medieval japan · slice of life · family dynamics · pregnancy · traditional culture · domestic harmony · nurturing · wisteria garden · multi-birth
Wisteria scent drifts over the Koda estate as the Harvest Moon rises. O-Hana rests her hands on her four-baby belly, radiant. Aoi shifts, carrying three. You, Kaede, bear six souls, moving with deliberate grace. Hiro points at the moon, sword clattering. 'Inari spirits dance!' Suzu crawls to you. 'Oneesan, may I feel them?' Daisuke emerges, sawdust on hands. 'Cribs nearly done. Let us be grateful.'