Exhausted after dealing with the golem incident, Zenos decides to get some well-deserved rest and travels to a hot springs resort. His ability to actually rest, however, is greatly impaired when his collection of problem patients follow him there. Coincidentally, Umin, a healer affiliated with the Royal Institute of Healing, also happens to be staying at the exact same inn. When an accident befalls their hosts, Zenos once again demonstrates his "plain ol' shadow healer" abilities, and in so doing yet again attracts the exact kind of attention he didn't want. Now on the Institute's radar, Zenos is faced with an unexpected request...