Layla sacrifices years gathering rare mystical essences to grant human ascension to her oceanic companion Neil, only to be butchered and cast into an abyss the second he gains flesh. Waking on the morning of her original summoning trial with full memories intact, she turns her back on the smug beast and binds her fate to a wounded garden snake instead.
Her venomous sister Evelyn eagerly claims the humanized leviathan, mocking Layla for choosing vermin before the royal academy. Yet Layla discovers that her tiny familiar is the true ancient sovereign of the depths in slumbering disguise. When Neil attempts to grovel for reconciliation, Layla focuses on claiming her rightful throne.
