A commoner girl of no value ends up in the world of aristocrats after being forced to fake her death due to unforeseen circumstances involving the empire's second prince. In order to survive, she fights her way up the political ladder alongside her friends, old and new. But while doing so, she encounters a threat that may well destroy the entire continent, along with all of which she holds dear. To stop it, she must now reach deep into the soul of the past and uncover a dark history which had long since been forgotten.