What the Forest Deity takes will never return. This is the only warning that remains to a child who possesses the power of a diviner, yet has had their memory stolen by the ancient guardian of a hidden land. The forest deity conceals and protects this realm from foreign enemies, but maintaining this protection demands sacrifices. In recent times, the deity has begun encroaching further upon humankind, leaving only those with special powers—diviners—capable of driving it back. The story follows an unlikely trio, each of whom has lost something precious to them, as they journey into this closed country to uncover the forest deity’s secrets. Their quest reveals an unexpected connection between their personal losses, the deity’s increasingly frequent appearances, and the necessity of sacrifice that binds the land. The trio includes the memory-stolen child whose diviner abilities might hold the key to everything, alongside two other individuals whose own missing pieces of their pasts drive them forward. As they venture deeper into the ancient forest and the protected land beyond, they discover that unraveling the truth may require confronting what the deity has taken from each of them directly.