It was one hundred years ago, when the great witch Nebulis turned The Empire into nothing but a sea of flames. The Empire, a militaristic nation and The Country of Witches, The Nebulis Royal Household Agency: the two countries that have been trapped in a never-ending war. Long ago, deep underground the planet, an imperial research unit discovered a type of energy never seen before, and that energy was star spirits. The special attribute of star spirits is that they live in humans; people who have drawn in a star spirit, have a bright birthmark appear on their body. And because of that, they can wield supernatural power, which other people call magic. Of course, the empire started to fear people that hosted star spirits and began to discriminate against them. The oppressed got tired of it and one day started a revolt and so the Great War began. The witch forces, never strong enough, however, among them had the great witch Nebulis, host to the greatest star spirit of them all; she burned the empire in the flames of death. After that, those who were loved by the power of star spirits, decided to start their own country. But this was not the end of the war.
Basically, the story is about the two factions. An empire starts to discriminate against its people only because of the fact that they gain power and thus are different from those who do not have this supernatural power. Either it is the love of humans to discriminate against those who are different, or just a simple fear that those with power might one day dethrone the government, call it however you want. The oppressed get tired of the fact that they are being looked down, form their own kingdom and now they do not actually see anything bad in discriminating against those who have no magic. What a coincidence!
In this world, there are two people: Iska, the young swordsman who is among the Empire’s greatest forces and the ice witch, who is considered one of the strongest witches. The two are both tired of the never-ending war, but they cannot work together, because of the fact that they are from the opposing factions. However, only together will they be able to put an end to this war.
All in all, the manga is quite good. But what I dislike about it is the fact its characters are somewhat weak. Of course, I have only read 23 chapters so far and it might show us more in the future chapters, as well as in the upcoming TV adaptation. But for now, it is a very weak 8/10.
