Thank you for walking this far.
This first volume does not end with a clean victory, nor with a world that has suddenly become better. It closes with wounds left unhealed, with exhaustion that lingers, and with one thing more important than anything else—the will to remain standing, even when every reason to fall is close at hand.
Kael Vieron is not written as a flawless hero. He is a human who keeps moving forward, even when he himself becomes the greatest obstacle in his path. The final confrontation of this volume is not merely about winning or losing, but about facing the darkest parts of oneself—and deciding whether to let them dictate the course of one's life… or to rise beyond them, even with unsteady steps.
If this journey feels heavy, draining, or leaves your breath held tight, it is because the world Kael stands in is not meant to be observed from a safe distance. This is a prologue. A gate. The first step into a world far wider—far crueler, and far more honest about the consequences of every choice made.
Thank you for enduring until this point. Thank you for giving your time, your emotions, and your trust to this story.
Kael's journey is not over. And the world beyond him… has only just begun to open its eyes.
See you in Volume Two.
— CatKing15
