Prologue: A Few Brief Words

"The words with which a child's heart is poisoned, through malice or through ignorance, remain branded in his memory, and sooner or later they burn his soul," The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruíz Zafón

Hello everyone. My name is Scattered-Irises. I am quite active on Tumblr, with the same username. This was for the 2019 Yu-Gi-Oh Big Bang and was originally released on AO3. It went swimmingly well with the readers there and I would like the readers here to enjoy the same story. Thank you for choosing to not sleep tonight.

The cover you see here was drawn by my friend for the Big Bang event. Please follow them on aerialartistic on tumblr.

As links are unable to be displayed properly on this website, please refer to the AO3 version for additional illustrations and bonus content (There is a lot).