This is the land of Endless.
It was named because no one had ever found an end to this place, not even the mermaids that live in the sea which surrounds all the land. All of those who sailed out had never returned.
The sea was grand, also is the land. In the ancient times, two cultures divided the land between them. Now as time passed by, both cultures divided into smaller countries, but the gap between the two cultures cannot be concealed, which often results in wars between them. The two cultures drew a direct boarder line in the middle of Endless; they are the Eastern and the Western.
Two sides of the boarder have different races, different plants, different languages and even different landscapes. At the times of peace, not just the humans, even the non-humans loves to visit the other side of the boarder and even live or travel there for long periods of time.
Saber Retsu is one of them.
Or at least he seems like one of them.
He was born in the country of Nihong, a pure Eastern human, but he now walks the land of the Western, living off the payment from completing Quests. He was only twenty-three years old, but already is an excellent Magic-Hunter, and is somewhat famous within the career.
Retsu has just taken a Quest of finding a ruby necklace that was lost by some rich lady within the Black Forest. To say the truth, he doesn't like this kind of Quests very much, but the reward is very high, and he kind of needs money right now.
Three days of traveling, and he finally reached a small town at the edge of the forest.
Retsu decided to rest there for one night before he went into the forest.