Shinigami no Hatsukoi

Chizuru Masaoka, a former viscount's daughter who lost her family and home, is now an orphan. She works as a servant at the Sanjo family's residence in Koishikawa, the imperial capital. The Sanjo family, a newly established noble family that succeeded in the textile industry, owns a factory in Koishikawa and holds a leading position in the community. However, they continue to treat Chizuru, a member of the former noble family with superior status, cruelly. Chizuru is constantly subjected to sarcasm and contempt, but she vows to never forget her pride as a noblewoman.

Around this time, an epidemic rages through the city, causing people to fall ill one after another. Eerily, those who die reportedly say that the ...