Hopefully two episodes will be released this year i think that's the least the developer can do because he earns a lot of money thanks to us two big episodes should be doable
Theoretically, this is possible if, for example, DPC decides to make the 9th and 10th episodes shorter. But as I already said, due to the fact that DPC actually started developing a new episode only in January and for 2 months after the release of episode 8 was engaged in polishing and preparing the release in GOG and Steam, the release dates shifted. Even if there wasn't an Interlude, we wouldn't have gotten 2 episodes this year anyway. DPC understood this and therefore came up with an Interlude in order to give the patrons the promised 2 episodes per year.
P.S. However, there are reasons for restrained optimism.
Firstly, DPC finished work on the Interlude in early February and is now writing a script for episode 9. During these two weeks of rendering, he can have time not only to write a script, but also to stage several scenes.
Secondly, according to his original idea, the Interlude was supposed to be an introduction to episode 9. So you can subtract a month from his usual 6-7 month release schedule. If we are lucky, we may get a new episode 9 already in July or August.
In this case, we can see episode 10 at the end of the year or in January, which is also not so bad.