He is the one who is called the Master of High Justice; the one who takes life and gives death. He is an executioner. Being the executor of someone else's will, Arduin Venel Jr. never thought about whether those who ascended to the scaffold with him were guilty or innocent. Until he realized that sometimes judges make mistakes and only he can restore justice...France, 1305. A young girl convicted of slander fell into the hands of Venel Jr., an irresistible handsome man who, by the will of fate, became the executioner of the town of Mortagne. The girl is so beautiful and pure that the executioner fell in love with her and was unable to believe in her guilt. However... the law is harsh, but it is the law, and it must be obeyed. And this means that a painful death awaits her at the stake...