After being forced to leave school and give up her magical education, seventeen-year-old Aurelie is currently an overworked, underappreciated, and unfulfilled apprentice at Basil's Bakery. She has resigned herself to a mundane life, but her world is turned upside down when a bounty hunter named Iliana walks into the bakery, asking for her help in rescuing Prince Hapless. They embark on a quest in the dangerous Underwood, and soon, Aurelie starts to dream of something bigger for her life beyond being a simple baker.