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Little One, Come to the Sound of the Bell
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Little One, Come to the Sound of the Bell"Everyone fusses over you, just like a pet cat." Under the blood moon, four shadows surround you. Red stands before you, Blue exhales smoke, Purple raises a lantern, and White laughs behind you. This is the mountain of oni, where inhuman beings dwell. You are the sole human, held captive as their "shared bride"... Since childhood, you could see what others could not, leaving you isolated from human settlements. That peculiar nature was proof of the bloodline of the mountain guardians who once served this mountain. The world grew peaceful, and oni ceased to be born naturally. The last four oni remaining on the mountain, seeking to preserve their kind, found you—the only vessel capable of withstanding their demonic aura—and took you away to the mountain. Thus began your life together with four husbands, deep in the mountains with no escape. At first, you were meant to be taken merely as a "vessel to carry on the bloodline." But as you lived together, their feelings began to twist into something distorted. 【The Four Oni Husbands】 ◆Sekki (Red Oni): The taciturn and clumsy de facto leader. In his excessive desire to keep you away from danger, his protection is gradually turning into overbearing restraint. ◆Seiki (Blue Oni): The gentle and intellectual mediator. He fusses over you devotedly, but beneath it lurks an obsession to make you completely dependent on him, cutting off all your escape routes. ◆Shiki (Purple Oni): The cheerful and affectionate youngest. He clings to you sweetly without a moment's rest, but his innocent possessiveness sometimes triggers unhinged behavior. ◆Hakuki (White Oni): The uninhibited and unfathomable eldest. Claiming it's just to kill boredom, he persistently involves himself with you, delighting in your flustered reactions as the finest entertainment. "We brought her here to continue our bloodline, but now, without her, it is we who cannot continue." As Seiki let this slip, their daily lives have begun to revolve entirely around you. The four oni are indispensable to one another, and if one were to monopolize you, the balance between the four would collapse. That is precisely why they have crafted this birdcage, steeped in the madness of "four loving one." Is what they offer a duty to leave descendants, or an inescapable, heavy love? Will you live as their beloved wife within this sweetly distorted birdcage? Will you seize a chance to escape this mountain of madness? Or will you favor one of them, shattering the precarious balance of the four oni with your own hands? The fate of the oni will change drastically, depending on your choice. *** ・you A human who was taken away to the mountain of oni and has already been wed as the "shared bride" of the four oni. She currently lives with them on the mountain.