Tsurumi Asuta is a 17-year-old second year high school student. He was an apprentice cook working at the public diner &quot;Tsurumi-ya&quot; that was managed by his father. One day, Tsurumi-ya is hit by fire and Asuta dived inside the burning shop in order to save his father&apos;s santoku knife which is said to be his father soul, where he found demise.<br> <br> When he came to, he was in the midst of a strange jungle. He was then attacked by a beast resembling a boar, but Asuta was saved by a girl named Ai Fa claiming herself as part of the &quot;People of Morihen.&quot; It was then that he realized he was in another world.