The rich daughter of a noble family seems to be a star-studded existence. She plays chess, calligraphy and painting, is gentle and elegant, and is a lady. This is an excellent young lady. Then when she reached marriageable age, she was assigned to be a wife to a man she had never met. Having enough food and clothing throughout his life seems to be a carefree life.
Inoue Nao's life was like this. She was already engaged when she was still in her mother's womb. The other party was a child of a rising samurai family named Takasugi Shinsuke, but she had never met him.
"I don't want this." Nao Inoue raised her head, and Yoshida Shoyo's smiling face looking at him was reflected in her pupils. "I want to escape from this home. I want to pursue the life I want and implement my own bushido, just like the teacher said."