After being orphaned at a young age, Alice spent most of her childhood living with her aunt. Unfortunately, her abusive uncle also lived with them and held a grudge against her. At the age of 15, she decided to leave and travel back to Kyoto to train as a maiko with hopes of becoming a geisha in the future. However, when she arrived, she was surprised to see how much the city had changed in the eight years she had been away, almost like it was a completely different world.