*Reached the top online and offline bookstore bestseller list immediately after publication
*A work commemorating Keigo Higashino's 35th anniversary debut
*The first ever simultaneous worldwide publication

Keigo Higashino's moving masterpiece, "The Guardian of the Green Tree," a special recover edition

Keigo Higashino, a writer whose name itself is a brand and a guarantee of fun.
He has written bestsellers across a wide range of genres, from mystery to thrilling fantasy.
The work that created a great deal of buzz as it was the author's 35th anniversary debut work and the first work of his to be simultaneously published worldwide was "The Guardian of the Green Tree."
To repay the readers' enthusiastic support for this work, which immediately topped the bestseller lists in both online and offline bookstores and continues to be very popular, Somi Media is presenting a special recover edition of "The Guardian of the Green Tree."

"The Guardian of the Green Tree" is a novel that depicts the events that unfold when Naoi Reito, a young man who had been living an ordinary life, becomes the "Guardian of the Green Tree" who guards the magical green tree that is said to grant wishes.
It provides an intriguing mystery element as you learn the secrets of the oak tree through Rayto's eyes, and it also presents a heartwarming emotion by showing the warm connections between people and between the past and the future.

This special edition, available only at YES24, is packed with a charm that sets it apart from existing books, with sensuous illustrations capturing the moonlight at dawn.
It also includes comments and autographs from author Keigo Higashino for Korean readers, making it more than enough to satisfy fans' desires for possession.
The special recovery edition of "The Guardian of the Green Tree" will be a special book that will once again warmly soothe and heal the hearts of readers weary from reality.

“Here, this is the wax.
“It’s for two hours, is that okay?”
“Yeah, it’ll be over around midnight.
It's always been like that."
“Do you have matches?”
“Yes, I brought it.”
“Then, when you light and extinguish the candles, please be mindful of the fire.”
“I know, I’ve heard it so many times.”
"sorry.
Be careful where you step on the road at night and have a safe trip.
I sincerely hope that your wishes will be conveyed to the oak tree.”
--- p.9

As you pass through the thicket, your vision suddenly opens up and a huge monster appears in front of you.
The identity is a green tree.
It is a large tree with a diameter of about 5 meters and a height of over 20 meters.
The thick branches of the tree stretch upwards in a winding, undulating shape, resembling a large, entangled snake.
When I first saw it, I was completely overwhelmed and speechless.
The rhizomes that stretched out vigorously into the ground were thick and intricately bulged out.
Careful of his step so as not to trip over it, Rayto went around the wooden pillar to the left.
--- p.12

“After the negotiations were concluded, President Toyoi said,” Iwamoto said.
“No matter how much you repair a defective machine, it will break down again. That guy is the same, so he’s a defective product anyway. He’ll probably do something much worse and end up in prison someday.”
Rayto bit his lip.
I didn't know what to say in response.
Please, the lawyer continued.
“As you go through life, prove that prophecy wrong.”
Reito looked into Iwamoto's eyes.
“How should I live?”
“Isn’t the answer waiting for you in that room?” Iwamoto pointed to the note Reito was holding.
“But let me tell you one thing.
When making important decisions, it's better to think for yourself and come up with answers based on your own clear opinions.
“Don’t rely on things like coin flips.” There was a cold light in Iwamoto’s eyes behind his glasses.
--- pp.28~29

“I heard about your career, and I heard that you didn’t go to college after graduating from high school.”
“It’s not that I didn’t go, it’s that I couldn’t go.
“I didn’t have the money for that.”
“If I had put my mind to it, I could have gone anyway, but okay, that’s fine.
“What are your dreams for the future?”
"dream?"
“The view is nice, though.
“Do you have any thoughts about what you want to become or how you want to live?”
“The view is….” Reito turned his gaze away from Chifune and scratched the back of his neck.
“There’s nothing in particular.
“It doesn’t matter how you do it, as long as you can survive, it’s okay.”
Chifune exhaled and nodded as if he understood something.
"all right.
Then, I guess you have no choice but to follow my instructions even more.
“Because this is something that only you can do, not anyone else.”
“Something only I can do? What is that?”
Then, Chifune straightened his back, heaved his chest, took a deep breath, and opened his mouth, as if he was about to make an important announcement and not to miss a single word.
“What you have to do is...
“That’s the ash tree watchman.”
--- pp.38~39

“I don’t know when that legend came about,” Chifune said.
It is said that if you make a wish at the green tree of Wolhyang Shrine, it will eventually come true.
In the past, it was only known by word of mouth among the local people, but with the spread of the Internet, it has become widely known as a spiritual power spot.
Thanks to this, the number of people visiting the remote rural area with nothing special to see has increased significantly during holidays.
--- p.45

Rayto hesitated.
If you've been following your father in the middle of the night like this, there must be some urgent matter.
It seems like he doesn't intend to disturb the commemoration of the four limbs, but just wants to take a peek at what's going on.
I briefly thought that it would be okay to pretend not to see it at that level.
But if Saji gets caught, things will get worse.
One could be held accountable for asking what the role of a watchman is.
If that were the end of it, it would be fortunate, but if word got to Chifune, it would be a huge problem.
It was at that time that Rayto was in deep thought.
“Ahem ahem ahem ahem ahem ahem……” A strange, intoned sound was heard from inside the oak tree.
--- pp.53~54

"Then can I tell you this? During the day, anyone can come and go freely there, but at night, reservations are required, so no one else is allowed near the zelkova tree."
Why is that so?”
“Because, that’s… I can’t help but say that’s the original rule.”
Yumi shook her head as if she was frustrated.
“You’re asking why such a rule was created.
“Is it because it’s more effective at night? If you make a wish in the middle of the night, does it really come true?” he asked, pressing the question.
“I said I don’t know.
I've said this many times, but I was just hired.
“I just heard that the official ceremony is held at midnight.”
--- pp.68~69

“It seems like reservations are pouring in for commemorative events held at night, and for a certain period of time.
There was a rush of people every two weeks or so, and in between there were almost no reservations.
“The past records here are the same way?”
“Yes, that’s right.
Do you know why?”
“I had a guess, just in case.”
“Shall we listen?”
"Is it perhaps related to the moon? Mr. Saji, who came to celebrate last night, said he had a good feeling while looking up at the moon.
Last night was a full moon.
So I looked through the records and it seems that reservations are concentrated around the full moon of each month.
“The day Mr. Saji comes is also on the night of the full moon or around that time.”
“Did you finally figure it out?” Chifune said, looking at Reito with a testing look.
“But the full moon comes only once a month.
"But you just said that reservations are piling up every two weeks? That doesn't seem right."
"yes that's right.
So, I looked into which months have the highest booking peaks again.
It was a moonless night, the last day of the month.
How is it? Did I get it right?”

--- p.95