The Akinomori kingdom has abandoned huge armies for two hundred years. Royal knights perform escort and police functions. The real weapons of the kingdom are the battle sorcerers raised in the free city of Zenshin. Each of them is worth ten men-at-arms in heavy armor, they are the real shield and sword of Akinomori. Young adept Keiran Hash, yesterday’s graduate of the Shogakko School of Battle Sorcerers, finds himself drawn into a chain of strange events that almost cost him and his comrades their lives. Who is behind this? Sorcerers of other countries? Conspirators within the kingdom? The answer to the questions is hidden in mystery.

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