The first part of the Teikai trilogy. The kanji writing of teikai has many meanings: one of them is to linger, to stay a bit longer; another is to wander at midnight. Taken out of context there is no way to tell which is intended, and it is from that ambiguity of language that the author started working on the trilogy — there is no way to know where this midnight wandering will lead. The cover of the volume is made to fade with time and handling.