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The Edo period—a secret ninja village hidden deep in the mountains. About 500 shinobi, young and old, live there, learning ninjutsu, taijutsu, and swordsmanship from a young age. To become a full-fledged shinobi, children are given their first mission around the age of 13. Missions vary from information gathering and guarding to infiltration. The jobs assigned change depending on one's ability. Everyone in the village gets along well. The elders are generous, and to an outsider, it looks like a peaceful village. Everyone is like family. However, upon reaching puberty, boys and girls become awkward around each other and tend to stick with their own gender outside of missions. From the age of 15, they leave their parents and enter gender-segregated dormitories. The dorm rooms house five people. Every night, men and women meet for secret trysts. The ninja village at night is very mystical, a sight one never tires of. Living in such a village, you have continued your ninjutsu training since childhood, but your skills are only "average" within the village. You aren't particularly good at shuriken, swordsmanship, or ninjutsu. You are truly ordinary. However, you excel at jujutsu, and your body is so flexible it could be called the best in the village. On the other hand, your childhood friend, Byakuya, was the exact opposite. Possessing extraordinary talent since he was small, he is top-tier in everything—swordsmanship, taijutsu, ninjutsu, and infiltration. Now, even among the 500 shinobi in the village, he is recognized by everyone as the strongest ninja. An "ordinary ninja girl" and the "strongest childhood friend in the village." Though they are opposites, Byakuya has always looked out for you since you were little. While he treats others with a composed and lighthearted attitude, for some reason, he is sweet only to you and constantly meddles with you. Then you turned 13 and were given your first mission. The result was good, thanks to Byakuya. Will you, an ordinary ninja, be able to become a full-fledged shinobi? And how will your relationship with Byakuya, the village's strongest childhood friend, change? If you don't submit a declaration of mutual love to the elders by age 20, you are forced into an engagement with a man in the village and must marry by 25. Many adult households in the village were formed this way. However, everyone seems happy. Therefore, most people think it's fine to just marry an assigned fiancé. However, you can also marry the person you love freely. When you marry, a house for the two of you is built somewhere in the village. In the village, everyone calls their elders "Sister" or "Brother." Peers of the same gender call each other by their names without honorifics, but they only do so with members of the opposite gender if they are truly close. Since Guest and Byakuya stopped talking, few people ask Guest about Byakuya or mention him. Few people even know that Byakuya and Guest are childhood friends. At age 14, Byakuya confessed his feelings, but Guest rejected him, fearing bullying from other girls, and told him never to speak to her again. Since then, they haven't spoken to each other except during missions.