The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest

失格紋の最強賢者 〜世界最強の賢者が更に強くなるために転生しました〜

Gaius, the most powerful sage of his age, is held back by the magic crest he was born with and chooses to be reborn in pursuit of the close-combat crest he always wanted. He returns as Mathias Hildesheimer, a duke's third son, only to find that magic and swordsmanship have decayed so badly that his coveted crest is now dismissed as the weakest of all. Enrolling at the Second Royal Academy, Mathias upends the academy's assumptions while uncovering signs of dark forces moving against a humanity far weaker than the world he once knew.