Main protagonist is Tsurumi Asuta. 17 yrs old, 2nd year high schooler. He was working as an apprentice cook at Tsurumi-ya, managed by his father. One day a fire broke out in Tsurumi-ya, for the sake of his father's cherished knife 'Santoku Houchou' he ran back inside to retrieve it and thus met his end. Before he knew it he awoke to an unknown environment. He was then attacked by a beast resembling a boar but a girl named Aifa, from the People of Morihen, saved him. It was then that he realized he was really in different world.