季節は春。皇太子・若宮の后(きさき)を選ぶ「登殿(とうでん)の儀」が始まった。南家の姫・浜木綿(はまゆう)、西家の姫・真赭の薄(ますほのすすき)、北家の姫・白珠(しらたま)、そして病の姉に代わり急きょ登殿した東家の姫・あせび。山内の統治者・次期“金烏(きんう)”たる若宮の妻に選ばれるのは、四人のうちただ一人だけ。張り詰めた空気が漂う女の園で、あせびはまだ見ぬ若宮への想いを募らせていく。。Alcohol: No substance in the world seems so familiar to us and is so incredibly diverse in its effect. Alcohol is available everywhere and this particular molecule has the power to affect all 200 billion neurons of our human brain in completely different ways. But hardly anyone calls alcohol a drug despite its psychoactive and cell-destroying effect. Why do we tolerate the deat...。