College dropout and family disappointment Hannah Hartford is generally a regular person with a regular life. This presents a problem only in that their mother is a renown magic scholar and a powerful wielder of a holy artifact who would very much like her child to make something of themselves. With no powers or skills to speak of, Hannah copes with falling short of expectations by embracing their status as a deadbeat and romanticizing failure.

That is, until an old friend appears back in their life who has more than enough intrigue to compensate for them, and they make it their mission to take his problems as their own, for better and for worse.