AN: Hello, y'all. Did y'all miss me? I bet you guys did. Anyways, Christmas, New Year's, and Valentines Day has passed and still not a peep of an update from me. Y'all are probably wondering why I haven't been updating and I would like to make it clear now that I have not abandoned this fic. Nor do I ever plan to but the last months of 2018 were pretty much of a blur and a mess to me and since I like to be transparent and open to my readers, I would like to explain the three main reasons for my absence.

First off, like I said around my last update, I got my first job out of college. Well as it turns out, I had to leave that job after four months for reasons I won't divulge in to avoid boring you regarding office politics. Anyhoo, after that I had to find another job but I wasn't very active in doing so since it was almost Christmas by the time I left so I opted on prioritizing spending time with my family for the holidays as opposed to investing too time much in finding a job for the meantime.

Second of all, the controller to my PS3 broke just as I was about to finish a rerun of Tales of Xillia so I can recall some certain things. Unfortunately, with that happening, I have not been able to play Tales of Xillia 2 as well since I haven't finished the first one again. I will be buying a new controller soon though, so fret not.

Finally, my laptop, which has faithfully served me for all four of my college years and where I actually started this fic, finally broke down about a month after my last update. Sad to say that my laptop only waited for me to graduate from college and get a job before finally kicking the bucket. I made some good memories with that laptop, aside from starting and actually writing the fic there. It was my constant companion on busy school days and lonely school nights. It's what I used to finish my thesis even though I was in my cousin's wedding in Boracay so RIP Laptop-san, you will be missed. :'(

With all that said, I finally found a new job I enjoy. I just started last month and I do have plans of buying a new laptop once I'm secure in this job, which sadly may take a while. So with that in mind, I ask for your constant and understanding patience. As of now, I'm writing this on the office computer so I can't exactly work on the fic. But, rest assured I will update on this fic as soon as I get a new laptop. For now, I will be using this time to flesh out the plotlines of ToX: The Lilium Twin and the potential sequel to the entire story

Thank you for your understanding and kindness, everyone! Please stay tuned for the next chapter of ToX: The Lilium Twin!