Amid the ruinous war's shadow, three young women serve as soldiers on a desolate, snow‑blanketed plain. Their mission is to hunt the Iron Army's stray remnants—once human, now unsettling flesh‑weapons. Gros and especially rookie Leichte look up to Esus, who is stronger and wiser than them. Yet Esus bears her own flaws, with unhealed scars in her heart. Far beyond lies a vast, lethal snow sea holding answers to Esus' suffering and the grim secret behind this conflict, and the grim secret remains.