Viktor Korneev, a 78-year-old botanist, is reborn in the body of Elias—a seventeen-year-old “emptyhead” despised by everyone in the village. His grandfather dies from poison, debts could mean eviction, and behind his back people whisper about his uselessness. The only chance is the “Master of Herbs” system, which has awakened in his consciousness. Now the knowledge of the old scholar will become his main weapon.