A blood-soaked great hall and the copper reek of a massacre she wrought with her own two hands — that is the memory Echinacea Roaz cannot scrub from her skin. She was the daughter of an ordinary count, until a cursed blade found its way into her household and hollowed her out from the inside. One by one, every person she loved fell to her sword. For fifteen years the curse held her in its teeth, and when she finally claimed all ten of the legendary Giosa blades and stood before the holy sword, she did not beg for absolution. She made a wish: send her back to a time before she had killed anyone .

Miracles do not strike twice — a voice she now carries like a scar reminds her of this — so she will carve her own happiness with the same hands that once destroyed it . The timeline has rewound to the moment every tragedy began, yet the demonic sword remains in her grip, humming with the same hunger that ruined her . Echinacea resolves never to be controlled again, not by the blade, not by fate, not by anyone. But the root of her calamity has not vanished with the reset, and her past is not as buried as she needs it to be. When a commander with quiet eyes and a personal interest in her begins circling close, holding answers she never knew existed, she must ask herself whether the key to happiness lies in erasing the past — or in finally understanding what really happened the first time she bled .

Also known as: 검을 든 꽃, Geom-eul Deun Kkot, The Flower Who Bears The Sword, 执剑之花.