In the story, jill savelle, who was once betrothed to gerald de kleitos and known as "lady goddess of war," finds herself being hunted by her own country. she is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned. as she lies on her deathbed, she wakes up six years earlier, determined not to be a mere pawn this time around. to achieve this goal, jill pretends to love the 19-year-old dragon emperor hades theos rave, who will eventually become a tyrant and cause destruction. however, in this timeline, hades is kind but unfortunate, and jill must decide whether she can prevent him from descending into madness or if he is doomed to follow the same path as before.