I Only Have Six Months to Live, So I’m Gonna Break the Curse with Light Magic or Die Trying (Manga)

Prince Callus Leditzweissen is a Taboo Being, an unfortunate soul born with a deadly curse that causes him constant suffering. With no known cure, the doctors say Callus only has six months left to live. But a magician named Gourley gives the boy a sliver of hope when he demonstrates the healing power of light magic. Callus is determined to learn how to use light magic in time to save himself, hoping to live longer to repay all the kindness he’s been shown throughout his life.

Callus continues his magical training, but he also wants to get stronger physically. While seeking help from his brother Damien, the young prince meets the sword master Sieg Lamiared and his daughter Crys. This fierce but kind girl agrees to train Callus in exchange for him teaching her magic, and the two quickly become close friends. But when a wyvern causes trouble in the surrounding forest, Crys goes missing! Now it’s up to Callus, the boy who survived thanks to the love of everyone around him, to step up and protect someone else!

For a brief moment, Callus thought that he was on his way to dispelling the curse, but he soon relapses into agony. This calls for an expert, so Gourley provides one—a young, shy girl called Sissy. Though Callus is dubious of her abilities at first, she quickly proves herself and aids the prince in learning healing magic. Sissy also has an exceedingly rare tome about curses. How in the world did someone like her find something even the king has struggled in vain for? And does its secret knowledge on Taboo Beings contain the key to Callus dispelling his curse? If only things were so easy...

As a last resort, Sissy risks her own life to give Callus a breakthrough in mastering healing magic. Though the answer to her remedy will help Callus as well, time isn’t on his side. Can he save his friend before it’s too late? All the while, trouble brews in the city as Chairman Emilia becomes rather interested in the secluded prince. He offers Callus a place on the Magical Committee, including access to its vast resources, which could be put towards finding a cure to his curse. What will Callus do? Will he join forces with ostensibly the strongest mage in the world, or will he carve his own path? A thrilling conclusion to the series!