all rath wants is a quiet peaceful life unfortunately his father brings him too much troubleand too many debts to payfor that to ever be possible when the local crime lord drags rath out of bed and tells him he has three days to pay his fathers latest debt rath doesnt know what to do theres no way to come up with so much money in so little timethen a friend poses an idea just ridiculous enough to work enter the tournament of losers where every seventyfive years peasants compete for the chance to marry into the noble and royal houses all competitors are given a stipend to live on for the duration of the tournamentfunds enough to cover his fathers debtall he has to do is win the first few rounds collect his stipend and then its back to trying to live a quiet life