Akira is uneducated and underfed—just another homeless kid in the slums. Hunting relics of a dead civilization is his only way out, but his first foray into the ruins threatens to end his brief life—until he meets a mysterious woman named Alpha.

Akira sets out to escape the slums, hunting lost technology in the deadly ruins of the “Old World.” The young street orphan would be lucky just to survive—until an encounter with Alpha, a mysterious, ghostly woman, changes his fate forever.

After fighting in the war, Lud Langart now runs a bakery, but thanks to his scowl, he can't sell any bread. He hires a beautiful young girl as a waitress to help save his business, not knowing that she was the AI of his old weapon.