Curse back: As a swordsman, what's wrong with a happy ending?

knock --

Riko and Kuroi looked towards the door.

"The door is not locked, please come in--" Misato Kuroi said with her palm raised to her mouth.

"I see a lot of debris piled up outside, ahem..." The man coughed a few times, and his thin bangs trembled, "Ms. Kuroi is cleaning."

He smiled as he walked in and greeted everyone, stepping away from the waste boxes and sundries that filled the entire living room. The huge living room was so packed that there was no place to even step.

I think if Master Xia were a few pounds heavier, he would probably be standing alone among these boxes.

"Getsuyu-san, is there anything I can help you with?" Kuroi Misato walked over with a broom. The debris on the ground did not affect her agility at all.

——Is this the power of professionals?

Master Xia said secretly.

"Nothing, I just came to see if you are used to living here--" he said with a smile.

"It's okay~ So is the problem solved?" Tennen Riko turned over again in bed, dropped her head on the edge of the bed, and tilted her head back to look at Geto Suguru.

Her hair was all messy and spread out, making her look like a stay-at-home girl.

"Hmm~" Xia Youjie raised an eyebrow and looked at the decadent posture of the person in front of him.

"Miss, why are you like this? Have you forgotten the etiquette we learned in school?" Kuroi Misato instructed at the door.

"The matter has been basically resolved, and no one will bother you again afterwards - but to be on the safe side, please stay with Miss Kuroi for two more days." Xia Yujie spread his hands.

"Tsk~" Tennen Riko rolled around again, then suddenly stopped, her eyes fixed on the thing in Geto's hand.

"What is that?" she asked curiously.

"It was knocked down when Ze Yujian was using the sword... No, it was a hunted bird." Xia Youjie stopped himself and changed his words in time.

"Oh?" Tenriko's eyes lit up and she suddenly became interested.

"... Considering that the technical college is remote, the food may be a bit light, and it is not easy for you to go out recently... He said to use it to improve the food." Xia Yujie clenched his fist to his mouth and coughed tactically.

"No, no, no ~ that's not what I'm asking!" Tenriko's curiosity was aroused.

She stood up with a sudden movement, then hit her head hard. Then she covered her head and muttered softly: "...I'm asking, why did Su Ze hit the bird——"

Her eyes sparkled.

A drop of cold sweat broke out on Xia Youjie's forehead. This was related to their years of brotherhood.

He forced a smile and said, "Xiao Lizi, you may not be very clear about the relationship between Ze and me. He is my beloved relative, brother, and cousin..."

"——We are close friends, how can you reveal his embarrassing stories like this?"

Tiantian Lizi felt a little disappointed: "Then what do you say?"

Master Xia looked righteous and opened his squinting eyes wide.

"You have to keep it a secret—"

Tennantori met his mischievous fox eyes.

"huh?"

……

"A-choo!" Su Ze sneezed loudly and wrinkled his nose. There was a light red mark on the side of his forehead.

"Only idiots catch colds in the summer~" Gojo Satoru said nonchalantly, spreading his hands.

"Shut up." Su Ze rubbed his nose gently.

The residential building in front of the two men was very old. Most of the houses were one- or two-story mixed-type buildings. The electric poles were also crooked, exposing the concrete inside.

"Ah, Ah... Achoo!" Gojo Satoru also sneezed loudly.

Su Ze looked at him expressionlessly.

"This was an accident!!"

Su Ze looked disdainful.

"The road is paved with bluestone slabs, and the gaps between the bricks are covered with moss. The sewers still use the old-fashioned open-air canals for drainage - there should be no more residential houses like this since Heisei 1..." Su Ze turned his head and looked at the rugged path downstairs.

They were located in the corridor on the second floor, which was very narrow and semi-open, and was not very effective in sheltering from the rain.

The iron door in front of the two men was rusty and looked quite old.

"So you mean, this is a relic from the Showa era 2?" Gojo Satoru tilted his head and tapped his chin, looking at the rusty iron gate in front of him.

"It looks much older than your place." Gojo Satoru concluded with a raised eyebrow.

"Yeah." Su Ze responded in a deep voice.

"Who are you two?"

A childish voice suddenly sounded from behind the two of them.

The two of them blinked.

"It's so easy to get it--" Gojo-san was showing off a new word he had learned from somewhere, with a lively tone.

"Did you secretly read my novel? I was wondering why two pages were stuck together by maltose and couldn't be opened——"

——Master Su solved a cold case.

Gojo Satoru quickly looked around and changed the subject.

The voice behind me continued.

"This area is full of old houses, and I've seen all the residents there. You don't look like people who live here - if you're here to look for someone, you shouldn't come here. The three buildings next to you have a little more people..." The childish voice was calm and mature, which was totally inconsistent with his age.

"Hehe~" Gojo Satoru crossed his arms and hummed softly, then turned around and said lively, "You must be little brother Fushiguro Megumi--"

"Who are you?" The boy looked up at him, and the next moment his expression became awkward, "...what's that expression on your face?"

He tugged at the strap of his schoolbag awkwardly, avoiding Gojo Satoru's gaze.

╯□╰

Gojo Satoru's face looked awkward, his eyebrows drooped into an "eight" shape, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

Su Ze also turned around with him, and when he saw the boy's face, he immediately understood -

——It's exactly the same. Su Ze shrugged his shoulders and sighed inwardly.

"...No, nothing." Gojo Satoru retracted his exaggerated expression, pushed his sunglasses that had not slipped down and said, "We came to see you because of your father's matter~"

Fushiguro Megumi had a blank expression on her face.

"Your father was born in a family of spellcasting called 'Zenin', but he was a loser, and even I looked down on him." Gojo Satoru shook his head, "He left the family and had you with someone else. You can see 'that' and be aware of your own spells, right?"

Gojo Satoru opened his arms, and the evening sun cast his shadow on the boy.

"The Zenin family loves rituals the most! And the period of just awakening is the best time to buy and sell -" He exaggerated, "So, Hui, you are the trump card your father left behind to deal with the Zenin family! And, your father is us -"

"That kind of thing - it doesn't matter."

The boy interrupted Gojo Satoru's chatter.

"what……?"

Gojo Satoru was stunned.

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注1：“平成”。第125代天皇明仁的年号，使用时间为1989年1月8日——2019年4月30日。

注2：“昭和”。第124代天皇裕仁在位使用的年号，为日本第246个年号，使用时间为1926年12月25日—1989年1月7日。

(The time when the two of them went to find Hui was slightly advanced by one or two years. In the original work, it was one or two years after Shiji's death. Here, they went shortly after the "Astral Plasma" mission was completed~)