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[Manga adaptation currently serialized in Dengeki Daioh!]

In a world where magical aptitude and special skills are determined by crests, Alex, the Sixth Prince of the Holy Luxia Empire, was expected to have a great future due to his high magical power from childhood.

However, when he received the Dark Crest, which benefits dark magic, at the age of seven, his reputation among those around him completely changed.

Dark magic was a power that instantly turned humans into demons if they used it, and Alex, who had been granted the Dark Crest benefiting such magic, became reviled by those around him as cursed.

Alex, who became distrustful of people and gradually withdrew into the palace, faced the day of the Great Imperial Rebellion at the age of twenty.

Abandoned, he took poison, and wishing for one last glimpse, he cast a dark magic spell, but...

Alex did not become a demon; instead, he was able to wield dark magic.

Regretting that he hadn't mastered dark magic, Alex, as his consciousness was swallowed by darkness, wished for one thing: to start over.

This is the story of a man who, granted a cursed crest, gets to redo his life.

*Also serialized on Kakuyomu.

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