Ugly Duckling Of The Entertainment District

abandoned by her latest family, esora is left with nothing and nowhere to go. starving, she steals food from a temple and sneaks inside to wait out a thunderstorm. when she wakes up, she's been transported to a different realm, and sold in chains to a mysterious man in a paper mask. trapped in a strange new world, esora must now begin training to become a courtesan if she wants any hope of regaining her freedom and discovering the masked man's secret…