Vol 1 Prologue (1/2)
SECRET FILES – KIZUNA
each wish: prologue
After Ozawa Haruka’s lecture was finished, she cliko trees in order to meet somebody
Yellow leaves fluttered down around her
Autumn had finally come
Last night, Isshi+n, the uncle of Haruka’s university friend, Saitou Yakumo, called her
– If you have time, I’d like you to come by after school
It was a welcome invitation to Haruka
After cliates of the temple
Next to thearden in his working clothes with a bamboo broom in hand
Isshi+n waved his hand with a large gesture before Haruka could call out
‘hello’
Haruka stopped in front of the gates and bowed
'Thanks for co’
On Isshi+n’s face, as gentle as Maitreya’s, his left eye was dyed red He wore a red contact lens
There was a reason that Isshi+n wore an asymmetrical contact lens
It was from his love towards his nephew, Yakumo
Yakumo had had a red left eye ever since he was born which had the unique ability to see the spirits of the dead
Because of that ability, he was alienated and thought of as strange; even his own mother tried to kill him
Isshi+n ht understand even slightly the pain that Yakumo felt
'Is it really all right for me to come?’ Haruka asked Isshi+n
'Of course Today is a special day’
Isshi+n’s eyes closed as he smiled
'A special day?’
'Yes That’s why I thought we could continue the conversation we had before’
'About Yakumo-kun’s past… is it?’
Isshi+n replied to Haruka’s question with a nod
About a week again, Haruka came here because of a case and Isshi+n tried to talk about Yakumo’s past
However, Yakumo himself cut Isshi+n off
– Come hear about it later
Isshi+n had whispered that in Haruka’s ear then
It appeared that Isshi+n hadn’t just been saying that before
Haruka felt opposed to hearing about Yakumo’s past when he didn’t want to talk about it himself, but at the same time, she still wanted to know more about Yakumo, even if it was just a little
To Haruka, Yakumo wasn’t just a university friend
Meeting Yakumo had been the start of Haruka’s involvehosts
Because of Yakumo’s unique ability to see the spirits of the dead, he would solve the mysteries behind spiritual phenomena and lead unsolved murder cases to their solution
Haruka had been involved in a number of cases with Yakumo ever since
Yakumo had even saved her life
They would quarrel whenever they met, but before Haruka knew it, Yakumo had become somebody important to her that she didn’t want to lose, and somebody that she could trust completely
However, there was too much she didn’t know about Yaku about Yakumo from before they met
That hy she wanted to know, even if it was just a little –
The histled
– I’ve been waiting
Haruka heard a voice from behind her on the wind
It wasn’t Isshi+n’s voice
– Who is it?
Haruka turned around, but there was nobody there
'That voice…’
'I see You heard it too, Haruka-chan?’
Haruka was confused, but Isshi+n see
'Eh?’
'There’s no point standing while we talk, so shall we go?’
Isshi+n looked up at the red-tinged sky and then started walking through the gravel garden to the priests’ quarters
To Haruka, his back looked somewhat sad
Isshi+n led her to the living room just past the entrance
It had a tatah it ell organised, it did not look very lived in
'Well, please sit I’ll pour some tea’
After saying that, Isshi+n went to the kitchen, divided fro door
'Please don’t trouble yourself,’ said Haruka as she knelt on the cushi+on
It was quiet –
Itout the teacups and boiling water sound awfully loud
Yaku in the university’s <movie research=”” circle=””> room, but before that, he had lived in this temple
When Haruka thought about that, she felt like the eight-tata special
'No far did I get last time?’
Isshi+n ca room with two teacups on a tray
'You said that there was so the teacup that Isshi+n offered her