Yajiro and Rushuna travel together when they are attacked.  It appears that their attackers are after Rushuna due to a reward notice about a long blonde haired monster.  She disarms the attackers and heads to the nearest village.  She later runs into the monster herself and is impressed with the weird type of weapon it has, she barely escapes by falling over a cliff but not before she discovers that the monster is really armor driven by a young boy.  Yajiro and Rushuna meet up again in an inn and when she sees a picture of the king she tells everyone that he's the monster.  No one believes her since the king is so kind and benevolent.  Later, the king tells Jester that he's been seen and Jester goes to take care of the problem.  He attacks Rushuna in the bath house but she and Yajiro overpower him.  When Rushuna discovers that the girl that was with her was injured in the bath house, she gets set to take on the castle and confront the king.