Petit Bourgeois

Full Text Chapter 5 Part 3 | Contents | Chapter 6 A scary person lying in wait? What a thing to say! I’d been awkwardly standing still until Urino-kun left, leaning on a tree with my arms and legs crossed as the two of them had their conversation on the other side. Though they were

Full Text Chapter 5 Part 2 | Contents | Chapter 5 Part 4 Osanai’s feet were surprisingly quick when she ran off. A firetruck had already arrived, so someone must have called for it. I could hear continued shouts of “Fire!” Residents from the surrounding area were gathering around. The police would probably arrive soon

Full Text Chapter 5 Part 1 | Contents | Chapter 5 Part 3 I couldn’t really say that it was a pleasant night. In the past, I’d exposed others’ secrets and extracted the truth from complicated situations. Drunk on how good that felt, I’d always hurled the truth out into the open while everyone else

Full Text Chapter 4 Part 4 | Contents | Chapter 5 Part 2 The Funado High School building was generally open during the summer break, mainly for the sake of club activities. Some people came to study, but they were few in number, because the school had no air conditioning. The library was a lot

Full Text Chapter 4 Part 3 | Contents | Chapter 5 Part 1 Until Kengo’s email arrived, I hadn’t noticed that today was the day. As if pre-empting the height of summer, the day was extremely hot, with not a single cloud in the sky since morning. The sweltering heat reminded me of something. There

Full Text Chapter 4 Part 2 | Contents | Chapter 4 Part 4 Arson Attack at Ueno Town, Kira City – Suspected Case of Serial Arson At approximately midnight on 10 May, some abandoned bicycles caught on fire under the elevated railway in Ueno Town, 1st District, Kira City. The fire was spotted by a

Full Text Chapter 4 Part 1 | Contents | Chapter 4 Part 3 I’d decided on the contents of the conversation, but the problem was where to have it. Having it in school would be the most convenient, but both of us would definitely become reticent if I chose a bad location. On the other