Rifal Edia remembers the past—when his father told him an ancient legend about this world. About cruelty and tragedy, about loneliness and despair. How much of it is truth and how much is lies? But right now, he, the king of the Gastark Empire, leads his troops to the central continent to save this world. Meanwhile, Luke Stokkart, the Empire of Roland’s best spy—who trusts no one and nothing—risks his life to conduct a test on his own king, Sion Astal, to see his dark secrets firsthand…