第5話

あらすじ

日本語の要約がないため、Englishで表示しています。

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The black-haired assistant repeatedly dreams of a boy named Jimmy and a deaf girl named Chavvot, matching an image Nona asks Decim to display behind the bar. Two unusual guests then arrive: an adult man who claims to remember Quindecim and a silent young boy. Decim focuses on the man's apparent violation of the rules, especially when he becomes violent, and restrains him. The boy suddenly puts both Decim and the assistant to sleep and reveals himself as Ginti, another arbiter. The adult is not a human soul at all but a mannequin implanted with memories. Nona designed the encounter to test Decim, who failed to notice that the supposed child had no memories because the more dramatic guest captured his attention. Ginti criticizes Decim for keeping the unjudged assistant, whose own death should have sent her through a game. Their confrontation becomes physical until Nona stops them. She is deliberately allowing the woman to work beside Decim as part of a larger experiment involving arbiters and human emotion. Nona continues studying the same picture book, suggesting that the forgotten story may unlock the woman's identity and determine why she cannot yet be processed like an ordinary guest.