Private Tutor to the Duke's Daughter

Allen, once counted among the brightest hopefuls for a post as royal court sorcerer, sees his plans collapse when he fails the final exam. Penniless and unable even to afford the train home, he’s rescued by an unexpected connection: a former professor who arranges a peculiar new position—private tutor to Tina, the daughter of Duke Howard, one of the kingdom’s most influential nobles.

Tina is a remarkable student, but she carries a decisive disadvantage: she cannot use magic at all. With the Royal Academy entrance exams drawing near and every previous instructor having come up empty, Allen is tasked with accomplishing what others couldn’t. As he searches for the true cause of Tina’s condition, the work pulls him into mysteries far beyond ordinary tutoring.