Abstract

A kobold living in the forest meets a girl named Tami, who wanders into the woods looking for her younger brother. Using the artifice of seeing into the past, he shows that life her brother lived, but this causes her to become delirious and gives birth to an "ogre sprout" within her people. If the sprouts burst and commit atrocities, they are cast into hell, never to return to this world again. Therefore, the kobolds willingly bear the burden of nipping the buds of demons that arise each time they are reborn for a thousand years. ... This fantasy novel by a spirited author depicts the subtleties of the human heart.

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