Beast King Elden suffers under an ancient electrical curse that instantly incinerates any living creature he physically touches, finding his sole immunity in Vera, a gentle human maiden. Though he coerces her into marriage to seek a cure, Vera gradually softens toward his lonely soul, walking barefoot through thorns to pray for his deliverance.
When an envious rival substitutes lethal venom into his protective elixir during nuptial rites, the hex shatters, but Vera collapses seemingly lifeless. Elden spends six lonely winters weeping at her memorial marker until a chance encounter with golden-eared twin toddlers in the outer district reunites the shattered household.
