Fairy Tail Jo / Original Title: FAIRY TALE

[Machine Translation] What is the happiest story you can write in dark times? This book is the answer that Tei King has come up with. The adventure in another world born from his colorful imagination begins! In the town where I live, there is an eerie mansion called "Psycho House. There is an eccentric old man who lives there alone, and when he crosses the closed gate, he is attacked by a fierce dog. One day, I heard the sad barking of the dogs and discovered that the owner of the house had fallen from a ladder and was in agony. This was the first encounter between me and Mr. Bowditch (and his dog, Raider). I was allowed to enter the house to take care of the injured old man, and I began to develop a rapport with Mr. Bowditch and Raider. Contrary to rumors, neither the old man nor the dog were scary. Gradually, however, I begin to notice something strange. I began to hear strange noises coming from the back of the house. It was also a mystery why Mr. Bowditch was so strangely wealthy. Then one day I learned that he kept a large amount of gold in a safe - what was this? How did the old man get his hands on it? Mystery after mystery, I gradually get closer and closer to Mr. Bowditch's secret, but little do I know that what awaits me ahead is a great adventure in an otherworldly place!

暗い時代に自分が書ける幸せな物語とは?帝王キングが出した答えが本書だ。カラフルな想像力が生んだ異世界の冒険がはじまる!ぼくの住む町には〈サイコハウス〉と呼ばれる不気味な屋敷がある。そこに住むのは偏屈な老人がひとり、閉ざされた門を越えると猛犬が襲ってくるという。ある日、悲しげに鳴く犬の声に気づいたぼくは、屋敷の主が梯子から転落して苦しんでいるのを発見した。これがぼくとミスター・ボウディッチ(と、犬のレイダー)の出会いだった。怪我をした老人の世話をするため家の立ち入りを許されたぼくは、ボウディッチ氏やレイダーと心を通わせはじめる。噂とは裏腹に老人も犬も恐ろしくはなかった。だが、徐々にぼくは奇妙なことに気づきはじめる。家の裏手から妙な音がときどき聴こえてくるのだ。ボウディッチ氏が奇妙に裕福なのも謎だった。そしてある日ぼくは、氏が大量の黄金の粒を金庫に入れていることを知った―これはいったい何か?どうやって老人はこれを手に入れたのだろう?謎が謎を呼び、ぼくは徐々にボウディッチ氏の秘密に近づいてゆくが、この先で待っているのが、この世ならぬ異世界での大冒険だとは、思いもしなかったのだ!