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

2012 October.

Gojo Satoru is unreliable.

Logically, he should be fully responsible for Fushiguro Megumi's affairs. But his excuse is "I would rather fight the curse--"

After saying this, he left all the mess behind him and ran to Hokkaido to continue investigating the previous curse.

Of course, that was business, and it was a very important matter—a curse of that degree, and the "noose" that was very likely related to it... Only someone of Gojo Satoru's level could be trusted to deal with such an existence.

As for chores like taking care of children, Su Ze could of course ask the assistant supervisors to do it, but the assistant supervisors who are already busy with their own duties would also find it difficult to extricate themselves.

However, Chairman Su strongly resisted the idea of ​​increasing their workload and forcing the poor support staff to work overtime.

So after all the twists and turns, these chores finally fell on his head.

His current life is simple.

Mostly he would pick up and drop off Nozomi to study, and occasionally show up in various departments to show his presence - solving nearby "difficult and complicated" tasks.

...Besides that, I am taking care of the children.

Chairman Su, wearing a shirt and trousers, was sitting in a classroom. Judging from the decorations hanging on the ceiling and the content of the poster titled "Children's Drowning Safety Education" on the blackboard at the back of the classroom, it can be judged that he was in a classroom of a primary school.

As for why Master Su, who is already 22 years old, returned to the primary school and sat in a row with the parents who were mostly women...

"——Now, please invite the outstanding student representative, the parent of Fushiguro Megumi, to come to the stage and speak."

A young woman in a professional suit was standing on the podium. She was Megumi Fushiguro's homeroom teacher... I think she taught Chinese?

She looked towards Su Ze with a smile and invited him to come on stage.

This was the first time that Master Su, who was the "parent" of the family, was one of the four special-class masters, the chairman of the spell, and the leader of the "innovative" faction. For the first time, he felt nervous about things other than the mission and glass.

Although I have done a lot of inspiring speeches and encouragement work, but in front of a group of married women whose average age is in their early thirties, speaking about some vague "experience in raising children" -

...For Suda Special Grade alone, this seems a bit too advanced.

——Especially when they are looking at themselves with straight and playful eyes at the same time.

After all, the young man in front of him looked very young and did not look like a married man with children.

The social structure in the East is somewhat different from that in the Great Yan. Here, the "men are outsiders and women are insiders" is almost fully displayed, and housework and child education seem to be the wife's responsibilities.

...At least the ratio of people in this classroom can fully prove this.

"It's an honor to speak as a parent representative..." Su Ze forced a smile and started his speech pretending to be calm.

The head teacher stood beside the podium, looking quite excited.

Below the stage, mothers dressed differently but generally mature and good-looking listened attentively to the "parenting experience" of this young parent.

"I think we should give full play to the children's "subjective initiative", change "confrontation" into "cooperation", and change "commands" into "agreements"..."

……

Fortunately, Su Ze has been good at these clichés since high school, and he has always been as steady as an old dog and never panics in times of crisis.

When the school motto was raised, he even gave a speech on stage in place of a friend who had forgotten to prepare a speech...

In the end, he was even praised by the head teacher for "giving a speech without a script, with a steady tone and a calm demeanor"...

But in fact, he wrote the manuscript on the spur of the moment and thought of the words on the spot...so there was no paper version and he spoke very slowly, right?

……

The parent-teacher conference is over.

Su Ze declined with an awkward smile, barely getting rid of the mothers who wanted to continue asking him questions, and then almost ran out of the classroom.

He walked all the way and stopped at the corner of the corridor. Then he looked at the time, unbuttoned the top button of his shirt, breathed a sigh of relief, and wondered when to pick up Glass.

"Mr. Su——"

A gentle voice came softly from the side.

Suze turned around.

"Your idea is very interesting--" The head teacher walked up to him without him noticing.

"Teacher Xiaojing," Su Ze greeted softly after seeing who was coming.

Xiao Jingyue held the lesson plan in her arms and waved her hand in response.

"Although I really want to discuss the topic of educational methods with you in detail...but it doesn't seem to be the right time now--" She smoothed her hair in front of her forehead and chuckled.

She saw the embarrassment Su Ze was in just now.

"… Hui is a good kid. He always studies hard and his teachers all praise him—" Xiao Jingyue spoke slowly and leisurely.

Suze turned to her and listened carefully.

"He has always been an excellent student... But, in my opinion, Hui seems too mature compared to other children—"

Xiao Jingyue frowned slightly. "Sometimes I even wonder if this child has been through something - he does things independently... but too independently, and it seems that he never needs help from others..."

Su Ze closed his eyes slightly and continued, "... Teacher Xiaojing wants to say that he won't be able to make friends this way."

Xiao Jingyue pursed her lips lightly and said worriedly: "...Yes. No matter how independent Hui is, she is still only a nine-year-old child after all-"

She paused for a moment, "And I noticed that every time there was a parent-teacher conference, Hui's 'parents' were different..."

"Before that, it was Mr. Gojo...right?"

She recalled what happened before, "To be honest, when I saw his look... I was definitely worried about Hui for a while -"

She freely admitted to having offended someone.

Su Ze tried to defend his friend, but he couldn't figure out how to change his friend's opinion without lying.

"It doesn't matter. Even though Wu can't teach children, he's pretty good at fighting! The lethality of RPGs pales in comparison to him."... You can't say that, right? ?

Su Ze hesitated to speak.

"But after seeing you, I feel relieved." Xiao Jingyue did not hide her attitude, "... Sorry, I don't want to interfere in Hui's family affairs--"

Su Ze hesitated for a moment, he was considering his words.

He turned his head to look at the playground below the teaching building. Most of the children were playing, waiting for the parent-teacher meeting to end.

Su Ze saw the figure of Fushiguro Megumi, who was sitting alone on a bench next to the playground, reading a book... It seemed to be the "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" that he brought with him.

Megumi Fushiguro seems to be very interested in these supernatural stories.

This seems to be slightly inconsistent with his almost cold and serious image——

After all, in traditional settings, characters with this kind of personality would generally read Kant or some science works.

Su Ze turned his gaze back.

Xiao Jingyue also noticed Fushiguro Megumi on the bench. She whispered, "I just hope... it's also a plea, please take good care of Megumi--"

"To make him feel cared for, to make him feel that someone is behind him—"

She spoke earnestly, her eyes trembling slightly, staring at Su Ze closely.

“…Of course.”

Su Ze breathed a sigh of relief and smiled slightly.

"——From the day we decided to become "guardians", this is what we have to do."

His tone was firm.