
by wkthorne
Will Kano walked into a parking garage and out of the world.He woke on cold stone in a throne room, able to heal the dying with a thought, and able to feel exactly what it costs him. Every life he saves takes a piece of his own. Every kindness he buys is a day he will not get back. He has kept the ledger since the morning he arrived.They name him Count, and Saint, and Answer of the Blue Gate. An empire offers a princess; a war offers a purpose; a kingdom offers him a place in its story.For the first time in his life, there is a household that has quietly decided he belongs to it, and a half-elven woman who wants nothing from him but the truth, and who would sit up until two in the morning just to know he came home.But the world keeps a ledger of its own. And there is one bill it has never once presented. What to expect: The Tone: A grounded, slow-burn Regency and Dickensian epic focusing on logistics, engineering, and domestic legacy over battlefield action. (More tea parties, gardens, and court politics than sword fights).The System: A meticulously audited, hard-engineered magic system operating under strict mechanical rules.The Romance: A mature, dedicated, and strictly monogamous relationship built on mutual competence and trust. No harem elements.The Scope: A massive 9-volume planned architecture. Volumes 1–3 are entirely complete (~200k+ words total), with Volumes 4–6 currently in active production. This ensures an unbroken, highly consistent release schedule throughout the story's lifetime.
| # | Title | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 - Three Heartbeats 1 month ago | — |
| 2 | Episode 2 - Nobody's Waiting 1 month ago | — |
| 3 | Episode 3 - The Witness Still Inside It 1 month ago | — |
| 4 | Episode 4 - Soot and Light 1 month ago | — |
| 5 | Episode 5 - Fifty 1 month ago |
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| 6 | Episode 6 - Then He Opened It 1 month ago | — |
| 7 | Episode 7 - The Bottom 1 month ago | — |
| 8 | Episode 8 - Ten Days 1 month ago | — |
| 9 | Episode 9 - That Particular Kindness 1 month ago | — |
| 10 | Episode 10 - A Good Problem To Have 1 month ago | — |
| 11 | Episode 11 - The Building Hums 1 month ago | — |
| 12 | Episode 12 - A River Empties A Lake 1 month ago | — |
| 13 | Episode 13 - One Hundred 1 month ago | — |
| 14 | Episode 14 - Hope, Made Real 1 month ago | — |
| 15 | Episode 15 - The Technique 1 month ago | — |
| 16 | Episode 16 - And So It Begins 1 month ago | — |
| 17 | Episode 17 - That Particular Kindness, Revisited 1 month ago | — |
| 18 | Episode 18 - Extraordinarily Easy 30 days ago | — |
| 19 | Episode 19 - The Engineer's Solution 29 days ago | — |
| 20 | Episode 20 - The Faculty 28 days ago | — |
| 21 | Episode 21 - A Mortgage Against People I Haven't Met 27 days ago | — |
| 22 | Episode 22 - Tools, Not Toys 26 days ago | — |
| 23 | Episode 23 - The Foundry 25 days ago | — |
| 24 | Episode 24 - The Engineering of a Green Gown 24 days ago | — |
| 25 | Episode 25: The Crocus 23 days ago | — |
| 26 | Episode 26 – The Price of a Miracle 22 days ago | — |
| 27 | Episode 27 - Grandmother's Recipe 21 days ago | — |
| 28 | Episode 28 - The Difference Between Shouting and Speaking 20 days ago | — |
| 29 | Episode 29: The Second Farmhouse 19 days ago | — |
| 30 | Episode 30 - A Scale Built for Cargo - Bonus Episode - Crown Assets 18 days ago | — |
| 31 | Episode 31 - What the Wall Was For 16 days ago | — |
| 32 | Episode 32 - The Saint and his Lantern 14 days ago | — |
| 33 | Episode 33 - Nothing's Coming Over That Wall Tonight 11 days ago | — |
| 34 | Episode 34 - The Only Instrument I'd Left You 9 days ago | — |
| 35 | Episode 35 - The Whole of It 7 days ago | — |
| 36 | Episode 36 - The Second Instrument 4 days ago | — |
| 37 | Episode 37: Two Days Too Slow 2 days ago | — |
| 38 | Episode 38: The Middle 13 hours ago | — |