Despite the war with the High Britain coming to an end, the strategist Regis Aurik has had no fewer worries—because they are deliberately trying to kill him! And by the will of fate, he ends up on the run together with mercenaries who are still at large from "The Hanged Fox." Reuniting with Princess Altina will likely have to wait, since there are only a few days left until the coronation of the second prince, Latreille. And if Regis doesn’t want a new willful emperor—ready to declare a conquering-unifying war across the whole continent—to come to power, then he must act immediately…