Asahina Kiyo

The story, set in the Meiji era over a century ago, follows Shino Nakamura, a young girl who is tricked into becoming live bait for the fearsome tengu who dwell in the mountains. The white tengu who appears before her, however, offers to save her instead of eating her.

Misora has lost her place to live after her company went bankrupt. She is alone in the world and has no one to rely on, and when she runs out of savings, she collapses in a park. She wonders if she is going to die..... But the next time she wakes up, she finds that she has been put to sleep in a magnificent mansion! Living in the house was a young man, Rasen, and his four children, who seemed to be somewhat out of touch with the world. When Rasen heard that she had fallen ill, he said to her, “That's just what I was looking for. Then you can take care of the children.” Misora was offered to work as a housekeeper. She accepts the offer with unbeatable conditions, but it seems that there is a reason for this family....

When the daughter of a fallen noble family is chosen to become a sacrificial bride, her groom is none other than the Shinigami— a cold-hearted, human-hating God of Death.Chizuru works for the Sanjou family, a newly made noble house with a thriving textiles factory in Koishigawa. However, as the daughter of a family which once ranked far higher than the Sanjous, Chizuru receives nothing but scorn and contempt from her new employers.Without warning, a plague breaks out in the town and victims of the disease all die with the same words on their lips: ‘The Shinigami stands at my bedside.’In a desperate attempt to appease the god who brought the plague upon them, Chizuru is selected as a sacrificial bride.This is a story of a ruined noble, a God of Death, and the romance that blossoms between their two lonely souls.Original Web Publication Official Website