The life of Hunters is simple and understandable in its own way: walk through cities and villages and catch thorns - aliens from another world who drink human blood. But everything becomes much more complicated when it turns out that one thorn settled not just anywhere, but in the royal palace, and got involved in the society of aristocrats! And as luck would have it, a beauty contest is being held in the palace, and every contestant is a potential victim. Will the Hunters be able to identify the turn? And which of them will have it worse? The Hunter who fell in love with the king's own bride, or the Huntress whose heart was won by the supposed thorn?