Introduction: Luxury, comfort, great wealth, respect, honor, and security—these are the promises made to any child of royal blood. Every member of the Fermielis bloodline enjoys these privileges… except for one. Despite his royal lineage, Prince Cleus Dominique von Fermielis was left destitute, deprived of even his basic needs. He endured severe and unjust treatment from the palace servants, and the concubines of his father, the emperor, regarded him with disdainful contempt, as one might regard an insignificant pest. He was nothing, until one fateful day, he met a mage...An encounter that would alter the course of his life forever....