Having been kicked out of the orphanage, a despairing young man by the name of Atsushi Nakajima rescues a strange man from a suicide attempt--Osamu Dazai. Turns out that Dazai is part of an armed-detective agency staffed by individuals whose supernatural powers take on a literary bent!
Ria is safe and sound from her potential kidnappers thanks to Asisi's swift rescue, but she's left with more questions than ever about the Guardian Knight. What's the story behind his scar-riddled back? And why does everyone act so strangely when she tries to bring it up? Ria's determined to get to the bottom of things--even if it takes every last one of her princess charms!
All hope seems lost as the world teeters on the brink. With the forces of the agency scattered and One Order in the hands of Fukuchi, can Fukuzawa rise to his feet to strike down his dearest friend once and for all? And meanwhile, back in Meursault, Dazai and Dostoyevsky’s battle of wits appears to have come to a close…or has it? As Sigma sifts through the mysterious conjurer’s memories, he arrives at a shocking and terrifying truth!