魔法使いの嫁 - 羽鳥チセは15歳の少女。
彼女は帰れる場所も、生きる理由も、そのための術も、何も持ち合わせていない。
ただひとつ、生まれ持った特別な力を除いて。
そんなチセを弟子として、そして将来の花嫁として迎え入れたのは、異形の魔法使い・エリアス。
悠久の時を生きる魔法使いとの暮しの中で、チセは大切な何かを少しずつ取り戻していく…。
これは、世界の美しさを識る為の物語。
Mahoutsukai no Yome (The Ancient Magus' Bride) - Chise Hatori, a 15-year-old Japanese girl, was sold for five million pounds at an auction to a tall masked gentleman. Abandoned at a young age and ridiculed by her peers for her unconventional behavior, she was ready to give herself to any buyer if it meant having a place to go home to. In chains and on her way to an unknown fate, she hears whispers from robed men along her path, gossiping and complaining that such a buyer got his hands on a rare "Sleigh Beggy."
Ignoring the murmurs, the mysterious man leads the girl to a study, where he reveals himself to be Elias Ainsworth—a magus. After a brief confrontation and a bit of teleportation magic, the two open their eyes to Elias' picturesque cottage in rural England. Greeted by fairies and surrounded by weird and wonderful beings upon her arrival, these events mark the beginning of Chise's story as the apprentice and supposed bride of the ancient magus.