The losers in daily youth have all become witches

"...Nothing's wrong, Yuigahama-san."

Chihaya Asagumo answered with her usual smile on her face.

But for some reason, that gentle smile was filled with great courage, so much so that Napoleon, who Yuigahama Yui had finally caught, was so scared that he suddenly clutched Yuigahama Yui's chest, leaving only a piece of his tail outside and trembling constantly.

"Heh, pink hair."

Gokou Ruri said this without any expression on her face.

"So that's why we expanded the attack surface to include all people with pink hair!"

Yuigahama Yui was in tears.

On the other side, Li Mo finally pulled Kakamihara Nadeshiko off of him: "Don't worry, Miss Kakamihara, everything is fine. You are safe now."

"Yes, really? Are the rescue team here? This is a hospital...it doesn't seem like it."

Kagamihara Nadeshiko said as she looked around the association's hut curiously.

"This is... uh, just think of it as my club's activity room."

Li Mo thought for a moment and said to the girl, "Although I really want to comfort you and allow you to continue living your life happily as before without knowing anything, since you have been involved in this situation, I still have to explain a little bit..."

"...a little explanation of the truth about the world."

Chapter 136 The Three Stages of [Candle].

"The truth of the world..."

Perhaps because Li Mo's attitude was too serious, Kagamihara Nadeshiko was infected and couldn't help swallowing her saliva: "When making miso soup, you can't put the miso in at the beginning. You have to wait until it's finished cooking and then dissolve it in the soup with a spoon. Otherwise, the taste will become weird, right?"

"That's just a kitchen tip, right?"

Yuigahama Yui complained softly.

"Do you remember what you saw before you passed out?"

Li Mo asked the pink-haired girl.

"That... strange face?"

Kakamihara Nadeshiko said uncertainly.

The girl, who was a little slow, seemed to have not realized that something was wrong, but perhaps because of this slowness, the girl's emotions were quite stable after she woke up. It was like she had participated in a Coc group, but at the end of the day, because her inspiration was too low, she did not notice anything abnormal, and could not find any clues, so she was like a passerby player who did not even lose 1 point of SAN.

"If you can't remember, you don't have to think about it."

Li Mo thought for a moment and decided there was no need to force the other person to be frightened by something that would cause him to lose his SAN. "In short, you've been cursed by something strange. Although I've gotten rid of the curse, the curse itself, or the curse factor, still exists in your body."

He explained it in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

"Curse, curse!"

Kagamihara Nadeshiko widened her eyes in surprise: "Me? No wonder I seemed to have been having nightmares when I fell asleep just now, turning into a snake and then a boy..."

That shouldn't be a nightmare, but reality.

The other girls present had similar expressions on their faces.

"Just in case, I plan to remove the curse from your body."

Li Mo continued.

Although the cultists had been burned to ashes by him, there was no guarantee that some supernatural power might activate the curse in the girl's body, so it was best to completely eliminate it.

"But before that, I still want to tell you... Once you've experienced something supernatural like this and left a memory, it's easy to encounter it again. If you want to continue to be an ordinary person and live your previous life, it would be best to erase this memory as well."

Li Mo continued, "Whether it's a curse or a memory, the process of erasing it won't be comfortable. It's better to do it together to avoid suffering twice."

"But even if I erase my memory, my past experiences won't disappear, right? Will simply erasing my memory really help?"

Kakumihara Nadeshiko asked with some confusion.

"When it comes to the supernatural...especially the bizarre, knowing whether or not they exist is actually quite important."

Li Mo explained, "If someone hasn't experienced this kind of thing, even if they're very interested in a strange story, their materialistic upbringing will likely lead them to harbor considerable doubts about its authenticity, so the chances of triggering a strange story aren't very high. But once someone has experienced something like this, and it leaves a vivid and deep memory, then when they encounter a similar rumor again, they'll almost subconsciously consider the possibility that it's real. This increases the likelihood of attracting the corresponding strangeness tenfold or even ninefold."

"I see, I probably understand."

Kagamihara Nadeshiko nodded thoughtfully. "To put it simply, if you tell a foreigner that Okonomiyaki tastes like Takoyaki, they won't be able to imagine the taste because they haven't had Takoyaki either. But if you tell a Japanese person the same thing, they'll be able to imagine the taste even if they haven't had Okonomiyaki, because they've all had Takoyaki, right?"

"Right, right...?"

Li Mo was a little confused by the example given by the girl. Can these two things be confused?

He looked to others for help.

The considerate Yuigahama Yui immediately showed a confident smile that said, "Leave it to me," and she immediately said, "Compared to Okonomiyaki and Takoyaki, I still prefer Sukiyaki."

Li Mo held his forehead and sighed.

"That's completely different kind of food, right?"

Gogen Ruri complained.

"You chose the more expensive dish as if nothing had happened. You're truly Yui-san."

Asagumo Chihaya clapped lightly, but her tone made it impossible to tell whether she was truly praising or being sarcastic.

"Ah, it seems like everyone's reaction is different from what I expected..."

Yuigahama Yui muttered softly.

"Regarding erasing memories... does it only erase the curse part?"

Kakamihara Nadeshiko asked Li Mo.

"Unfortunately, since your mastery of this technique is not that refined, it will probably erase most of your memories of Mount Kumotori."

Li Mo answered truthfully.

It is said to be deleted, but it is more accurate to say that it is burned.

If there was anything Li Mo gained from his trip to Yunqu Mountain, it was probably a deeper understanding of the magic spell [Candle].

Just like his famous teacher Kaido who could use one stick to create Ryuo, two sticks to create Bachan, and three sticks to create Nika, Li Mo's deepening understanding of [Zhu] was actually divided into three stages.

When he first "burned" the hostages, in order to prevent the cult boss from suspecting that the survivors were really burned to death, Li Mo deliberately tried his best to make the spell [Candle] not burn the other party while lighting them on fire, but simply cause pain, making them scream miserably. At that point, Li Mo realized that the [Candle] spell seemed to be different from his original understanding.

Then, let the spell run wild and burn all the "Mountain Pieces" without harming anything else.

The very fact that a spell is running wild can deepen the caster's understanding of the spell itself.

Just like Gokou Ruri, even though her current level of magic [Cat] cannot turn other people into cats for the time being, at most she can make them grow cat ears or a cat tail, and add some habits of licking fur and catching mice, but the difficulty is actually not much different, and she has become so skilled at turning herself into a cat that she can do it as easily as an arm. This is obviously closely related to the fact that her magic went out of control and caused her to turn into a cat.

It was at that time that Li Mo completely understood that the essence of "candle" was not the flame, but "something" as "candle" - such as weirdness, curse, or memory.

The third stage was when the spell completely ran wild, draining his magic power and even starting to drain his life. In a trance, Li Mo felt the greater possibility of [Candle]. However, both the nameless magic book in his mind and his own intuition were desperately sounding the alarm, telling him that now was not the time to delve into it.

Chapter 137 To burn or not to burn, that is the question.

The memories of the survivors in the convenience store were burned by Li Mo after he understood the essence of [Candle].

But [candle] is not [fire] after all, and Li Mo has not yet reached the stage where he can completely and perfectly control the spell. For him, the extremely precise operation may be more difficult than manually setting fire to the mountain.

"Will the memories that will be lost include yours, Asakura-kun?"

Kakamihara Nadeshiko seemed to realize something and asked softly.

"Ah."

Li Mo nodded.

In fact, it will not be completely burned, but in that case, even if she sees him again in the future, the girl will only have a subtle sense of familiarity, thinking that "I seem to know this person."

"That's really a shame."

The girl smiled somewhat lonely.

"It seems you have made your decision."

Li Mo looked at her.

"Ah."

The girl nodded. "Personally, I'd like to continue being friends with Asakura-kun, but if something like that happens again... without Asakura-kun around, things will definitely get really, really bad. I can't put my sister and Sesame Rin in danger."

"I understand. Then get ready..."

Li Mo raised his hand, and the orange-red flame danced at his fingertips, just like the flame of a candle.

"Wait, wait a minute!"

Yuigahama Yui suddenly shouted.

"what happened?"

Li Mo looked at her.

"It feels so lonely to end like this before we even get to know each other! My name is Yuigahama Yui, what's Miss Kakumihara's name?"

Yuigahama Yui asked cheerfully.

"Nadeshiko, my name is Kakumihara Nadeshiko."

"Nadeshiko? What a nice name. Where do you live? What are your hobbies? Do you have any pets at home?"

"Eh? Eh?"

Kakamihara Nadeshiko was a little overwhelmed by the series of questions.

"Are you on a blind date?"

Gokou Ruri couldn't bear it any longer and poked Yuigahama Yui in the stomach with her elbow, causing the latter to fall down while shouting "stitch, stitch in the side".

"That's right, Takuma-kun is doing something important, Yui-san, please don't mess with him."

Chihaya Asagumo also followed and pulled Yuigahama Yui, trying to drag her to the sofa.

"I'm not causing any trouble. I just want Nadeshiko to not forget us!"

Yuigahama Yui said aggrievedly.

"You are just causing trouble by doing this now. Please wait here obediently."

Asagumo Chihaya refuted, "We can make friends after we finish processing Miss Kakumihara's memories."

"No, to prevent Miss Kakamihara's memory from becoming disordered, after dealing with her curse and memories related to Mount Kumotoriki, it's best to send her home immediately and leave before she wakes up again."

Li Mo suddenly said.

"Look, if we want to be friends, now is the only time!"

Yuigahama Yui immediately said proudly.

"No, because Miss Kamihara's appearance here is also related to the curse, so the memories here must also be cleared."

Li Mo said without mercy.

"Hey, why is this happening..."

Then the ahoge on Yuigahama Dango drooped down listlessly.

Although Kakamihara Nadeshiko was still forcing a smile on her face, she was obviously in a very low mood.

The atmosphere became subtly heavy.

"My name is Gokou Ruri, and I'm a student at Chiba Benzen School."

Gokou Ruri suddenly said.

Asagumo Chihaya seemed to understand something and followed suit, saying to Kakamigahara Nadeshiko, "My name is Asagumo Chihaya, and I'm a student at Chiba City Sobu High School."

Kagamihara Nadeshiko looked at the two of them, and there seemed to be a light in her eyes again.

"Asakura Takuma is also a student at Sobu High School."

Li Mo sighed. Although he felt that he was doing useless work, he still said it.

"Kakamihara Nadeshiko, from Motosu High School."

The girl finally smiled brightly again and reached out her hand to Li Mo, just like when she first met him last night.

Li Mo shook hands with her politely.