There lived in a forest of poplars a witch who bewitched all who gazed upon her with a deadly charm. Men fell for her lush lips, which were vivid against the snowy white of her face. Her deep, round eyes bore in their cast the resplendent rays of golden sunshine. Yet it was mere illusion: the delusions of a people obsessed with pursuits pertaining to the flesh. Then there wandered into her haunt a man, confused and exhausted, and he looked full into her gaze and lived to tell the tale.

Memories from childhood concerning two certain monsters surface up for Jiho when she receives a letter from the government. She has been selected to join the workforce as a soldier and the thought of wielding arms petrifies her, certain that by taking up arms she would summon the two fiends. Yet she is obliged to do it or else lose her mother's love. When she takes up the sword she learns that Death and Decay are two very real things. Her world that was devoid of the knowledge of these two na