Chapter 84 The Eighteen-Year-Old Promise

After contacting Itadori Yasuke that evening, Geto Suguru told the children that Miya Chiri was staying in Tokyo and would be back tomorrow. He put down his phone and sighed.

They didn't really know what Wu was trying to do. His actions were pursuing something, but he knew clearly that now was not the right time.

This will probably confuse Chiri, thought Geto Suguru secretly.

However, Chiri seemed unfazed by this. She accepted the new house arranged by Gojo Satoru and would naturally use that apartment when she needed to stay in Tokyo occasionally because of cursed spirits or other matters. They had visited it by chance and found that it was already filled with her things and there was almost no trace of Gojo Satoru's life.

Rather than being Gojo Satoru's house, it's more like another base of Miya Chiri's own in Tokyo.

Time passed slowly, and Geto Suguru successfully graduated from technical high school, officially joined the general management department, and began to realize his dream.

During the three years, the reform of the magic world deepened in peace, and the status of the village's off-campus joint base was no longer questioned. However, they either trained in the middle school barrier or the seaside barrier, and there were only a few magicians who could enter the village.

Miya Chiri sometimes hears Glass teasing that she is like the UKW of the sorcery world. Many people know of her existence, and many people also know of her off-campus training base, but her existence is always kept secret.

From the age of fifteen to eighteen, Gong Zhili was almost completely immersed in this land and the people around her.

Whether it is the growing children, the increasingly active friends, or herself, they all have an inseparable connection with the village.

She was like a tree deeply rooted in fertile soil, absorbing the sunshine and rain, experiencing wind, frost, thunderstorms, and gradually growing vigorously. The immaturity of fifteen years old completely faded away, replaced by the gorgeous appearance of an eighteen-year-old girl.

What is more noteworthy than her appearance is her control and understanding of the power of the land. She personally farms and lives in the village year after year, which allows her to easily resonate with the land outside the barrier.

During these three years, Gojo Satoru never came empty-handed. Even if he didn't have time to buy souvenirs, he would pick wildflowers in spring and make bunches of them. In summer, he would weave straw baskets to bring cicadas or longhorn beetles. In autumn, he would pick maple leaves as decorations. In winter, he would build strange snowmen outside...

Geto Suguru's worries did not come true. Miya Chiri accepted everything naturally, including the new plant seeds and fertilizers that Gojo Satoru occasionally brought. She treated them all equally.

As the pinnacle and flagship of the world of sorcery, Gojo Satoru never has a moment of complete free time, but the frequency of his appearances in the village has reached a daily level. After Nanako started playing with a camera, she wanted to take pictures of everyone who came to the village, but after collecting all the photos of Gojo Satoru throughout the year, she gave up taking new photos of him.

The children have become accustomed to the presence of Gojo brother in their lives. He is almost as omnipotent as Chiri. Whether he is training with them, doing farm work together, or helping solve problems with spells, he can be seen everywhere.

It’s just that the method... remains to be discussed.

Megumi Fushiguro, who has been choked by Gojo's brother's train of thought countless times, has a lot to say.

The children's growth is also obvious.

Tsu Miki is already in the fifth grade. She seems to love taking care of her family and has always wanted to learn how to cook with Miya Chiri. Although everyone in the family is familiar with the kitchen, she is the one who likes to stay in it and study the most. Even though she has no cursed power, the food she makes can actually contain a little bit of the power of the earth.

Gong Zhili was already starting to feel proud of her.

Yuji Itadori is like a little sun, full of energy and amazing physical skills. He and Megumi Fushiguro can almost rule the entire village together. Nanako fell in love with photography, which is probably related to her technique. She likes to take pictures of the village and her family. Mimiko has cultivated her hobby of handicrafts. She has already got the hang of weaving and carpentry, and she enjoys it.

Itadori Yasuke is in good spirits and takes care of the children patiently. The children in the village all know and are familiar with him and are not afraid of this old man who looks serious but is actually very responsible.

Time passed and it came to the day when Gong Zhili turned eighteen.

Gong Zhili knew that the villagers and other relatives and friends would definitely prepare many gifts for her, but she was still surprised when she opened the door in the morning.

The open space in front of the door was filled with neatly wrapped gifts of all sizes. There were no gorgeous ribbons, but they were all tied tightly with the hemp ropes and straw stems available in the village, and neatly stacked on the side of the corridor. There were bunches of wild flowers with dew on them (obviously picked by the children early in the morning), and small baskets woven with vines, filled with round potatoes, red tomatoes, and plump corns. These were different from the usual offerings, more straightforward, and full of a certain kind of joyful blessings.

Gong Zhili stood at the door, looking at the gifts, the morning breeze blowing her hair.

She smiled and turned to the children following behind her and said, "Do you know why my birthday is on this day?"

"Because this is my first day here," she said, nodding slightly. "Thank you for everything you have done for me."

Tsu Miki took out the cake from the refrigerator, held it up with the twins, and presented it to Miya Chiri: "Happy birthday, Chiri-sister!"

In fact, they don’t really celebrate their birthdays every year. The twins don’t remember their own birthdays. Gong Zhili sets her own birthday, and the other three children don’t really care about birthdays. They can have cake anytime they want and get gifts immediately if they want. They will say "Happy Birthday" to each other on their birthdays, but sister Zhili’s eighteenth birthday is different.

Sister Zhili said that when she turns 18, she will learn to drive, get a driver’s license, and take them out for a trip!

Moreover, this cake was made by them themselves, without any involvement from Sister Zhili at all!

Gong Zhili looked at them and smiled: "Eating cake so early in the morning?"

The friends who came to celebrate her birthday had been waiting outside the door for a long time. Upon hearing the news, they surrounded her and walked her home, and helped her bring the gifts back home.

"What does it matter? There are so many of us, we can definitely finish it, and there are still five left." Ieiri Naoko said, pushing her shoulder.

"Congratulations on turning eighteen. It's a day worth celebrating. Just wait for your gifts."

The table in the middle of the living room has been turned into a gift display stand. Everyone cut the cake together as breakfast, and then everyone ate the cake while watching Gong Zhili open the gifts. The whole scene was very relaxed.

Eating cake for breakfast was a bit boring, but Gong Zhili was in a good mood and didn't care about it.

After savoring the children's thoughtfulness, she began to open the gifts.

Let’s first look at the children in the family. The youngest, Megumi Fushiguro, gave her a puppy statue that she had carved for a long time, and she also painted the puppy carefully.

The stone that Yuji Itadori gave her was his favorite in his stone collection - the natural stone was very large and shaped like a bird's egg with strange patterns. Yuji Itadori has always cherished this stone and is now willing to give it to her.

Tsu Miki gave her a soft and thick dark green scarf that she had knitted herself. She tried to choose yarn that was close to the color of Miya Chiri's eyes, and even learned to knit gradient colors into it.

Nanako's gift was a thick photo album of selected photos. She developed and arranged her favorite photos, bought a photo album she liked, put them together and gave it to her.

Mimiko made her a pillow filled with beneficial herbs that she had slowly collected.

The children’s gifts were touching and she loved them very much, followed by the gifts from her friends.

Tennen Riko gave her several sets of comics and original art collections. These were works by authors that she and Miya Chiri both liked. When giving gifts, of course you have to give the other person what they like!

Gong Zhili really liked it. She held the book and looked at the cover, then put the gift away with a smile.

The gift given by Nanami Kento was as pragmatic as he was. It was a magical tool that could mobilize the magical energy in the surrounding environment. He knew that the power used by Miya Chiri was not magical energy, but he would also consider the situations when that power could not be used.

What Huiyuan Yu gave her was a snack that he and his sister made together. The portion was large enough for everyone present to share.

The gift from Ieiri Naoko was a set of top-notch dissection tools. She said, "They are very useful for cutting any meat you want, and they can also be used to get rid of the root of the problem."

Gong Zhili quietly put away the set of tools. She really had no desire to find out under what circumstances Glass usually performed dissection.

Xia Yujie gave him a set of rare edition ancient books: "You said before that you were interested in this kind of books. I collected them from abroad. I remember that you can read Chinese."

When Gong Zhili took it and looked at it, he found that it was actually a real rare collection and not an old circulating book. He knew that he must have put a lot of effort into it.

"This is too valuable," Gong Zhili said matter-of-factly. "Jie, it's so solemn."

Geto Suguru just smiled gently, with sincerity in his eyes: "It's not as good as all the help you have given me." It's even far less than that - he didn't say this out loud, but the weight of it was already transmitted in the air.

Gojo Satoru watched as Miya Chiri opened everyone else's gifts and finally picked up his.

He raised his chin slightly and motioned for her to open the somewhat old cube box on the table.

"This is the prison gate," he said. "I give it to you."

Gong Zhili picked up this overly heavy gift. Just by touching it, she could feel the huge, cold, heavy power within it, which could swallow up light. She sighed, "Do you trust me so much?"

Gojo Satoru leaned forward slightly. "But it's special, that's enough."

Gong Zhili looked at him for a long moment, the smile on his face deepening as he said, "Then I'll accept it. Don't regret it."

Gojo Satoru: "Do you still remember the promise you made to me?"

Gong Zhili thought for a moment and said, "Although it seems like we've agreed on a lot of things, but at this moment, you're talking about 'fighting'?"

Gojo Satoru snapped his fingers: "I'll wait for you at the training ground."

Ieiri Naoko turned to Geto Suguru and said, "You lost the bet."

Xia Yujie smiled bitterly: "Okay, next time I will bring you the Curse Jade."

He thought Gojo would confess directly on his birthday, but it turned out that this guy's mind was really full of fighting.

Wu, you deserve to be single.

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