Coming out of the Onmyo-ryo, Fujiwara Reya walked to the nearby Nikko House Bookstore.
The store had a high ceiling, and he wandered between aisles of bookshelves, finally taking two books about the Spanish Civil War to the counter to pay.
The cashier was a woman who looked sharp and competent; to call her a beauty would be a stretch. But her graceful figure and the elegant gold-rimmed glasses perched on her nose made her quite likable.
"Not many people buy books on the Spanish Civil War," she said, looking up.
"Maybe I can find some inspiration in them," Fujiwara Reya replied deliberately.
"The last group that got inspired has already fallen like the Republican government in the books," she lamented, shaking her head while skillfully scanning the barcode. Once the payment was done, she kindly handed Fujiwara a beautifully printed paper bag.
By "fallen," she was referring to the people who initiated Japan's Red Movement in the 1970s.
