THE PEERLESS GENTLEMAN: ETIQUETTE OF THE ABYSS

Arthur Vale knew one simple truth about the world:Everything has a price. As a corporate crisis negotiator, he survived by reading people, exploiting loopholes, and turning impossible situations into profitable deals. Then he died. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself inside the body of another Arthur Vale—a disgraced noble cadet on the verge of being expelled from Gallows Edge Academy, a floating fortress where students are trained to fight monsters from beyond the world. There is only one problem. This Arthur is hopelessly weak. His mana is pathetic. His swordsmanship is worse. His reputation is already ruined. Even the academy’s ranking system has placed him near the very bottom. And while other students awaken powerful combat archetypes, Arthur receives something that sounds completely useless:[THE PEERLESS GENTLEMAN] No overwhelming strength. No legendary weapon. No instant mastery. Instead, his power grows through conduct. Composure. Restraint. Dignity. Integrity. The better he conducts himself, the stronger his abilities become. Unfortunately, surviving Gallows Edge requires considerably more than good manners. So Arthur does what he has always done. He studies the rules. He studies the people. And then he finds the loopholes. A duel he cannot win becomes a battle of regulations. An enemy he cannot overpower becomes a problem of positioning. A magical contract becomes something that can be negotiated—or severed. But the more Arthur learns about his new life, the more disturbing the truth becomes. The previous Arthur Vale wasn’t simply a disgraced noble. He had been investigating a sealed archive. He had entered a forbidden chamber. And before his memories were sealed, he left himself a warning:DO NOT TRUST ME. Now strange creatures recognize him. Forbidden records mention a title older than the academy itself. And something buried beyond the world seems to remember a gentleman who should have been forgotten centuries ago. Arthur came to Gallows Edge believing that every problem could be solved if he understood its price. He is about to discover that some things…cannot be bought, negotiated, or calculated. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: THE PEERLESS GENTLEMAN: ETIQUETTE OF THE ABYSS — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠