Ivy visits a village after catching a field mouse in a trap. She sees everyone going about their work using their magical skills and frets over her own skill. Ivy sells her mouse meat and buys the first bread she's had in years, but there's a problem...

Femicia lives with her loving family. She's about to turn five—the age at which everyone receives a magical skill. No one knows what skill they will receive. That is left to the will of the gods. Femicia wants to be a tamer and work with monsters, but...

Ivy and Sora continue their journey, enjoying their time together. In an attempt to get Sora to sleep early, Ivy begins to tell a bedtime story. Long, long ago, the world was at war. To stop the war, a magician used a certain magic...