Morohoshi

"From then on, I fell in love with darts. Not long after that, Mr. Yusaku wrote a novel that happened to include a case of arson committed with darts. I think he must have been commemorating the day we played darts together! After that, there was no stopping me—I became a die-hard fan.

"However, just after I started high school, I heard that he had gotten married—I was depressed for a while because of it, but seeing him happy was enough to satisfy me," Morohoshi said calmly.

Amaki noticed something strange at that point. "Wait, if you had already gotten over it, why did you imitate the crimes?"

Morohoshi sighed and explained, "You may not understand. Not long after that offline gathering, he became hugely famous. His meet-and-greets and signing events became incredibly crowded, and tickets were hard to get. After getting married, he lived in America for a long time. I was busy with my studies then, so I never saw him again.

"But recently, because of that Cocoon launch event held by the Shindora Group, Yusaku returned to Tokyo and held a fan gathering. I went through so much trouble to get a ticket and brought The Shadow in the Fire for him to sign. But he seemed to have forgotten me. He treated me like an ordinary fan, signing the book and shaking my hand. It hurt so much—"

"So you copied the crimes from the book just to get that guy's attention?" Yamada said speechlessly.

Morohoshi nodded. "I chose those people because I wanted to punish them too. They borrowed such precious books, then left them sitting at home untouched and never returned them. Isn't that awful?"

"What about you? Didn't your fires damage precious books too?"

Narcissist's words left Morohoshi choking up. She lowered her