Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi Ni

Aoi continues her life at Tenjin-ya after choosing to repay her grandfather's debt through work and cooking rather than accept the marriage demanded of her. Her bonds with the residents of the hidden world have deepened, and the inn no longer feels like a temporary place she can simply leave once a balance is settled. It has become a home and a livelihood she helped create herself.

Stability does not mean quiet. New problems among the ayakashi repeatedly place Aoi and her cooking in the middle of conflicts that magic alone cannot solve. As her relationship with Odanna and the others continues changing, her future in the hidden world becomes a personal choice rather than the consequence of an old debt. Every new guest brings a story, and every meal she serves may open the way to reconciliation or to trouble she never expected.