Chapter 4

It turned out Hina¡¯s parents did not hold on to old superstitions as firmly as their daughter had believed. They didn¡¯t mind that the big house their son-in-law, Franz, had found for them all to co-inhabit was right next to a cemetery.

¡°Well, it makes it cheaper and quieter, doesn¡¯t it?¡± was the only thing Hina¡¯s mother, Rumiko, had to say on the matter. Her husband, Katsu, had just made an unintelligible grunting sound that was most likely an affirmative.