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Posthumous LoveAuthor: Yumeno Kyūsaku
| Original Title | 死後の恋 |
|---|---|
| Author | 夢野 久作 |
| Genre | Detective & Mystery |
| Author Type | Male Author |
| Summary | In Vladivostok’s chaotic streets, a disheveled Russian man accosts a Japanese officer, pleading for someone—*anyone*—to believe his macabre tale. Once a noble scholar, he now claims descent from Russia’s fallen aristocracy and insists his sanity hinges on sharing a secret tied to the Romanovs’ demise: a phenomenon he calls “Posthumous Love.” His feverish monologue recounts a wartime encounter with Lyatnikov, a young soldier whose tragic fate intertwines with jewels of unimaginable value and a love that transcends death. As bullets rain on their White Army unit, Lyatnikov’s true identity—and gruesome end—unravel in a forest stained by Red Army brutality, where gemstones embedded in viscera become spectral tokens of devotion. The narrator’s obsession with these jewels consumes him, yet Vladivostok dismisses his story as madness. Desperate for validation, he offers his fortune to the officer, whose judgment may finally grant meaning to his torment. Whispers of imperial ghosts, bloodied treasures, and a love that claws beyond the grave linger—but will truth emerge from the ashes of revolution, or is this merely the ravings of a broken soul? |
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