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Divine Intuition!Author: Yumeno Kyūsaku
| Original Title | 霊感！ |
|---|---|
| Author | 夢野 久作 |
| Genre | Modern Short Fiction |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In a dimly lit clinic, Dr. Parpon confronts a disheveled young aristocrat whose grotesquely dislocated jaw triggers violent nausea. After resetting it through an unorthodox scolding technique, the shaken patient reveals an extraordinary tale: he and his identical twin, bound by a pact to avoid romantic rivalry, became entangled in a tragicomedy of errors with their cousin Remiya. Forced into a shared marital arrangement by familial pressure, their carefully balanced lives implode when Remiya bears a child of disputed parentage. The ensuing courtroom drama—dubbed the "Nameless Child Trial"—escalates into a surreal spectacle as judges deploy primal "spiritual intuition" to determine paternity, testing the infant’s reactions to each twin. But when the baby rejects both men in a shocking verdict, the revelation unravels deeper secrets, leaving the young man’s jaw unhinged once more—and the doctor speechless. As shadows of betrayal and divine irony loom, the truth teeters between scandal and cosmic jest, promising consequences far beyond a mere medical oddity. |
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