[Spell Return] Beast of Despair

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—184 ■■■month, Edo, ■■■—

Carrying a small orange lantern and carrying a Japanese bow that was much longer than his height, Shizhi of the Yae family walked in the almost deserted north courtyard.It is said that in the past there lived here the offshoots of the Wujo family, and there were also people who lived in the Yae family for a short time.As for how long this "past" is, Shi Zhi has no specific concept.She only knew that when she sneaked here when she was a child, what she saw was already very deserted.

But it's just deserted, not so dilapidated.After all, this is the property belonging to the Gojo family.

Walk through the winding wooden corridor, carefully push away the crumbling shoji, and step into the square courtyard.Tonight is a new moon, and it is dark and gloomy, only the lantern in hand can give some light.From a distance, Shizhi saw the white figure.

Both are 13 years old, and Zhi Zhi was half a head taller than him last year, but this year he is taller than himself.This is the most depressing thing for Shi Zhi recently.

However, at the moment, there is no depression.She pursed her lips and snickered, lightly blew out the lantern in her hand, held her breath, and tiptoed towards the figure.She barely made a sound, and even her breath was completely hidden.

The distance between him and him narrowed little by little, Shizhi couldn't help but want to laugh out loud, but still tried hard to hide the smile.

She stretched out her hand, and before her fingertips touched his shoulder, the boy in white turned around.

"You want to scare me again?" Wu Tiaojue looked helpless, "How persistent are you in wanting to scare me?"

"Uh uh uh! Failed again!" Shi Zhi almost grinned his teeth in annoyance, "I'm so cautious!"

Wujojue chuckled, covering the curve of his mouth with his sleeve.

"Didn't you know that I have 'six eyes'." He blinked his blue eyes, "Six eyes can see through even spells, how could I not notice you behind me?"

"Okay, okay, I know—"

Shizhi deliberately put on an impatient expression, waved his hands, and said in a drawn-out exaggerated voice:

"I know that Master Wujojue of the Gojo family is the strongest with six eyes... Wow!"

It was too late to finish all the flattering words, Shizhi accidentally kicked something hard, and his sense of balance also collapsed.She fell forward uncontrollably.

She suddenly remembered that there was a deserted dry well in the center of the courtyard.What she kicked was the edge of the well.

If Wujojue hadn't caught her in time, she might have fallen into the well.

"You should be more careful!" Gojojue patted his sleeves, a bit of tension and eagerness remained in his words, "Why don't you light a lantern? It's so dark around here."

"To scare you! And didn't you blow out the lantern yourself?"

What she said was reasonable, leaving Wu Tiaojue a little speechless, so she had to silently take out the fire folder and relight the lanterns between Shizhi and herself.He placed two lanterns on the edge of the well, and they were illuminated by dim orange candles.

He put away the fire folder.

"I don't have much talent, and I'm not strong." He said suddenly, "In my opinion, Zhi is more talented."

Possesses a unique spell to manipulate emotions, which can directly eliminate the curse from the root.With this technique, she can even see through the emotions of others, and at the same time inherited the damage refraction technique of the Yae family, which is a unique talent unimaginable by ordinary people.

But it's actually not that unique.

Shizhi knew that the technique of manipulating emotions came from his mother.It's just that the mother's ability is to perceive general emotions, and she is a more refined mother.The mother told her that her child must be able to have a more perfect spell than emotional manipulation.

"This is how the hope of mankind continues from generation to generation." ——My mother always said so.

"How can I compare to the Six Eyes of the Wujo family? You are much better than me." Shizhi is very self-aware, "Besides, I can't see through your emotions."

"Can't you see through it?" Wujojue knew this for the first time, "I thought you could see through my mood all the time."

"No way, you are stronger than me. I can't spy on the emotions of people who are stronger than me, and I can't manipulate them. And I can't see through my own emotions. Uh... don't you think this is a bit like a magic spell ?"

Shizhi felt that he had made a good analogy, but Wujojue didn't answer.He just looks at himself.

"Can't even see through your own feelings?"

"correct."

Yes branch nodded.She never knew if she was happy, she didn't know if she was sad, she didn't understand pain and anger.In her opinion, her emotions can only be divided into "emotions that can be turned into mana" and "emotions that cannot be turned into mana".

She's used to it.

"Is that weird?"

"...No." Wujojue lowered his head, and spoke softly as always, "It's just the first time I heard it, and it feels strange."

"Huh? Didn't I tell you?"

"No." Wujojue paused, "So you don't know how you feel right now?"

"I don't know. Is it important?"

"I think it's important."

Wujojue was still staring at her, and there was something reflected in his blue eyes, Shizhi only knew that he was smiling.

Suddenly I heard him say: "You are laughing, I think you should be in a very happy mood now?"

Shizhi blinked blankly: "Really? A smile is a good mood?"

"Generally so."

"Oh I see."

Then he must be in a good mood, otherwise why would he smile at himself?

Finally saw his emotions.Even though he didn't spy on it with his own technique, Zhi still felt very happy.

In her eyes, everyone's hearts are like transparent water.Be it anger or joy, no matter what kind of turmoil, she can see it clearly.As long as she folds her palms together, she can control these emotions.She occasionally surreptitiously changed her parents' moods so they wouldn't be angry with her.

But the heart of Wutiaojue is not like water.Kore can't describe it, because she never got a glimpse of it.But that's fine too.From childhood until now, Shizhi always likes to ask Gojojue about his mood.

For example, at this time, when she said that she met a foreigner who pretended to be a ghost on the street today and said how miserable she would be in the future, but she exposed the lie to her face, she wanted to know, and she was always staring at the darkness in the well. What kind of emotions do you have in your five senses?

"What are you looking at?" Shizhi moved a little closer to Wujojue, looking around, "Is there anything interesting?"

"I'm looking at the bottom of the well."

"The bottom of the well?"

"A thorn grows from the bottom of the well."

"……Oh?"

Shi Zhi picked up the lantern, but the dim candlelight couldn't illuminate the thorns coiled at the bottom of the well.She had to bend down and put the lantern deeper into the well.When she couldn't see anything, she was pulled up by Wujojue.

"Don't fall in!"

"How could I be so careless." She scolded, but she stood up straight and said with a smile, "However, I really want to go to the bottom of the well to have a look. Or I'll go down and try now?"

"It's going to be very dangerous." Wujojue pulled her back a big step, as if he was terrified, "Stay by the well."

"Oh... well. Now that you've said that..."

She put down the lantern, but involuntarily stared at the abyss in the well, muttering:

"I also want to know why there are thorns growing at the bottom of the well."

Record · Part [-]

—April 185, Edo, ■■■—

A strange-looking foreigner visited the Gojo house, with a big beard, which really didn't fit the oriental temperament.Even stranger, he brought a whole bunch of clumsy stuff with him.There are brown wooden boxes and quirky stands.

Shizhi and Wujojue stood aside and watched the strange foreigner playing with this pile of things, thinking that what he was tinkering with should be something called a "camera".

"After all, what kind of thing is a camera? What is a photo?" Wujojue whispered in her ear, "I still don't understand why my father asked someone to 'take pictures'."

"I want to be a trendy person of the times. Besides, wouldn't it be nice to leave a photo for the new head of the Wutiao family?"

Wujojue frowned: "I don't think so. And I don't even know what kind of a photo it is."

Shizhi seemed to be snickering: "You don't know?"

"do not know."

"Hum-"

This time I was really laughing.

It's rare to be able to fiddle with knowledge in front of Wujojue, of course Shizhi wants to laugh.She cleared her throat and explained to him what a "photograph" was.

"It's a kind of thing that can capture what we see on a piece of paper, my lord!" Her tone sounded excited, "It's really exactly the same as what you saw!"

Shizhi explained it in detail, but Wujojue couldn't imagine it.

"... the same as a painting?"

"Not bad, but more real than a painting!"

"Oh……"

Barely a concept.However, Wujojue still showed a very resistant expression, shaking his head constantly, and muttering something like "I always feel unbelievable".

"Why can't you trust me? Ah—it can't be that you don't believe me!" Shi Zhi asked loudly.

Wujojue hastily denied: "How could I not trust the head of the Yae family."

"As soon as you said that, I knew you wouldn't believe it!" Shi Zhi put his hands on his hips, angrily, "It's not scary to take a picture, are you scared?"

"I didn't!" Wutiaojue blushed anxiously, "I didn't say I didn't take pictures!"

"Then let's take a picture!"

Shi Zhi dragged him towards the foreigner, stamping every step loudly and chattering a lot.

"Do you know? I heard before that a camera can suck away a person's soul. It is because of the sucking of the soul that what you see can be printed on paper so realistically."

"..."

Wujou stopped in his tracks.

"Suddenly remembered that I still have something to finish." He said stiffly, taking a small step back, and then a big step back, "So... I'll leave first. It's really urgent!"

After leaving these few words, Wutiaojue left in a hurry, looking scared no matter what.Seeing the back of him leaving in a hurry, Shizhi couldn't help laughing.

Crack - a sudden sound and a sudden flash.

Her "soul" was captured... no wonder.

Just took pictures.

Only then did Shizhi come back to his senses, and turned to look at the foreigner sticking out from the black cloth.From this foreigner's face, she glimpsed emotions called "gratification" and "envy".

What is he pleased with, and what is he envious of?Yae couldn't guess the answer.

She was just thinking that foreigners are really weird.

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