The Black Woodpecker's Nest

For many centuries, the Vari family has been protecting their world from worm-eaters and outsiders from other dimensions. And this latest case in an art school—where phantom faces appeared in every portrait—was one of the simplest!

But after it, trouble comes one after another for Varya and her sisters. One of their aunts is taken by the Shadow Messenger, and the second ends up trapped in an illusory dream.

With each day, new worm-eaters appear in the apartment, and the walls are eaten more and more by black mold… Who is causing all these misfortunes? And what secrets does Varya’s family keep?