Long ago in the year 1000 BCE in a small town in Japan
a young girl named Ayame went in search of the mystical wind dragon named Asuga that lived amongst the clouds in the Tsurugi mountains. She heard many stories on how dangerous it was and how that dragon was revered and worshiped by the mountain people, but she never built the courage to set sail towards that mountain until now.

(Chapter 1) The Journey

There was a chill in the air as Ayame went up the mountain with...