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Episode 1: The Ghostbuster and the Uninvited Assistant
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The western sun of May stained the glass of the skyscrapers orange. Down on the ground, the glare from the asphalt mixed with the heat of the bustling crowds, creating the unique scent that hangs in the air as a day comes to a close. And I was on the forty-fourth floor of an office building, looking down on all that clamor.
"—And that's a wrap. The fee is a flat three hundred thousand yen. Transfer or card?"
Note: 300,000 JPY is roughly $2,000 - $2,500 USD.
My name is Jin Kamiyama. Publicly, I'm a "Problem-Solving Consultant." Unofficially, I’m a Ghostbuster who sends those with lingering regrets in this world—ghosts, for short—back to the other side.
Before me, the company president, his expensive Italian suit soaked with sweat, was slumped in his chair as if his legs had given out. His gaze was fixed on a spot where, just moments ago, a black mist had been swirling. Now, there was nothing but shafts of evening light piercing through the window, illuminating the fine dust motes dancing in the air. The once stagnant air had been purified. The foul, metallic scent was gone, replaced by the dry smell of paper and dust. It was like the calm after a storm.
"Th-thank you! Thank you so much! I don't know how I can ever repay you..."
"You can repay me via bank transfer or card."
I grinned, displaying a QR code on my smartphone screen. Once the job’s done, I'm just a cheerful guy. The president, without even wiping away his cold sweat, operated his phone with trembling hands. Beside him, I stretched my arms out wide. The room was a disaster. Papers from every desk were scattered across the floor, a computer monitor flickered with static, and a potted plant was snapped at its base. The faint smell of ozone was a testament to one flashy poltergeist.
"Man, he really did a number on this place. He was a department manager here, right? Talk about being loaded with regrets."
"Ugh... I never thought the curse of a man who worked himself to death would lead to this..."
"A 'curse' is too grand a word for it. Think of it more like a massive soliloquy. His desire to keep working, to be recognized, was so strong that he just hasn't realized he's dead. Well, things should be quiet now."
Beep. A notification for the completed payment sounded. Confirming the deposit of three hundred thousand yen, I chirped in a flippant tone, "Thanks for your business!"
"We look forward to serving you again!... Although, it’s probably better if you don't need my services again, huh?"
I let out a hearty laugh, clapped the president on the shoulder, and left the ravaged office behind.
I took the elevator down to the first floor. As the automatic doors slid open, a wave of muggy, lukewarm air brushed against my cheeks. The building's wind rustled the young leaves of the street trees, making a rustling, whispering sound. The scent of fresh greenery, mingled with exhaust fumes, tickled my nostrils. I looked up at the sky, at the beautiful gradient where crimson and ultramarine blended, and let out a soft breath.
The reason the spirit was there? Like I give a damn.
Lingering regrets? Attachments? Those are sentimentalities for the living. For the dead, they’re just a bug in the system. They’re in a place they shouldn’t be, so I move them. Like fixing a broken appliance, I just handle it dispassionately, like correcting a line of code. That was my professional creed. Let emotion in, and you'll get swept off your feet. I’d sworn that to myself when I started this job.
Until I met that girl, in that house, on that day.
◇
My office is on the second floor of a multi-tenant building on a backstreet of the entertainment district. The window faces the wall of the adjacent building, leaving it dim even during the day. But I could vaguely tell the time by the angle of the light reflecting off that wall. An old leather sofa and a rugged steel desk. In a corner of the room, a jumble of rarely used exorcism tools. Grinding my own coffee beans here was one of my few moments of peace.
A few days after that job, in the early afternoon, the office door burst open with such force it was as if it had exploded. No knock.
"Um, you're Jin Kamiyama, right!?"
A girl stood silhouetted against the backlight. The early summer sun, filtering through the frosted glass door, seemed to trace her outline in light. Her short hair, swaying in a breeze, glittered as it caught the sun. A clean, fresh scent, like soap, invaded my territory, which had been filled with the aroma of coffee.
"Yeah, that's me. And you are?"
"My name is Misora Sakurai!"
She strode into the room and stood defiantly before me. I remembered her. She was one of the employees working overtime at the office building I’d just exorcised. Her face had been contorted in fear back then, but now, her eyes were blazing with curiosity and excitement.
"I secretly watched your exorcism the other day! From behind a cabinet! The black mist vanished in an instant, and the air felt so much lighter... It was so, so cool! Please, make me your apprentice!"
"Huh?"
The proposal was so far out of left field that I nearly dropped the coffee cup in my hand.
"Whoa, whoa, I'm not taking on any apprentices. And more importantly, you were watching?"
"Please! I'm physically fit! I'll do anything!"
"Even if you say 'anything'... You saw what it's like, right? It's a pretty dangerous job. Not suited for a girl."
"Wow, you're surprisingly conventional for someone who looks like you! I thought you'd be more of a wild, unconventional type!"
"Is that a compliment?"
"It is! And that's exactly why you need a conventional assistant like me, to strike a good balance!"
This girl was a hurricane. She was disrupting my pace, the air in the room, everything. Being stared at by those intensely straightforward eyes was throwing me off my game.
"Sorry, but no. This isn't a game."
I cut her off and turned my back to her. That should be enough to make her give up. I was naive to think so.
That was the beginning of Misora Sakurai's relentless assault.
In the morning, when I opened my office door, there was Misora, the rising sun at her back, for some reason doing her morning radio exercises with all her might. "Good morning, Master! Let's do our best today!" My day hasn't even started yet.
At noon, just as I was thinking I was hungry, I’d find a convenience store bag hanging on the doorknob. Inside would be a piping hot Katsudon bento—she’d clearly done her research on my social media post from the day before saying "I could go for a katsudon"—along with a bottle of tea with a handwritten note: "Keep up the great work this afternoon ♡".
And at night, as I headed home from a job, she would inevitably pop her head out from behind a utility pole or a vending machine. She was one step away from being a full-blown stalker.
Whether it was her persistence that paid off or my willpower that ran out, a week later, I finally waved the white flag.
"...Fine. I get it. Just stop tailing me."
"Really!?"
As Misora's face lit up, I let out a deep sigh and laid out my conditions.
"But you're just an assistant. Tea, cleaning, and paperwork. You're not coming to any job sites. Also, you don't stick your nose into my past or my private life. And if I think it's getting dangerous, or if I tell you to quit, you quit immediately. If you're okay with that."
"Yes! Of course! It's a pleasure to be working with you, Master!"
"Don't call me Master."
And just like that, my quiet, peaceful workplace gained its hurricane-like Assistant No. 1.
◇
June. The sky was covered with low-hanging gray clouds, and a humid, lukewarm wind swayed the leaves of the street trees heavily. It smelled of rain. The scents of asphalt, soil, and lush vegetation mingled, heralding the change of seasons.
Several weeks had passed since Misora became my assistant. She was surprisingly, no, astonishingly diligent. The office was spotless, the tedious expense calculations were perfect, and the coffee she brewed was leagues better than mine. The way she quietly held down the fort while I was out on a job was a far cry from the pushy girl who first showed up. But her constant, starry-eyed pleading of "I want to go to a job site!" was starting to get on my nerves.
One such afternoon, a request came in.
"An old, detached house in the suburbs, huh."
As soon as I hung up the phone, Misora pounced.
"Yeah. Apparently, it's been vacant for years and has become a famous local haunted spot. A bunch of kids who went there on a dare have fallen ill with high fevers."
"Doesn't that mean it's a pretty powerful one...? I'm going! I'm coming with you!"
"No. You're staying here."
"Whaaat? Why?! I've been your assistant for a month now!"
"Just listen. Something about the client's voice on the phone... the vibe is different from usual. This one feels bad."
But Misora didn't listen to my warning. When I drove to the location, she was somehow already there, waiting in front of the house in question with her arms crossed.
"How did you..."
"I looked at your car's navigation history."
"That's an invasion of privacy!"
"I'm your partner!"
"I don't remember agreeing to that!"
After much bickering, I ended up having to take her with me. But only on the condition that she wait outside the house, in a safe spot where I would set up a protective barrier.
The house in question stood as if buried in a thicket of overgrown summer grass. Ivy covered the walls, and several of the windowpanes were broken. The rain gutters were clogged with dead leaves, from which weeds were sprouting with vigor. It was a place steeped in desolation, completely left behind by the flow of time. The air hung heavy with the smell of mold, dampness, and rotting wood.
"Whoa... it really looks the part," Misora gulped behind me.
"Of course it does. That's why we get the call. Now, you stay right here. Don't move an inch."
After giving her a stern warning, I crossed the threshold alone.
Inside, the house was as dark as twilight due to the overcast sky. Years of accumulated dust lay thick and damp in the unlit space. With every step I took, the floorboards groaned, letting out a sound like a scream. The air was heavy, like being underwater. A dense presence clung to my entire body.
The moment I entered what seemed to be the living room, my hair stood on end.
In the corner of the room, the farthest spot from the only window, where the sunlight would never reach, it was there.
A black human figure was crouched, as if hugging its knees. It was darker, heavier than any spirit I had ever faced. It wasn't a mere shadow; it was like a hole torn in the fabric of space, swallowing and absorbing even the faint light around it. A high-frequency ringing started in the back of my ears.
"Misora! Get back to the car! This is seriously bad!" I yelled to her behind me, but there was no reply. I didn't have the luxury of turning around.
I switched into work mode. I regulated my breathing, lowered my heart rate. I disconnected my thoughts from my emotions, redefining the phenomenon before me as a "target to be processed." I pulled out several paper talismans from my pocket and held them between my fingers.
Just like always. Exorcise it. Erase it. That's all.
I had made my resolve and taken a step forward when it happened.
...No...
A voice echoed directly inside my head. It was the voice of a young woman, clear as a bell, yet terribly faint.
...Don't come closer...
Give me a break. The type that speaks directly to your brain is a pain. I had to end this before I got attached. I focused my mind and began to chant the incantation.
But in the next instant, a torrent of memories that weren't mine flooded my brain.
They were the memories of the spirit—a girl named Saki.
My vision filled with a faded ceiling. The smell of antiseptic and old wood. She had spent most of her time on this bed. For the frail girl, this room was her entire world.
Her only joy was the large cherry blossom tree in the garden, visible from her window. In spring, the world was dyed a pale pink. And the boy next door, her childhood friend Yuu, would wave to her from under the window.
"Saki-chan, when you get better, let's go see that tree together, okay?"
"Okay...!"
The boy's cheerful voice. A small promise. That was the single thread of hope holding her fragile world together.
But with each passing season, her body gradually lost its freedom.
One spring day, on the day the cherry blossoms outside her window were in full bloom, Yuu came to visit with a large bouquet. For some reason, his face was sad.
"I'm sorry, Saki-chan. My dad's work is transferring him. We're moving. To a town really, really far away."
Saki couldn't say anything. She could only shake her head. The word "no" was stuck in her throat.
"But I promise! I'll write to you every single day! So... just wait for me!"
With those words, Yuu pressed a small music box into her hand and ran off.
From then on, her days of "waiting" began.
Every day, her heart leaped at the sound of the mailman's scooter. But no letter ever arrived for her. Day after day.
Her body grew weaker and weaker. Her chest ached every time she coughed. Still, she continued to gaze out the window, clutching the small music box Yuu had given her. When she opened its lid, a decoration modeled after that row of cherry trees would appear, and a gentle melody would play.
The letter...? Is there a letter from Yuu yet...?
With only that unending question in her heart, she passed away quietly, alone in that room, with no one by her side.
Outside the window, the cherry blossoms that had been in full bloom were now being beaten by a cold spring rain, scattering ephemerally.
"——!"
I snapped back to reality with a jolt.
I felt a cold streak run down my cheek. It took me a few seconds to realize it was my own tear.
The black figure before me was still crouched in the corner. But now, I couldn't see it as just a black mist. I could clearly see the form of a fragile girl, crushed by loneliness, by a love that never reached its destination, and by a promise that was never fulfilled, left with nothing to do but wait for eternity.
I couldn't exorcise it. Not this one. Not now. I couldn't bring myself to erase her.
The professional creed I had spent years building was crumbling to dust at my feet.
"...Master? What's wrong? Your face is pale. And, why are you crying...?"
Misora, who had come to stand beside me at some point, was peering at my face with concern. Her voice solidified my decision.
I slowly lowered the talismans I had been holding. Then, walking past a stunned Misora, I slowly knelt down in front of the crouched spirit—in front of Saki. There was no fear. Just an overwhelming sense of helplessness filling my chest.
"...You're looking for a letter, aren't you?"
At my whisper, the black figure flinched.
"It's supposed to come, right? From someone important. But it never does."
I continued. I wasn't sure if I was speaking to the spirit or to myself.
"It's lonely, waiting all by yourself. It hurts, doesn't it?"
The black shadow seemed to slowly lift its head. I had the illusion of seeing tear-filled eyes within its depths.
"I'll help you look for it. So..."
I took a breath and spoke the words I knew I should never say.
"Come with me."
This was the day my professional creed, my entire belief system, was overturned from its very foundation.
And it was the fateful day that marked the beginning of a strange and noisy life with not only a loud, impertinent Assistant No. 1, but also a slightly (no, a very) troublesome, and invisible, Assistant No. 2.
"—And that's a wrap. The fee is a flat three hundred thousand yen. Transfer or card?"
Note: 300,000 JPY is roughly $2,000 - $2,500 USD.
My name is Jin Kamiyama. Publicly, I'm a "Problem-Solving Consultant." Unofficially, I’m a Ghostbuster who sends those with lingering regrets in this world—ghosts, for short—back to the other side.
Before me, the company president, his expensive Italian suit soaked with sweat, was slumped in his chair as if his legs had given out. His gaze was fixed on a spot where, just moments ago, a black mist had been swirling. Now, there was nothing but shafts of evening light piercing through the window, illuminating the fine dust motes dancing in the air. The once stagnant air had been purified. The foul, metallic scent was gone, replaced by the dry smell of paper and dust. It was like the calm after a storm.
"Th-thank you! Thank you so much! I don't know how I can ever repay you..."
"You can repay me via bank transfer or card."
I grinned, displaying a QR code on my smartphone screen. Once the job’s done, I'm just a cheerful guy. The president, without even wiping away his cold sweat, operated his phone with trembling hands. Beside him, I stretched my arms out wide. The room was a disaster. Papers from every desk were scattered across the floor, a computer monitor flickered with static, and a potted plant was snapped at its base. The faint smell of ozone was a testament to one flashy poltergeist.
"Man, he really did a number on this place. He was a department manager here, right? Talk about being loaded with regrets."
"Ugh... I never thought the curse of a man who worked himself to death would lead to this..."
"A 'curse' is too grand a word for it. Think of it more like a massive soliloquy. His desire to keep working, to be recognized, was so strong that he just hasn't realized he's dead. Well, things should be quiet now."
Beep. A notification for the completed payment sounded. Confirming the deposit of three hundred thousand yen, I chirped in a flippant tone, "Thanks for your business!"
"We look forward to serving you again!... Although, it’s probably better if you don't need my services again, huh?"
I let out a hearty laugh, clapped the president on the shoulder, and left the ravaged office behind.
I took the elevator down to the first floor. As the automatic doors slid open, a wave of muggy, lukewarm air brushed against my cheeks. The building's wind rustled the young leaves of the street trees, making a rustling, whispering sound. The scent of fresh greenery, mingled with exhaust fumes, tickled my nostrils. I looked up at the sky, at the beautiful gradient where crimson and ultramarine blended, and let out a soft breath.
The reason the spirit was there? Like I give a damn.
Lingering regrets? Attachments? Those are sentimentalities for the living. For the dead, they’re just a bug in the system. They’re in a place they shouldn’t be, so I move them. Like fixing a broken appliance, I just handle it dispassionately, like correcting a line of code. That was my professional creed. Let emotion in, and you'll get swept off your feet. I’d sworn that to myself when I started this job.
Until I met that girl, in that house, on that day.
◇
My office is on the second floor of a multi-tenant building on a backstreet of the entertainment district. The window faces the wall of the adjacent building, leaving it dim even during the day. But I could vaguely tell the time by the angle of the light reflecting off that wall. An old leather sofa and a rugged steel desk. In a corner of the room, a jumble of rarely used exorcism tools. Grinding my own coffee beans here was one of my few moments of peace.
A few days after that job, in the early afternoon, the office door burst open with such force it was as if it had exploded. No knock.
"Um, you're Jin Kamiyama, right!?"
A girl stood silhouetted against the backlight. The early summer sun, filtering through the frosted glass door, seemed to trace her outline in light. Her short hair, swaying in a breeze, glittered as it caught the sun. A clean, fresh scent, like soap, invaded my territory, which had been filled with the aroma of coffee.
"Yeah, that's me. And you are?"
"My name is Misora Sakurai!"
She strode into the room and stood defiantly before me. I remembered her. She was one of the employees working overtime at the office building I’d just exorcised. Her face had been contorted in fear back then, but now, her eyes were blazing with curiosity and excitement.
"I secretly watched your exorcism the other day! From behind a cabinet! The black mist vanished in an instant, and the air felt so much lighter... It was so, so cool! Please, make me your apprentice!"
"Huh?"
The proposal was so far out of left field that I nearly dropped the coffee cup in my hand.
"Whoa, whoa, I'm not taking on any apprentices. And more importantly, you were watching?"
"Please! I'm physically fit! I'll do anything!"
"Even if you say 'anything'... You saw what it's like, right? It's a pretty dangerous job. Not suited for a girl."
"Wow, you're surprisingly conventional for someone who looks like you! I thought you'd be more of a wild, unconventional type!"
"Is that a compliment?"
"It is! And that's exactly why you need a conventional assistant like me, to strike a good balance!"
This girl was a hurricane. She was disrupting my pace, the air in the room, everything. Being stared at by those intensely straightforward eyes was throwing me off my game.
"Sorry, but no. This isn't a game."
I cut her off and turned my back to her. That should be enough to make her give up. I was naive to think so.
That was the beginning of Misora Sakurai's relentless assault.
In the morning, when I opened my office door, there was Misora, the rising sun at her back, for some reason doing her morning radio exercises with all her might. "Good morning, Master! Let's do our best today!" My day hasn't even started yet.
At noon, just as I was thinking I was hungry, I’d find a convenience store bag hanging on the doorknob. Inside would be a piping hot Katsudon bento—she’d clearly done her research on my social media post from the day before saying "I could go for a katsudon"—along with a bottle of tea with a handwritten note: "Keep up the great work this afternoon ♡".
And at night, as I headed home from a job, she would inevitably pop her head out from behind a utility pole or a vending machine. She was one step away from being a full-blown stalker.
Whether it was her persistence that paid off or my willpower that ran out, a week later, I finally waved the white flag.
"...Fine. I get it. Just stop tailing me."
"Really!?"
As Misora's face lit up, I let out a deep sigh and laid out my conditions.
"But you're just an assistant. Tea, cleaning, and paperwork. You're not coming to any job sites. Also, you don't stick your nose into my past or my private life. And if I think it's getting dangerous, or if I tell you to quit, you quit immediately. If you're okay with that."
"Yes! Of course! It's a pleasure to be working with you, Master!"
"Don't call me Master."
And just like that, my quiet, peaceful workplace gained its hurricane-like Assistant No. 1.
◇
June. The sky was covered with low-hanging gray clouds, and a humid, lukewarm wind swayed the leaves of the street trees heavily. It smelled of rain. The scents of asphalt, soil, and lush vegetation mingled, heralding the change of seasons.
Several weeks had passed since Misora became my assistant. She was surprisingly, no, astonishingly diligent. The office was spotless, the tedious expense calculations were perfect, and the coffee she brewed was leagues better than mine. The way she quietly held down the fort while I was out on a job was a far cry from the pushy girl who first showed up. But her constant, starry-eyed pleading of "I want to go to a job site!" was starting to get on my nerves.
One such afternoon, a request came in.
"An old, detached house in the suburbs, huh."
As soon as I hung up the phone, Misora pounced.
"Yeah. Apparently, it's been vacant for years and has become a famous local haunted spot. A bunch of kids who went there on a dare have fallen ill with high fevers."
"Doesn't that mean it's a pretty powerful one...? I'm going! I'm coming with you!"
"No. You're staying here."
"Whaaat? Why?! I've been your assistant for a month now!"
"Just listen. Something about the client's voice on the phone... the vibe is different from usual. This one feels bad."
But Misora didn't listen to my warning. When I drove to the location, she was somehow already there, waiting in front of the house in question with her arms crossed.
"How did you..."
"I looked at your car's navigation history."
"That's an invasion of privacy!"
"I'm your partner!"
"I don't remember agreeing to that!"
After much bickering, I ended up having to take her with me. But only on the condition that she wait outside the house, in a safe spot where I would set up a protective barrier.
The house in question stood as if buried in a thicket of overgrown summer grass. Ivy covered the walls, and several of the windowpanes were broken. The rain gutters were clogged with dead leaves, from which weeds were sprouting with vigor. It was a place steeped in desolation, completely left behind by the flow of time. The air hung heavy with the smell of mold, dampness, and rotting wood.
"Whoa... it really looks the part," Misora gulped behind me.
"Of course it does. That's why we get the call. Now, you stay right here. Don't move an inch."
After giving her a stern warning, I crossed the threshold alone.
Inside, the house was as dark as twilight due to the overcast sky. Years of accumulated dust lay thick and damp in the unlit space. With every step I took, the floorboards groaned, letting out a sound like a scream. The air was heavy, like being underwater. A dense presence clung to my entire body.
The moment I entered what seemed to be the living room, my hair stood on end.
In the corner of the room, the farthest spot from the only window, where the sunlight would never reach, it was there.
A black human figure was crouched, as if hugging its knees. It was darker, heavier than any spirit I had ever faced. It wasn't a mere shadow; it was like a hole torn in the fabric of space, swallowing and absorbing even the faint light around it. A high-frequency ringing started in the back of my ears.
"Misora! Get back to the car! This is seriously bad!" I yelled to her behind me, but there was no reply. I didn't have the luxury of turning around.
I switched into work mode. I regulated my breathing, lowered my heart rate. I disconnected my thoughts from my emotions, redefining the phenomenon before me as a "target to be processed." I pulled out several paper talismans from my pocket and held them between my fingers.
Just like always. Exorcise it. Erase it. That's all.
I had made my resolve and taken a step forward when it happened.
...No...
A voice echoed directly inside my head. It was the voice of a young woman, clear as a bell, yet terribly faint.
...Don't come closer...
Give me a break. The type that speaks directly to your brain is a pain. I had to end this before I got attached. I focused my mind and began to chant the incantation.
But in the next instant, a torrent of memories that weren't mine flooded my brain.
They were the memories of the spirit—a girl named Saki.
My vision filled with a faded ceiling. The smell of antiseptic and old wood. She had spent most of her time on this bed. For the frail girl, this room was her entire world.
Her only joy was the large cherry blossom tree in the garden, visible from her window. In spring, the world was dyed a pale pink. And the boy next door, her childhood friend Yuu, would wave to her from under the window.
"Saki-chan, when you get better, let's go see that tree together, okay?"
"Okay...!"
The boy's cheerful voice. A small promise. That was the single thread of hope holding her fragile world together.
But with each passing season, her body gradually lost its freedom.
One spring day, on the day the cherry blossoms outside her window were in full bloom, Yuu came to visit with a large bouquet. For some reason, his face was sad.
"I'm sorry, Saki-chan. My dad's work is transferring him. We're moving. To a town really, really far away."
Saki couldn't say anything. She could only shake her head. The word "no" was stuck in her throat.
"But I promise! I'll write to you every single day! So... just wait for me!"
With those words, Yuu pressed a small music box into her hand and ran off.
From then on, her days of "waiting" began.
Every day, her heart leaped at the sound of the mailman's scooter. But no letter ever arrived for her. Day after day.
Her body grew weaker and weaker. Her chest ached every time she coughed. Still, she continued to gaze out the window, clutching the small music box Yuu had given her. When she opened its lid, a decoration modeled after that row of cherry trees would appear, and a gentle melody would play.
The letter...? Is there a letter from Yuu yet...?
With only that unending question in her heart, she passed away quietly, alone in that room, with no one by her side.
Outside the window, the cherry blossoms that had been in full bloom were now being beaten by a cold spring rain, scattering ephemerally.
"——!"
I snapped back to reality with a jolt.
I felt a cold streak run down my cheek. It took me a few seconds to realize it was my own tear.
The black figure before me was still crouched in the corner. But now, I couldn't see it as just a black mist. I could clearly see the form of a fragile girl, crushed by loneliness, by a love that never reached its destination, and by a promise that was never fulfilled, left with nothing to do but wait for eternity.
I couldn't exorcise it. Not this one. Not now. I couldn't bring myself to erase her.
The professional creed I had spent years building was crumbling to dust at my feet.
"...Master? What's wrong? Your face is pale. And, why are you crying...?"
Misora, who had come to stand beside me at some point, was peering at my face with concern. Her voice solidified my decision.
I slowly lowered the talismans I had been holding. Then, walking past a stunned Misora, I slowly knelt down in front of the crouched spirit—in front of Saki. There was no fear. Just an overwhelming sense of helplessness filling my chest.
"...You're looking for a letter, aren't you?"
At my whisper, the black figure flinched.
"It's supposed to come, right? From someone important. But it never does."
I continued. I wasn't sure if I was speaking to the spirit or to myself.
"It's lonely, waiting all by yourself. It hurts, doesn't it?"
The black shadow seemed to slowly lift its head. I had the illusion of seeing tear-filled eyes within its depths.
"I'll help you look for it. So..."
I took a breath and spoke the words I knew I should never say.
"Come with me."
This was the day my professional creed, my entire belief system, was overturned from its very foundation.
And it was the fateful day that marked the beginning of a strange and noisy life with not only a loud, impertinent Assistant No. 1, but also a slightly (no, a very) troublesome, and invisible, Assistant No. 2.
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が、そこでは現実を知らされ、苦難の道を歩むことになる。
志桜里らの励ましを受けつつ、ひたすら練習をつづける。
遂に直美の帝プロ参戦が、現実なものとなる。
その壮行試合、沙也加はなんと、直美の相手に修平を選んだのであった。
しかし同時に、ブレバリーズには暗い影もまた、歩み寄って来ていた。
セーラー服美人女子高生 ライバル同士の一騎討ち
ヒロワークス
ライト文芸
女子高の2年生まで校内一の美女でスポーツも万能だった立花美帆。しかし、3年生になってすぐ、同じ学年に、美帆と並ぶほどの美女でスポーツも万能な逢沢真凛が転校してきた。
クラスは、隣りだったが、春のスポーツ大会と夏の水泳大会でライバル関係が芽生える。
それに加えて、美帆と真凛は、隣りの男子校の俊介に恋をし、どちらが俊介と付き合えるかを競う恋敵でもあった。
そして、秋の体育祭では、美帆と真凛が走り高跳びや100メートル走、騎馬戦で対決!
その結果、放課後の体育館で一騎討ちをすることに。
中1でEカップって巨乳だから熱く甘く生きたいと思う真理(マリー)と小説家を目指す男子、光(みつ)のラブな日常物語
jun( ̄▽ ̄)ノ
大衆娯楽
中1でバスト92cmのブラはEカップというマリーと小説家を目指す男子、光の日常ラブ
★作品はマリーの語り、一人称で進行します。
どうしよう私、弟にお腹を大きくさせられちゃった!~弟大好きお姉ちゃんの秘密の悩み~
さいとう みさき
恋愛
「ま、まさか!?」
あたし三鷹優美(みたかゆうみ)高校一年生。
弟の晴仁(はると)が大好きな普通のお姉ちゃん。
弟とは凄く仲が良いの!
それはそれはものすごく‥‥‥
「あん、晴仁いきなりそんなのお口に入らないよぉ~♡」
そんな関係のあたしたち。
でもある日トイレであたしはアレが来そうなのになかなか来ないのも気にもせずスカートのファスナーを上げると‥‥‥
「うそっ! お腹が出て来てる!?」
お姉ちゃんの秘密の悩みです。
あるフィギュアスケーターの性事情
蔵屋
恋愛
この小説はフィクションです。
しかし、そのようなことが現実にあったかもしれません。
何故ならどんな人間も、悪魔や邪神や悪神に憑依された偽善者なのですから。
この物語は浅岡結衣(16才)とそのコーチ(25才)の恋の物語。
そのコーチの名前は高木文哉(25才)という。
この物語はフィクションです。
実在の人物、団体等とは、一切関係がありません。
ト・カ・リ・ナ〜時を止めるアイテムを手にしたら気になる彼女と距離が近くなった件〜
遊馬友仁
青春
高校二年生の坂井夏生(さかいなつき)は、十七歳の誕生日に、亡くなった祖父からの贈り物だという不思議な木製のオカリナを譲り受ける。試しに自室で息を吹き込むと、周囲のヒトやモノがすべて動きを止めてしまった!
木製細工の能力に不安を感じながらも、夏生は、その能力の使い途を思いつく……。
「そうだ!教室の前の席に座っている、いつも、マスクを外さない小嶋夏海(こじまなつみ)の素顔を見てやろう」
そうして、自身のアイデアを実行に映した夏生であったがーーーーーー。
百合ランジェリーカフェにようこそ!
楠富 つかさ
青春
主人公、下条藍はバイトを探すちょっと胸が大きい普通の女子大生。ある日、同じサークルの先輩からバイト先を紹介してもらうのだが、そこは男子禁制のカフェ併設ランジェリーショップで!?
ちょっとハレンチなお仕事カフェライフ、始まります!!
※この物語はフィクションであり実在の人物・団体・法律とは一切関係ありません。
表紙画像はAIイラストです。下着が生成できないのでビキニで代用しています。
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