Being apart from each other has become a normal part of Mina and Rai's relationship. Rai has spent almost an entire year traveling while Mina carries out her life in Rhapsodia Village; Rhapsodia Port to be more exact. Letters and word-of-mouth by sailors are the only lasting connection between the two. During one letter reading session, Mina is interrupted by her close friend Lucia, a wealthy lady who lives in Chateau Monico, a large mansion in the center of Rhapsodia Port. Mina is told by Lucia that Seth, a young priest of the Cosmosi Faction and longtime friend to both Mina and Lucia, has an urgent request to see both of them. Lucia, however, has other plans: tending to the annual ball to be held on this very night in Chateau Monico. Lucia asks Mina to go and visit Seth for the two of them, and also invites her to the ball. Mina accepts, and heads on to the Cosmosi Faction. On the way there, Mina stops in Lust Masque and gets a fortune read by the local fortune-teller Isis. According to Isis, something, or someone, in Mina's life isn't doing so well.
The very next day, a letter arrives in the mail...