Broke and recently homeless, fledgling wandmaker Ix leaves his isolated village in search of employment only to run into Yuui, a girl with a contract entitling her to a free wand repair from his late instructor. But when Ix decides to honor the guarantee and complete the job in his teacher’s stead, he quickly realizes that this is no routine tune-up. Against all odds, Yuui’s wand is powered by the heart of a mythical creature thought to have gone extinct over a thousand years ago-a dragon. To complete the restoration and put both their pasts to rest, the pair must now uncover the truth behind the dragons’ disappearance from the world…

When someone unravels the wand wall, the cornerstone of the capital’s defenses, apprentice wandmaker Ix is all but forced to investigate the perpetrator and determine their identity. Fortunately, he won’t be going it alone—both his friend Yuui and her classmate Nova tag along to lend their assistance. The few clues the trio can find lead them to a forest on the outskirts of a rural village, where a man eating, immortal witch is said to dwell. As the case and the investigators’ attachment to it grow more complex, though, and the harvest festival where the witch takes her victims draws nearer, what shocking revelations will come to light…?

Autumn turns to winter, and Ix heads to the city of Estosha to fulfill a commission from the local monastery. There, his budding friendship with Shuno, another apprentice wandmaker on the assignment, leads him to reevaluate what it means to be a craftsman. Meanwhile, Yuui and Nova also find themselves in Estosha after the New Order forces the pair to attend a series of theological conferences on Marayist scripture. But what could the New Order want with a pagan like Yuui? As the mysteries of Estosha pile up and a bomb threat rocks the conference, Yuui’s and Ix’s paths cross once again in an encounter that will determine both their fates…