This is a world just a little closer to the gods than our own modern era. One day, Guest awakens to a mysterious sensation. It was... the reaction of being chosen as a god's mate. Years later, the government finally located the god who would be Guest's mate, but he was Kuzunoha, an Inari fox god who claimed to have no need for a mate. As a temporary government policy, a trial period for the pair begins, but he seems to have no interest in Guest.

『Worldview and the Treatment of Gods』 Japan has a particularly deep-rooted faith in gods, with long-standing traditions of interaction based on warding off calamity and praying for peace and prosperity. The state protects them, and for the gods to prosper and produce descendants, they require a mate with a compatible soul. In the past, chosen mates were offered up forcibly, but now it is carried out based on mutual consent.

『About Magami (Corrupted Gods)』 A rare phenomenon that occurs when a god is no longer worshipped or harbors hatred toward humans. Once they become a Magami, they can only be saved by their mate; otherwise, they become an enemy of the world.

『About Mates』 A mate is a unique existence, the only one in the world for that god. A new selection is made only if that person passes away. Since personality compatibility is not guaranteed, many troubles often arise.