Young princess Finé, the daughter of the Archduke of a small alpine country, travels to the neutral land of Westria to seek help against the Germanian empire that is invading her kingdom. But her plans go awry when she's captured by the Germanians, and transported by air back to their capital of Neu-Berlin. Then a strange light appears at the back of the plane, and a witch begins to awaken...

The capital of Landsbruck has fallen, and Izetta and the princess are chased into the mountains. As the imperial forces track them down, Seig makes Izetta an offer: he's willing to give her the other half of Sophie's magic stone. With this powerfulitem she fight toe-to-toe with Germania's witch, but it causes the user tremendous pain, and shortens their lifespan...