In good harvest years in the village of Gaiyto at the base of Lord Sumitora's mountain castle on the island of Honshu, the lord selects a 14-year-old boy to attend his tea of the full moon ceremony and enter into his service. In exchange, Lord Sumitora's granaries are opened to the village in bad harvest years. It is a very good harvest year, and Edo has reached his 14th year.
This story is written across several different genres and is difficult to describe except in the sense it is historical, time-shifting, science fictional, romantic, erotic, fiction. The lead character is female and conflicted about her own sanity. Read carefully to determine what is reality and what is fantasy.
Betty makes the faux pas of not wearing any undies when she wears her almost sheer ankle length dress that makes her look stark naked in the right angle of light. A client brings it to her attention after ogling her for hours from every angle and up close enough to touch. She does the only thing she can do to make a proper apology and drops down on all fours on the fluffy white carpet with the dress removed in complete submissive surrender to prove she was not a tease so many others.
Luke Dunphy tries out some new sample pills from Manny on his sisters, Alex and Haley. They pretend to be mind-controlled by them and then force them down his throat, dominating him through the power of suggestion. It only gets weirder from there.