Reiner is on the run—not like usual, skipping any work, but in the company of another cursed-eyes wielder of a fundamentally different type of power. A cruel person, practically invulnerable to magic, and even able to stand alone against a regular army—who is he, and what drives him? Only bloodlust? Or is it all part of a more complex plan by someone behind the scenes?
Kifaar, in the Empire of Gastark, cannot believe that the countryside commotion around her—this rural circus—is actually the source of the power that, in the very first battle, crushed the mighty Stooul Empire. But behind this immediate fun there is a strong resolve, and Kifaar is about to experience it firsthand.
And Froade, Sion’s loyal but treacherous servant, sincerely believing that this is for the best, begins carrying out a plan to kill Reiner the Lute…