Caleb endures years of starvation and village scorn inside a rundown animal pen, labeled an unlucky curse by neighbors. Unbeknownst to everyone, his absent father is the legendary sovereign who drove back demonic vampires during an ancient war, leaving behind a slumbering divine heritage.
When Caleb overloads the academy assessment relic with nine-star potential, elitist instructors grudgingly admit him as an unpaid auditor. Facing arrogant aristocratic classmates and lurking nocturnal bloodsuckers, Caleb must harness his raw spellcasting to survive deadly institutional trials while hiding his sovereign bloodline from royal spies.
