Alicia, the court’s chief painter and seemingly beloved wife of Privy Council judge Lucius, has been drugged by alchemical potions for seven years, imprisoned in a bell tower to forge royal scrolls for profit. After accidentally swapping painting tubes with dragoon commander Kanel, he finds her hidden plea note and strikes a bargained alliance. Marked insane to be silenced, Alicia flees with Kane, who defends her, and they fall for each other. Using her smuggling records, they gather evidence. In the final showdown, she exposes Lucius and kills him. Freed at last, she stands with Kane in the royal square.
