The Master Series

It was the summer of my third year in university. Having early on decided to skip all of my university lectures that year, I had plenty of time on my hands on days without a part-time job. I had so much free time that I read about halfway through the Kojien dictionary from the very first page for no particular reason. Not finishing the whole thing is just so typically me. Anyway, one day, while agonizing over such a warped…

The next day, morning came. When I woke up, Shisho was sleeping in a terrible, twisted position right beside me. I felt a slight sense of relief. Afterward, the four of us, along with my uncle and his wife, had breakfast together—a total of six people. Something felt missing. Right. There was no newspaper. "Ah, it doesn't arrive until noon." That's right. Both my PHS and Shisho's cell phone had no signal out here in this information-restricted countryside. After finishing…

Previous chapter: Book Edition – Countryside <2> [Izanagi-ryu] ● Countryside <3> [The Devourer of Mikogami] "Morning." Yukio's voice woke me up. Instantly, I went into combat mode, just like the night before. "You're bright-eyed right after waking up, aren't you?" Watching me jump right up with an admiring look, Yukio laughed. I looked around, and Shisho's futon was already empty. Koko-san's was too. He could have woken me up, I thought, as I spoke to Yukio. "Where is everyone?" "Taking…