Hidden away from the rest of the world, the Kingdom of Sephonia is peaceful and harmonious most times. But other times it is harsh and cruel and it takes whatever it can and devours it. This just so happens to fall to two young girls and now they must escape it's harsh grips on their life.

Volume 1: Pickpocketing Living in secret and stealing to eat is a hard life , but it's all Kuro has ever known. Fear and necessity honed him from a young age into the finest young thief in in the wizard kingdoms. Nobody can hide forever, though, and a run of poor luck lands Kuro in a place where his quick hands and quiet feet count for nothing: Avalon Academy, school of magic. Out of his depth and unable to escape, can Kuro find a place among the other misfits at the school, or will his past return to ruin the one chance he has to leave his life in the shadows?