Chise and her companions’ efforts to rehabilitate the former Wasteland of Nothingness have paid off, leaving no need for the barrier the goddess Liriel erected to isolate the region. With bittersweet feelings, the little witch watches it fall, hoping no bad egg will come to stir up trouble in the forest she now calls home.

Meanwhile, north of the forest, the Mubad Empire is in dire straits. The capital is plagued by random street attacks, and the culprit has yet to be found. Even stranger, none of the victims bear any wounds whatsoever, but all of them have been nearly drained of their blood. A secret agent is sent by the imperial authorities to investigate, and the trail leads him to an abandoned mansion. There, he runs into the perpetrator: a woman with silver hair, crimson eyes, and very long, very sharp fangs...