The cursed girl is not disqualified in the world

"Did Odasaku-san know Dazai-san before?"

One day, when Atsushi Nakajima, who had just joined the company, was helping to sort out work documents for Osamu Dazai, who was absent from work, he saw Sakunosuke Oda who was struggling with the keyboard across the side, and opened his mouth as if chatting.

"...Ah, yes, Dazai and I have known each other before." Oda Sakunosuke, who was thinking hard about the plot of the novel, replied slowly.

Atsushi Nakajima then asked: "Hey, how did Mr. Odasaku meet Mr. Dazai?"

As a newcomer who has just joined the agency and was brought back to the Armed Detective Agency by Osamu Dazai himself, Atsushi Nakajima is eager to find out more information about his benefactor, Osamu Dazai, so that he can better help him deal with work in the future of various matters.

Atsushi Nakajima's question brought Oda Sakunosuke's thinking back to a few years ago, the red-haired man opened his mouth gently: "How did we meet..."

Looking back now, Sakunosuke Oda still vaguely remembers that he had just left the killer industry at that time, and was in a period of confusion when he didn't know what to do in the future.

"By the way, that old man seems to have told me to try to write the second half of "Heart"." The young red-haired young man, who was still a little green, was talking to himself on the street, giving way to his tall stature and strange behavior. People looked twice at the place where Oda Sakunosuke was, but they only saw gray stone bricks with no one in sight.

The red-haired young man who disappeared from the sight of passers-by was already standing in front of a bookshelf in the roadside bookstore. As a former killer, Oda Sakunosuke had very good eyesight, and naturally he could find books 20 meters away through the glass window. The author of that book is of course the same person as the author of "Heart", and the author's name is 'Natsume Soseki'.

Without a fairly stable income, and for the time being, he has not found another job to pay him a salary. The financially distressed Oda Sakunosuke looked at the old works of Natsume Soseki on the bookshelf and hesitated. He was thinking about buying this book because he was hungry for three meals. , or bear with it first, and wait until you get through this predicament before buying it.

'...For the old ones, most people probably have them, and they should be able to buy them later...'

Just as Oda Sakunosuke was comforting himself, the book in front of him was taken away by a white and dry palm.

……

Take it away!The book was taken away!

The young Oda Sakunosuke couldn't help but widen his gray-blue eyes, the killer's instinct broke out, and before the owner of the palm was about to leave to pay the bill, the red-haired man pulled him.

Oda Sakunosuke said: "...I read this book first..."

The bad words made Oda Sakunosuke, who had never argued with anyone, stuck, but for Natsume Soseki's book, the former killer decided to gamble his life's eloquence and stop the other party before the book was bought.

The person who was stopped was Osamu Dazai. At this time, he had solved the enemy who was secretly trying to find him and Miss Aoi, and by the way, he gave the murderer behind the scenes a gift package for a lifetime trip to Yokohama Bay.Osamu Dazai, who had finished his mission today, was happily preparing to take the selected gift back to Miss Aoi, but unexpectedly ran into someone in the way.

Osamu Dazai curled the corners of his mouth 'very interested': "Hey, I saw that you stood in front of the bookshelf for at least 10 minutes without moving. I thought you were shot and died."

The curly-haired boy didn't care that the ex-assassin didn't pay attention to the leaked murderous intent, instead he chatted with him very easily.

The unexpected words of the book snatcher made Oda Sakunosuke, who seldom talked to non-task targets, stuck again. While answering the other party, he was thinking about how to persuade the other party to keep the old book: "...I was not shot, I'm just wondering if I'm going to go hungry for three meals and buy it with all the rest of my meal money..."

Osamu Dazai elongated his tone again: "Hey, is that so?"

Oda Sakunosuke nodded seriously: "Yes."

The red-haired young man nodded, his thoughts were still immersed in the line of 'how to persuade the other party', Dazai Osamu saw this, he moved his wrist, intending to take the opportunity to withdraw his arm from the hand of the guy in front of him.

'It's evening now, I have to go back earlier to cook for Miss Kui.Miss Aoi can't be too bored waiting.By the way, I heard a few funny jokes today, let's tell Miss Kui when I get back. '

Osamu Dazai, who thought so, did not take back his arm as he wished, and the arm wrapped in the sand-colored windbreaker was still firmly held by the red-haired youth.

Osamu Dazai evened the corners of his mouth: "You are very interesting, I have never encountered such a thing that I can't break free after being caught."

"Sorry, did I hurt you?" Hearing what Dazai Osamu said, Oda Sakunosuke let go of his hand without thinking twice.

Osamu Dazai moved his wrist, feeling a little soreness: "What did you do before?"

Oda Sakunosuke gave the answer very simply: "I used to be a hired killer, but now I am unemployed."

Although he guessed that the red-haired young man may have an unusual past, he did not expect that the process of obtaining the answer would be so simple and fast. Dazai Osamu was stunned for two seconds, and he blinked: "Why, the killer is not full now. Is it because you can’t even afford a book?”

Oda Sakunosuke nodded and admitted very honestly: "Because I plan to leave the business of hiring killers completely, so according to the agreement I signed before, I need to pay a liquidated damages to the organization I was with before."

Osamu Dazai muttered speechlessly: "You are an idiot."

Oda Sakunosuke, who had no sense of being scolded at all, shook his head: "I'm not a fool, I'm just unemployed."

"..." Since arriving in Yokohama, this was the first time that Osamu Dazai met someone who made him speechless.

Based on this, Osamu Dazai, who is not yet 14 years old, seems to have suddenly awakened the youthful soul in his body. He ignored the burning eyes of Oda Sakunosuke looking at Natsume Soseki's old works, and paid the bill coldly at the front desk of the bookstore.

However, when checking out, Osamu Dazai asked the bookstore clerk to find out the old works in stock and paid for them together.

"Hey, for the sake of being a fool like you, I'll lend you this book for now, and you'll have to pay me back later."

Osamu Dazai handed the extra old book in stock to the red-haired young man standing in the doorway of the bookstore in frustration.

Oda Sakunosuke, who hadn't expected to get a surprise at all, opened his gray-blue eyes again. He hesitated for a moment before accepting the book: "...Thank you."

Osamu Dazai put the book he chose first into the lining pocket of the windbreaker like a treasure, and he waved impatiently at Oda Sakunosuke: "Remember, you owe me a favor."

Candide-former killer-currently unemployed Oda Sakunosuke readily accepted the favor: "I've made a note, I owe you a favor."

"You're really interesting." Osamu Dazai curled his mouth again. He touched the book in his arms through the fabric of the windbreaker, and suddenly had the idea to confide in strangers.

So, after the unemployed Oda Sakunosuke obtained Natsume Soseki's old work without any effort, he listened very carefully to Osamu Dazai's compliment about his fiancée for half an hour.

"Oh?! Did Mr. Dazai already have a marriage contract?! Or did he have a marriage contract when he was under 14 years old?! Is this the rhythm of metropolitan people?!"

Not long after he left the orphanage, Atsushi Nakajima, who was currently only able to support himself with his salary, let out four consecutive exclamations of knowledge.

"Ah, if you calculate it this way, Dazai did have a marriage contract very early." Oda Sakunosuke, who has been single for more than 20 years since birth, realized it later.

Atsushi Nakajima continued to exclaim: "To be able to boast about his fiancée to a stranger who has only met once for half an hour. It seems that Mr. Dazai really cares about the fiancée lady."

Oda Sakunosuke nodded in agreement: "Dazai really cares about that young lady, because that young lady seems to need protection very much."

Atsushi Nakajima couldn't help but stop the spreading of his thoughts: "Has Mr. Odasaku ever met Mr. Dazai's fiancée?"

"Ah, not long after I met Dazai, I had the good fortune to meet that young lady once."