In the Renaissance Italy. Legend has it that whoever finds the sword Emerald Lion will become the king to unite and rule Italy. And the key to find the sword is Madonna of the Flower Crown, a painting drawn by Da Vinci. Leonora is a beautiful girl with silver hair and emerald green eyes and the daughter of a noble family. She was forced to marry the prince of Padova. Her wedding celebration was interrupted by a young man on a runaway horse. Leonora calmed the horse down by throwing her veil over his face, and the young man secretly murmurs something at her about the "flower crowned madonna", then took off. On her wedding night, she saw the painting in her husband's house. The girl in the painting looked exactly like her! Soon her overheard her husband saying that the young man on the horse was the prince of Napoli and talking about the prophecy and controlling Italy. Wanting to clear things up, she stole the painting and escaped, dressed up as a boy hoping to find the sword and change her life.
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