After several months of guarding the crybaby knight at Archdemon Zagan's behest, Barbatos comes down with a mysterious malady. Going to a sorcerer for medical advice is little help-the disease proves beyond a specialist's capabilities! Meanwhile, word crops up of a string of dark-elf-related incidents all across Kianoides. Worried that they might have something to do with her new acquaintance Nephteros, Chastille begins investigating, only to find another figure inextricably linked to her past.