In the cutthroat world of Rune Magic, GPA isn't just a grade but also the measure of one's soul. For the elite, straight A's are the only proof of superior blood and raw power. There is the girl from Japan, Y/N, in the province of Zozah Peninsula. A total outsider in the glass-and-steel canyons of New York City, she arrived with nothing but a provincial accent and a mind like a razor. While her peers rely on expensive relics and family legacies to master modern magic, she dominates through sheer, cold intellect. She deconstructs the very laws of reality, leaving even the Academy's golden boy, Qifrey, in her shadow. In a city that never sleeps and an academy that never forgives, she is proving that the most dangerous thing a witch can possess isn't a wand but a perfect transcript.

He carried the weight of a thousand choices. But none of them felt as heavy as loving her, because she was the only thing he couldn't afford to lose... and the one thing he was never allowed to keep.