THE UNRANKED ALCHEMIST (A ZERO-CLASS, FULL-CRAFT LITRPG)

Kazuki died on the first day of his new life. He woke up again as Malek. Trapped in a fragile body, with memories of two lifetimes and a glowing Status Window. This world doesn’t reward thinkers. It rewards fighters. Warriors. Mages who can burn monsters to ash before they get close. Malek can’t do any of that. All he has are herbs, broken glass vials, crude tools, and the obsessive knowledge of someone who’s spent a lifetime studying how crafting systems really work. Slow growth. Dangerous experiments. Tiny advantages stacked patiently until they become something monstrous. If he survives long enough. For the first time in two lives, he actually wants to. Malek just wanted to learn alchemy and stay alive. But knowledge is a dangerous thing in a world built on secrets. When hidden conspiracy threaten the well-being of his new family. And if they keep pushing him… They may discover what happens when a desperate child with nothing but time, trauma, and stubborn intelligence decides to stop playing safe. WHAT TO EXPECT ~ Slow-burn progression where every potion, every failure, every breakthrough matters. ~ A genuinely weak protagonist who survives through planning, observation, and experimentation Found family warmth contrasted with uneasy, creeping dread beneath small-town life. ~ Alchemy treated as process, not magic wand—trial, error, and consequences included Emotional character arc driven by trauma, attachment, and the fear of losing what he’s gained. ~ No harem, no instant power, no pretending wolves are cuddly.