The Commoner's Shadow

Alaric Vane wakes in a beaten body, his mana core shattered. Once a three-star noble prodigy, he's now a one-star weakling after a public defeat by the commoner hero Caleb Thorne. His fiancée Isolde sneers, his admirers vanish, and he's left alone. But rock bottom is a fine place to start climbing—especially when someone else's shining future is within reach. In this academy of swords and mana, every choice carves a new path.