Winner of the Grand Prize in the 28th Dengeki Novel Award, this is an otherworldly noir about a man in a labyrinth city who is called the princess knight's 'kept man' while secretly operating behind the scenes with hidden skill. The story draws strong pull from both the city's rough atmosphere and a relationship that is hard to reduce to either service or romance.

He is not just a kept man. He is the lifeline moving in the princess knight's shadow.

Winner of the Gold Prize in the 28th Dengeki Novel Award, this is a romantic comedy about an ordinary high school boy caught between a cool beauty and a cheerful childhood friend as he watches a triangle romance unfold and confronts his own feelings. It balances brisk dialogue with careful attention to where emotions should finally settle.

Even as a triangle romance, it aims for something other than a simple mess.