If you had one chance to gain the recognition you felt you always deserved, would you take it?

Margaret lived her life chasing recognition that never came. A brilliant mind with unfulfilled dreams, she died with her work forgotten. But fate was not finished with her.

Awakened in a new world by the blessing of the "Keeper of the Pond", Margaret is reborn as Chloe Mallory, daughter of a struggling merchant in a quiet coastal town. Frail in body but gifted with a rare ability—Appraisal, the power to see hidden worth—Chloe is determined to seize the chance her past life denied her.

Yet talent draws eyes, and suspicion follows rarity. To walk the road of a merchant, Chloe must overcome doubt, illness, and the weight of others’ expectations. With her strange companion, a shelled companion of a crab at her side, and her family’s hopes urging her forward, she sets out to carve a name for herself in a world that values strength over subtlety.

This time, she refuses to be forgotten.