In 2030, the world was mostly filled by people with supernatural powers, called Grace. In Nautilopolis, a slum town in Northern Europe, Frederick lived as a slave laborer, working every day for a couple of meals for himself and his sick mother while enduring abuses from the foreman that broke his hand and left several grave wounds. Frederick brought the food to his home so he could eat his last dinner with his mother. His mother healed his wound with her Grace, which was her last energy while Frederick was sleeping, and then conveyed her last word for Frederick to get out of town. Frederick was then determined to find a way to escape Nautilopolis.