So, for those of you who have read this far, you should know by now that I have already started volume 2 of the novel.
Even though I was able to publish the first two chapters of the second volume smoothly, the third chapter was preventing me from publishing any chapters as they were not up to standard.
As such, I would be taking a short break of up to one week at most to finish up a more detailed skeletal outline for the second volume of the novel.
Please bear with the wait for now until I come back with more chapters in the form of a burst release on Friday, during the TGIF session next week if possible.