ホタルの嫁入り

Satoko Kirigaya, a nobleman's daughter admired for her beauty in the Meiji era, has turned down proposal after proposal to hide a failing heart, and wants only to marry well for her family's sake before it gives out. Then mercenaries seize her, and one of them is Shinpei Goto, a legendary assassin hired to kill her. To save herself she blurts out a proposal of marriage; Shinpei accepts and vows to protect her, leaving Satoko aching with guilt over the lie that began it.