Published in the R-40 BL Anthology.
 
The Lupin are a breed of creature which resembles an amalgam of human and beast. Alvin has spent his life hunting them, killing them, shoring himself against their calls that mimic human voices, calling the names of the unwary, drawing humans under their thrall. Consequences came in the form of a living child. Alvin has raised Reuben since then, a Lupin hunting dog for the Lupin hunter. But is Reuben really just a hunting dog? Or Alvin's adopted child? Or maybe...

Cover illustration: Reibun Ike 
1. 5 More Days Till Christmas [Reibun Ike] 
2. Warawanai Meruhen (笑わないメルヘン) [Shimaji] 
3. Karyuudo to Mamono (狩人と魔物) [Suzuri Ryou] 
4. Not if [Haji] 
5. Buka to Joushi to Kabe no Joou (部下と上司と壁の女王) [Seika] 
6. Konya dake no Number 1 (今夜だけのナンバーワン) [Uka Kasai] 
7. 50-sai, Saisho no Koi no Hajime Kata. (50歳、最初の恋のはじめかた。) [Matsumoto Noda] 
8. Adagio No.53 (アダージオNo.53) [Kotaru Kashima]

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