Primary School

[You are a child of God. Your power is a life-saving medicine. Please do your best to help those who are tortured and desperate.]

A little, a little boring.

Xia Youkui sat on the soft sofa in the dessert shop. On the table were a pile of various exquisite desserts and four cups of milk tea and coffee in tea bowls.

She hooked the handle of the cup with her left hand, held the milk tea cup with her right hand, and rubbed the rim of the cup with her index finger, but her eyes were staring at the opposite side in a trance.

The three high school students across from me had been whispering to each other for a long time, their bodies turned away. They lay on the sofa backwards, so Xia Youkui could only see their backs, as if they were from the next table.

"I'm sure that Jay's sister really doesn't have any magical power at all."

Gojo Satoru pointed to his eyes, his dreamy blue pupils seemed to be flowing with tiny starlight.

He said in a firm tone:

"Six Eyes saw nothing clearly!"

Gojo Satoru is the young master of the Gojo family, one of the three great families in the world of curse. He inherited the six eyes that are rarely seen in a century and has the ability to see through any cursed power.

Just two days ago, he was on a mission alone and sensed the fluctuation of cursed energy from the elementary school next door. He then dealt with the third-level cursed spirit that was wriggling on the wall of the teaching building like mud.

Only then did he discover the girl who was sticking her head out the window, blocked by the cursed spirit.

Gojo Satoru was slightly shocked, but he realized in an instant that there was not a single fluctuation of cursed energy from the girl, and he had ignored it.

There are very few people in this world who have the ability to transform magical power and become sorcerers, and there are even fewer people who have no magical power at all.

Among these people, 99.99% are bound by heaven or curse!

With his excellent memory and eyesight, he immediately recognized that the girl was the younger sister in the photo on Geto's phone. He turned around and told his classmates, and arranged a dessert party, asking Geto to call his younger sister over to find out who was going on.

"Has your sister shown extraordinary talent in other areas?" Ieiri Shoko looked at Geto Suguru, who was frowning and biting his thumb subconsciously.

"...Are you calcium deficient?"

"No." Xia Yujie immediately put down his hand and answered the previous question of Gaozi.

"If you can figure it out with your brain..."

"How flexible is it? 100 points in every course, and they're already studying calculus in elementary school?"

"That wouldn't be...Satoru?"

"Are you questioning Six Eyes, Jay?"

Gojo Satoru saw through Geto Suguru's hesitation.

"I'm not questioning it... There should only be one known Heaven and Curse Binding in existence."

"Yes, there is a person in the Zenin family who has 0 cursed power but is very strong physically. He has now run away from home."

"It's said that he can catch bullets with his bare hands. How about letting my sister try?"

Geto Xia Yu punched Gojo Satoru in the side, gritting his teeth, "Isn't my sister's life a life? Go and harm your sister!"

Gojo Satoru knew he was in the wrong and didn't say much. He turned to look at Xia Youkui who was in a daze.

The half-cup of milk tea in the girl's hand had already gone cold. Her eyes seemed to be fixed on them, but her thoughts had long since drifted away.

If catching the bullet doesn't work, I can probably try using a cursed spirit.

The white-haired boy looked around, ran to the clerk's shoulder, pulled down a fourth-level curse spirit and threw it at Xia Youkui.

Geto and Nozomi, who were standing by, had no time to stop it.

"Even if it's a fourth-level cursed spirit, you can't just throw it at a child!"

Geto Xia Yu reached out to grab the cursed spirit in a hurry, but was shocked by the scene before him.

The fourth-level cursed spirit that screamed like a famous painting passed through Xia Youkui's body and fell to the ground with a "pa".

Not only Geto Suguru, but also Nozomi opened her eyes wide in surprise, and Gojo Satoru even grinned, with an inexplicable sense of excitement rising from the bottom of his heart.

“It’s really fun!”

Xia Youkui's attention had long been drawn back by the series of movements.

She was startled by Geto Suguru who suddenly came close to her with his hands on the table.

"What's wrong?"

"......fine."

Geto Suguru took a subtle look at the fourth-level cursed spirit under the table, pretending to pick up something and then killed it naturally.

"Is there anything else you want to eat?"

“…No more.”

Xia Yujie's sudden gentleness made Xia Yukui feel unfamiliar.

When we first entered the dessert shop, I specifically told her not to be tempted by that white-haired brother and to just try a little of everything. Now he comes to ask if there is anything else she wants to eat.

There is still half of the desserts on the table left.

"Are you going home?"

"...Well, let's go home."

He turned to look at his two classmates.

"Let's talk about what happens next when we get back to school. It's time to go home."

"......good."

Ieiri Shoko expressed no objection.

Geto Xiayou overcame Gojo Satoru's opposition and successfully took Xiayou Kui away.

Ieiri Naoko walked out of the dessert shop, took out a lighter and lit the cigarette between her slender fingers.

A thin stream of smoke came out from her pale lips and slowly dissipated into the air filled with the sweet smell of bread.

"Jay has never laughed so creepily."

Gojo Satoru disagreed, speaking frivolously.

"Really, I'm not a pervert."

"Just curious~"

It would be better if this matter became a secret between the three of us.

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Xia Youkui felt that her brother had suddenly changed.

Getting a little too... clingy?

“Netizens” who could only be contacted via mobile phone before can now go home once a week.

The Getu couple were very happy to see this happen. In the evening, they lay on the tatami and praised their child for being sensible and knowing to come home more often.

Xia Youkui felt like there was a ghost behind him, the kind that was really just hanging around behind him.

Every time she turned around, she would find a tall boy looking at her meaningfully from behind. His expression was sometimes serious, sometimes confused, sometimes conflicted, and he would make some strange movements from time to time, like Sailor Moon trying to transform secretly.

If Xia Youkui didn't recognize him, she would really call the police and have him sent to a mental hospital.

"Is your brother not at home?"

“No.”

Xia Yukui led Eto Mika into her room.

She really couldn't understand her brother. He would rush home when school wasn't on vacation, but during summer vacation he was busy and couldn't come back. When she scrolled through her friends' circle, all he saw were photos of his beach vacation.

"He went to summer camp. I think he's abroad."

"Ah? High school students can go abroad for summer camp?" Mika Eto's jealousy was revealed.

"He's a college student, so maybe it's a little different."

Xia Youkui explained to Meijia while packing her schoolbag.

Today she is going to visit the insect garden with Meijia to complete the sketching homework assigned by the school.

"Have you brought your pen, notebook, water bottle, change, and cell phone?"

"I've brought everything~"

Mika tossed her hair aside, took out her flip phone, and put it to her ear as if she was talking to someone.

"Very handsome, right~"

When Meijia's mother found out that Xia Youkui had a cell phone, she bought her one too. She loved it.

Primary school students with mobile phones are so cool!

"Cool!" Xia Youkui gave him a thumbs-up. "Then let's go."

The insect garden is very close to Xia Yu's home, and the two children only need to take three bus stops to get there.

The lady at the ticket office received them warmly, told them which places were open for visit and which places were closed today, and asked if they needed an escort.

Xia Youkui thanked and rejected the young lady, and pulled Meijia into the insect garden.

"Hey, is that Ida-senpai?"

Mika noticed Iida's iconic maroon watermelon head with her sharp eyes.

The boy was carrying a schoolbag, and his long bangs covered his eyes, making it difficult to see his expression. He was looking carefully at the map of the park.

"Can he really see?" Mika expressed doubt.

"Who knows?" Xia Youkui said, also studying the sign in the insect garden. "The spider area is closed today, so let's go to the butterfly garden first."

Mika didn't know what she was imagining, and shuddered. "It's closed, so it's closed. I didn't want to go there anyway. Spiders are too scary."

The girls decided on the itinerary and no longer paid attention to Jingtian standing by, and set off directly according to the map.

This insect garden is one of the more famous ones in the city.

The passages connecting each venue are filled with green plants, and there is even a canopy covered with flowers at the entrance of the butterfly garden, which instantly draws visitors into a fairy tale world.

“So beautiful~”

Before Mika even saw the butterfly, she was captivated by the flowers. She was so overwhelmed by the flowers that she couldn't even walk at the door.

Xia Youkui took out her cell phone and took a few beautiful photos of Meijia, then forcefully dragged her in.

At this pace, we won’t be able to finish visiting the butterfly garden even after dark.

The further they walked in, the fewer flowers they saw. Gradually, all they could see were scattered trees.

The butterflies gently land on it, either disguising themselves to blend into the environment, or showing off their grace and resting on the branches ostentatiously.

But what is the same is that their wings are tightly closed together, and most of them are gray and hidden among the green leaves.

It is not the imagined butterflies dancing in the flower fields, but a quiet one, entering into the secret place where butterflies live.

"Isn't it beautiful?"

Mika looked at the butterfly lying on the branch with a little disappointment.

"That's a dead leaf butterfly, right? It does look like a leaf, but it's not pretty. It's completely different from the white and yellow butterflies that occasionally fly across the lawn."

Xia Youkui flipped through the insect handbook she had borrowed from the ticket office lady and found the page about butterflies.

"Yes, this is a dead leaf butterfly. It looks like a dead leaf, but it doesn't just come in this one color."

Xia Youkui reached out and flapped the butterfly's wings, and bright colors appeared in front of Meijia's eyes.

Fluorescent blue occupies most of the wings, with a bright orange in the middle and upper part, and the wing tips are pure black.

"Butterflies are beautiful, they just hide themselves."

"Wow--"

Mika was stunned and couldn't help but reach out to touch it.

The butterfly flapped its wings a few times and flew away in a flash.

The fantastic colors on its back appeared in Mika's eyes one by one as it flew, until it disappeared.

“So beautiful!”

Mika Jiangtou's eyes lit up, and she became obsessed with opening the butterfly's wings. Xia Youkui took on the responsibility of recording. As Mika opened each page, she checked it, marked it, and went back to write it down in her homework book.

Everything was going smoothly, and Mika Eto didn't want to leave the butterfly garden at all. She didn't want to look at the crawling insects at all, she just wanted to be favored by the butterflies.

"Well, I'm going to go to the bathroom first. When I come back, we'll be heading to the next venue."

"All right--."

Mika's mind was completely focused on the butterfly resting on her hand. She didn't dare to nod, but just replied softly.

A smile appeared on Xia Youkui's usually calm face. He shook his head, put down his schoolbag, and walked straight out of the butterfly garden.

The Spider Garden was on Xia Youkui's way to the restroom. The venue was enclosed, with a horizontal line across the entrance and a sign saying "No Trespassing." The main door behind the line was half open.

Xia Youkui took a casual glance and continued walking towards the bathroom.

The next second, a shrill scream pierced her ears.

She covered her ears and took a step back, confirming the source of the sound was inside the Spider Garden. It was the voice of a frightened boy, and it even sounded familiar.

Xia Youkui hesitated for a moment, then crawled under the interception line and ran into the spider garden.

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"Show some energy, Nanami!"

"It's just a second-level cursed spirit, not a first-level one. What's there to be afraid of~"

"It's said that a level one cursed spirit is so difficult to kill even with a tank, and we're almost there!"

Two first-year students from Tokyo Jujutsu High School are about to step onto another battlefield of their own.

Nanami Kento looked at his classmates speechlessly.

"We haven't succeeded in exorcising it yet, Haibara." Ordinary tanks can't kill cursed spirits anyway, and don't make the mission sound as easy as challenging a boss in a game.

We only have one life, so every battle should be taken seriously.

"And I have a bad feeling today."

Upon hearing this, Haibara Yuu smiled and patted Nanami Kento's back vigorously, causing Nanami to stagger.

"Don't worry, Nanami. This isn't the first time we've fought a Level 2 Curse Spirit. We'll definitely succeed!"

Nanami paused.

"...Ah, yes, it will work."

He noticed his companion's trembling hands, but did not expose him.

With the help of auxiliary supervision, they successfully entered the insect garden.

Huiyuan complained: "I don't know how they communicated. Even if the cursed spirits wouldn't just leave their birthplace, it's a bit ridiculous to only seal off one venue while the others are still receiving tourists, right?"

"It's okay. Each venue is huge, especially the Spider Garden."

"This garden owner has a special hobby of his own and has put a lot of effort into building the spider garden."

The assistant supervisor explained and put the account in place.

"Okay, I'm going!"

Huihara Yu cheered himself up loudly and strode across the interception line in front of the goal, but his back foot was hooked by the line and he almost fell down in disgrace.

Nanami Kento followed him silently, and suddenly patted Haibara Yu's back hard.

"Ah, it hurts!" Huibara hooked her back with her hands, her face twisted in pain.

"In return." Nanami drew out his own knife and prepared it in advance.

His tone was firm.

"We will succeed, Haibara."

"Um!"

The two slowly walked towards the interior of the Spider Garden...