The Archivist’s records don’t seem entirely accurate.
A foreign visitor causes a flood, destroys property, and disrupts court proceedings.
A businessman in search of an heir brings children to his factory and puts them through unannounced trials, resulting in most of them being disfigured.
A girl who fears the prospect of sewing manages to escape with the help of a cat.
A university student flees from his work. He later aims to destroy it but dies in the process. His work is lost near the North Pole.
An orphan is endangered by authority figures, aids an escaped convict, frees an animal slated for execution, and travels through time.
While chilling on a boat, a man tells a very long travel story to his friends.
A businessman brings children and other visitors to his new establishment, resulting in the death of many of the visitors (though not the children).
Between long technical lectures on his topics of interest, a man talks about a work trip and his obsessive boss.
A civil servant gives up on love and becomes satisfied with society.
An orphan is abused by authority figures, aids criminals, receives a surprise inheritance, and gives half of it to someone who was trying to destroy him.
A hypochondriac puts effort into marrying off her five daughters, and succeeds with three.
A traveller meets someone and starts travelling with them. They learn the reason for the loss of a species. An old piece of machinery stops functioning.
After much fighting, a habitual liar and knife-wielder occasionally sit on two separate benches.
A respectable member of society gets roped into being a burglar and is caught up in a war.
A child celebrity wins a competition alongside a baker.
A foreign visitor kills time, gets arrested, interferes in the affairs of the royal family, and reunites the land.
A profligate spender gets into multiple car accidents, ending up in jail. He escapes in disguise and returns to find his home taken over by outlaws.
A group of refugees, led by a seer, encounter a totalitarian community and eventually contribute to the disappearance and assumed death of its leader.