The boy Aleph followed his four childhood friends from the village when they joined the Hero's party.

His childhood girl friends adored him, saying "We love Aleph!", and he even had a marriage promise with one of them.

However, six months later—there was Aleph, hated by his childhood friends as if he were filth, and

the Hero, Hayato, who was now receiving the kind of affection Aleph once did...

This is a revenge story where Aleph, reduced to a mere porter and scorned by the Hero and his childhood friends, accepts their betrayal, fuels himself with hatred, and ultimately gets his full payback.

However, that's not quite the story this is...