Mashle: magic and muscles, vol. 17 - hajime komoto

Can muscles crush magic?! In the magic realm, magic is everything--everyone can use it, and ones skill determines their social status.

Deep in the forest, oblivious to the ways of the world, lives Mash.

Thanks to his daily training, hes become a fitness god.

When Mash is discovered, he has no choice but to enroll in magic school, where he must beat the competition without revealing his secret--he cant use magic! Innocent Zeros youngest child, Domina, steps in to put a stop to his fathers pursuit of Mash.

Using the reprieve afforded them, Mashs friends race against the clock in hopes of getting him to Meliadoul, the only hope he has of surviving without a heart.

Meanwhile, as Mash hovers between life and death, he encounters a mysterious figure.