[Machine Translation] On his way home from the checkered capital, Kira Saburo Yoshio was unexpectedly welcomed by his enemies at the Hakone barrier. Someone was trying to capture Saburo. Saburo easily repelled the assassin and hurried on his way to Edo. Meanwhile, a marriage proposal was made to Princess Mihime, the younger sister of Uesugi Tsunakatsu of the Yonezawa domain. Hoshina Higomori, half-brother of the third shogun, Iemitsu, had arranged the matchmaking with Kira Saburo, a member of a high family. Unbeknownst to Saburo and Princess Mihime, the matchmaking proposal takes a startling turn. A newly written historical novel.