter 15. 

To put it mildly, many people felt very triggered by that scene, I received around 10 0.5 ratings on that chapter alone and I don't know how many other 1-2 because I hid the rating on RR for my mental health. I never thought it was such a big deal to reveal you remembered your past life in a world full of magic, but 'some people' clearly disagree XD.

In the end, the reveal doesn't affect the story much. I could easily cut it out without changing much else. Hopefully, it would help new readers avoid having an existential crisis when they read that chapter :)

I wanted to ask your opinion. For me, it made sense to write at the moment, but it isn't an integral part of the story. Since so many people seemed upset by it, I don't mind changing it, but I wanted to listen to your opinions first. 

- Drew