The Invalid of the Imperial Academy

Gold buys silence. Blood buys power. What are you willing to pay? Nasir is an invalid. With shattered mana channels and a frail body, he survived the slums of Orynth only thanks to the sword of his older brother, Malik. But when a suicide mission for an indifferent noble ends in tragedy, Nasir is the only one to walk out of the ruins alive. He does not return with honor. He returns with a forbidden artifact, a fortune in bloodstained gold, and a hole where his heart used to be. Now, armed with wealth he doesn't deserve and a mind sharpened by loss, Nasir enters the Imperial Academy. They see a cripple in the Scholar's Wing. They see easy prey. What they don't know is that Nasir isn't there to play by their rules. He is there to buy the only thing that matters: absolute power. And he doesn't care who he has to break to get it. Even if it's himself. What to expect: Smart & Ruthless Protagonist.Progression Fantasy (Weak to Strong).Hard Magic System with biological consequences.Magic Academy setting with politics and prejudice.No Harem.