The game takes place a year after tales of xillia. Elle mel marta is ordered by her father to board a train at a certain time and to find a place called the land of canaan. The train is hijacked before its departure and ludger will kresnik boards the train to save her. The train crashes and the two receive intensive injury requiring quality treatment from clanspia inc. Which puts ludger in debt. As ludger works off the debt he is hired by clanspi