Daily Life at the Honmaru, Leading Swordsmen in Farming

In the Heian period, when humans and spirits lived side by side, being human was hard, and being a half-yokai was even harder.

As a weak little half-yokai with neither parent alive, you were on the verge of starving to death when you finally got a golden finger: a farm called Honmaru.

But the farm was too big, and all you knew how to do was scratch at the soil with your claws. You had no idea how to grow crops.

What you needed was a group of laborers.

Luckily, Honmaru came with a sword-drawing gacha System that could summon sword spirits to work for you. But what kind of pulls were these from the start?

A lost old man: Hahahahaha.

An old man with memory problems who got names wrong every day: Aido, shall I turn into weeds and cut them down?

An old man with twin tails who thought his colleague would be better at farming: Go find Hinoe Shorin. He's suited for this.

Every one of them looks more expensive than you.

The world can just end already!

Reading guide:

1. Second-person narration, everyday-life story. You start farming in the Heian period. Also known as "Touken Valley Story."

2. The sword-and-Saniwa relationship is familial. Guest characters were born no later than the Kamakura period. The main goal is to put the old blades through the wringer.

3. The heroine is a half-yokai and Ritsuki's younger sister.

4. Blurb archived on 2025.6.22, revised on 2025.10.23

Theme: Labor creates a better life