Overcoming deep-seated psychological trauma and learning to trust another person again.
The narrative shifts with the introduction of a gentle, traveling apothecary. Instead of exploiting or abandoning her, he uses his knowledge of medicine and restorative care to heal her physical wounds and soothe her emotional scars.
: The manga opens with a deeply traumatised, physically battered, and heavily scarred elf girl. She has spent years enduring severe abuse and neglect at the hands of cruel masters, leaving her emotionally shut down and convinced that her life holds no value.