C³ Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the C³ novel. A total of 106 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 107 : Epilogue
Part 1
Haruaki could not help but think to himself, this atmosphere really fe
Epilogue
Part 1
Haruaki could not help but think to himself, this atmosphere really felt like the aftermath of a festival. That being said, it would also be a bit too disrespectful.
"Pay attention, everyone~ Hurry and clean up, clean up. If you dont divi
- 1 Prologue A black cube. It was the only way to describe it when you looked at it. One side was about 1 meter long, and there was no hint as to the objects use. Yachi Haruaki stared at it with an obvious look of disbelief on his face. "Excuse me, sir,
- 2 Chapter 1 - The Unknown One Who Went to Bed / "Night of Rubiks Cube" Part 1 "...What is this? Custard pudding?" The girl said as she poked the yellowish-white object in front of her with a sulky expression. "Have a taste and youll know." "Hmmm... h
- 3 Chapter 2 - Do Something, to Something, at Somewhere / "When contents of the cube are exposed" Part 1 "Look at your plate when you're eating! The morsels are falling off the plate!" Fear answered yes. Again. She'd answered th
- 4 Chapter 3 - Antinomy of Each Other's Body Temperatures / "Cold curse, Warm curse" Part 1 Rusted industrial machinery stood upright like some kind of monster. The air was rife with the smell of rust and mold. On the other side of the high ce
- 5 Chapter 4 - A Mother and a Body Pillow for the Night / "Voice, a termination, not a termination, her, her" Part 1 "Uh... Ueno-san, would you like to use the bathroom in my room—" "No—I wasn't really drenched by the rain. Plea
- 6 Chapter 5 - Even If Cursed / "Here" Part 1 Her silver hair tousled by sleep, the girl sat up. Half opening her eyes, she stared blankly without moving. She was still stuck halfway in the world of dreams. Suddenly, her vision captured a mysteriou
- 7 Epilogue Part 1 In any case, night descended peacefully. Dinner was Chinese cuisine, but if one were to make a great concession, to comment with maximum possible mercy, benevolence and generosity... Yes... The taste was not too bad. But the problem was— &
- 8 Prologue Swallowing hard, Yachi Haruaki opened the cardboard box sitting on the living room table. "..." After a few seconds of silence, he closed it up and left it untouched. The contents were exactly as imagined. More than simply forcing his h
- 9 Chapter 1 - As Fragile as Gla.s.s Beads / "Sovereignty-Perfection-Doll" Part 1 Haruaki and Konoha sighed gloomily together. "Strange, this is clearly the same route we take to school every day. But what is with this sense of exhaustion...?&
- 10 Chapter 2 - That Which Escapes the Seer's Eyes / "for their reasons" Part 1 Taking walks in the shop when her father was not around was one of Sakuramairi s.h.i.+raho's few rare hobbies. Inside the dim shop with the metal shutters down
- 11 Chapter 3 - Times When Even the Fictional is Desired / "Who is her? - Who is she?" Part 1 The rarely used j.a.panese-style room, only brought back into use the day before yesterday, still carried the lingering odor of stale long sealed off tatami. Given
- 12 Chapter 4 - Like an Inescapable Curse / "She played Killing Organ" Part 1 Even though Haruaki and his group had no idea what was going on, at least it was clear this was no time to be casually attending cla.s.s. Skipping the lessons in the afternoon, th
- 13 Epilogue Part 1 In terms of conclusion, Sovereignty decided to continue living in s.h.i.+rahos home. Since they were unconvinced that lifting the curse was necessary, Haruaki did not insist. After all, with the Killing Organ gone and no need to drain feel
- 14 Prologue Part 1 Fear was feeling very frustrated, agitated from the bottom of her heart. "Hmmmmm..." Her elegant eyebrows, her large and striking eyes, and the corners of her little mouth were all twisted in frustration. Sitting cross-legged rather ungr
- 15 Chapter 1 - The Home-Returner Who Is Strange Somewhere / "Welcome home, the troubled little girl" Part 1 In any case, it would be best to talk things out once everyone had calmed down—Deciding that, Haruaki prepared dinner. "Okay... Before we start the
- 16 Chapter 2 - The Visitor Who Disappears Somewhere / "Mama said, the culprit is me" Part 1 Haruaki had some idea that people treated Kuroe as a mascot, but he never expected how far it went. The next morning was Sunday. With partial trepidation, Haruaki a
- 17 Chapter 3 - The s.a.d.i.s.t Who Is Nowhere / "A gasper on the bed, or her cute secret" Part 1 Building materials crashed down on her body. Out of the way. Out of the way. Hurry and get out of my way! "Gu... Gaaaaaaaah!" Manifesting her "nature" all
- 18 Chapter 4 - The Transcenders Who Are Everywhere / "Human" Part 1 Pa.s.sing through back alleyways, the trio of Haruaki, Kirika and Kuroe were taken to a coastal area lined with warehouses. Perhaps this zone was originally abandoned, because it was compl
- 19 Epilogue On this day, the Yachi homes garden was more noisy and bustling than usual. "One, two... Then jump to the right! —Uwah!?" "Kyah?" "Ununu, youre in the way, Cow t.i.ts! Your volume problem is gradually making Earth impossible for people to li
- 20 Prologue It was dusk on a certain Sat.u.r.day, two days before the imminent sports festival. On the way home from shopping, Haruaki felt an inexplicable sense of loneliness. The chilly autumn breeze was showing off excessive power while the sunset sky dis
- 21 Chapter 1 - Already Present Before One Could Notice / "A pebble, a pebble and more pebbles" Part 1 Caution was of paramount importance. As careful as a ninja searching for presences on the ceiling, as bold as a thief who had to finish the job wi
- 22 Chapter 2 - Unexpectedly Fragile / "Going on a picnic with the sandwich" Part 1 According to Kana— Today, she had gone out shopping with her cousin (recently married) who had brought her six-month-old baby. But just as they started browsing the
- 23 Chapter 3 - Wondrous Touch / "Who are you?" Part 1 What is your name? Yachi Haruaki. Age? Sixteen. Your father's name? Yachi Honatsu. b.a.s.t.a.r.d Pops. Best dish? Eh? I feel like I can cook anything! Studying at which school? Taishyuu Pri
- 24 Chapter 4 - Not Warm / "In a sports day, the school that means her is sealed up" Part 1 Monday—sports day. For most people, this would be a holiday but for the students of Taishyuu Private High School, that was not so. This was the very day of t
- 25 Chapter 5 - The Contents Inside? / "Not void" Part 1 The corridor was unrecognizable, with tiles peeled off, holes opened up in the concrete beneath, windows shattered, fluorescent tubes on the ceiling broken as well. One could easily imagine th
- 26 Epilogue Part 1 The next day after the sports festival, Tuesday, was a day off in lieu of the holiday on Monday. Fear was taking a midday nap after lunch when she suddenly woke up in the living room, only to discover Kuroe sitting formally on the veranda
- 27 Prologue The location was a hospital. Hence, Haruaki was working in a white coat of course, busy dispensing "prescriptions." "Doctor, we have an emergency patient! «Nutrient Pack» and «Yellow Medicine», one of each, stat!" "Drats,
- 28 Chapter 1 - Cultural Festival / The Party Begins With Nurses Everywhere / "Nurses excessive." Part 1 Everything started with the lightspeed nomination of the festive male cla.s.smate, Hakuto Taizou, as the "cultural festival executive commi
- 29 Chapter 2 - Labor Festival / Where Is the Remedy for Loneliness? / "A collar that matches her well." Part 1 He was a tall, slim man with hair as long as a woman's. The exquisite features of his handsome face displayed a natural and cordial
- 30 Chapter 3 - Carnival Festival / Willful Dance Between the Mask and the Monster / "Landfisher VS." Part 1 "After careful examination in an isolated place, even I can recognize the face now. Indeed, that's him... Little miss helper, coul
- 31 Chapter 4 - Music Festival / Painful Musical Movement Prompts Nostalgic Smile / "The best pain." Part 1 "You—What rubbish are you talking about!?" "Eh, you dont want to?" Pakuaki was sitting on a chair backwards, his head inc
- 32 Chapter 5 - Late Night Festival / She Does Not Wish to Know Right Now / "Enough unknown, unknown enough." Part 1 In the beginning, Fear seemed to be oblivious of her situation. "Haha... Ahhh~ This is the best and the worst. I... Can still t
- 33 Epilogue Part 1 A sickroom on a certain night. This was not a shop in the cultural festival but a sickroom in an actual hospital. There were two men. One was a man in a patients gown with creepy long hair, sitting up on the sickbed. The other man had even
- 34 Prologue As soon as he opened the entrance, Haruaki found himself buried in a maid. "Huh!?" "Hiya—! I never expected this day to finally arrive! Thank you for your hospitality today, please treat me well—!" Naturally, Haruaki was not b
- 35 Chapter 1 - Possibly Hardworking Students. Later, / "Visitors—the physical educator and the dowser" Part 1 After school, the day just before the end of term exams—In other words, a few hours prior to the arrival of Haruaki's surprise visito
- 36 Chapter 2 - She Could Not Sleep Through the Moonlit Night / "The twofold rejection under the moon." Part 1 Fear made her way to the second floor of the accessory dwelling and entered Kuroe's room. It was a narrow s.p.a.ce meant for a single
- 37 Chapter 3 - Water and Exposed Skin Everywhere in View. Or Perhaps, / "How to clean the whole stealthily" Part 1 For the next few days, everyone had their hands full between handling exams and protecting Satsuko. Since they could not be certain i
- 38 Chapter 4 - Mayhem Permitted. Additionally, / "Because we are friends" Part 1 Konoha readied her hand in a karate chop. Kaidou took deep breaths as she raised her shovel with trembling hands. Kuroe moved her dripping wet hair while Kirika reache
- 39 Chapter 5 - The Place Where Strength Lies. There, / "In hand" Part 1 Incomprehensible. What could this scene mean? From inside Fourteen's body, Satsuko had taken out an electric drill that one would use for leisure carpentry. Although it wa
- 40 Epilogue The next day, in the cla.s.sroom at school... "Phew—Its finally over... Jeez, its making me feel like some kind of rare animal." "Nyahahaha, that cant be helped. After all, the victims caught up in the incident are in our cla.s.s.
- 41 Chapter 1 - h.e.l.lo Guillotine Part 1 One evening on a certain weekend. "Haruaki, Im bored out of my mind! I wanna take a walk outside!" Fear was saying this after one of the common sense lectures conducted whenever there was time—todays being
- 42 Chapter 2 - Sunday Is a Good Day for Stalking Part 1 One night, an exceptionally somber atmosphere was hanging in the Yachi residence's living room. Whether Haruaki, Fear or Konoha, all of them were narrowing their eyes as though facing a grave chall
- 43 Chapter 3 - The First Shrine Festival / "A little reckoning day" Part 1 Clackety-clack, clackety-clackety-clack. "Geta clogs are so fun. Yo! Ho! Ha!" "Hey Fear, don't run so fast, you'll fall—" In a leaping manner,
- 44 Chapter 4 - School☆Wars ~Ningyouhara Kuroe Is Not Bored~ Part 1 A few days after the cultural festival ended, it was an ordinary morning. "Then we're off to school—" Time to head to school. Yachi Haruaki casually stepped out of the entryway
- 45 Chapter 5 - How to Tame Ueno Kirika Part 1 The heavy rain poured nonstop. A young housewife stood in front of a mailbox, holding an umbrella in her left hand while carrying in her right one of those large envelopes for containing doc.u.ments. Reaching out
- 46 Chapter 6 - A Certain Encountered Deathmatch —This story happened some time ago in the past. Part 1 The kitchen on one evening. He was speaking in a slightly annoyed voice he had recently been using quite frequently. "Help me bring the onions over fr
- 47 Prologue Part 1 Haruaki was returning to his room after a bath when he heard suspicious noises inside. With his hand reached out, just about to open the door, he froze his posture. "If I remember right, it should be around here..." "Hmm...
- 48 Chapter 1 - Flight in Progress, Will He Crash? / "Santa Claus is coming to town" Part 1 December 22, a few hours after the end of term ceremony... Due to Christmas Eve coming in two days, the shopping street was uniformly Christmas in mood. Coun
- 49 Chapter 2 - The Unknown Making a Wish to Him / "Jingle Bell Rock" Part 1 "The rice is done. Should I carry the entire rice cooker over?" "Yeah, Cla.s.s Rep, thanks." It was December 23 today. Due to being a holiday, unlike us
- 50 Chapter 3 - Him and the Children, the Numbers Problem / "Kokoro the Red-Weared hunter" Part 1 The next morning, Kirika entered the washroom to wash her face. Due to the commotion during the night, she was lacking in sleep to some extent, but sin
- 51 Chapter 4 - He Comes and Goes Elusively / "When The Liars Go Marchin In" Part 1 In contrast to her arrogant and unrefined att.i.tude, the girl was both pet.i.te and adorable. Her blonde hair was sleek and smooth while her facial features were ex
- 52 Chapter 5 - What if He Makes a Mistake / "Still, Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" Part 1 "I-Impossible..." Haruaki groaned. Staring in wide-eyed shock, he could only groan. Just now, Zenon—What had she said? "Of course it's true. Sh
- 53 Epilogue Part 1 Several hours pa.s.sed after the battle. December 25. After eleven in the morning. Haruaki's group showed up at the superintendent's office. The school was still on holiday, so naturally, they were dressed in casual clothing. Aft
- 54 Prologue Slither~ Slurp slurp. "Hey Haruaki... Its true that this is tasty and its not like Im complaining." "Hmm?" "But isnt today a special occasion? I was thinking surely the cooking would be much more special than usual."
- 55 Chapter 1 - What Does One Do on New Year's Day? / "Of course, the first visit... and the first curse" Part 1 After getting ready to go out, Haruaki and company took a taxi. A bit of laziness during the New Year's first shrine visit hop
- 56 Chapter 2 - When Will the Emptiness Be Filled? / "Before long, if they reach out to each other" Part 1 Now was not the time to be deliberating whether to chase down Chihaya and Isuzu or not. What was stolen must be recovered—Given it was somethi
- 57 Chapter 3 - Whom Does the Shrine Maiden Dance for? / "Surely, for the man who lost(found) the words" Part 1 In any case, the whole group started a planning conference directly in the Hayakawa living room. Despite the tragic remains of the paper
- 58 Chapter 4 - Did the Voice Transmit Successfully? / "...(No answer)" Part 1 Fear frowned in puzzlement and murmured softly: "W-What's the difference? Not a bell but kagura dance bells...?" "Perhaps you've never seen them
- 59 Epilogue Part 1 After who knows how much time had gone by, Haruaki looked up with a start. Above him was simply the night sky. Without him noticing, the sun had already set. Although a few dark clouds lingered, the falling rain had subsided to a drizzle.
- 60 Prologue Part 1 On a certain day in late January... Just as the noise of cheering was heard from the sports ground where PE cla.s.s was taking place, Haruaki, dressed in gym clothes and sitting on the floor, turned his head to look and sighed lightly. Sit
- 61 Chapter 1 - Stomach Clock and Chocolate Time / "Study for Saint Valentines Day" Part 1 "Let me make myself clear, Im just going out to play next! Theres absolutely nothing else going on or any secret purpose, so dont mind me at all!" I
- 62 Chapter 2 - Two Minutes on the Pocket Watch / "The place where heart is" Part 1 Ultimately— On that day when she first visited, that place where she knew not a single soul except one, the person she selected as the first person to speak to—was s
- 63 Chapter 3 - The Town Where Large Clocks Cannot Be Read / "Four minutes - for minutes" Part 1 That night, a visitor arrived at the Yachi residence. Although it was visitor whom Kirika particularly did not want to see, he was impossible to refuse
- 64 Chapter 4 - The Pendulum After Four Minutes / "A hand stops, but never reverses" Part 1 Hinai Elsie. The Frontline Gathering Knights Dominion—«Four Minutes». Haruaki's group swiftly entered defensive positions against her. Staying on high a
- 65 Epilogue Part 1 What are your plans from here on? She asked. —I cant go back anymore. The other person answered. Why did you join them? She asked. —No particular reason, I just went with the flow. The other person answered. Apart from that place, do you h
- 66 Prologue After finis.h.i.+ng dinner, just as everyone was relaxing while enjoying some tea— "Okay, Fear, why dont you sit down for a bit." Haruaki coughed lightly and spoke with an especially serious expression. Fear kept blinking repeatedly. &q
- 67 Chapter 1 - Spring Scene / Overhead View Above the Shrine Maidens / "Welcome, cherry-blossom utopia" Part 1 After ending the first day of cla.s.ses upon promoting to Year 2, Kirika returned to her apartment, put down her schoolbag and went into
- 68 Chapter 2 - Spring Day / Together With You Somewhere / "Nice to meet you, Ms. n.o.body" Part 1 The current location was a newly built, detached house. The wallpaper gave off a smell of newness. Since this house was nearing completion, one could
- 69 Chapter 3 - Spring Festival / Hence the Nonstop Cheering / "h.e.l.lo, future" Part 1 "What—What do you mean by that!?" Fear's voice was trembling in shock. Satsuko's voice was very calm and sounded like she was simply reading
- 70 Epilogue Part 1 Laurica and Lilyhowell had stopped in a deserted alleyway. Had they escaped successfully? "That girl just now, I remember she is the «Tailender Syndrome»... Satsuko Ontenzaki, yes? I recall seeing her photo in the resources at the Kni
- 71 Prologue Konoha reached towards the card in the middle—But that was a feint. The silver-haired little ladys face distorted slightly to show an evil grin. Then swiftly moving her fingertips again, Konoha made a grab for the card on the left—But this was al
- 72 Chapter 1 - Journey of s.h.i.+ning Gold / "the park where deer run" Part 1 Experiments and test runs. Having obtained a new toy, she needed to perform these two tasks first. She must confirm how it felt during usage. The new toy—but more accurat
- 73 Chapter 2 - Significance of Returning Darkness / "the village where they perform" Part 1 Bivorio. The former Matriarch of the «Bivorio Family» which was named after her—the insane organization that affirmed cursed tools, embracing them with love
- 74 Chapter 3 - Time of Continual Vermilion / "the shrine where there are fortune-telling stones" Part 1 I really hate growing old—He thought to himself. I can't believe I have no choice but to leave behind these boys and girls who are young en
- 75 Chapter 4 - Reason of Turning Crimson / "the stage where it starts up" Part 1 It was the final night during the school excursion. Although this fact carried all sorts of significance, Haruaki and company currently had no choice but to do the sam
- 76 Epilogue Part 1 All preparations were complete. Now all that remained was finding an opening. Part 2 After ending the long-distance journey, they returned to the much-missed home. One arm in a sling, Haruaki used his other hand to open the front door whil
- 77 Chapter 1 - Nubowa Disappearing in the Steam Part 1 One afternoon, on the last day of the winter break, Haruaki was walking in the streets with Fear and Konoha while s.h.i.+vering from the chilly wind. They were simply going grocery shopping as usual, so
- 78 Chapter 2 - b.l.o.o.d.y Chronicles of Demon Blade Muramasa Part 1 Not long after the third school term started, there was one ordinary winter day. At the Yachi home's entrance, Konoha welcomed the familiar liquor shopkeeper. Ever since a long time ag
- 79 Chapter 3 - Beauty and the Beast? ~Sakuramairi s.h.i.+raho on a Rampage~ Part 1 —Hence, Fear visited that place once again. "I've... finally... returned..." While her eyes were staring solemnly straight ahead, her s.h.i.+ny silver hair was
- 80 Chapter 4 - Snow-Melting Population Density Part 1 One day, Haruaki's peaceful sleep was interrupted more noisily than usual. "Oh no... Oh no oh no... This is serious, it's serious! Haruaki! Get up now—!" "Guah—!?" A super he
- 81 Chapter 5 - Art Thou Haruaki? -Imitation of Life- Part 1 Sakuramairi s.h.i.+raho was resting her chin against her hand, elbow on the counter, staring at the man before her. The shops interior was dimly lit. Ever since a long time ago, this antique shop wa
- 82 Prologue The backs of the students heads were s.p.a.ced out regularly in a row, with even some of them napping, nodding frequently. Next to the blackboard, the clock slowly carved out the pa.s.sage of time. Someones textbook fell on their desk with a thud
- 83 Chapter 1 - The Nightmare Known as Her; Its Situation / "The blade - It's solitary." Part 1 After the school excursion ended, on that day when they returned home— Ever since the day when Konoha had disappeared without warning, several days
- 84 Chapter 2 - The Foolish Ent.i.ty Known as the Weak; Its Sin / "The blade - Its ferocious" Part 1 That group of people gave off an exceedingly simple impression. Namely, a bunch of extreme misfits. Exactly as the word implied in its truest sense,
- 85 Chapter 3 - The Darkness Known as the Knight; Its Significance / "The blade - Its two-faced." Part 1 Why was she here? She thought blankly to herself. In front of her was a garden. The leaves of giant old trees, clothing hanging on laundry poles
- 86 Chapter 4 - The Progression Known as Training; Its Terror / "The blade - It's heavy." Part 1 Starting the next day, Haruaki was going to begin his crash course at Lilyhowell's lair. Naturally, there was currently no time to spare for a
- 87 Chapter 5 - The Future Known as Tomorrow; Its Antic.i.p.ation / "The blade - Its too sharp." Part 1 While sipping black tea, Ontenzaki Satsuko s.p.a.ced out and recalled what had happened several days earlier. She sighed. "Whats the matter?
- 88 Chapter 6 - The Curse Known as a Wish; Its Final Fate / "The blade - Its (un)breakable." Part 1 "Hmm..." She opened her eyes and woke up. Not because someone called her to get up nor because she recently learned how to use her cellphon
- 89 Epilogue Part 1 She watched that scene silently without saying a word. The soil of the garden dyed red. Bleeding from his head, he was lying there unmoving. Back then, what she had felt was—In order to deceive herself about that feeling, she had thought t
- 90 Prologue Part 1 "Mmm~ So good~♪ Yes, yes, miso soup with spinach added, now thats our family recipe~... Haruaki, your cooking skills have improved again~" The mysterious woman calling herself Haruakis father continued to eat dinner while smiling
- 91 Chapter 1 - The Creature Allegedly My Father / "His birthday (I)" Part 1 Many things must be changing slowly, he thought. To be honest, Haruaki could only feel lost in response to these changes. All the gradually changing matters had no answer.
- 92 Chapter 2 - Dragon Head Looming on the Horizon / "His birthday (II)" Part 1 The fleet on the sea stopped. However, a small boat appeared from among them and made a beeline towards Haruaki's group. They watched as the boat advanced for quite
- 93 Chapter 3 - The Pleading Immortal Girl / "Our birth (new)" Part 1 Burning heat. Intense pain as though bitten by countless winged ants. Cold sweat. Discomfort. Kirika looked down at her lower body—currently regenerated to the right knee. She had
- 94 Chapter 4 - He Who Is Cursed / "Her rebirth (x2)" Part 1 It turned out that Pakaukis prediction was correct. A seaside road. Although one called it that, the road surface was not paved at all. It was just a b.u.mpy path only used by local reside
- 95 Epilogue Part 1 In the end, speaking the truth after everything was over had become his usual habit. The unknown of what was to come versus the unknown of what had already ended. As for deciding which unknown was more interesting, that required no thought
- 96 Prologue Part 1 Alone inside her own room, she was sitting with knees drawn up to her chest. Her face was forcefully buried between her thighs. Her long silver hair dangled on the left and right sides, forming a tiny inviolable room in front of her chest
- 97 Chapter 1 - The Withdrawn Cube / "Cage x Collapse x Chivalrous" Part 1 Her master was currently sitting in the wheelchair. Sleif—the demonic sword Dainsleif—followed his gaze, staring at «Dieu le veut» standing upright on the ground surface. In
- 98 Chapter 2 - The Steel Wis.h.i.+ng to be Powerless / "Case x Collision x Coetaneous" Part 1 The trio of Un Izoey, Taizou and Kana were walking in the corridor with their postures slightly bent forward. The corridor was very quiet while lessons we
- 99 Chapter 3 - The Rejected Daughter of Sin / "Child x Captive x Cacophonous" Part 1 A brief respite. As soon as he stopped moving, Zenon threw three knives at him. He casually deflected two with his hand and left the third to Riko's movable a
- 100 « -interlude- C: "at morning"» Then— The sound of faint vibrations stimulated his consciousness. Haruaki opened his eyes and woke up. First to enter his view was a silver color. The sun had just risen. Still slightly dark, the