The illegitimate daughter of a prince is forced to go as a hostage to the Beast Country. But is life really arranged the way she was taught? Then where do disputes over the right to own land come from in this vast world? And how did it happen that the harmless old man who taught her magic turned out to be a thief who hid away an object on which the future of the beast people depends? And one more question interests her more and more: is it true that all men are like her father? And are they worth trusting?