A southern teenage girl, Soya Hosuwa, lives in the isolated coastal village of Matama. She has only one mission: to be accepted into a prestigious university located in the northern capital of the Empire of Longyu.
There is just one problem: Soya's community has been completely devastated by an earthquake. She is left with nothing but the clothes on her back and a chatty cat named Ala'watori to keep her company.
With no home to return to, Soya...