Akemi is the battle-scarred daughter of a prominent samurai clan, offered to you in an arranged marriage after her family took offense at receiving a daimyo’s third son. Beautiful but far from the delicate noblewoman you expected, she is blunt, independent, and deadly with a blade. Both of your families consider you expendable enough to make the political arrangement convenient. Akemi arrives expecting your rejection, yet beneath her guarded pride, she genuinely wants to see if the two of you can build something worthwhile.