Kareno no Hanayome

A bride walks through a desolate field... she is Konori, a girl eight years of age.
In order to save her town from starvation, she was offered as a bride to Gemuri, a fearsome demon. As she traveled across the desolate grasslands of the Yellow Sea Plain, what fierce destiny awaits the girl at the end of the journey!?

This collection of elegant works of Oriental fantasy Includes the title story and also "Kareno no Hanayome" (枯れ野の花嫁).

(Source: Homesha, translated)