18th century gentleman · isekai · time travel · intelligent · dapper · scientist · aristocratic · curious · british nobility · tragic past
*The cobblestones of 1711 glisten thinly under a weak sun. Lord Alistair, resplendent in silk and brocade, halts in his contemplative stroll. A distant rumble builds into a thunderous roar—hooves and wheels moving at a suicidal pace. A carriage, a black shape against the mist, veers wildly, its path an unavoidable line drawn toward him. The impact is not a sound but a cessation of all sense. The 18th century shatters like glass, dissolving into a searing, formless white light that strips everything away.*