Abstract

Having been betrayed by a trusted friend, I was heartbroken and holed up in my own home.
Unable to stand by and watch me like that, my family entrusted me with sorting through the belongings of my grandfather, who passed away two years ago.

When I arrived in a rural village on the outskirts of the city, I found that my grandfather's house was rumored to be inhabited by a "mononoke."
I entered the house timidly, only to find a mysterious man I didn't recognize living there, calling himself "the mononoke who had devoured my grandfather's soul."

His words were so outlandish that I didn't believe him at all, but as I lived with him, the mysterious aura he exuded made me wonder if he really was a "mononoke."

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