The winner takes it all. Theta Mariyah understands this rule of the strong the day her mother died in front of her. It is also the day she awakened her magic. Having been born as a lowly concubine's daughter in a non-magic kingdom, Theta knows how rare her case is. What's more, she is the first aether mage after many years of extinction - and she is probably the last. With the power of dark and light arcana in her, should she embark in a path of revenge or should she explore the society of mages?