[Spell Return] Beast of Despair

57.

—June 2018, Tokyo, Nishitama-gun—

Under Yezhi's reminder, Gojo Satoru finally realized the fact that he hadn't caught any fish for an entire hour and a half.

During this hour and a half, he only changed the bait twice.The change of bait was not because he was accidentally eaten, but simply because he was so bored that he didn't know what to do.

Maybe that's why he never caught a single fish.

But during the same hour and a half, Yezhi, who hadn't moved the bait at all, couldn't catch anything—the empty hook couldn't even catch a ball of aquatic weed or garbage.

Gojo Satoru shook the fishing rod casually.In fact, he didn't care much about whether he could catch fish or not.He didn't really come here to catch a fish.

He just wanted to continue the topic just now.

"I know you must feel..."

"Doesn't it make you feel frustrated that you can't catch fish?" Shizhi interrupted him, "Frustration is the worst feeling."

"I……"

"I remember you said when you set out that you would not go back until you caught the fish."

Interrupting him twice in a row, it seemed that she really didn't want to talk about this topic.That being the case, it is meaningless to continue to insist on expressing love.Because even if he really said "love", she would definitely pretend that he didn't hear anything.

She has covered her ears.People who cover their ears usually don't hear any sounds anymore.

Gojo Satoru pursed his lips.She felt that it was time for her to pay more attention to why she didn't catch any fish.

"I didn't say that if you can't catch fish, you won't go home. You can't blame me." He wanted to change the bait again. "Maybe it's because there are not many fish in this river, so we have nothing to gain?"

Just when he said this, a father and son not far away from them had caught the third fish.Strangely enough, the father and son came after them.

Gojo Satoru felt that something was obviously wrong with this situation.

"It's bad luck." Shizhi lowered his eyes tiredly, "I guess I won't be able to catch fish all day."

"Don't be so pessimistic. How about we change places?" Gojo Satoru suggested, "Maybe we can catch fish in other places."

Yezhi didn't say anything, just shrugged, and it seemed that he had no objection to his suggestion.

Putting away the fishing rods and picking up the ice bucket, they moved to the other side of the river.This small migration did not bring about any change.

The fishing father and son on the other side of the river have caught the seventh fish, and their record is still zero.Gojo Satoru squinted his eyes, looked at the excited and cheering little boy, and couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "This kid is really proud, I'm afraid he caught all the fish in the river."

Yeszhi let out a soft snort, not sure if he was agreeing with his complaint, or simply denying it.She sat quietly, with a low sense of existence as if she didn't exist at all.

Until the father and son returned with a full load, they still failed to catch anything. I really don't know whether to blame bad luck or poor ability.

Gojo Satoru put away his fishing rod, looked at the still bright skyline, and saw no sign of the setting sun coming.It might be another hour before the sun dips below the horizon, but it's definitely late afternoon.

Today is the longest day of the year.After today, the night will become longer and longer little by little.

Thinking about this kind of thing now, it seems that there is a kind of unexplainable bad feeling.Gojo Satoru decided not to think too much about it.

"How about we go to dinner?"

Yes it refused.

"I'm a little tired and want to go home."

"Okay." Gojo Satoru didn't insist, "I'll take you home."

"I want to go back by myself."

"That's impossible. The suburbs at night are very dangerous."

Yezhi stopped talking, just looked at the sky, and then looked at Gojo Satoru with helpless eyes, which was obviously saying "do you think it's night now".

But no matter what she thought, Gojo Satoru would still send her home.After all, he was the one who brought her to this remote suburban place.Even if it's just out of the most basic sense of responsibility, he should send Shi Zhi home safely.

Knowing that he had no room for rejection, he said nothing more, pushed a lot of things like fishing rods and ice buckets to him, pushed down his hat, and walked ahead alone .

This time, I finally didn't get lost.It's just that when looking for a car in the parking lot, it still took a little time.

Yesino sat in the back seat, resting his chin in one hand, looking out the window aimlessly.The color of the sky seemed to have dimmed a bit, and the thick clouds were turned into a soft light pink by the floating light, but it was still a long time before dark.The radio station in the car is playing classic old songs, perhaps because the place is too remote, there is a lot of noise on the radio, and the tune can barely be heard.

On the way back, she was still reticent.

"Are you really not going to tell me something? I don't want to drive so quietly."

Gojo Satoru's tone sounded like he was complaining.

Yezhi blinked, feeling a little sleepy.

"Let me drive. I can drive quietly and I don't need people to talk to me."

During the conversation, the radio signal improved a lot.The loud noise disappeared without a trace, and what was playing at the moment was a ballad.

"Girls softly weave wreaths of daisies"

Familiar lyrics.It was belatedly that she had heard the song before, but it wasn't this studio version, it was sung to her by someone else.

She kept crossing her fingers, not realizing that she was trembling uncontrollably.

"Ah, please take this wreath that symbolizes love"

She doesn't want to listen to the song anymore.

She loosened her seat belt and reached out to the radio. She kept pressing buttons that she didn't know what functions they represented.

"Wear it around my neck"

It didn't work at all, the singing didn't stop.The cold air-conditioning wind hit her face, as if it had chilled the blood all over her body, but why did her cheeks still burn as if they were on fire?

It felt like something was touching her, and she didn't like it.

"This song...why can't I stop...why..."

"In the Forest at Dusk"

She bit her lower lip tightly, and her vision became blurred little by little, but no matter how hard she pressed these inexplicable buttons, she couldn't stop the tune.

He clenched his fists and pounded hard towards the radio.

"Stop it!"

58.

—November 1999, Wakayama, Yae’s house—

The concealed wooden door was quietly pushed open a small crack.

Through this gap, the five children outside the door looked at the interior of their dojo.They are not very familiar with this place, but they saw the eldest sister and the always fierce grandfather.The elder sister held a weapon they had never seen before, which seemed to be called a long halberd.

The movement of her waving the halberd was still unfamiliar, and she was criticized many times by her grandfather for this, which made the children outside the door feel a little flustered, but wanted to see the elder sister more.

Why do the most scared grandpa and favorite sister always stay together?They can't figure it out.

The eldest sister, who was trying hard to conquer the halberd, seemed to have seen them standing outside the door.She smiled, turned her back, and secretly made a gesture.The ring tone understood immediately.

After gently closing the door, they happily ran into the glass greenhouse in the backyard and sat in rows on the benches, their short legs dangling briskly.They knew that this was the place where Elder Sister stayed most often, and it was also a place full of whispers they would say to Elder Sister.

After waiting for a long time, the eldest sister came.

It was already cold and bleak in late autumn, but she was wearing a thin kimono, and the loose sleeves were tied up with a cloth belt.Even so, she still felt very hot, and kept wiping her sweat with a handkerchief, panting lightly, her flushed face still not fading.

As soon as she sat down on the corner of the bench, they immediately hugged her and hugged her waist.Elder Sister's body was warm, even if it was just for keeping warm, they wanted to nest for a while longer.

The eldest sister is gently touching their little heads.

"Ah—I'm really exhausted today!"

The eldest sister is complaining.They don't know why, but they just love hearing her complain.

"I can't use a long halberd at all, and my grandfather insisted on me learning it, saying that I must learn more weapons... You must never choose a long halberd as a weapon in the future, this thing is very troublesome! By the way, Why are there only five of you? Where did Daisuke and Segu go?"

She was only surrounded by the twins and Suzune.

"They're going to play basketball!" Lingyin looked up at her, "Leave them alone, we have a gift for you!"

"what gift?"

Suzune smiled proudly, jumped off the bench, and took out the wreath hidden in the bushes.

There are not many brightly colored flowers on the small island in autumn, and of course they can't steal the flowers planted in the glass greenhouse, but they still try their best to weave the brightest garlands with the red fallen leaves.

"We did this together!" Xun Heya said anxiously, "However, everyone contributed, including Daisuke and Seya!"

"Wow - it's so beautiful! Did everyone make it together? It's amazing, I like it so much! Can you help me put it on?"

"Ok!"

The elder sister who was much taller than them lowered her head.Holding the wreath in both hands, Bi Fang carefully put it on for her.He knew that she must be very happy.

"Why did you suddenly give me a wreath?" she asked.

"Because the teacher taught us a song called "Garland" yesterday. Has your sister heard this song?"

"no."

"Then let's sing it to my sister?"

"Okay."

The children straightened their backs, cleared their throats like adults, and sang soft old songs with immature voices.

"Put the garland around my neck, whispered the swan

When wreathed the weeping swan

lamenting swan turned maiden

Ah, the wreath that symbolizes love

Ah, the wreath that symbolizes love"

"Yes!"

Grandpa knocked on the glass of the greenhouse.Standing outside, he looked like a demon from a horror movie.Several children were frightened and jumped up from the bench, and Ye Zhi also stood up and took off the garland.

"It's time for me to go back and continue practicing. I can't wear a wreath during practice, or grandpa will be angry." She caressed their faces, "I will definitely keep this wreath well."

"Hmm...bye, sister."

Under the watchful eyes of his younger brothers and sisters, he returned to his grandfather.She held the wreath in her arms, not daring to use too much force.This is a precious gift, and she must handle it with care.

That being the case, it cannot be placed in the dojo, otherwise the halberd in her hand will accidentally break the garland.

After thinking about it, Yuzhi decided to hang the wreath on the nail outside the dojo door.

The nail was nailed too high, and the short girl had to stand on tiptoe desperately to hang the wreath.

Then, she returned to the dojo and continued to deal with weapons that she didn't like at all. Grandpa didn't let her stop until it was completely dark.Her day was finally over.

Before she had time to tidy up the dojo, she couldn't wait to rush out the door, wanting to get back the wreath quickly, but the nail was empty.

The wreath disappeared without a trace, and she couldn't find anything.

59.

—November 2014, Tokyo, Apartment—

"How could I not find anything! This is obviously the first time I have walked to this area of ​​the map!"

Ye Zhi said angrily, almost threw the handle on the ground in anger.The light from the monitor reflected in her eyes, revealing an empty item box.

Gojo Satoru hugged her from behind, looking lazy, completely unsure of how to answer Yezhi's question.

He just cleared the game he was playing not long ago, but he has never encountered such a situation where there is nothing in the item box.After thinking about it, he can only say that there is probably a bug in the game.

"Would you like to restart the game and try?"

"Well...don't." Shizhi said reluctantly, and burrowed into his arms, "I saved the file half an hour ago. If I restart it, wouldn't it be a waste of half an hour? Forget it No, it doesn’t matter if there are a few missing props... Ah!”

A grotesque boss jumped out of the corner of the screen without warning, and accompanied by a sudden "boom", he trembled violently in fright.This time, he really threw the handle out, and accidentally hit Gojo Wu's chin with his head.

Both lose.

"The face is going to be distorted by you."

Gojo Satoru said so, with a pitiful look on his face.Yezhi quickly rubbed his chin, even though he knew he was just acting like a baby, he still kissed the painful place lightly.

"Okay, Pain is flying away!"

"Why are you coaxing me like a child again?"

"I've said it before, our family's Wuwu has a child's temper." She spoke confidently, "But why don't you activate the no-lower-limit spell? That way you won't be hit by me."

"I don't want to keep this untouchable state at home."

Thinking that to prove the correctness of this sentence, he hugged Shizhi even tighter against her face, not wanting to let go.

It was itchy to be rubbed by him, and he couldn't help laughing, but his words were still merciless.

"Who the hell said triumphantly that I couldn't touch him? Who is who?"

Gojo Satoru pretended to be stupid: "That's right, who the hell said that?"

As long as he doesn't admit it, it means that he didn't say this.This is his usual style.He was already used to it, so he didn't bother to criticize him, he just snorted softly, and slapped him on the chest as if punishing him.

In the next second, her hand was held by Gojo Satoru.He flicked every finger of Shizhi, but stayed on the ring finger for the longest time.

"I want to give you a present." He said suddenly, "It's just that it will take a while before I can give it to you."

"Pre-announcement? But this way there will be no surprises."

Yezhi poked the tip of his nose lightly, counted the time in his heart, and asked with some uncertainty:

"Is it a gift for the anniversary of love?"

Gojo Satoru smiled, didn't say anything, and of course didn't deny it, just looked at her fingers.

Be sure to give her that ring.

He told himself so.

The author has something to say: The song mentioned in this chapter is "花の饰り" by Tiger Band

It should be a very famous song, it has been sung several times by various singers, but the thing is that I can't find the Chinese lyrics (

So I translated the lyrics by myself, and I don’t have any Xindaya, so let’s make do with it qaq