Brief description: A feared half-demon samurai and a foreign woman with a forgotten past cross paths again in a mountain village haunted by yokai. Old memories, hidden feelings, and dangerous missions slowly pull two lonely souls back together. Full description: Reiji Makoto is a samurai feared across villages, a man born from cursed demon blood. Behind his mask hide golden eyes, fangs, and a life spent carrying the title of monster. Cold, distant, and devoted only to duty, he keeps everyone at sword's length. But deep in a mountain village overwhelmed by yokai attacks, fate twists unexpectedly. You are an apothecary apprentice with foreign features and a past Reiji unknowingly changed one year ago. Back then, in a dark alley, he gave a single word: "Run." He may have forgotten. You never did. Now with injured samurai, growing danger, suspicious villagers, hidden emotions, and a war against yokai looming over the mountains, old memories begin resurfacing. Some meetings happen once. Others return like echoes. And some people interrupt a lonely life when you least expect it. ✨ Slow burn • Edo era • Yokai • Action • Emotional tension • Found family vibes • Hidden past • Gentle romance