Correct use of scientific spells

It is obviously impolite to stare at other people's scars, Toyama Minato looked away and looked at the strange woman in front of him - she had short hair, was wearing ordinary casual clothes, and had the light makeup of an ordinary workplace OL on her face ... Except for the scar on his forehead, there is nothing particularly striking.

"I advise you not to cross that river."

The other party repeated it.

"this?"

Yuan Shanminato pulled his feet out of the river water - the river water only submerged up to his calf, the river in this dry season would not be in any danger.

He wondered if there were leeches living in the river here, and carefully checked whether there were any unnecessary scars and growths on his legs.

"[Crossing the river] and crossing the boundary have similar symbols, and they both have the same magical meaning."

The woman in front of her talked eloquently: "So I don't recommend you to cross this river without knowing anything about it."

Toyama Minato:! !

There is no doubt that the person in front of him is a conjurer.

One of the drones landed slowly and surrounded him, and the "hunting dog" mechanical dog was also in place not far away.It is very difficult for him to win against a real magician. He hopes that these devices of his can send back valuable information and help signals at critical moments-if the other party is willing to tell him the meaning of the river, at least he will not Immediately attack immediately.

He couldn't help but want to look up on the bridge deck to see if those friends who were in charge of watching the wind had noticed the abnormality that happened here, but it was obviously not a moment where he could diverge his thoughts at will.

"You mean... stepping on this river means that the gods have disappeared?"

Toyama Minato's brain was running at high speed.

"No, I didn't say that."

The attitude of the other party is very smooth: "Maybe it will form some kind of bondage, maybe it will form a mark, the world on the other side is like this, there are various ambiguous theories."

The river gurgled and made a small sound.It's hard to imagine that the simple act of crossing the river will cause some unknown consequences, which made Toyama Minato suddenly feel a little cold on his ankles and calves that were soaked in water.

He tried his best to stand up straight and looked into the other person's eyes.

"Is this a reminder or a warning?"

"It's a friendly suggestion."

The other party smiled, but the kind-looking smile also became a little weird under the scar on his forehead: "Is it puppet manipulation in the new era? I am also full of curiosity about you."

"and many more--"

Yuan Shan got confused, and the woman in front of her disappeared from under her nose.There was no way for the drone to capture the trace of the other party, and it was impossible to see it with the naked eye. He waited for a while, and had to confirm that the person in front of him dropped a few inexplicable words and then left.

Don't think about crossing the river this time, Toyama Minato adjusted the position and glued the detector to the bridge pillar.

After returning to the bridge, Kurisu and Okabe both expressed that they did not see anyone coming nearby, and Hashida even wondered if the woman he just saw was a shikigami manipulated by someone, such as Yuki or Yamabashi and the like—the rest of us were shocked that as a hacker he was forced to memorize the names of these fields of folklore.

Yuan Shanmin shook his head: "I don't think she is that kind of thing... or a real human being."

After the accident just now, everyone felt that this place was not a place to stay for a long time, so they drove back to the research room quickly.After hearing about their experience, Xia Youjie was also a little worried, suspecting that they had brought back a curse, and said, "It's best to take the time to ask Wu to check it out."

As for the stranger with the scar on his forehead, Xia Youjie said that he has never seen it before—he has only been a "well-established" conjurer for only a year, and his social scope is as high as that of Tokyo Metropolitan Conjuration. Designed for the core to radiate outward, the number of conjurers known is limited.

"It would be bad if it was a curse master."

He said: "Otherwise, I will put a curse spirit to help senior?"

But this suggestion was quickly overturned by himself: "But staying with the curse spirit for a long time will not be good for the health of ordinary people..."

"I have reported the relevant situation to the assistant supervisor."

Yuan Shanmino comforted him: "Maybe it's just a kind-hearted person passing by, after all, most of the magicians have weird tempers."

"Um……"

Although Xia Youjie felt that something was wrong, he could only temporarily accept this statement.

The next day, he drove to the high school and asked Wujo Wu to check it with his six eyes. It turned out that everything was normal, so he took over the matter for the time being.

Going around at the end of December, Christmas.

Phyllis Meow Mew's maid café is booming during Christmas, and everyone at Lab, male and female, is called in to help.The boys were responsible for moving things, and the girls wore cute COS costumes. After a short training, Minato Toyama went to help in the kitchen and was in charge of frying egg rolls.

As a major customer of this store, Gojo Satoru of course arrived as scheduled, and was looking forward to participating in the Christmas lucky draw.Xia Youjie also came with him as usual, but he was really not interested in sweets, and only ordered some coffee every time.

"Isn't it good?"

Gojo Satoru cut the mille-feuille cake in front of him with a fork: "There are also some hot things here, such as pasta and the like... If Jie can't eat sweets, he can eat that."

"Oh, Wu could actually say such a thing."

Xia Youjie raised his eyebrows, showing a look of surprise: "Half a year ago, he would only say "order all the desserts on the menu", and then force others to eat if he couldn't eat it himself. "

"...I will improve to some extent!"

"That's why it's surprising."

"Because delicious things taste better when eaten together."

The attitude of the white-haired conjurer seemed to be taken for granted, as if it was an unbreakable truth.

However, in fact, it has only been half a year since he recognized these values.The young Liuyan absorbed the cognition of his best friend like a sponge absorbing water, covering his long and lonely childhood, and also the days when he was enshrined in fear and awe by others.

No lower limit is like a transparent glass shield separating him from the world, but from the first day of entering the Conjuration College, the new classmate who blamed Liu Hai briefly penetrated his defense with a spell, and the barrier of the world was broken. The gap was opened, and his time and cognition began to flow again.

"Oh, it's such a good relationship."

Mayuri held a tray in her hand and wore a cat ear headband, and put egg pudding poured with thick honey on their table, "Thank you two for taking care of business today."

Xia Youjie propped his chin and looked around the store. The atmosphere in the store was very clean, and there was no trace of the presence of any curse spirits.He shifted his gaze to the wall not far away. The coffee he just drank almost spewed out, and he coughed repeatedly—several broken magic arrows were pasted on the wall in patterns, decorated like What modern works of art... However, this cannot conceal their essence as magic arrows.

"Duddulu—are you looking at that?"

Mayuri also noticed his gaze: "It's the new decoration that Okabe and the others made together recently! There are many similar pendants, even installed in the warehouse. Has the recent pop culture become a bit retro... ..."

Of course not, Xia Youjie thought.

Every magic-breaking arrow here is working. Although they are arranged in a mess, there are enough numbers, and they can still produce some effect of isolating the curse spirit when gathered together.Gojo Satoru obviously noticed the change in this coffee shop, and while chewing on the pudding in his mouth, he praised: "There are two tricks, as a non-artist, it's quite similar."

After bowing to them, Mayuri turned back and went back to work. After a while, Toyama Minato walked over with his sleeves rolled up, and found that there was only a cup of coffee in front of Xia Youjie, and suggested: "Don't order some Anything to eat? This store in Phyllis is actually not bad in terms of quality control."

Indeed, a coffee shop that keeps Goku as a repeat customer certainly has its merits, but...

"Sorry, I really don't have much appetite today."

He frowned and laughed.The side effects of the curse spirit jade are still affecting his appetite, even though it doesn't have any physical impact on him.

I thought that a high school student's age for nutrients would be enough to eat even fried wood... Toyama Minato recalled his appetite a few years ago, to the extent that the owner of a buffet restaurant would change his face.

A new menu was placed in front of him.

Xia Youjie raised his head: "Senior...?"

"This is the most recently updated and revised version."

"Think of it as a special Christmas service—happy holidays, Mr. Summer Oil," he said.

There is only one page in the menu, with cute stick figures drawn on it, and a line of words: わんこ buckwheat, limited to free supply today.

What kind of coffee shop sells soba noodles?Xia Youjie burst out laughing, for the sake of the other party's good memory that can be remembered after only hearing it once, and also for this little consideration.Christmas is the peak season of consumption, and the store specially prepared a shiny Christmas tree, and the soft background music also exaggerated the festive atmosphere, but these elements did not match the traditional soba noodles.

"Then please seniors."

"Merry Christmas to you too," he said.

After the festival is the winter vacation, even though Gojo Satoru is unwilling in every possible way, he has to go home honestly for the New Year. Before leaving, Qian reminds Xia Youjie to bring him back local specialties.The latter fully agreed that the whole year's life as a conjurer had accumulated a huge amount of income in the eyes of high school students, and the habit of "bringing souvenirs when traveling far away" was even more learned from school. It has been perfectly inherited from his predecessors, and gradually has a tendency to flourish in his own hands.

First take the Shinkansen, then take the bus, and finally drag the trolley case for a long distance before returning to the small town where I was born.

A year has passed, and my mood has long since changed.

There are also some students in the small town who will go to Sapporo to study, but it is very rare for them to go as far as Tokyo. "Learning religion" is another reason that is easy to be confused. Therefore, except for the parents who have told some of the truth, most of them My impression of him is "that weird kid from Xia You's family".

The temperature in the north is very low, and the white snow has accumulated a thick layer on the ground, which makes a creaking sound when walking on the road.Breathing out the white mist, Xia Youjie raised his eyes, and it is said that there is a snow girl hidden in the distant mountains.

He had always been afraid of rumors like this when he was a child, but now that he has learned more about the curse spirit, he plans to take advantage of the vacation to go to the mountains to see it—maybe he can catch an air conditioner for summer.

He walked up the arched bridge near his house.

Big cities have the prosperity and prosperity of big cities, while small towns also have the tranquility and stability of small towns.If you think about it, the level of the curse spirits in the town is much lower than that in Tokyo, and most of them are not very smart, and can only act on instinct.

The river was frozen, and his shadow was reflected on the ice.

The young conjurer raised his arms, his whole body didn't even move, and the huge centipede came out of the air, snaking down from the air to ambush, rubbing the ice surface and grabbing the curse spirit lying on the ice with compound eyes growing all the time.After not coming back for a whole year, some curse spirits in the town still accumulated, and he planned to use a day or two to get rid of them all.

The passers-by around stopped if they felt something, and pulled the hand of the child beside them, only to feel that there was a sudden gust of cold wind.Xia Youjie took back a Curse Spirit Jade from the wind, stared at it for a while and put it back in his pocket, planning to eat it when no one was around.

——This used to be his daily class during his entire middle school period.

Parents know nothing about magic spirits. Even though they have entered the high school of magic arts, they only heard from Teacher Noctua that he is fighting monsters that ordinary people cannot see with naked eyes. On the contrary, they are more afraid of unknown fields.Seeing him push the door back, the parents who had been with him for more than ten years also greeted him warmly and pleasantly, but Xia Youjie could still clearly feel that there was something between them.

—Something that is invisible to the naked eye, but actually exists.

They obviously wanted to find something to talk about, but they were a little embarrassed when they saw themselves. In the end, it was the father who coughed dryly and picked a topic.

"I've grown taller."

"Yes."

"How's life in Tokyo?"

"Although it was a bit uncomfortable at first, they are all very interesting classmates, and they are doing well now."

He sat at the table with his back straight, facing two pairs of worried eyes.

"Are you still doing that kind of thing now? What Mr. Night Moth said before, it's called the curse spirit..."

"Well, I'm fine."

He nodded in response, got up and went back to the room, leaving behind the two who were hesitant to speak.This kind of worry is sincere, but it doesn't make much sense. In the childhood when the family relationship was closer than now, he also desperately asked for help, but now there is no longer any curse in this world. life threatening.

There are several folklore books on the desk, and he once recommended these books to the senior from Tokyo Electric Power University; in the cabinet is also locked a picture book from his childhood, with various monsters painted on it, which was almost killed by the primary school teacher. Take it away for counseling.

The walls are empty, and his family members are all rigid, never willing to hang pictures or paste wallpapers on the walls.Xia Youjie looked at the wall of the room and thought for a while, and decided to buy some magic-breaking arrows to keep at home during the New Year. Even if it can't be like the one in the coffee shop, it can barely form a layer of protection.

It was snowing outside the window, the young conjurer took out the magic jade in his pocket, glanced at the closed door, and finally took out a cigarette.

With a snap, the lighter ignited a small cluster of flames.

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The author has something to say:

Personally, I think that Xia Youjie is not only separated from non-magicians, but because of the environment in which he grew up, he also has a little cognitive difference from conjurers who grew up in a conjurer family.

Just, neither side is particularly close, in a delicate middle position.

Of course, in the original, he ended up falling completely to one side.