I Surrendered My Sword for a New Life as a Mage (eBook 1)

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Title: I Surrendered My Sword for a New Life as a Mage
Volume: eBook 1
Running time: 220
Distributor: Sol Press

Release date: 2020-12-28

SKU: B-08-MVT-63-RQ
ISBN-10: 194883863X 194883863X
ISBN-13: 9781948838634 9781948838634

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One day, Soma learns that he was reincarnated from a powerful swordsman. In this life, however, all he wants is to master magic!

When he learns that he has no skills at all in this life, he gets left behind by his family. With no magic spells, most would assume he'll never be able to cast even a single spell, but Soma isn't ready to take "no" for an answer...

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