What do you do when you’re the former king’s hired killer, a member of a gang, and a persona non grata on the continent of Rilgan? Right—you run as far as you can, go underground, and peacefully spend the rest of your life painting landscapes.
Krizhen wanted the same thing, but there’s one problem: the past comes back like a boomerang and returns everything to him—more than he deserves. With no money, no connections, and a student on top of that, he tries to cross the borders of several states, but ends up as a puppet in a big game.