Prologue
The year is 1780, at the height of the reign of terror in France. Amongst the emigrants that fled France in 1779, there was a young, but bright military general named Akashi Seijurro. Akashi's tactical brilliance led to him being named the commander of the main counterrevolutionary forces. However, when Akashi leads his forces back into France, something goes wrong and Akashi ends up separated from his army. Akashi is ambushed by a small mercenary group, and barely escapes with his life. Desperate and injured, Akashi seeks refuge in a small village, all while keeping his identity secret from his enemies, the Jacobins.
Kuroko Tetsuya is the son of two poor peasant revolutionaries. His mother was one of the driving forces of the "liberation" of his native village, the village of Puissance. Kuroko, despite being the son of such revolutionary extremists, harbors no hate for the nobles, and believes in upholding the original values of the revolution, something he feels are overlooked in the chaos of the revolution. His life is filled with hard labor, and he lives in constant fear of being falsely branded as an "enemy of the revolution", and guillotined. However, everything changes when a red-haired outsider stumbles upon his care…