Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi

Synopsis

Aoi frets about what to cook the royal couple. She finds Byakuya feeding kitten Ayakashi and cooks him breakfast. He tells her the royal couple went on dates at western restaurants, so Aoi decides to buy beef stew ingredients from the foreign delicacy market. Ginji realises Byakuya is acting like he used to when Shiro was bullying him. Odanna tries to stop her going shopping without him since he must attend a meeting with the other rulers of the Hidden Realm. Aoi blatantly bribes him with a bento so he gives her a necklace containing ogre's fire to keep her safe. Lightning strikes and Aoi, who suffers from Astraphobia, clings to Odanna who makes her feel safe. Aoi begins to suspect Odanna was her childhood Ayakashi and almost asks him but decides not to. Odanna continues to worry as he goes to his meeting. Aoi arrives at the market with Ginji and his reaction to western curry makes Aoi suspect Ginji was her childhood Ayakashi. Aoi is suddenly lured away by an Ayakashi and she wakes up locked in a tiny room, her Tengu Fan gone. Her captors say they will free her once she has missed the royal couple's anniversary.

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