title: Dark Rooms: A Saga
author:  Siddharth Katragadda 
description: A work of literary art. A person who enters this text will not exit the same person. -- <i>Terrie Relf, WritersMonthly</i><br /><br />Life. Death. Joy. Tragedy. Lures the reader in gently and offers itself, like a cold drink on a sultry day. -- <i>Sharon Wren, Suite101</i><br /><br />The seedy feeling of lost grandeur suggests Gabriel Garcia Marquez (especially 'Autumn of the Patriarch'). -- <i>Stephen Gallup, Author of</i>
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  # Illustrations
  
  
  ![Kuusenkan_V01_Cover](../Images/Kuusenkan_V01_Cover.jpeg)
  ![Kuusenkan_V01_01](../Images/Kuusenkan_V01_01.jpeg)![Kuusenkan_V01_02](../Images/Kuusenkan_V01_02.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Chapter 1 — The Strongest Traitor
  
  
  Beyond the opening heavy doors, artificial light lit up the interior. In the
  vast space that depth could not be perceived, large storage shelves could be
  seen stacking up like mountains. The warehouse in the late night gave off an
  inorganic atmosphere.
  
  
  In the corner of such a place, a slim young man with messy hair was sitting on
  one of the empty shelves. Belonging to the same Kuusen Madoushi Division
  second year sophomore, a guy with golden hair ──Lloyd·Alwinfinally found his
  presence.
  
  
  “I was thinking of eating together with you once in awhile, but what are you
  doing in this place?”
  
  
  “Ah, Lloyd. Nice timing, take a look at this.”
  
  
  As the young man, Kanata, sitting on the shelf said so, he then tossed over a
  bundle of ten or so documents over.
  
  
  “Wha