Book excerpt: Let's say you're way too smart, good-looking, and overpowered for your new world. Do you become a grand mage? Or do you play it cool like Kaoru: waiting tables, running an advice booth, cleaning up after absent-minded adventurers, and running a secret society of do-gooders on the side? Life may seem sweet when most solutions are just a potion away, but that doesn't mean it's easy. After all, you can't really drink away a menagerie of marriage-minded nobles...