Agents of the Four Seasons (Shunkashuto Daikosha) 4 Aki no Mai [First Volume] (Dengeki Bunko) [Light Novel]

[Machine Translation] In the past, the gods of the four seasons gave some human beings their own power. Those who manifested the seasons of spring, summer, fall, and winter were called "agents of the four seasons," and those who obtained the power became the seasons themselves, in other words, actual human deities, while still in the body of a human being. The time has changed, and it is the middle spring of the 21st year of the dawn of Meiji era. Natsuko Shukutsuki, the representative of autumn in Yamato Province, was enjoying the spring. At her side are her guard dog, Hanagiri, the head maid, Makazu Miyohi, and her young aide, Shirahagi Konoyo. And then there was Natsuko's first love and substitute escort, Azaami Ryuubi. Their harmonious days suddenly fizzle out due to a certain diplomatic issue. The name of his country is Hashikuni. Across the sea, far from Yamato, lies a foreign land. The demands of the Hashikuni, with its stirring intrigues, put the Aki camp in an unprecedented predicament....

「汝の名は『秋』、夏に続く者」―かつて、神々たる四季は人間の一部に自らの力を与えた。春夏秋冬の季節を顕現する者は“四季の代行者”と呼ばれ、権能を得た者達は人の身でありながら季節そのもの、つまり現人神となった。時は移り変わり黎明二十一年仲春。大和国の秋の代行者、祝月撫子は春を満喫していた。傍らに控えるのは護衛犬の花桐、侍女頭の真葛美夜日、若き側近の白萩今宵。そして撫子の初恋の人であり、代行者護衛官でもある阿左美竜胆の姿があった。彼らの和やかな日々は、ある外交問題によって突如霧散していく。彼の国の名は橋国。海を挟み、大和から遠く離れた場所にある異郷の地。陰謀蠢く橋国からの要求は、秋陣営をかつてない窮地へと追い込んでいく...。