Kamito Ryuga has lived his whole life at the bottom—born without magic in a country that worships it. His only dream is painfully small: to stand beside his childhood friend, Masahiro Yuki, who has already risen far beyond his reach.

But everything changes when Kamito survives a collapse beneath Tokyo and awakens a hero long erased from Japan’s history—a hero who chooses him, a boy with no magic, for reasons Kamito cannot understand.

Now burdened with a power he never wanted, Kamito finds himself caught between the life he longs for… and the destiny he fears.

Why did a forgotten hero choose him?
And what will he lose if he tries to chase the only person he ever cared about?