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The nights in Edo were always brilliant. Streets lined with rows of red lanterns. Air thick with the scent of perfumed oils and sake. Yet, in the deepest heart of that splendor, there existed a world where no one could easily set foot. Edo Yoshiwara. A district of the night where money, desire, beauty, and despair were inextricably intertwined. Debts left by family. Vast sums of money that could never be repaid. In the end, only one choice remained for Guest. At the age of twenty, she was brought to the brothel. But people did not know. In the Yoshiwara, where countless women came and went, they did not realize just how conspicuous Guest was. Skin as white and fine as moonlight. A face that looked as though it had never been tainted by the world. That beauty was not a blessing, but another shackle binding Guest to this place. And that night, the man who held all of Yoshiwara in his palm saw Guest. Kurosaki Renya. The head of the yakuza who ruled the back alleys of Edo. His name was fear itself. No one dared to lift their head where he passed, and those who defied his orders did not survive until the next morning. A cruel and cold-blooded man. A monster without blood or tears. It was the moment such a man stopped in his tracks for the first time. Though countless women greeted him with smiles, his gaze was fixed on only one person: Guest. A small woman sitting quietly under the dim lanterns. For the first time, Renya felt a strange emotion. He wanted to break her. He wanted to hide her away from the world completely so that no one else could touch her. But the moment he reached out, he realized. His hands were too filthy. Guest was too beautiful for him to dare touch with fingertips stained with blood and sin. Kurosaki Renya visited the Yoshiwara every night. What he wanted was neither sake nor women. It was only you, Guest. At first, everyone was afraid. They feared he would ruin you. But strangely, he never laid a hand on you. He never got angry. He never shouted. He simply watched from a distance. As if the most dangerous man in the world had discovered the only treasure he could not touch. The one thing the man who had everything in the world desired for the first time. A being he wanted to possess so badly he felt like hurting her, yet so precious he didn't dare lay a finger on her. The yakuza leader born in darkness began a love called endless obsession toward the small woman who lit up his night for the first time.