Chapter 238

Afterword of Volume 2

Volume 2 is finished! 500,000 characters, written from November 6 to January 9—a span of two months, a quarter of which I spent typing on my phone in bed; that ought to count as being disabled yet strong‑willed.

The promise of three updates a month was also fulfilled in the form of catch-up updates; tentatively, it counts as getting back on schedule with one's routine—although in a few days I'll be busy moving, I hope to continue keeping yin and not yang.

Otherwise, the updates would just be enough to be smug; after all, following the author's habit of wanting to discard manuscripts as soon as they're ready, this could also be considered a different kind of moonlight clan, and stockpiling drafts is hard to accumulate.

Well, that's it for real-world topics; after all, I should still mention the plot.

The first volume's secret key—this is a key.

The second volume's introduction—this premise is to find the door.

Aomo's chosen door is mercenary, trainer, and also a curiosity for knowledge about other worlds.

So this volume describes how to expand interpersonal relationships, the intersection with otherworld inhabitants; as for being a trainer and training the horse girls—script stand-in practice is also a form of training!

Joking aside, in fact, the initiation isn't just Aomo; Miharabourbon, Ailisuzhi, and Manchester Chazuo—these three, the former has always been preparing for war, while the latter two haven't entered the state and haven't truly found their goal.

So when this volume ends, a call from the chairman comes, and only then do they officially step into the preparatory stage for entering horse racing competitions.

And their initiation preparations naturally also fall to the trainer to handle.

Because this book is a crossover mash-up, it will have many elements from time-travel works, but randomly adding them would only make the whole book bloated and chaotic; thus, many elements are merely brushed over, used as filler to enrich the world setting, and are not actually detailed.

But horse girls are obviously not.

At the same time, there's also Boating with a consistently strong presence, and Digimon with extremely high online presence, which have been used as padding several times; the old lunar neighbors haven't been seen in a long time.

They will continue in the next volume.

However, the lunar aspect really needs to be taken slowly.

Because Fate/Grand Order-related content truly overwhelms other works, with settings and characters too many and too complex; although the author has long written moon-related fanworks, each time touching this stuff still feels daunting.

Can write, but not much.

In terms of proportion, the tendency is toward monsters, horse girls, boating, other related things, and lunar matters, from largest to smallest.

However, all of this only counts as getting straight to the point after the third volume.

Third volume title: Position

——After initiation, figure out where you should be.

That's all!

Well then, let's meet again the day after tomorrow!

Ciao~