In a world shrouded by fate's haze and woven with deception, who dares seize true victory?

Through endless corridors of choices, missteps, and folly, whose hand truly shapes the game?

"He" awoke, a stranger cast into an era of steam and shadows, where cannons roared and miracles teetered on the edges of madness.

The stage is set.

And when, "Their" fates collide, the game would hurtle toward its inevitable end:

The Final Gambit.
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I am going to update this again when I have more illustrations. I will mention in chapters when to come back here and see the updates. 


Chapter 81: Finalé (the scene where Kiyo and Astrid sit together on a log) - there are two versions of her dress. You can select either one as canon lol. 


Astrid Albrecht (rough sketch) - will be updated once its done.


Chapter 83 - Illustrations