「誰かの視線は凶器のようで、目が合うと刺されるような気がしていた――」人の視線を避けるように、学校に行かず家に引きこもる白斗。昔雨乞いのため巫女を捧げていたという池に潜ったところ、刀が刺さった少女が沈んでいた。彼女となら目を合わせられる。そう思い連日のように池に通っていた白斗だが… “People’s gazes felt like weapons to me, and meeting someone’s gaze felt like being stabbed.” Avoiding the gazes of others, Hakuto shuts himself in at home instead of going to school. One day, he dives into a lake said to have once been used for rainmaking rituals, where shrine maidens were offered… and finds […]

「誰かの視線は凶器のようで、目が合うと刺されるような気がしていた――」人の視線を避けるように、学校に行かず家に引きこもる白斗。昔雨乞いのため巫女を捧げていたという池に潜ったところ、刀が刺さった少女が沈んでいた。彼女となら目を合わせられる。そう思い連日のように池に通っていた白斗だが…

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"People’s gazes felt like weapons to me, and meeting someone's gaze felt like being stabbed." Avoiding the gazes of others, Hakuto shuts himself in at home instead of going to school. One day, he dives into a lake said to have once been used for rainmaking rituals, where shrine maidens were offered… and finds a girl submerged there with a sword pierced through her. "I can make eye contact as long as it's with her." Believing this, Hakuto begins visiting the lake day after day, until...