Chapter 08 The last two days of spring break had arrived, and Mana, uncharacteristically, didn’t show up. She’d mentioned yesterday, before heading home, that she’d be late, but it was…

Chapter 07 Two days after I went to the home center, the puppy’s enclosure arrived. I’d been advised there that a customizable enclosure was better than a fixed cage, so…

Chapter 06 The very next Monday arrived, leaving only four days left in the third school term. Manami-san, she was just the same as always, ne¹. Yet, having caught a…

Chapter – 07 Admittedly, Shao Sui was startled when he was first bitten—after all, the abdominal muscles were a sensitive area. But soon he realized Mi Mi hadn’t actually bitten…

Chapter 05 It was Sunday evening, a perfectly ordinary end to a week that had, admittedly, contained the extraordinary little blip with Nakanishi-san. My weekend had been swallowed whole by…

Chapter 04 Just yesterday, when I got home from school, Mom told me she was divorcing Dad. The reason was Dad’s cheating. Honestly, I just couldn’t believe it. Dad was…

Chapter – 06 Shao Sui pinched the cat’s paw pad, holding it away from his face. “You’re a spy sent by Director Cao, aren’t you? You’re practically trying to ruin…

Chapter 03 After arriving at my place, I ushered Nakanishi-san into the living room, started the bath water, and went to grab a change of clothes and a bath towel….

Chapter 02 Lawyer Watanabe-sensei, the corporate legal counsel for my father’s company, had thoroughly investigated my relatives. It turned out there was a cousin on my mother’s side, but they…

Chapter 01 My name is Inamori Hirokazu, and I was the long-awaited, late-in-life child of my parents. I was, consequently, raised soaking up their absolute, undivided affection. My parents always…