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Case of the Spring-Exclusive Strawberry Tart Chapter 5: The Heart of a Wolf (Part 2)

Full Text Chapter 5 Part 1 | Contents | Chapter 5 Part 3 After lessons ended, we left the school. “You know…” “…Yeah?” “It would be great if your bicycle can be fixed.” “…Yeah.” The conversation that passed between us was devoid of life or color. Even our eyes, which would usually be looking about […]

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Case of the Spring-Exclusive Strawberry Tart Chapter 5: The Heart of a Wolf (Part 1)

Full Text Chapter 4 Part 3 | Contents | Chapter 5 Part 2 It was the next day. With my modest bento laid out on my desk, some noise suddenly drifted from the school speakers. The broadcasting switch was turned on. Since I was well-behaved and didn’t belong to a club, I couldn’t imagine that

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Case of the Spring-Exclusive Strawberry Tart Chapter 4: A Swelling in the Mind (Full Text)

(Note about chapter title: This is part of an old saying: “Keeping silent is like having a swelling in the mind”, meaning that if you don’t say whatever you want to say, you will be left feeling uneasy and unsatisfied.) Chapter 3 | Contents | Chapter 5 Table of Contents 1 What is the area

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Case of the Spring-Exclusive Strawberry Tart Chapter 4: A Swelling in the Mind (Part 3)

Full Text Chapter 4 Part 2 | Contents | Chapter 5 Part 1 Osanai-san was sitting at the same table, but with different cakes in front of her, none of which seemed to be a pumpkin pudding. It seemed that she’d demolished the pumpkin pudding in the time it took me to get from that

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Case of the Spring-Exclusive Strawberry Tart Chapter 4: A Swelling in the Mind (Part 2)

Full Text Chapter 4 Part 1 | Contents | Chapter 4 Part 3 Humpty Dumpty is located a short distance to the northeast of Funa High School, although Funa High is already at the north side of town. I could get there within five minutes if I were on a bicycle. With the midterm examinations

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Case of the Spring-Exclusive Strawberry Tart Chapter 4: A Swelling in the Mind (Part 1)

(Note about chapter title: This is part of an old saying: “Keeping silent is like having a swelling in the mind”, meaning that if you don’t say whatever you want to say, you will be left feeling uneasy and unsatisfied.) Full Text Chapter 3 Part 4 | Contents | Chapter 4 Part 2 What is

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Case of the Spring-Exclusive Strawberry Tart Chapter 3: How to Make Delicious Cocoa (Full Text)

Chapter 2 | Contents | Chapter 4 Table of Contents 1 It was a Sunday when I spotted Osanai-san in town. Osanai-san and I did have a reciprocal relationship, but it did not extend to codependence, and we were definitely not inseparable lovebirds. We would hang out after class to eat a dessert, or browse

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Case of the Spring-Exclusive Strawberry Tart Chapter 3: How to Make Delicious Cocoa (Part 4)

Full Text Chapter 3 Part 3 | Contents | Chapter 4 Part 1 Kengo was still moody when we stood next to each other in front of the long toilet. He asked me what I was doing, to which I responded truthfully that I was talking with Chisato-senpai. He followed up by asking what we

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Case of the Spring-Exclusive Strawberry Tart Chapter 3: How to Make Delicious Cocoa (Part 3)

Full Text Chapter 3 Part 2 | Contents | Chapter 3 Part 4 I didn’t actually feel the need to go, but I went to the toilet, anyway. Judging by the “open” sign on the knob, the door wasn’t locked. If so, where had Osanai-san gone? She couldn’t have possibly gotten lost in this narrow

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Case of the Spring-Exclusive Strawberry Tart Chapter 3: How to Make Delicious Cocoa (Part 2)

Full Text Chapter 3 Part 1 | Contents | Chapter 3 Part 3 Kengo lived in a house on an old residential street. I’d been invited there two or three times while we were in elementary school. I was wondering if I would get lost on the way there, since it had been so long

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