Nine years of sacrifice earned Cayen nothing but a shattered mana core, a false accusation, and three months left to live.

For the first time in his life, he chooses himself.

Far from the people who only remembered him when they needed him, Cayen settles into a quiet village and spends his remaining days exactly as he wishes. Back in the capital, however, the foundations he spent years holding together begin to crumble, and those who cast him aside slowly discover just how much they had taken for granted.

Some realizations simply come too late.