A year and a half has passed since the events of the second part of Osteria. The Grand Duchy of Freiveling has already managed to start and end the war. The Ray Valley Confederacy has confidently found its feet and is confidently moving towards becoming a new Empire. A coup d'etat took place in Carfenac, and the Duchy of Tabran is preparing for a campaign of conquest in the far North. In a year and a half, everything has changed, but nothing has changed. Those in power are also concerned about certain problems, while simpler people are concerned about others. Signora Merino Lika, a former interrogator of the Secret Imperial Guard, is third. Having drowned the pain in work, he suddenly finds a fresh trace of those who burned his soul to the ground. More precisely, not a trace - just a trace of a trace. But the former “hound” is enough to start the hunt.