Abnormal Moon

Most sorcerers remain at this level; they are the most common group in the world of sorcery.

That being said, this does not mean that second and third-level sorcerers are easy to deal with. In the end, a sorcerer's strength largely depends on the spells they possess, and the spells in this world are incredibly diverse. There is nothing a spell cannot do, only things that people cannot imagine. Some spells may even exceed the expectations of a top-level sorcerer. If one is not careful, even a first-level sorcerer may be caught off guard and defeated by the strange spells of a second or third-level sorcerer.

Although Fushiguro Megumi is only a preparatory student at a vocational high school, she has already signed a contract with the Directorate General and is a legitimate sorcerer. She also needs to complete the tasks assigned by the higher-ups.

As a level two sorcerer, his abilities are limited, and the tasks he usually does are very simple, such as exorcism. Most of his opponents are level two or near-level one cursed spirits. He rarely encounters level one cursed spirits that have awakened and acquired innate spells, as those cursed spirits are beyond the capabilities of a level two sorcerer.

Recycling missions don't require such strict rules, so you might get a mission to recycle a top-tier cursed item. As long as you're careful and hide the cursed item well, you usually won't encounter any major problems with this type of mission.

Fushiguro Megumi changed her clothes and was about to go out.

His gaze suddenly fell on the table, where a framed photograph sat.

There are three people in the photo.

One was himself, and the other was a girl with a black ponytail who was a year or two older than him.

The last one was a young man with short, white hair and his eyes were covered by a black eye patch.

The young man, dressed in all black casual clothes, had a wicked smile on his face as he roughly ruffled Fushiguro Megumi's hair with his large hand, while the black-haired girl next to him wore a warm smile—the photo was taken at this moment.

It's like a family of three—an older brother with a brother and sister who are ten years younger than him.

In fact, the white-haired youth was his guardian.

That's a photo from last year.

“Tsumiki…”

Fushiguro Megumi's gaze fell on the black-haired girl, her eyes revealing an unreadable emotion, seemingly worried, yet also containing a hint of sadness as if stung.

As for the white-haired guy next to him...

He subconsciously ignored it.

"But then again, it seems like I haven't seen him for several months..."

It's almost time for new students to start school, is he still overseas doing missions?

With this vague doubt in mind, Fushiguro Megumi left the dormitory, walked through several attics and forests of the college, and arrived at the principal's office.

"This is your task."

Masamichi Yagami handed a document to Megumi Fushiguro, his face remaining expressionless as always.

“A high school in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, is storing a top-grade cursed artifact. The seal on that artifact is about to expire. Go and retrieve it. The task of reinforcing the seal will be handled by the specialists at the high school.”

This mission is to retrieve a top-grade cursed artifact.

Fushiguro took the document, glanced through it briefly, and nodded to himself.

This type of task is actually quite rare. Of all the tasks he has taken on, exorcising cursed spirits is the most common, but there are also a certain number of recycling tasks.

Although these kinds of retrieval missions may not involve combat, they still cannot be taken lightly. In fact, they are more mentally taxing than exorcising cursed spirits. One must remain vigilant at all times and keep the top-grade cursed artifact completely hidden. Otherwise, if the aura of the top-grade cursed artifact is leaked out, it will easily attract a large number of powerful cursed spirits.

Not only might they themselves perish, but they could also endanger ordinary people around them, causing huge casualties.

"Go and get ready. Once you're ready, we'll set off."

"Ok."

Fushiguro nodded.

Cursed spirits originate from the negative emotions within the human heart.

Places like hospitals, cemeteries, and schools are frequent sources of negative human emotions.

Therefore, in order to prevent these places from generating cursed spirits, the sorcerer's world places powerful cursed objects there, using the method of fighting poison with poison to counteract the negative emotions in these places and prevent the generation of cursed spirits that could harm ordinary people in the surrounding area.

These cursed objects are, of course, sealed, but the seal will weaken over time. Once the seal completely loses its effect, it will not only fail to suppress the cursed spirits, but may even attract a swarm of cursed spirits, which would be terrible.

Therefore, the High School will send sorcerers to retrieve those cursed items whose seals are about to expire, bring them back to the High School, reinforce the seals, and then put them back.

At this moment, Fushiguro Megumi hesitated for a moment, but still asked the question.

"Principal, when will Mr. Gojo be back? If he doesn't return and the mission goes wrong, who should I contact?"

"..."

Moth Masamichi suddenly fell silent.

His eyes behind his sunglasses became more menacing, and his brows furrowed tightly.

Even Fushiguro Megumi could vaguely sense that something was off about him.

"headmaster?"

"...Wu is very busy lately and won't be able to come back for the time being."

"Eh?"

"The first-year homeroom teacher will be temporarily replaced by Mr. Roy. He is currently at the vocational college. If you have any questions, you can contact him."

"……I see."

Looking at Principal Nightmoth, who seemed to have made a great decision before speaking, Fushiguro Megumi was stunned for a while before nodding and leaving the office.

After leaving the office, Fushiguro Megumi fell into deep thought for a long time.

Is Gojo Satoru not coming back for the time being?

Could it be that they're held back by the mission?

What kind of task could possibly stump him?

Fukuro Megumi found it somewhat unbelievable.

Upon closer reflection, he realized that he hadn't seen Gojo Satoru for over two months, almost three months.

Gojo Satoru is his guardian, a teacher at the vocational high school, and his future homeroom teacher. Although they don't see each other often due to missions, they've never been apart for this long, even on overseas missions. For Gojo Satoru, a week or two is enough for a round trip.

"They've probably run into some trouble."

Fushiguro Megumi thought about it, but in the end, she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it.

It's not that he couldn't think of it.

Rather, the image of Gojo Satoru as invincible has long been deeply ingrained in people's minds, and there is simply nothing in this world that can kill Gojo Satoru.

Even if you threw him into the depths of a volcano or into the Japan Trench, he would come back unharmed, laughing triumphantly and boasting about his new achievement that he can brag about for the rest of his life.

Gojo Satoru gives people that kind of impression.

Fushiguro Megumi couldn't imagine who would defeat Gojo Satoru, nor could he imagine that he would be killed. He could only say that he might be held back by some troublesome matter.

"Since we can't make it back in time, there's nothing we can do. I have Professor Roy's number, so let's get ready to leave."

With that thought in mind, Fukuguro Megumi returned to her dormitory, packed her bags, and then got into the auxiliary supervisor's car and left the college.

For the past month or so, Professor Luo has spent most of his time at the college, not going anywhere, and often not even leaving his room.

This once made Zenin Maki wonder if he was inside.

Normally, aside from when we're doing tasks, we can only see Teacher Roy during our morning exercise sessions.

Sometimes, Fushiguro Megumi would get up early and go to the stadium to exercise.

After all, he is a sorcerer. Although he is the type to command shikigami in battle, he prefers tactics that involve fighting alongside shikigami, so he also trains his close combat skills.

Every time he arrived at the stadium, Maki-senpai was already practicing with Roy-sensei.

Teacher Roy is quite skilled.

Not only is he a top-tier fighter, but his hand-to-hand combat skills are also frighteningly high.

From what he saw, Maki-senpai frequently sparred with Roy-sensei using different weapons, including but not limited to naginata, nunchaku, katana, spear, and so on.

Without exception, they were all defeated by Teacher Roy using the same weapon within twenty moves.

Maki-senpai has never won even once.

If it weren't for the fact that Maki was a student and that it was just a sparring session in the morning, Fushiguro Megumi felt that Roy-sensei could defeat Maki-senpai in just three to five moves.

The two sides were not even on the same level. Roy's strength, even just looking at the hand-to-hand combat, seemed to be on a completely different level from theirs.

Thanks to this, Maki's strength is improving at a visible rate, which has even made him feel a sense of urgency. He unconsciously gets up an hour or two earlier in the morning to participate in morning training.

Whether you train alone or with someone else, it's still training, so Roy readily agreed to let Fukuro Megumi join.

After a while, Fushiguro Megumi became familiar with Roy-sensei.

The two sides also exchanged contact information.

Having witnessed Gojo Satoru's skills firsthand, Fushiguro Megumi knew that his hand-to-hand combat prowess was also extraordinary.

He subconsciously compared the two top-tier items in his mind.

But forgive his limited knowledge, he couldn't tell at all which of the two was stronger.

However, he subconsciously felt that...

Teacher Roy's movements were more effortless and natural.

He is especially much more composed than Gojo Satoru.

"With Professor Roy here, it should be fine, right?"

With this in mind, Fushiguro Megumi boarded the Shinkansen.