No Rights for Monsters

In the age of marks, bloodlines, and monster nations, power is not only inherited. It is licensed, challenged, sealed, transferred, and sometimes stripped away by law.

Across twenty-five legal paths, lawyers rise from common Advocates to specialists who can settle sea wars, break demon contracts, judge noble bloodlines, defend monster clans, challenge dragon tribute, and interpret ancient laws older than the first border ever drawn.

Bernadette Hall has no magic, no mark, and no noble house behind her. She is only a Ninth-Rank Advocate with a failing reputation, a dangerous specialty, and a habit of standing beside the accused everyone else would rather see condemned.

But Bernadette does not plan to remain small forever. One verdict at a time, she intends to climb the Monster Defense Path, build a practice of her own, and prove that in a world ruled by power, the sharpest weapon is still the law.