Regarding the extra chapter about the master, a small accident occurred during the writing process, resulting in the loss of the nearly completed extra chapter, and I had no backup...
I'm so heartbroken I can barely breathe.
This extra chapter took quite a while to write, as it was from the perspective of the master's junior fellow apprentice, detailing their views on the master and their experiences.
However, it's gone now.
Then, well, the author (me) had a laziness attack and doesn't want to rewrite it. So let's leave it at that. I won't write it anymore. I'm really sorry to have kept everyone waiting for so long, but I'm truly just lazy!!