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Original Title	蛇性の婬
Author	田中 貢太郎
Genre	Popular Fiction
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	Toyoaki, a gentle son of a prosperous family destined for scholarship, finds his quiet life shattered by a chance encounter with the captivating Manaogo during a rainstorm. Their instant, dream-like connection quickly spirals into a terrifying reality. When a sacred, stolen sword mysteriously appears by his bedside, Toyoaki is plunged into a world of suspicion, arrest, and exile, his future irrevocably stained. But even as he grapples with the injustice, Manaogo’s relentless pursuit intensifies, her uncanny appearances and the chilling whispers of her true "serpent nature" hinting at a love far more sinister than he could ever imagine. As this bewitching entity infiltrates his very existence, Toyoaki must confront a horrifying truth: is he truly in love, or has he become the unwitting prey in a supernatural dance of obsession and dread?