Grand Duchess Anona of Norwin has served as a military nurse for the past two years her country has been at war. Despite her undeniable skill in the medical field, she desires what she deems as a more authentic sense of duty: a desire to join her people on the battlefield. Though it's a significant risk having her brother, the rightful heir to the Norwinian throne, out in the fray, Anona worms her way into the cause, her naive and optimistic concept of war thinning as she quickly learns that the life of a soldier is anything but gratifying.