Finally free of her Blessing's impulses, former Hero Ruti has settled into her idyllic slow life with assassin housemate Tisse in the border town of Zoltan. She's happy to once again be close to her apothecary brother Red, the former Guide of her previous Hero's Party, while he's living his best loved-up life with his partner (and soon-to-be fiancee) Princess Rit. Unfortunately, there's a new Hero on the scene whose fundamentalist interpretation of his Blessing's urges will bring conflict and despair to sleepy Zoltan…