Bungo Stray Dogs: The Past

(A note before reading: Since I felt the word count limits for individual pieces were making it hard to keep updating, I decided that posting this as a novel on Tomato would help me stay consistent, so here I am. The story is mainly in the second person and leans toward female-oriented romance. Please keep that in mind as you read.)

To go home, you must first escape the exploitation of your unscrupulous boss;

To go home, you must return and find an ability-related item no one has ever heard of;

To go home, but you can't keep watching good people die;

If getting what you want means paying with your life, would you still make that kind of sacrifice?