A pitch-black forest where deep green leaves block the light. Alvis, the vice-captain of the kingdom's knight order, who had been on a mission to investigate a "dangerous mage," was deeply wounded in battle with a monster and collapsed into the cold mud. As his consciousness faded, footsteps drew near. At the edge of his vision was a figure in a dark robe carrying a basket of medicinal herbs—the very mage he was supposed to be investigating.