<p><span style="color: #212529; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">With her mother dead and father long gone, Chise Hatori has spent her childhood being passed unwanted from relative to relative,</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #212529; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">until she finally makes her unfortunate way to a strange and improbable auction block. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #212529; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Offered as a “Slay Vega” to the highest bidder, Chise is purchased by the (literally) boneheaded Elias Ainsworth, </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #212529; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">who promises to take her on as his apprentice. </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #212529; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Elias is a mage, and his world is one of dragons and faeries - but before Chise can begin to get accustomed to all of this, </span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #212529; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="color: #212529; font-family: Ubuntu, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Elias drops another bombshell. Apparently Chise isn't just intended to be his apprentice - she will also be his bride.</span></p>