The Present The story starts in a village with an atmosphere akin to Europe in the 19th century. There is a big noble villa there where Corliss Green is working. One day she wakes up and finds herself in front of a weird café. Noir, the waiter, tells her that she has already died, but failed to go to the afterworld and, as a lost spirit, she ended up at the entrance to Café 0. He later gave Corliss a chance to return to a week before she died. But does she really need to go to the afterworld? And what is the truth behind her untimely death? The Past Sophie Evans works as a midwife. She is a cheerful woman and everybody likes her. What is her relation to the missing incident 15 years ago?