oniwaban (spy) is nineteen years old. Since his real job serves little purpose most of the time, he acts as the gardener for Jinnai house. He listens to Mio's problems, and seems to know more than he lets on. Its later revealed that Hayato is the son of the man that kidnapped Mio when she was younger. He has been working at the Jinnai's family home only to get revenge over the Jinnai family because his father committed suicide after kidnapping Mio and getting caught. He ends up kidnapping Mio to lure in Shoei but lets Shoei and Mio go. Asako Mio's mother. She is very sickly and stays in the hospital. Shoei has a close relationship with her, because she was his wet nurse (mother figure) when he was a child. There is some evidence of their closeness in that she calls him by his given name and he frequently visits her at the hospital. She often says or requests things from the Jinnai family without asking her children, and currently owes the Jinnai family a debt of over one-billion yen. Later in the manga she recovers from her illness and is able to move back home. She then plans to move to get Mio away from the Jinnai family because she wanted to protect Mio. She condones Mio and Shoei relationship later when she realizes how much Shoei loves Mio and won't let her go. She, Mio, and Hinata still move away to the mountains. Mr. Jinnai Shoei's father and Hinata's biological father. Mr. Jinnai is usually very carefree and extremely gentle, so much so that Mio says she can not refuse even his most unusual requests. However, he has been shown to become very serious and even frightening in times of stress. Afterwards, he reverts to his usual character. At some point in the past, he and Mio's father were very close friends, and Mr. Jinnai wishes to keep caring for Mio and her family because of it. Jun-chan A friend of Mio's from school. She doesn't know about Mio's relation with Prince. Volumes Reception Reviewing the first volume, a reviewer for Manga News regarded the "strong point" of the manga to be its depiction of poverty in Japan. The reviewer found the brutality of the scenes between Mio and Jinnai to be confronting. AnimeLand regarded the first volume's story as 'sordid', disliking the non-consensual relationship that