Botan, a kunoichi whose wedding day should be near, whose life is anything but simple. She serves a master whose household has fallen into decline, and in a desperate bid to maintain her loyalty and support him, she agrees to a harrowing request from her uncle, their financial patron. This decision pulls her into a shadowy world, behind closed doors, and hidden from the very lord she seeks to protect In secret, hidden away from the master she truly wishes to serve, Botan surrenders herself to the uncle, rationalizing her ordeal as nothing more than a mission. a necessary cost for a greater good.