The novels story centers on Kaede Honjō, who is invited by her friend Risa Shiramine to play a virtual reality MMO game with her. While Kaede doesn t dislike games, what she really, truly dislikes is being in pain. She creates a character named Maple, and decides to put all her points in VIT to minimize pain. As a result, she moves slowly, can t use magic, and even a rabbit can get the best of her. But as it turns out, she acquires a skill known as Absolute Defense as a result of her pumping points into VIT, as well as a Counter Skill that works against special moves. Now, with her ability to nullify all damage, she goes on adventures.