Ethan Blackwood always felt out of place. Sixteen years into his dreary life as a janitor at the prestigious Blackwood Academy for Arcane Arts, a glitch in reality (or perhaps just a late-blooming gene) unlocks his inner potential: an augmented reality interface that turns his life into a game. He can create 'Quests' for himself, simple tasks that somehow grant him potent alchemical knowledge and arcane abilities upon completion. Initially, it's just cleaning assignments that miraculously yield forgotten potion recipes. But as Ethan delves deeper, he discovers the potential to become more than just the guy who scrubs floors. He can rewrite his destiny, one self-assigned quest at a time. But will the game master him, or will he master the game before the Academy's secrets, and its suspicious headmaster, catch up with him?

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