"I don't trust any human being." A 29 year old, unemployed, loner man who has a very deep distrust towards other people. He once tried to save a woman from being raped, and to keep a long story short, he was stabbed by the assaulter and left to die, cursing humanity. When he comes to, he is reincarnated in another world as the second son of a lower noble family where magic and spirits exist. This is the story of how, he, Ash Hawkwood without a talent for magic or swordsmanship builds an empire from scratch using his own power.