◆Scheduled for Book Publication◆ Zig, who lived in the capital, was a salaryman who had been on the path of an elite in his previous life. However, he was stabbed in the abdomen by a knife and died after losing a promotion battle. Reborn as an orphan in a different world, Zig learned alchemy from his adoptive master and, using his innate intelligence and knowledge from his previous life, obtained the qualification of a national alchemist at a young age and was once again on the path to becoming an elite. However, he was hated by a noble with whom he was competing for a promotion, and his position was taken away using power. Furthermore, his master and superior, who was also his parent, ordered him to be transferred to the frontier. This meant demotion, and the path to promotion he had hoped for was completely cut off. Zig, who had failed twice, finally realized that although he was good at his job, his personality was not good. Feeling bitter and dissatisfied, Zig, with the advice of his familiar, a black cat, decided to do better in his new transfer and resolved to start over again. He decided to look for a different kind of life in the frontier, away from the path of promotion. However, the branch he was transferred to was in a crisis with only two alchemists. Using his alchemical skills, Zig rebuilt the branch and found a different kind of happiness, away from the path of promotion. What is happiness and what is important in life... A man possessed by the desire for promotion finds true happiness in the frontier... ※★Stories marked with ★ include perspectives from other characters.