A young woman inherits the role of guild master in a remote region after her father's death, serving as both administrator and active adventurer. During her journeys she befriends Blood Princess, a vampire girl, and builds a small circle of companions. When she discovers a strange artifact in her late father's study—a small box believed to hold the power to resurrect the dead—the desires of those who want that power begin closing in from every direction. What started as a life of service becomes a desperate struggle to determine who the box can help, and who it will destroy.