"They called him trash. But the world would soon remember his name." Laguna Ashford—a genius branded as the "useless" outcast of the mighty Ashford family—possesses no magic. Yet, his mind is his weapon. Through forbidden experiments and reckless ingenuity, he crafts tools that defy the laws of sorcery, igniting explosions of both chaos and defiance. When forced to choose between a political marriage or a perilous mission to the cursed village of Veredale, Laguna chooses freedom. Accompanied by Julia, his fiercely loyal maid, he battles savage wolves, treacherous merchants, and the shadows of his own past. But beneath the earth, an ancient secret awakens—the Eye of Truth, a relic that grants him visions of forgotten knowledge and a power even he doesn’t fully understand. Yet Veredale hides a darker fate: barren lands, suspicious villagers, and something monstrous stirring beneath the soil… Will Laguna prove his worth to the family that scorned him? Or will the very world reject his existence?