Until recently, Victor was a knight and heir to the barony, a hero of a lost war. Now he is a simple investigator of the guard in a foreign country. While the noble guests of the prince decide the fate of this part of the mainland, Victor gets an investigation into a series of bloody murders, an expert witch as a partner and a mountain of paperwork. How far will his search for a maniac lead, and who will be the true culprit of the crimes?