Former orphan Sayo has endured years of abuse at the hands of her family. On her sixteenth birthday, she is presented with an arranged marriage to an ugly and notorious lord, not for her own sake, but as a substitute for her younger sister.

Overwhelmed by despair, Sayo runs away and, consumed by hatred for the gods, destroys the village’s sacred shrine. But then, a beautiful god appears before her, and for some reason, takes a liking to her…?!