In the southern reaches of the Quin Amar Empire's continent lies Auvers, a small rural village nestled by the sea. Nixie, a former soldier who, following the war's conclusion, invested her entire fortune in a secluded home within Auvers, aspires to embrace the life of a farmer and find joy in each passing day. It is there she encounters 'Benjamin Richter,' an artist and a deserter from the once-hostile Jikuk Empire…. "Artist, I shall give you my entire fortune, 260 gold, if you will paint for me." "...Yet, did you not claim yesterday that your entire fortune amounted to 500 gold?" "Ah, I stand discovered." Nixie, who navigates life adorned with epithets such as 'unhinged' and 'madwoman,' true to her reputation, persistently follows Benjamin, vexing him in her unique way(?)….