Rikuo Arc Seras was born too fragile to survive—and somehow lived anyway. Cast out by one of the empire's three great ducal houses and burdened with a Sigil no priest could even identify, he enters Santiago Academy carrying nothing but his late uncle's final words: Keep a good heart, no matter how cruel the world becomes. He cannot use mana. Every attempt to wield his mysterious power tears his own body apart. Surrounded by prodigies, monsters disguised as professors, and nobles who never let him forget what he lost, Rikuo has no talent that lets him overpower his enemies. So he'll do the only thing he can. Stand up. Again. And again. Until the world is forced to acknowledge him. Some crowns were never meant to rest upon a throne. Some were meant to be broken... before they could become something greater