Hana Ha Shishi Ni Mamorareru (Charade Bunko)

[Machine Translation] Mettu, who earns his living by showing pilgrims the birthmark on his back that resembles a lotus flower, loses his place in the village because he cannot follow the villagers who want to take advantage of his good looks. Mettu sets off in the direction of a place where people with the same hair and eye color as himself live, but the journey is hard and he is saved by a traveler named Sengel when he is about to run out of strength. He visits the shrine of his master and is reunited with the benefactor who saved him more than once. However, Mettu and Senger do not yet know that this connection is a destiny that has been assigned to them.

蓮の花に似た背の痣を巡礼者に見せることで糧を得るメトゥは、彼の美貌を利用しようと目論む村人たちに従えず居場所を失ってしまう。自分と同じ髪や目の色をした人々が住むという方角を目指し出奔したメトゥだが、旅路は厳しく、力尽きかけたところを旅人のセンゲルに救われる。師の祠を参り、一度ならずメトゥを助けてくれた恩人との再会。しかしまだメトゥとセンゲルはその縁が二人に課された宿命とも言うべき結びつきだとは知らず―。