Hesina has led a privileged life. As the daughter of the King of Yan, she has been trained to one day succeed him. However, she always thought that it would much later in her life that this would happen. Instead, when her father is found having been poisoned, she is thrusted onto the Yan throne, where she must hold her kingdom together while enemies threaten her borders. Meanwhile sooth, people who are imbued with magical abilities to see into the future and who are considered heretics deserving of death by a thousand cuts, are suspected of infiltrating the imperial capital, causing tensions among neighbors who suspect each other.
Wanting to avenge her father's death and find out who the killer was, Hesina herself engages the services of a sooth to discover any hint that can lead her to the person responsible. This quest soon turns deadly as the investigation conducted by the tribunal reveals a nefarious plot to destroy Yan. Relying on her family members, and unsure if she can trust them, Hesina recruits the mysterious Akira, a man currently held in the dungeon for unspecified crimes. Brilliant but odd, Akira agrees to help Hesina.
But the forces allied against them quickly grow in strength and ready themselves to destroy the Yan kingdom once and for all. Will Hesina be willing to pay the cost required to protect her nation?
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