Faced with the choice of being married to a strange spirit or being made into dinner, Aoi decides to create a third option for herself!Aoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather’s ability to see spirits—and his massive debt to them! Now she’s been kidnapped and taken to Kakuriyo, the spirit world, to make good on his bill. Her options: marry the head of the inn her grandfather trashed, or get eaten by demons. But Aoi isn’t the type to let spirits push her around, and she’s determined to redeem her grandfather’s IOU on her own terms!Aoi was more or less kidnapped by the staff of the rival inn Orio-ya, and it’s clear she’s not getting back to Tenjin-ya anytime soon. As long as Aoi has access to a kitchen and good ingredients, she’s willing to stick around. But now she and her new friends the twin crane chefs have been given a momentous task—cater to a super-picky rain woman’s palette or risk the destruction of the Southern Lands!
