One day, the owner of the divine universe makes a wager with Mephistopheles, a being from “the other side.” Their wager was to see whether a special soul born on earth would grow up to become a servant that follows the divine path or the wicked one. In present time, mid-19th century Prussia, Martin, an aspiring novelist meets a mysterious Elysse Wagner at a countryside inn. Together, they end up embarking on a journey to find an ominous group that claims to know a way to bring the dead back to life. Only, there is more to Elysse than Martin could’ve ever imagined…