Abnormal Moon

"..."

Mechanical Maru remained silent.

indeed so.

This bird showed no magical reaction whatsoever, and its actions were completely unpredictable.

If the attack had occurred while he was conserving his magical energy to rest, he wouldn't have even noticed the source of the attack and would have been killed by the brass bird's self-destruction. There was no need for such a futile effort.

"Who are you? What do you want with me?"

Mechanical Maru relaxed his guard slightly.

However, he still did not fully trust the bird, or rather, its controller. He remained on guard, kneeling, ready to transfer his magical power at any moment.

Cursed power originates from the physical body, so this mechanical puppet does not possess any cursed power within its body. To fight, it can only rely on its physical body to transmit cursed power from a distance.

This resulted in the fact that even though the mechanical ball was now fully focused on its guard, it still did not emit any magical energy fluctuations and did not attract the attention of the Kyoto school teachers and students who were resting in the attic.

Otherwise, we'll have to find another way to contact him.

"Come out and meet me."

The brass bird made a sound again from its belly.

"The real person is finished. Those guys can't help you restore your body, which was damaged by the curse. Now, I'm the only one who can save you. Come out."

As soon as the words are finished.

The brass bird flapped its wings and flew over the yard, heading into the distance.

Having his biggest secret so bluntly revealed, Mechanical Maru felt as if he were in an ice cave, a chilling sensation spreading throughout his body.

He had to stand up, deliberately keeping his footsteps low, and quietly leave the courtyard without attracting anyone's attention, chasing after the direction the bronze bird had gone.

The brass bird flapped its wings in mid-air for a while, then landed not far from the pavilion, near the forest, on the shoulder of a certain figure.

"You've arrived, Ultimate Machine Maru, no, let's just call you Yukichi."

When the mechanical ball arrived at this place, it froze on the spot upon seeing that figure, and even its original body, which was nowhere to be found, couldn't help but gasp.

"Roy...Teacher? It's you?"

The one controlling that brass bird, which showed no signs of magical energy fluctuations, was none other than Roy, a Special Grade... I see, that makes sense now.

All the top-tier masters so far are beyond the comprehension of ordinary logic; whatever they do can be accepted as "this guy is a top-tier mage."

"What, are you surprised because it's me?"

Roy smiled slightly, drew several runes with his fingers, and deflected them.

Runes lined up behind the mechanical ball, their radiance creating a simple barrier that obscured the figures and voices of the two.

Although he felt he had been discreet enough, he was used to being cautious about everything, believing that it was always better to be safe than sorry.

"That's true. I'd be surprised no matter who it is."

Mechanical Maru glanced behind him and saw that a barrier had been set up behind him. He was surprised that Roy had set up such a special barrier, but he understood when he thought that it was a special-grade barrier.

"Judging from what you just said, do you already know about my deal with Xia Youjie and the others?"

"Oh, I see."

"Why do you know?"

"I have my own channels too."

Roy frankly admitted that he knew about the mechanical pill and Kokichi's secret, but he remained tight-lipped about his methods.

Miss Okita has already found out about Senna's intentions, and is now quite familiar with her.

However, based on Roy's own memory, he didn't need any inside contacts to know who the mole was.

"Mechanical Maru, real name Yukichi, is a puppet manipulation technique. Due to the curse of heaven, his body is extremely fragile and his limbs are incomplete. However, this has given him a huge range of techniques and a powerful output of cursed power. The puppets you control can even travel all over Japan."

"In order to restore your physical body, you made a pact with Makoto. You helped them gather information on the High School and the world of sorcery. After they completed their mission, Makoto would use the transformation of non-action to help you restore your body... Also, you have a crush on Miwa Kasumi."

"You are not allowed to lay a hand on the tricycle!"

Hidden behind the puppet, Yukichi, who had been listening calmly, immediately shouted angrily at Roy after hearing the last sentence.

The puppet mechanical ball unleashed its full armor, its arms spreading out claws and a cannon protruding from its mouth, fully armed and aimed at Roy.

He seemed ready to fight him to the death if he dared to utter even a single word that was detrimental to Miwa Kasumi.

After all, the mechanical pill here is just one of his many puppets, and it has every right to fight to the death.

"This is actually my first reaction..."

Roy rubbed his forehead, somewhat speechless.

He didn't care about Yukichi's wariness and the fangs he showed, but being guarded by him like this made Roy feel like he was the villain.

"I'm telling you, can't you tell who's the good guys and who's the bad guys standing here right now?"

"Am I, as a teacher, a villain who likes to use hostages to threaten others? And you, who colludes with the enemy, are you some kind of pure and innocent saint?"

In fact, Roy did not rule out using hostages as a threat.

But that's the person who gets the points.

At least for someone like Mech Maru, Roy wouldn't threaten him with hostages.

He choked for a moment.

Ok.

He was the villain, the one who colluded with the enemy.

"Alright, put your weapon away. That thing is useless against me. I'm a teacher, not an executioner. Sanlun hasn't done anything wrong, so why would I want to harm her?"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Kokichi put away all the weapons that had sprung out of his body.

That's true. His weapons are fine against mages below level one, but they're inadequate against true level one mages, let alone against top-tier mages.

"So what exactly do you want to do?"

Kokichi, somewhat impatient, asked in a low voice.

Roy didn't answer his question immediately, but instead continued to ask him questions in return.

Are you still passing on intelligence to Xia Youjie and the others?

"……Have."

"It was Yukichi who said in a deep voice."

“Those guys told me they could rescue real people from you, so I’ve been helping them.”

He thought Roy was going to settle scores with him.

As a teacher, this is the normal and reasonable approach.

But Roy's reaction the next moment stunned him.

"really not bad!"

Roy snapped his fingers, a pleased smile spreading across his face.

"I have something for you to do. Once you've done it, I'll help you heal the congenital disability caused by the Heavenly Curse!"

It is the complete opposite of Xingji's heaven and curse, and Fuheshen'er.

Fuheshen's Heaven and Curse Bindings were achieved by trading his innate curse power and spells for his exceptional physical attributes.

As for Yukichi's Heaven and Curse Binding, he gave up his healthy body in exchange for a huge effective range of the spell and a first-class output of curse power.

He has been born without a right hand and no part below the knee. He has no feeling in his legs below the waist. His skin is so fragile that even moonlight can burn it. He often experiences needle-like pain in the pores all over his body.

He lived for seventeen years in a state where he was like glass, ready to shatter at any moment!

Throughout history, sorcerers have awakened countless spells, but there is one spell that has never been born.

That is a healing technique.

Because curse power is energy driven by negative emotions, while healing is a realm of positive energy, no healing-type spells have ever been created. Instead, positive curse power can only be obtained by multiplying curse power, where two negatives equal a positive. Spellcasters then use this method to comprehend reversal spells to heal injuries.

But for someone like Yukichi, whose body is naturally like this, perhaps even his soul is shaped this way, and even the Reversal Technique cannot cure him.

Therefore, he has no choice but to cooperate with real people.

The intention was to use the technique of non-action transformation, which can even change the form of a real person's soul, to change his innate soul form and heal him.

"Can you cure my body?"

A voice full of doubt came from the mechanical ball.

Even the most outstanding individuals, those who are considered incredible by ordinary people, cannot do such a thing!

Even the legendary Gojo Satoru couldn't do something like this!

"Okay."

Roy was too lazy to say more, so he simply demonstrated it to him.

He picked up a pill bug from the ground, and without him doing anything, the bug's body quickly began to wriggle, transforming from a pill bug into a bee.