Domhan, 1865After a summer of processing some personal revelations, the sixteen-year-old "fire user," Artesia Addison, returns to Fearghus Academy where she sees all her friends she hasn't seen over the summer. She wasn't the only one who took time to explore herself - Eilam Deforest has a new set of friends and his secrets seem to be stacking.
The new school year introduces a fresh set of challenges, including the opportunity to compete in a global magic tournament that takes place in another city, where the top eight schools from around the world send select students to fight for the glory of first place.
Artesia and her school-assigned group make it into the tournament. While in this new city, Guiscard, Artesia meets a girl from another academy and the two hit it off. But feelings of guilt brought on by Artesia's Earthly upbringing make this new social territory confusing. Even frightening. As she's trying to work through her conflicting emotions, she has to fight increasingly dangerous battles.
No matter how busy she and her friends get with the tournament, the city's criminal underworld takes no breaks. The criminal mastermind Alptraum Engel has disruptive plans for the tournament, for Fearghus Academy, and for Artesia.
