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I: The Flowers Are Not Sleeping
Chapter 7: Remnants of The Ancestors
Geto: Enter the police station again!

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"Satoru!" Suguru's pupils shrank, and he watched helplessly as his friend who was standing next to him just now jumped without saying a word.

The body of the cursed spirit in the forest was still expanding. According to this speed, it wouldn't be long before the entire mountain would be covered. After reacting, Suguru decisively chose to put down the "curtain".

"Emerge from the darkness, blacker than darkness, purify that which is impure."

The ink-colored dome seemed to have ink flowing down, and a color darker than night slowly flowed from top to bottom, covered the sky, and the moon hung on the dome disappeared from sight.

The cursed spirit's body was like a thick liquid, which reminded Suguru of ooze penetrated by a large amount of water, or like water mixed with a large amount of ooze, poured down from the top of the mountain. Unlike the rapid flow of mudslides, the curse spread slowly, and the sound of the water spread into the ears through the air one after another.

The surface of the liquid began to expand as if it had been heated, and several bubble-like shapes gradually formed. After the collision reached a certain level, it suddenly burst. The splashed liquid fell into the surrounding black mud like raindrops, splashed out a few tiny ripples.

Suguru couldn't help but clenched his palms.

This was the first time Suguru had met such a huge curse. His current mood could not be said to be scared, at most he was a little nervous. After all, as the sorcerer who had swallowed countless cursed spirits had never swallowed such a huge curse. The more powerful the enemy, the more interesting it was to defeat it, right?

Suguru had no action.

He was waiting.

He was waiting for Satoru to jump down.

If he guessed correctly, Yayoi and her mother were also inside. Six Eyes sight could not detect Yayoi without the cursed energy, but Yayoi's mother could.

The duty of a sorcerer was to protect ordinary people who were not sorcerers. Before the curse could be eradicated, Yayoi and her mother must be rescued first.

*boom*

The largest-expanded bubble in his sight suddenly exploded, and the black liquid splashed all over the sky. Suguru saw a bright red color. In the dim night, the red color was more eye-catching and brighter than what he saw during the day.

Yayoi seemed to have kicked the cursed spirit's body directly from the inside. Yayoi was now in a mess. The red hair had been messed up, and the white face was dirty, covered with dirt and scratches. Carried her mother on her back, she gritted her teeth and kicked away the black mud-like cursed spirit.

When she saw Suguru, Yayoi was stunned for a moment, but the former stretched out his hand towards her, and Yayoi grabbed the hand without hesitation.

With a little effort on her hands, Yayoi and her mother were pulled onto the cursed spirit that served as a transportation tool.

"Thank you." When Yayoi looked up and saw the black-haired boy, she paused and then thanked Suguru unexpectedly.

Suguru was a little surprised. He had known for a long time that Yayoi was incredibly powerful, but he didn't expect it to be so powerful that she could kick the curse away from the inside. Ordinary people should have been frightened when encountering this kind of situation, let alone, kicked the cursed spirit from inside, she could still thank him while remaining calm.

This brute force was truly terrifying, although it did not cause any substantial damage to the curse.

"You're welcome." Suguru narrowed his fox eyes.

After Yayoi thanked him, she held the back of her mother's head and carefully placed her on the back of Suguru's cursed spirit. Yayoi gently patted her mother's pale cheek.

"Mom." The voice was neither loud nor quiet, and it could be said to be calm, but Suguru felt that Yayoi was about to cry.

"Mom." Yayoi held her mother's hand tightly and bit her lip with her teeth, sunk deeply into her flesh and almost biting her lip. "Mom, wake up."

'Please, mom, don't leave me alone.'

A long time ago, Yayoi spent most of her time in a closed room. Later, when her sister came, she could go out to the courtyard. Later, Yayoi could be led by her sister to go walking around. There were beautiful jewelry and shops on the street. There were many delicious desserts and the smiles of people on the street were warm.

It had just rained, and the air was filled with light water vapor. Clear raindrops hung under the tiles on the eaves. Thin sunlight fell on the tiles and on the leaves holding water. A bird ran across the roof. The cat's soft fur was also covered with sun.

'So warm.'

But when she returned to that room, she was alone again. There would be no warm sun, and there would be no sun-like temperature in her hands. Her hands became empty.

'It was so lonely and sad.'

The intermittent sobs suppressed in the throat leaked out. Yayoi lowered her head, her red hair fell down, covering her face, and tears rolled out of her eyes and flowed down her chin.

Suguru couldn't see her expression, but he felt that Yayoi must be very sad.

This kind of Yayoi made Suguru feel very strange. The Yayoi who fought with Satoru in the morning and the current Yayoi seem to be two completely different people. One person could tell at a glance that there was a missing string, and it was so dark that he did not even know it. Still a little dazed. The sadness of Yayoi in front of him seemed to be soaked into his bones, and it seemed like endless sadness was radiating from the inside out.

Only then did he realize that Yayoi who could fight Satoru was not a sorcerer, but just an ordinary little girl who looked a little thin.

The only way to save a cursed person was to remove the curse.

Suguru patted Yayoi on the shoulder and comforted, "Your mother will be fine."

From the corner of Suguru's eye, he saw Yayoi's mother's finger move, bend her finger, and gently hook Yayoi's finger.

Suguru was stunned. The corners of Yayoi's mother's mouth slightly curved, and the expression on her face was incredibly quiet, as if she had had a sweet dream.

'It's obviously cursed.'

But why could you still smile?

Suguru would remember that smile a long time later, the only smile he had ever seen in his life, the only smile he could smile even if he knew that he was born with a curse.

After received her mother's response, Yayoi held her mother's hand tightly. Her tears fell one after another like broken beads, and she pursed her lips tightly.

Suguru breathed a sigh of relief and didn't think much. He stood up and prepared to work, but there was a huge explosion behind him. The explosion caused by the technique set off a gust of wind, and Suguru's bangs were blown into a mess.

A big hole was opened in the center of cursed spirit's huge body. The white hair of the person in the center of the big hole was particularly conspicuous. Satoru took off his small sunglasses, his delicate face expressionless.

"Cursed Technique Lapse · Blue."

The huge cursed force swept everything around with strong winds, and instantly tore the cursed spirit's body to pieces.

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Satoru kicked away the cursed remnants, put it in his trouser pocket with one hand, put the small sunglasses back on the bridge of his nose with the other, and walked swaggering towards Suguru and Yayoi.

Suguru stretched out his hand, and Satoru also stretched out his hand. The two people's palms met each other, making a loud clapping sound.

'Nailed it.'

Satoru curled his lips and saw the dirty little redhead and her mother on the cursed spirit. Yayoi looked very messy now. She didn't even bother to put on her shoes when she ran out. She ran barefoot in the mud for a long time, so long that she probably didn't even know how long it was.

Six Eyes' gaze passed over the messy red hair, and Satoru let out a sigh. He should have felt relieved, but he didn't feel anything at all.

Satoru put one hand in his pocket, stepped forward, ruffled Yayoi's messy red hair a little more, and pushed her head down a little with his hand gently, curled his mouth and looking displeased. He said happily, "Your mother is fine. She's just a little tired. Just rest."

Yayoi didn't move and let him hold her head obediently.

Satoru released his hand from pressing Yayoi's head.

Yayoi raised her head, and Satoru saw a face that was crying like a little tabby cat. The hair was red, the eyes were red, and the tip of the nose was also red.

Satoru was stunned.

"Satoru, you made the girl cry." Suguru narrowed his eyes maliciously.

The white-haired boy turned his head and looked at Suguru, then at the little redhead who was crying miserably, and then at Suguru. When he finally looked at Yayoi, he simply turned his head in the direction of Suguru. His ears were already red, and when he spoke, he stuttered so much that Suguru suspected that he was tongue-tied, "I... didn't mean it!"

Suguru: "...pffft."

"I lied to you." Suguru turned his head.

Satoru: "..."

Satoru stretched out two fingers, wondering if he could be killed by hitting him with "Blue", but in his ears came the sound of the little redhead sniffling, and a nasal sound of 'thank you'.

Satoru paused, put down his finger, bent down, put his ear in front of Yayoi, and said with a flat expression, "Huh? Louder, I didn't hear you."

"Thank you." Yayoi said her thanks again honestly.

"Louder." Satoru said again.

"Thank you." Yayoi said again.

Suguru: "..."

After Satoru took the opportunity to tease Yayoi and repeated this behavior of a primary school student countless times, Suguru finally couldn't help but twitch the corners of his eyes, but he didn't rush to dissuade him. He had a premonition that Satoru would capsize in the sewer.

The sorcerer's intuition developed through years of fighting against curses told Suguru that Satoru would definitely overturn by the little redhead.

Sure enough, after Satoru said "speak louder" again, Yayoi paused and her expression became quite serious. It seemed that she really thought that there was something wrong with Satoru's ears and thought about it for a while.

Then Suguru saw Yayoi take a deep breath and let out a majestic 'arigato'. The volume was so high that it reminded Suguru of a Chinese martial arts move he learned when he went to Chinatown not long ago — The Lion Roars.

The birds in the forest were frightened by the high-decibel shout and flew away in large numbers. Suguru covered his ears and stared at his friend who was shocked to death with blank eyes.

He said in his heart that he had known this before, so why did he do it in the first place?

Wasn't it good to just be a human being? This decibel level was so high that you have to use your inner energy to make the sound, right?

Satoru angrily picked up the collar of the little redhead's back and left. After thinking about it, Suguru took off his school uniform jacket and covered Yayoi's mother, letting the cursed spirit, the transportation tool, carried her home.

The weather was a bit cold, so he could return the favor to Yayoi for the cup of ginger tea.

Suguru thought.

"Suguru, what are you doing?" Satoru's voice came from the front. Suguru saw Satoru turn around. Yayoi, who was held in Satoru's hand, kept looking at her mother with her amber eyes in the dark night, "Hurry up. It's freezing cold."

Suguru smiled and signaled to Yayoi that he would send her mother home safely.

Satoru curled his lips and stretched out his hand to pinch Yayoi's face. The white-haired boy found that the little redhead face felt surprisingly good and soft. For a moment, he wanted to pinch it more, with his fingertips touching her cheek. Wherever it touched, warm temperature spread bit by bit.

Satoru's eyes lit up, this little redhead was actually hot!

What did it mean on a cold day? Represented natural hand warmer!

Suguru watched helplessly as his friend's eyes lit up. Based on Suguru's understanding of Satoru, this guy's bad temper never stopped, and he was about to start acting bad again, but he didn't expect that he would touch Yayoi's face here and there, and even pinched it.

Suguru Geto, an upright sorcerer whose mission was to save people, was shocked. He just wanted to throw a Pokémon ball... oh no, it was the cursed spirit that passed by, telling him to let go of the redhead quickly. She was still a child!

"Satoru, don't treat girls like this." Suguru twitched the corner of his mouth. It's not that he had never seen Satoru tease girls. Satoru usually had a bottom line in how he teased Utahime Iori, but touching a girl's face... this was a hooligan act, right?

This redhead looked only twelve or thirteen years old, right?!

Suguru now wanted to run to the library to read the Japanese Penal Code and the Protection of Minors Law. What was the possibility of finding loopholes to help Satoru escape the crime?

"Suguru, this redhead is hot." Satoru took advantage of his height and put his chin on the top of Yayoi's head. He simply put his hands on Yayoi's face and rubbed it until it became hot. The little redhead looked confused.

Suguru: "..."

Sorry, he wanted to call the police now.

#This kind of guy should just be sent to the police station again#

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• Omake •

Brother Suguru: ...hello, Saitama Prefecture Police Department?

Geto-kun is worried about Gojo-kun.


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