the world

Unlike bustling Tokyo, when the lights in the village are extinguished, the outside is plunged into total darkness.The moon was obscured by clouds and lost its sense of existence.

"Big brother, are you hungry?" Nanako asked me suddenly.

"I'm not hungry, Nanako, are you hungry?"

My mind has been searching for the curse spirit, and I completely forgot about the dinner.But Mimiko and Nanako must have never eaten anything decent after being locked in a cage for so many days, I actually forgot this.

"We're not hungry." Mimiko and Nanako shook their heads at the same time.

"Brother, you have been busy for us. There is nothing we can do for you, but... we can still make dinner." Mimiko said in a low voice, "Brother will have the strength to go find sister after dinner. gone."

These two kids are trying to give me back in their own way, and I know that.

If I say I want to have dinner, they will also eat with me.

"Okay." I smiled and patted Nanako and Mimiko's heads, "What are you going to do?"

"Shall we make gyudon?" Mimiko and Nanako looked at each other.

I think this is probably what they are best at cooking.Mimiko and Nanako cheered up and ran into the kitchen.

Both Mimiko and Nanako are short, and the food is placed at the bottom of the upper shelf of the refrigerator.

"Is the beef still edible?" Mimiko asked Nanako in a low voice. Although she might not want me to hear it, I could hear it clearly.

"You smell it."

"It smells good, what if it's bad? It will eat up big brother."

"My sister bought this beef for us. We would have eaten it cleanly... It's all their fault. The ingredients in the refrigerator are useless, and my sister is gone..."

"...Let's go to the vegetable field to cut some vegetables and make pure vegetables."

Mimiko and Nanako ran to the vegetable field in the backyard of the house, cut a handful of greens, took out the corn salad from the freezer, and started cooking.

I watched them skillfully chop vegetables, "Do you usually cook like this?"

"...My sister can cook for us, but... she cooks like someone who hasn't cooked in 100 years is cooking." Nanako is a little embarrassed, but she seems to want to say it, "My sister's first time When cooking for us, Mimiko and I ran to the kitchen to see how many seasonings we had and how they produced such an indescribable taste."

"But then my sister did a lot better, but our own cooking skills are not very good, and my sister is still taught by us..."

The aroma of the food wafted out of the pot.

The originally dull atmosphere was much more relaxed. During this time, I explained to Mimiko and Nanako the concept of spell power and magician.

"It turns out that that power is what it is..." Nanako looked at her palm, "What will my birth technique be like? How should I use it?"

"It's up to you to dig out this later."

"Then sister's technique is healing, right?"

Mimiko's words made my eyes widen, "Really? Taki Wakaha's technique is healing?"

"There was an injured puppy passing by our house before, and I saw my sister heal it." Mimiko replied.

"After my sister came, we felt a lot more comfortable, and the old injuries didn't hurt anymore. If you think so, it's really my sister who did it?"

I found a treasure, I thought.

As far as I know, the only people who can use the reversal technique are Iyuri Nishiko and Gojo Satoru, and Gojo Satoru can only use the reversal technique on himself.

If I find Taki Wakaba, I must do my best to pull her into my side.But judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that I can have a good relationship with her.

Perhaps, after I have clarified my own ideas, the No. 1 I want to "sell" is Taki Wakaba.

I've had a few spells that have lost contact.I was so refreshed that I ran out, and told Nanako and Mimiko at the same time: "I'm sorry, I'm going out for a while, you guys stay at home and don't go out, I will be back."

I came to the location of the vanishing spell, which was a cave, and I walked into the cave, but someone blocked my way.

This was what I expected, and I asked, "You killed the villagers, right? How did you do that?"

"..."

The man was wearing an ordinary shirt and shorts. His expression was stiff and he was holding a knife in his hand. He didn't answer my question.

Judging from the marks on his skin and clothes, he looks like an ordinary villager.A piece of information suddenly flashed in my mind. Among the three villagers who arrested Mimiko and Nanako, two were dead, and the other one was missing.

"Why don't you talk?" I asked while observing the flow of his spell power.

A first-class conjurer will make it difficult for the opponent to judge moves based on the flow of his spells, but the flow of the spells of the opponent is chaotic, just like a non-sorcerer who can't use spells.

My attention was focused on the knife in his hand. What was different from his plain clothes was the expensive knife in his hand, with smooth lines and unique aesthetic feeling like a work of art.

That being the case, I let the curse spirit bind him tightly.

His figure does not look like he is diligent in using a sword at all, but his sword skills are unexpectedly superb.He turned and cut off my spell, breaking it apart with just one blow.

The magic power of the curse spirit was absorbed by the knife.

"...Is it you? You are the one who killed the villagers and woodcutters, right?"

The blood vessels near the knife wound on the woodman's body were all burst. Is it caused by the blood rushing to the wound at a high speed?It was as if the knife had absorbed the curse power from the curse spirit all of a sudden.

Because he doesn't look like a magician, I temporarily judge that this is the effect of the knife in his hand, and that knife should be a magic tool.

Probably the level of a first-level spell tool.

"I think our positions should be the same. I was entrusted by Nanako and Mimiko to find Taki Wakaba." I repeated, "I came to save her."

After hearing this, the man really stopped moving.

In fact, if we want to fight, I'm not afraid of him.The curse spirit he killed was just a low-level curse spirit, just a test.But if he is on Taki Ruoye's side, there is no need for me to fight with him.

"..."

He paused for a few seconds, still picked up the sword, his eyes were dull and persistent, "...No...I want to protect her...I don't need you..."

This kind of character, who would rather kill by mistake than let it go, is stubborn enough.

"Can you protect Taki Wakaba like this? I am a magician, and I can provide Taki Wakaba with more help."

"...unnecessary..."

"whispering sound."

His strength only comes from the spell in his hand. After discovering this, I released a heavy spell to suppress him, especially his wrist, preventing him from swinging a sword.

Sure enough, this time he couldn't even deal with the low-level curse spirit that was pressing on him.

I opened his fingers and removed the sword from his hand, "You just stay at—"

My hand didn't listen to my own order and moved, and the hand holding the sword wiped my own throat back and forth.

Although my body is not in control, my consciousness is still awake for the time being, I drove the curse spirit to block the sword, and removed it from my hand.

"...So it's like this, it's not that he's using you, but you're manipulating him." I re-examined the sword in front of me, he exuded a kind of temptation that made me want to hold it, "In this case, it is not the level of a first-class magic tool, but a super-level magic tool."

I let the curse spirit who assumed the identity of the armory swallow the sword so that it could no longer hinder me.

I continued to walk into the cave. The cave was deeper than I thought. When I was about to reach the end, I heard a voice.

"Don't go any further."

I stopped.

"Are you Taki Wakaba?"

"Yes, are you here to kill me?"

"No."

"Go forward with your eyes closed, or you will be cursed."

Is the curse she mentioned a curse that killed all the villagers who descended the mountain?In other words, why did she believe me so easily when I said "no"?

I closed my eyes and walked forward, and at the same time laughed at myself for not trusting the other party just like that.

"Okay, you can open your eyes now and don't look back."

I opened my eyes, and there was light at the end of the cave.In the middle of the rock walls on both sides, there is a hollow crack. The moonlight passed through many obstacles, leaving only a projected light, which happened to shine on the girl in front of her.

It was so dark outside, but the moonlight in the cave seemed unusually bright and clean to me.

"Taki Ruoye?" I knew she was Taki Ruoye, but I couldn't help but confirm it.

"who are you?"

"My name is Xia Youjie, and I am a super magician in charge of dealing with the vicious disappearances and deaths in this village. I rescued the sisters Nanako and Mimiko who were imprisoned by the villagers, and I was entrusted by them to look for you." I The situation is explained concisely.

"Are they all right?"

"Although there are some injuries on the body, they are all intact now."

"...Those guys..." Taki Wakaba seemed unhappy for hurting the villagers of Nanako and Mimiko.

"Give me back my knife." Taki Ruoye said, "That's my knife, it will always want to kill you if it's in your place."

There was no anger or vigilance on her face, and I knew she didn't regard me as the villain who took her things, so I took out the sword from the curse spirit's mouth without explaining.

As she inspected the returned sword, I watched her too.

Simple, kind, with a little cute clumsiness, this is the image I sketched before I met Taki Wakaba.

And my feeling at the moment is as if after defeating a strange monster all the way in the game, the devil king I saw in the castle was a young girl in scantily clad clothes.

Stunning beauty, otherworldly, defiant aura, and indistinct mystery.

It's like the first time I saw Gojo Satoru's six eyes.