>>5745228When you arrive at your work, you greet Esaka and go to your post.
Turns out there isn't much to do today, since there aren't many new supplies and all the work you've already done. You quickly order everything and go out to explore the different areas of the building.
Walking through the book section while thinking about what to do, a children's book catches your eye. Its cover is nothing special, just a couple of kids running from a ghost, but that makes the idea that the paranormal is connected to what happened to you pop into your mind in a way that you can't ignore.
Searching among the other books, you try to find something that can help you.
Among the compilations of ghost tales and texts with a more academic focus, you will find Shimamoto Hotaru's Compendium of Ancient Legends and Traditional Customs.
It is a somewhat heavy book, but when you open it to take a look, you see that the book is not just filler, but quite the opposite, it is full of rituals and stories on a wide variety of topics, from cooking recipes to dealing with curses to traditional construction techniques for temples.
Happy to have found something like this, you start looking for other things of similar quality.
It is then that you find a book on psychology for children and adolescents. It seems common enough, one of those cheap books for concerned parents, but you decide that knowing more about yourself and others can't be such a bad thing.
You pay for both and head to take your place with Esaka.
You immediately know you made a mistake when you see how she smiles like a cat as she extends her hand. You must have hidden what you were buying.
Sighing, you hand the bag to your partner, who gladly accepts it.
"So you're doing research, huh...? Psychology and..." Esaka squints her eyes as she tries to understand the second book. "Traditional customs? Will your book be about samurai or something?" She asks you confused.
Moving to the other side of the counter, you take the books and put them back in the bag. "No, I don't think so. But who knows?"
"You're so mean, you don't tell me anything." Your coworker grumbles.
Laughing, you make Esaka an offer. "And if I tell you one of my ideas if you answer a question?"
Her eyes shine at her proposal. "Of course!"
