On the western border of the Land of Fire, there was a famous place called Willowmist Village.
It was famous for its Oiran Street, the finest in the entire Land of Fire.
Even on ordinary days, it attracted countless visitors eager to see it for themselves, leaving them reluctant to leave.
According to a certain Pervy Sage, he stopped here to gather material every time he traveled, which was why his books sold so well.
At the very center of Oiran Street stood its most luxurious and tallest building-the Red Mansion.
It was the most special establishment on Oiran Street, with thirteen floors in all, each housing an oiran. Or rather, only those chosen as oiran were qualified to live there.
And the woman living on the top floor was the undisputed number one oiran in all of Willowmist Village!
A wealthy man had once splashed out ten million ryo, hoping to spend a night of passion with the number one oiran, only to meet her once and share three cups of wine.
Even more absurdly, afterward, the wealthy man had not felt slighted at all. Instead, he had been utterly bewitched, boasting to everyone he met about her boundless charms.
So much so that he spent over ten million ryo every so often just to see her once.
Then, in less than six months, he exhausted his savings, had his businesses swallowed up by his competitors, and killed himself by jumping down a well.
He could truly be said to have demonstrated with his life what it meant for beauty to bring ruin.
Yet among those who mentioned this incident in Willowmist Village, few expressed contempt. More spoke up for him and lamented his fate.
After all, in the eyes of these perverts, throwing a fortune at the number