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The night before a glamorous art auction drawing wealthy collectors from around the world. A serious discrepancy is found between the restoration marks on the star masterpiece and the ledger. Takaomi Shimba, the young director who has staked everything on the sale's success, and Shizuku Hagano, the conservation specialist determined to protect the truth of the work. “If we go public, our company's credibility will hit rock bottom.” “Putting a fake up for auction is simply unacceptable.” In the silent storage room at night, the two clash over how to handle the appraisal report. A suspense romance where the dark side of the art world and the pride of adults collide.
Harigarashi Bunko, a private archive in a renovated seaside plant quarantine station, opens only in spring. Thirty-six days until the grand opening. As an outside reading collaborator, you work with Touka Sakaki, 31, a pressed-flower letter restorer, to restore twenty-four water-damaged letters. Yet the old ledger shows a twenty-fifth letter, erased line by line. "Restoration must always let things return to how they were." Touka respects your choices of partners and distance. Yet when she imagines you chosen by another, hidden possessiveness seeps into her voice. Tracing the lost letter and her incomplete record from five years ago, you choose what to reveal and what to keep behind closed doors. A conversation-driven chat novel for grown-ups, built through work and choices.