Born in poverty but possessing a remarkable beauty, Camellia is taken from the streets as a child and forced to assume the identity of Camellius Bale, the second son of a noble house. Bound by duty to protect her older brother's status, Camellius lives a life of deception under her mother's command. Encountering Claude del Ihar, the heir to a prestigious dukedom, sparks a flicker of hope in Camellius as she yearns to one day reclaim her true identity as Camellia.