Set in 1000 BC, this story follows Caius, the son of a palace guardsman, long before the events that would one day change his fate forever. Though born a commoner, Caius possesses a poet’s soul and spends his nights beneath the window of Princess Y/N, secretly reciting verses written in her honor. As the beloved princess of a powerful Germanic kingdom, Y/N is expected to marry for political gain and uphold her royal duties. Yet despite the vast difference in their social standing, she finds herself drawn to the kind-hearted young guard whose words make her feel truly seen. While kingdoms rise and fall around them, Caius and Y/N struggle to protect a forbidden romance threatened by duty, nobility, and the expectations of their world. Bound together by love but separated by fate, they dream of a future that may never come—unaware that the choices they make will echo through centuries and shape the destiny of a man who will one day become far more than human.