I was the younger son of a count, but fate had prepared an unpleasant surprise for him. A magical cripple with a maimed source—it sounds like a sentence.
I lived away from the aristocrats’ backroom games, enjoying the chance to mind my own affairs and learn the world. No duels, no provocations from the great imperial houses. But in an instant, everything was turned upside down...
Who would have known that my father would be killed, my brother taken prisoner, and the family signet ring—which passes on knowledge and the secret techniques of the house—would choose me as its new owner?.. From now on, I am the head of the Berestevs family. And this is my story.