Michiru Fushino – författare

The worst—and last—day of his life! Masamichi Adachi left his hometown in the country to study agriculture at university. He prepared diligently for the exam, got his own apartment, and landed a part-time job to pay rent and support himself. He’s doing everything right, so why is it all going horribly wrong?! He’s failed the entrance exam twice, lost his job, and to top it all off, a hit-and-run leaves him a lonely, bloody mess on a dark road. Just as he accepts his fate and goes toward the light, an unlikely savior approaches, drawn by the smell of his blood. A contract with this stranger could give him a second chance at life, but will he agree to terms that include being eaten alive?

A new lease on life and a chance for revenge… Masamichi almost died in a hit-and-run, only to be rescued by a mysterious and handsome specter, Shino, who lives alongside humans. He offered to save Masamichi… with the condition that the young man become his food! Two months later, they’re bound by a strange contract and living together in Shino’s antique shop—a place that sells merchandise possessed by spirits. Just as Masamichi starts to feel comfortable with this situation, a writer drops in hoping to use the store as material for an article. However, digging deeper will surely unearth more trouble than she expects to find.

After nearly dying and being pieced back together, Masamichi has gotten used to working at the antique shop Bougyoudou for the handsome and mysterious Shino, who saved his life. The man is actually a specter who has been living as a human since the Heian era thanks to a curse from a spiritual medium. As Masamichi gets to know the gruff man and discovers his kinder side, he begins to feel some strange feelings for the specter. Then one day, a visitor from London arrives with a request from his very wealthy boss—a request concerning a haunted house and the evil spirit within it...

The Contract Between a Specter and a Servant is a supernatural/fantasy novel featuring a shy young man down on his luck and the cursed specter who saved his life in exchange for servitude.