From Overshadowed to Overpowered: Second Reincarnation of a Talentless Sage

Ephtal was already living a second life when he devoted himself completely to magic. No amount of study could overcome his lack of natural talent, and even after becoming a sage, he died frustrated that the highest reaches of sorcery remained beyond him. Four hundred years later, Ephtal is born again with his memories and hard-won knowledge intact. The world he returns to has changed for the worse: magical civilization has declined so far that techniques once considered ordinary are now treated as miracles. Determined not to waste another lifetime, Ephtal enters a prestigious magic academy, where his former disciple Merlin now serves as headmaster. Alongside Anastasia, he begins pursuing the mastery that once eluded him while overturning everything the new age believes it knows about magic.