After the events of Seirei no Moribito, Balsa returns to her birthplace in Kanbal to revisit her past with Jiguro, the man who raised her. When she finds out that he has been implicated for the death of the king, she fights to clear his name, and on the way uncovers the hidden part of Kanbal. This is the manga adaptation of the second novel in the Moribito light novel series, each with a standalone plot. Seirei no Moribito is the prequel."