This is an old version of the heavily edited and rewritten Ortus

This is the story of a woman named Riza.

Riza is a woman who wakes up in a forest with nothing, remembering nothing, and on the cusp of death.

The only thing she has is a weapon stuck in her side and, after a tangle with a wild boar, something called 'life aspect'.

Little does she know that life magic is considered a dead-end branch and is largely outlawed across the world.

None of this matters to her, of course. For one, even if someone tried to tell her, she doesn't know the language. Number two, have you heard about the sunk cost fallacy?

Riza is not some chosen one, nor is given any boon she doesn't deserve. Instead, she's smart and methodical, and experiements on how to maximise every opportunity, every ability, presented to her. She doesn't just take things at face-value but instead explores just what limitations there are. This often involves maths.