I remember this story arc in the novel. It made me cry ( ̄∇ ̄")
I’m getting emotionally invested whenever MC is reminded of his pieces. Even when it’s a game, MC took good care of his pieces didn’t he, and he was a child… I would have gone war freak on the game board just for the fun of it, thinking they were just inanimate objects. ╮( ̄▽ ̄)╭