Rengoku no Ashe
煉獄のアーシェ
Synopsis
Monk Bell, wounded protecting Ashe, discovers her clinic and the town's dark secrets beneath its peaceful facade.
Bell Teinburen is a sword-wielding monk and member of the Saint Beneze Hospital Knights, a group that provides protection and medical care to pilgrims traveling on the road. After entering the town of Brokken Brook, he intervenes in the would-be assault of a young girl, Ashe Talton, but is injured in the process. Noticing his condition, Ashe takes him back to her home, which doubles as a clinic. In addition to receiving treatment for his wound, Bell observes further acts of kindness performed by the always expressionless Ashe. After accompanying her for a while, he expresses the naive desire to stay in town and see Ashe at the upcoming May festival. However, Bell soon begins to sense that this quiet town harbors dark secrets beneath its peaceful surface, and that the seemingly gentle Ashe may be connected to mysteries he never could have imagined.
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