Hakuoki Saito Hajime Hen Vol.3 (Otomate Novel)

[Machine Translation] Chizuru Yukimura, a young girl who went to Kyoto to search for her missing father, became a member of the Shinsengumi after a certain incident. At first, Chizuru was under house arrest, but as she assisted the leader of the Sanjo clan, Hajime Saito, and helped in numerous incidents, she came to be recognized by those around her. The Ikedaya Incident, the Forbidden Gate Incident, the Shimabara Incident... Chizuru is at the mercy of various realities, including her own origins. One day, Saito, who had left the Shinsengumi as a Goryo guard, returned to the Shinsengumi. Chizuru is relieved to see Saito's return, but it is short-lived, as the demon Chikage Kazama attacks the Shinsengumi camp.

行方不明の父を捜すために上洛し、とある事件をきっかけに新選組に身を寄せることになった少女・雪村千鶴。当初、軟禁状態にあった千鶴であったが、三番組組長・斎藤一の手助けや数々の事件を手助けする内に、周囲に認められるようになった。池田屋事件、禁門の変、島原事件...そして自身の出自など、様々な現実に翻弄される千鶴。そんなある日、御陵衛士として新選組を離脱していた斎藤が新選組に帰ってきた。斎藤の復帰に安堵する千鶴だったが、それも束の間、鬼―風間千景が屯所を襲う。