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Original Title	ナリン殿下への回想
Author	橘 外男
Genre	Popular Fiction
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	In 1930s Tokyo, cynical Japanese merchant-writer Tachibana Tonan's jaded world is unexpectedly upended by a chance encounter with "Sheutan," an Indian boy of exquisite beauty and quiet dignity. This boy is none other than Crown Prince Narain of Virupur, secretly seeking Japanese textile technology to uplift his British-oppressed nation. Drawn into the Prince's noble, yet perilous, mission, Tachibana becomes an unlikely friend and confidant, confronting bureaucratic disdain and escalating British surveillance. As the empire tightens its insidious grip, threatening Narain's freedom and his people's last hope, Tachibana finds himself grappling with a profound sense of injustice. Can an ordinary man protect a royal dream from the machinations of a global power, or is the young prince's defiant spirit destined to be crushed?