As I said in the latest page update, I really need a break. Chapter 27 ended up being 214 pages long, somehow, so I haven’t had a break between chapters in… a couple years, I guess, with only my brief winter breaks to give me some time to unwind. Suffice it to say, this is way overdue.

So, with that in mind, I’ll be taking the rest of this week off, as well as the next four weeks. Updates will resume on September 2nd, 2025, when we begin Chapter 28: Transfer. See you then, and thank you, as always, for reading!