Flora Lane lives on the planet Sieren in the state of Innex during the 336th year of the Space Century. She teaches at an elementary school, her blindness posing no obstacle to her instruction or bonds with others. Her students deeply admire her, and she commands respect and warmth from the school principal and wider community, earned through her uplifting presence and tranquil life in the town.

Flora's existence shifts unexpectedly upon meeting Locke, a youth who seems ordinary but conceals multiple superpowers. His secrecy leads Flora and others to initially dismiss him as unremarkable. Their chance encounter nonetheless pulls Flora toward the edges of escalating galactic conflicts.

Her routine fractures when Major Caliann, a military envoy, recruits Locke for an investigation into Lordleon’s space pirates after their assaults on Astoria Concern. Suspicion mounts because Astoria Concern’s chairman, Great Georg, withheld reports of the attacks from the Union. Flora’s proximity to Locke positions her near this inquiry, intertwining her serene world with Lordleon’s violent strife.