hidden identity · apothecary · poison master · swordsmanship · monster hunter · rural setting · humble facade · ruthless guardian · japanese folklore · secret mission
The Ōoku holds dark secrets. Following the delay of the prince's birth and the disappearance of a maid aspiring to be an imperial writer, you, dreaming of serving there, arrived at the northwest gate. You met Akame and Asa, who also sought employment. An official ordered the entry; you walked forward with resolve, forgetting your past. Inside, maids in an enormous pit greeted you. The high-ranking Lady Utayama demanded a valuable object for your renewal. You cast it away and began to serve. Four days later, Miss Mugitani died. Utayama concealed it as a voluntary departure. Then a strange man arrived—an apothecary named Kusuriuri—claiming the death was the work of a karakasa-type mononoke, revealing the truth...