A girl in this era simply has to get married.
The older daughter of the Kanroji family next door had already been through several rounds of matchmaking. After enduring intense pressure from her parents to marry, Suzuno, the daughter of the Kawai family, gave in and settled on a compromise.
She decided to find a man, have a child, and leave the father out of the picture.
Society is more tolerant of divorced or widowed women than of unmarried ones. If she got married and had a child, she could expand the family wagashi shop, open branches all over the country, and make sure their biggest customer, Mitsuri Kanroji, could eat Kawai cherry blossom mochi anywhere.
Thinking of the next generation's genes, she carefully picked her targets.
First, she set her sights on the wealth, power, and rainbow-colored eyes of the leader of the Eternal Paradise Cult.
Second, she took a fancy to the brother and sister from the pleasure quarter. The brother might not be much to look at, but as the saying goes, a niece takes after her aunt.
Third, she set her sights on one person, who turned out to be “quadruplets”...
Each time she both succeeded and failed. The success was that her chosen target liked her too, and even wanted to develop a relationship with her that involved keeping her, imprisoning her, or becoming one with her.
And becoming one really meant becoming one, bones and flesh and all.
The failure was that none of them were human. They were monsters who wanted to tear her apart and devour her down to the bone.
[Suzuno, become my little bird.]
[Suzuno, will you go to hell with us?]
Kawai Suzuno flipped the table and snapped.
She plunged the icy blade into those rainbow-colored eyes. Blood-red liquid trickled down his pale cheeks. “If you're monsters, then you can all just die.”
Come on, let's cross swords! We'll see who can take whom!
Since you all want to turn me into a caged bird, let's fight to the bitter end and see who the real prey is.
[Reading Notes]
1. The heroine will not join the Demon Slayer Corps. She is an ordinary person from beginning to end. The sword-fighting is meant literally: she will stick demons with a demon-slaying blade. This woman is ruthless, cold-blooded, and merciless.
2. I want to write about scumbags who mean it when they love. The heroine doesn't love any demons or humans. The only things on her mind are her wagashi business and her big sister Mitsuri.
3. Every man, woman, and demon in this story who has no explicitly established official pairing will be unable to win the heroine's love.
[Blurb screenshotted and saved on March 4, 2026]
Theme: Courage is the song of humanity
