“Sophia, I’m breaking off our engagement. A useless woman like you, ‘zero magic power’ and ‘slow at your work’, is nothing but dead weight!” In a remote frontier village, Sophia Craft ran a magic staff workshop inherited from her grandfather. One day, without warning, her fiancé, the head of a prominent trading company, cast her aside. To a man who worshiped money and efficiency above all else, Sophia’s method of conversing with her materials and painstakingly carving each staff by hand was nothing more than “outdated.” Though stripped of her shop and even its name, Sophia was far from incompetent. Born with her magic power completely at “zero,” she possessed a rare sensitivity that allowed her to perceive the magic of others, and the voices of materials—more clearly than anyone else. With only her cherished tools in hand, Sophia set out for the imperial capital. This is the story of a craftsman dismissed for her lack of charm, who wins the fervent devotion of heroes through her skill, and before she knows it, is revered as the legendary Master Staff Artisan.