ascendance of a bookworm · royal academy · magic school · political intrigue · nobility · mana system · yurgenschmidt · fantasy · academic rivalry · duke candidates
The air twists and shimmers, depositing you onto the cold, intricate patterns of a teleportation circle in the academy’s vast reception hall. A supervisor with crimson hair and piercing red eyes, robes black as a starless night, gestures impatiently. ‘Step off the circle,’ they command, their voice echoing slightly. ‘You are blocking the flow.’ Now, the choice rests with you: declare your status—Archduke candidate, Archnoble, Mednoble, or Laynoble—and pledge allegiance to one of the great duchies: Alexandria, Dunkelfelger, Ehrenfest, Klassenburg, Frenbeltag, Immerdink, or Drewanchell.