Chapter 693: New Year

On New Year's Eve, fireworks were going off outside, and today I made a self-detonating firework.

Looking back, it's no one's fault but mine—purely because I stayed up all night last night and did something idiotic this morning, compounded by my own past self-sabotage.

Trigger: I saw a trend.

Under normal circumstances, a normal human author would ignore it, but I somehow, without anyone noticing, came up with a brilliant idea:

"Hey! Someone said I didn't consider other readers' thoughts—why not respond and do a survey?"

So I released the first version of the opinion poll, meant purely as a reference. (This volume of Fantasy Land needed to clarify and resolve the ambiguity with Kaguya; if more readers preferred multiple heroines, I'd abandon the one-size-fits-all approach and handle the issue more carefully in this volume.)

Many readers like multiple heroines.

Then, the rhythm of single-harem readers abandoning the novel began.

At this point, a group member in the subscription group reminded me: maybe more people enjoy watching the harem drama—just explain it clearly, that's all.

I thought that made sense, so I deleted and reposted the second version, adding the hidden option 【Lu and K】.

I originally didn't plan to touch this version again; though scattered misunderstandings existed, I could still see which options most readers favored.

Honestly, at first everyone choosing Option 4 or 5 was fun—we thought we'd pulled off a stunt.

Then the arguments started, escalating into insults—was it reasonable to curse others to death on New Year's Eve?

Over nine hundred posts in two hours; I clicked in and saw fans of Option 2 insulting in Option 3, while fans of Option 3 insulted Option 2 fans back. Since I started this, the pressure was unbearable—I deleted it outright.

Okay, now my anti-human self-detonating truck is complete.

Now it's devolved into "can't take it, delete the chapter"—the multiple-harem readers have all exploded, and I'm about to crack too.

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Let's talk about "why tease if you won't marry?"—the most common thing even newbies wouldn't do in web novels, and I committed it: S-rank war criminal.

There are indeed many ambiguous scenes, especially with Kaguya, ever since the Type-Moon arc.

A one-size-fits-all approach is absolutely impossible, but if Su Lin and Kaguya end up together, Yelena's previous character design and dialogue collapse, and Su Lin's pure-love warrior persona collapses too.

Honestly, writing multiple heroines is far easier than writing a single one—you could easily churn out two chapters a day. If I could simply overturn everything before without affecting plot or character, and so many people are reading, why not write it? I even told Operations Director Lao Da this during a chat two weeks ago: the proportion of readers who like multiple heroines is very high.

But the problem remains: the risk of collapse was my biggest concern, and it's become irreversible due to my own mishandling.

So I've always wanted to resolve this in the Fantasy Land volume, with a planned arrangement—if readers are hesitant, wait until this volume ends, then decide—this should be a better path.

Today I became a trendmaster, and the entire rhythm is shattered.

That's roughly the situation; as for no heroine… there's basically no such thing.

Either single (Yelena).

Or multiple (Yelena, Kaguya, Xingbao)—I've never considered any other female characters.

I read novels every day, so I naturally understand the feeling of readers who follow this book, but please understand the chapter deletion—it got too heated, I simply couldn't hold up.

The only unexpected thing was how many readers like Kaguya—far beyond my expectations.

Finally… whatever, let the trend be the trend—I'll delete the mutual insults myself this time.

The plot direction remains the same as previous versions: primarily centered on the group's stories and entertainment…