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◎Loneliness, Solitude, and Coldness (Four-in-One)◎

After becoming a top-tier sorcerer, Yuuki Matsuna was quickly given a mission by the higher-ups.

Since she was already a top-tier sorcerer, she could naturally go on missions alone, and Yuuki Matsuna also had a dedicated assistant to pick her up and supervise her.

Holding her longsword, she opened the car door and got in. Her mood improved when she saw the female assistant supervisor sitting in the front.

Girls tend to get along better and feel more comfortable with each other.

Yuuki Matsuna was an outgoing person. She smiled kindly and introduced herself to the assistant director: "Hello, I'm Yuuki Matsuna. What's your name?"

Her attitude flattered the assistant director, who hurriedly and stammered as he introduced himself: "Ms. Yuuki, my name is Natsuki Aika, you can just call me Natsuki."

Natsuki remained silent.

She wasn't very talkative, and on the way to the scene, it was Yuuki Matsuna who did all the talking. She would occasionally chime in to show the other person that she was listening to her.

As she got out of the car, she suddenly said, "I'm...I'm sorry, Ms. Yuuki, it would be great if someone else could talk to you better. I...I'm so boring!"

Natsuki is a very insecure person.

Matsuna Yuuki's eyes darted around.

She stopped getting out of the car, turned around, leaned forward, and pulled at the corner of Natsuki Aika's mouth with her hand, forcing Natsuki Aika to smile before letting go with satisfaction.

Natsuki Aika, not knowing what she was doing, asked in confusion, "Miss Yuuki, what are you doing?"

"I'm trying to make you laugh," Yuuki Matsuna said. "You're so cute, why don't you smile more?"

Natsuki Aika was taken aback.

She added, "Why do you think you're boring? I think Natsuki is very interesting, and she even responds when I talk to her. She's so gentle!"

"I don't want to change assistant supervisors!" She stuck out her tongue, opened the car door, and jumped out of the car.

The atmosphere changes instantly once you step inside.

The deer-like creature appeared behind Yuuki Matsuna. It moved forward on all fours with Yuuki Matsuna, searching for the cursed spirits here.

“Once you become a top-tier sorcerer, you’ll be exploited like Gojo-sensei and Yuuta,” Yuuki Matsuna suddenly sighed.

She muttered, "That's troublesome. Sleep is the most important thing for a beautiful girl. If you exploit me like Yuta does, I'll really die from lack of sleep."

Thinking of this, she felt even more grief and indignation.

Just then, a top-tier cursed spirit appeared before them. This cursed spirit had a peculiar appearance; calling it ugly would be an understatement.

The cursed spirit's facial features were jumbled together in a mess, and its body was also strangely shaped, with limbs of varying lengths. It crawled on the ground, looking just like a strange species.

Yuuki Matsuna suppressed the urge to vomit, turned her head, and asked Shikazuki with a distorted expression, "...Shikazuki, is this really a creature of the same species as you?"

Lu Shu rolled her eyes at her.

Her words made the deer-like creature no longer want to help her. It walked to the side, lay down on the ground, and looked at Yuuki Matsuna with its paws on its back. It said in a low voice, "In that case, you can deal with the creature that is not the same species as you by yourself."

"After all, this is a creature of the same species as me. It wouldn't be right for me to harm it." It deliberately gritted its teeth and said the words "same species," as if to remind Matsuna Yuuki.

Yuuki Matsuna paused for a second, as if she had suddenly realized something, and then said, "Shika-kun, so you're really that childish?"

A well-shaped character appeared above the deer's head.

It was too lazy to care about Yuuki Matsuna anymore, and simply turned its head to the side, not even glancing at her.

But it was still worried about Yuuki Matsuna, and reminded her: "Use your own techniques, don't just think about relying on my power. The seal has been broken, you should know what your own techniques are now, right?"

Lu Shu is right.

With the seal broken, Yuuki Matsuna has regained all her memories.

She drew her longsword, tossed the scabbard aside, but instead of focusing her magical power on the sword, she concentrated it in her eyes.

In an instant, the eyes changed color to a bewitching pink, and at the same time, the cursed spirit's pupils also turned pink.

She spoke slowly: "Please come here yourself, and willingly die by my sword, okay?"

The cursed spirit actually obediently walked to her side, lowered its head, and allowed her to cut off its own neck, becoming a victim of her sword.

The debt was subsequently settled.

"Really—!" Yuuki Matsuna turned her head in dissatisfaction, looking at the blood on the sword with great heartache. "Shikashu, if it were you, you could have solved it in a second. Why did I have to use a spell? My sword is all dirty now!"

Lu Shu raised one eye to look at her, her voice calm: "Didn't you say that I am the same species as it? I have a heart that loves my own kind and cannot harm my own kind."

It's obviously a scam.

"Lu Shu is a child!" Yuuki Matsuna made a face at it and said, "You've lived for so long, yet you still argue with a little kid like me. Lu Shu is a child!"

Lu Shu didn't want to talk to her anymore and disappeared from her sight.

Lu Shu is such a childish brat!!!

This is what a complete idiot thought.

*

After completing the mission and returning to the dormitory, it wasn't Sato sitting there, but Gojo Satoru, who treated Yuki Matsuna's dormitory like a tourist attraction.

As soon as Yuuki Matsuna opened the door, she saw a certain white-haired, unscrupulous teacher cheerfully raising one hand and saying to her, "Yo, you're back from completing your mission?"

She must have opened the door wrong.

She immediately closed the door, then opened it again a second later. Gojo Satoru was still sitting there, winking at her.

…No, she must have seen wrong. She must have opened the door incorrectly.

Yuki Matsuna, with a blank expression, prepared to close the door again, but when she pulled the door to the middle, Gojo Satoru blocked it with his foot.

"How heartless~" Gojo Satoru reached out and pressed the door shut again. "Does Yuuki really not want to see the teacher? If you see the teacher in your dormitory, shouldn't you be happy enough to come up and hug the teacher?"

"...Teacher, this is my dormitory, right?"

"Oh, right~"

"The teacher is an old man who is almost 30 years old, while I am a beautiful young girl in my prime, right?"

"No, it's because the teacher isn't some old man at all. You'd really hurt my feelings if you said that about him!"

A crack appeared in Yuuki Matsuna's expression.

She suddenly raised her voice: "Does the teacher even know the simplest and most basic principle that boys can't just enter the girls' dormitory?!"

"Huh—?" Gojo Satoru looked surprised, seemingly even more shocked than the person whose dorm had been broken into. "Can a teacher really be compared to those ordinary boys?"

Gojo-sensei is even more narcissistic than she is.

Yuki Matsuna gave in. She pushed Gojo Satoru aside, sat down on her sofa, took a bite of the apple on the table, and looked up to ask, "So, what did you come to see me about, teacher?"

"Hmm~" Gojo Satoru's tone was strange as he pondered why he had come to find Yuuki Matsuna.

He seemed to have finally come up with a reason, and said with a smile, "Because teacher is very sad. Yuuki hasn't bought teacher any sweet treats lately. Without Yuuki's sweet treats, teacher has no motivation to work~"

"Teacher really needs Yuki's little dessert~" His tone suddenly became a little aggrieved.

"Didn't the teacher say that the bodyguards bought all of those?" Yuuki Matsuna recalled what he had said before. "How come now he's saying that I bought them all, and that I really needed them?"

broken.

Gojo Satoru was taken aback; he never expected that Yuki Matsuna would still remember what he had said earlier.

Fortunately, Matsuna Yuuki didn't take it seriously. She waved her hand and said, "If you really need dessert, teacher, I don't mind. I can just have the bodyguard buy you another one like before."

no the same.

Gojo Satoru pressed on, saying, "No, no, you want a dessert that Yuuki personally picks out. When Yuuki buys desserts before, he sometimes picks out the ones for you personally, right? You want one like that."

Yuki Matsuna stopped eating the apple.

She looked up at Gojo Satoru with suspicion, as if he had said something very strange.

She asked, "Teacher, why should I personally choose the dessert for you?"

"I chose the dessert for the teacher because I thought I liked her and that I would definitely have to take action to pursue her. But the misunderstanding has been cleared up, and the teacher knows that, right?"

She said matter-of-factly, "I don't like teachers, so why should I personally pick out desserts for them? Teacher, I'm very busy too, okay?"

Yuki Matsuna is someone who is very particular about what she likes and dislikes.

When she likes someone, she wants to pluck the stars from the sky for them, and she will do her best to get them whatever they want.

But if she doesn't like it, she'll just think the person asking her for stars is crazy.

Wu Tiao remained silent.

After a long silence, he finally asked, "Did Yuuki also tell Inu-maki, Otsuko, and Megumi the same thing?"

“Hmm?” Yuuki Matsuna recalled, “Thorn and Megumi probably expressed something similar, but not Yuta, because I haven’t seen Yuta in person since the seal was broken, and I don’t know if I really like Yuta.”

Gojo Satoru suddenly said, "Yuki is really cruel. Is she really not able to tell or is she pretending? Inu-maki and Megumi will be sad because of what you said."

Yuki Matsuna couldn't eat that apple anymore.

"Teacher, what exactly are you here for?" She put down the apple, looked up at Gojo Satoru who was still standing by the door, and said, "Even if they are sad, it has nothing to do with Gojo-sensei, right?"

"Besides, why would they be sad because of me?" she frowned in thought. "It can't be because they like me, can it? Let's take a step back and say something else."

"If they really like me, wouldn't it be better to make things clear so they don't get too involved?"

She snorted, "Teachers interfere too much, they don't understand today's young people at all, they're already outdated!"

Just as Matsuna Yuki was about to pick up the apple again, she heard Satoru Gojo say something.

"I feel a little angry."

Looks like I won't be able to eat this apple today.

She completely abandoned her plan to eat the apple, stared at Gojo Satoru with dead fish eyes, and asked the man who seemed to be thinking, "Why is the teacher angry too? Is this how Megumi's dad should behave?"

That shouldn't be the case.

It's impossible that Fushiguro Megumi's tendency to get angry is a trait inherited from Gojo Satoru.

Gojo Satoru stopped leaning against the door, straightened up, and tried to walk toward Yuuki Matsuna, but before he could take a few steps, Shikazuki suddenly appeared.

The deer-like creature used its tail to protect Yuki Matsuna. It lowered its head slightly, letting out a low growl of warning, and its sharp teeth were exposed, fully demonstrating its defensiveness and hostility.

"Don't come any closer," Lu Shu warned in a low voice.

Gojo Satoru stopped in his tracks. He didn't walk towards Yuuki Matsuna anymore; he just stood there, doing nothing, seemingly confronting Shikazuki in this silent way.

After a long while, he suddenly smiled.

The ambiguous laughter made Shika Shu bar his teeth, and Gojo Satoru's smile was deep and dangerous.

He laughed, "It seems there's no other way."

Yuki Matsuna didn't understand what he meant by those words. She tried to peek out from under the shikazuki's fur to ask him, but after saying those words, Gojo Satoru disappeared from the room.

Unable to ask Gojo Satoru any further questions, she could only inquire of the Shikazuki, who was protecting itself with its tail: "Why did you suddenly appear?"

She paused, frowned, and asked, "What just happened? Why did you protect me with your tail? Did you think the teacher would hurt me?"

Lu Shu did not answer.

It silently retracted its tail and stared intently at the spot where Gojo Satoru had just been.

What Lu Shu just sensed wasn't hostility, but something else entirely.

Other gloomy and obscure things.

*

Gojo Satoru sat down in the chair.

He leaned back slightly, rested his chin on one hand, picked up the wine glass that had been prepared on the table, swirled the glass, but did not drink it, as if he was thinking about something.

"Are you sure you want to drink?" asked Shoko Ieiri, who had been called out.

She took a sip of her drink and said, "I never thought I'd see the strongest five drink for some humane reason."

She chuckled as she spoke, as if mocking Gojo Satoru.

Gojo Satoru didn't refute, but he also didn't drink the drink. His eyes, hidden behind the eyepatch, stared straight ahead, lost in thought.

After a while, a woman who noticed him came up to him.

The woman had long, thick, jet-black hair. She pursed her lips, mustered her courage, and stepped forward to ask Gojo Satoru, "Excuse me, could I have a drink?"

Gojo Satoru glanced at her and could easily see the undisguised expectation in her eyes.

Shoko Ieiri didn't say anything; she continued drinking, but she could roughly guess what Satoru Gojo was about to say.

"No," Gojo Satoru refused decisively. "I don't want to drink with you."

really.

The woman froze, clearly not expecting Gojo Satoru to reject her so bluntly.

After the woman left, Ieiri Shoko finally spoke, her expression calm, as if she had expected this: "Satoru, I told you long ago, there's a reason why you're not popular with women."

"I've said it before, the reason I don't have any luck with women is because I don't want to." Gojo Satoru was very confident in himself. He knew that the face hidden by the eye patch was an undeniably handsome face, and he also knew just how good his looks were.

He knows his strengths all too well.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing his words, Ieiri Shoko retorted sarcastically, "So now you want to be popular with women? Do you have it yet?"

Wu Tiao remained silent.

He picked up his glass and drank it all in one gulp.

*

It's really liberating not having anyone you like.

Yuki Matsuna thought to herself.

She had always thought she liked those people, and her life revolved around them. She wanted them to like her, and they were all she could think about.

Now that the seal has been broken, she no longer feels any attraction, nor does she have that feeling of "liking" anyone. She no longer cares about anyone and feels incredibly free.

This is a kind of freedom that comes from the heart, a freedom to love only oneself.

Yuuki Matsuna was in a good mood today. She was happily preparing to enter the classroom when she was stopped by Inujaku Thorn who suddenly appeared.

“Seaweed, seaweed.” Dog-roll Thorn revealed his two innocent eyes, staring intently at Yuuki Matsuna without blinking, looking as cute as a puppy staring at its owner.

Is Thorn really a senior?! She's so cute!

Yuuki Matsuna stopped in her tracks, swallowed hard, pressed her heart, which was pounding with excitement from being charmed by the cuteness, turned around and said, "Tori, good morning, what's up?"

Dog-Curled Thorn blinked.

Unable to answer Yuki Matsuna verbally, he took out his phone from his pocket, his slender, pale fingers tapping rapidly on the screen, as if afraid that Yuki Matsuna would become impatient.

[Matsuna, have you stopped feeling anything for me?]

He typed out that sentence, then deleted it and changed it to something else.

[Matsuna, did you have breakfast today?]

This is the kind of greeting that won't go wrong.

"I've eaten!" Yuuki Matsuna answered frankly, then tilted her head and asked, "Has Thorn not had breakfast yet?"

Dog Curly looked at her, bit his lower lip, and finally decided to ask her about the problem that had been bothering him.

[I've already eaten...Matsuna, were your feelings for me before all because of your cursed spirit? Are you no longer attracted to me now?]

He made up his mind, picked up his phone, and showed the message he had typed to Matsuna Yuki.

Yuki Matsuna hadn't expected him to ask her that.

"Hmm." She felt it was better to be clear about some things, so she nodded and said, "I'm no longer attracted to Thorn, so Thorn doesn't need to worry that I'll bother you like before."

She seemed to remember something important, her eyes widening in surprise as she asked, "I don't think Ji is that into liking me, is he?"

Dog-Curl did not answer.

He didn't know what he was feeling, he just felt very uncomfortable, and his heart was aching.

His eyelashes fluttered, and he opened his mouth, his voice hoarse: "Salmon, salmon."

"Salmon" means to agree or concurre, and sometimes it can mean to agree, but "dog-headed thorn" is the word most often used when agreeing or concurring.

What does it mean to agree with her at this point?

Does it mean agreeing with her statement and telling her that you don't like her?

Yuuki Matsuna wanted to speak and ask more questions, but Inuji Tsubaki didn't give her the chance. He lowered his head slightly, as if he didn't want to face Yuuki Matsuna anymore and avoided her gaze.

He turned around, his non-existent tail and ears drooping down, like a poor little dog abandoned by its owner.

This made Yuuki Matsuna feel a deep sense of guilt.

She felt she should pull the dog away at that moment, but the thought of "leaving him alone for now" came to her mind, and in the end she did nothing.

Dog-Curl Thorn is in a bad mood.

He lowered his eyes, recalling how, a few weeks ago, before class, the girl had arrived at school early, taken his hand, looked up at him with a bright smile, and said, "Ji, I like you so much."

What kind of environment did the girl grow up in?

The overly cheerful girl seemed out of place with the overall atmosphere of the sorcery academy, yet she somehow blended in perfectly.

Perhaps it was because of her optimism and ever-present smile that every student at the Spellcasting Academy, including the teachers, liked her very much.

She always greeted everyone with a smile and her head tilted back.

When a girl likes him, she would surround him, constantly calling his name and following behind him, shouting, "Dog Roll Senpai—"

"Dog Roll Senior, Dog Roll Senior, I like you so much! Can you be one of my boyfriends?"

That's too blunt.

The girl wasn't the type to hide her feelings. Because of her mother's teachings, she didn't run away from her emotions. If she knew she liked someone, she would pursue them directly, and if she didn't like them anymore, she would let go decisively.

When a girl likes him, she will make rice balls for him by hand. Knowing that he will arrive at school early in the morning, she will also arrive early with him. While he is running and training his physical skills on the playground, she will sit on the bench next to him and wait for him.

She would cheer for the dog, Thorn, from time to time, saying things like how amazing Thorn was and how much she loved him.

It's as if her whole world consists of only Dog Curly.

It's sticky and cloying, but Dog-Turtle Thorn is quite susceptible to it. Under such a fierce offensive, it's inevitable that he'll fall for the girl.

To Dog-Roll Thorn's surprise, the girl said that her previous feelings for him were all a misunderstanding and that she didn't like him.

Those soft lips that used to utter sweet words now opened their mouths and said, "I don't like Thorn. I have absolutely no feelings for Thorn."

That's too cruel.

How can you catch up with someone, wait for them to fall in love with you, and then abandon them, saying you no longer like them?

*

Matsuna Yuuki opened the classroom door.

The two people who came into view were Yoshino Junpei and Fushiguro Megumi. When she came in, Yoshino Junpei greeted her and she returned the greeting. However, Fushiguro Megumi remained silent, as if she was completely ignoring her.

Why is Hui still angry?

Yuki Matsuna sat down, leaning on the table, and called out Fushiguro Megumi's name intermittently.

"Little Huihui-chan—"

"Little Huihui-chan—"

"If you don't talk to me, I'm going to die, Megumi-chan."

"Xiao Huihui Jiang" kept her eyes straight ahead and didn't look up at her even once, no matter how much she called.

He didn't pay any attention to Matsuna Yuuki even once, until Nobara Kugisaki and Yuujin Itadori were both seated.

"What are you doing?" Kugizaki Nobara asked, frowning and hesitating before asking, "What's your nickname for Megumi-chan? Fushiguro, how can you have such a disgusting name?"

"Little Huihui-chan" paused for a moment.

"Kugizaki—" Yuki Matsuna hugged Kugizaki Nobara's body, sobbing and complaining, "Megumi is angry with me again. I've been calling him for so long, but he still doesn't seem to care."

Kugizaki Nobara raised an eyebrow, not thinking anything of it, and said, "Ignore him. Boys this age are all very immature. Who knows what he's angry about?"

Fu Heihui frowned.

Just then, a mouth suddenly appeared on Hisahito Itadori's face.

The mouth laughed loudly twice, mocking without any politeness: "This is obviously a useless man arguing with the woman he loves!"

Ryomen Sukuna chuckled a few times: "Useless, really. If it were me, I would have just..."

Yuji Itadori slapped that mouth hard.

Ryomen Sukuna's voice abruptly stopped, his words plunging the entire class into an awkward silence, with no one knowing what to say at that moment.

A voice broke the awkward silence.

“It’s really amazing,” said Matsuna Yuki.

She looked at Itadori Yuujin's face curiously and asked, "Does Ryomen Sukuna appear like this from time to time? What do you do when Itadori-kun is sleeping?"

"...Uh, I usually wear earplugs when I sleep." Yuujin Itadori scratched his face, answering her question.

Yuuki Matsuna responded with an "oh," then suddenly had a brilliant idea. "Speaking of which, if we were to feed this extra mouth, would it be Ryomen Sukuna or Itadori who senses it?"

If you sense that it's Ryoumen Sukuna, then you can feed it some random, unappetizing dishes.

I'm getting a little excited just thinking about it.

Seeing Matsuna Yuuki's eyes light up strangely, Hisahito Itadori quickly replied, "It's me who senses the food! Because it's my body!"

"Sigh—" Yuuki Matsuna said regretfully, drawing out the last word, "Then forget it."

She shook her head, looking quite disappointed.

In class, the assistant supervisor was standing on the podium imparting knowledge, while Yuuki Matsuna was staring blankly at the sky outside the window.

Her mind went blank, and she suddenly remembered what Ryoumen Sukuna had said.

Is Hui arguing with her?

But why are you arguing? Is it because you like her? But even if we take a step back and assume you like her, why not just confront her directly and make things clear?

That's strange, really strange.

Matsuna Yuuki decided to talk to Megumi Fushiguro after class to clear things up.

Yes, she is such a responsible and good child.

*

"Wait for me, Megumi-chan!" Yuuki Matsuna jogged to catch up with Fushiguro Megumi.

But Fukuro showed no sign of stopping.

Since calling his name didn't work, Matsuna Yuuki decided to try a different approach. She quickened her pace, stretched out her arms, and gave Fushiguro Megumi a bear hug, saying domineeringly, "If Megumi doesn't pay attention to me, we'll be stuck in this position forever!!"

Fu Hei Hui was startled.

He was silent for a moment, then sighed and finally spoke: "What?"

He lowered his eyes to meet Yuuki Matsuna's gaze and urged, "If it's not something important, don't waste my time."

His tone sounded extremely cold.

If a normal person were treated like this, they probably wouldn't be able to stand the coldness, but Yuuki Matsuna is no normal person.

She puffed out her cheeks, but Fukuro Megumi hugged her even tighter.

Because Fushiguro Megumi's words were so cold, she got a little angry and jumped onto him, wrapping her legs around his body, saying, "If Megumi keeps getting angry with me, you'll have to stay with me like this for the rest of your life!"

Fushiguro Megumi: ...

He sighed helplessly, rubbed his forehead, and after saying "you," he sighed again as if he had known all along that Yuuki Matsuna was not a normal person.

"Aren't you embarrassed to stay in this position with me?" Fushiguro Megumi asked.

"Why would I be embarrassed?" Yuuki Matsuna asked innocently. "I just want Eri to talk to me, is that not allowed?"

Fuhei Hui frowned upon hearing this.

“…Fine.” His voice sounded extremely frustrated.

He stopped pretending to be indifferent, stared at Yuuki Matsuna from head to toe, and asked, "So what is it you want?"

“It’s not me who’s in trouble, it’s Etsuke, right?” Yuuki Matsuna said.

She wrapped her arms around Fushiguro Megumi's neck, straightened her body, and thus became slightly taller than Fushiguro Megumi.

She lowered her head slightly and asked, "It's Hui who's been angry. It's Hui who's had something to say, not me."

"I'm not angry anymore, get off me." Fuhei Hui calmly raised her eyes to meet her gaze.

"No." Yuuki Matsuna refused decisively. "Don't try to fool me. I'm very smart. If I get off Megumi now, she'll definitely turn around and leave without answering my questions."

Fushiguro Megumi remained silent for a moment, which was taken as tacit agreement with her words.

He then asked, "So what questions do you have? Ask them quickly."

Does Hui like me?

"...Why do you ask that?" Fushiguro Megumi lowered her eyes, no longer meeting her gaze. "Who would like someone like you who clings to someone else and won't leave?"

"That would be great."

Upon hearing this, Matsuna Yuuki smiled, relieved, and said, "I thought Megumi liked me. If that's the case..."

She was about to jump off Fushiguro Megumi's body when Fushiguro Megumi grabbed her legs and stopped her from getting off.

Fushiguro Megumi supported her buttocks and wrapped her other arm around her waist, preventing her from getting off him. She then asked a question that Yuuki Matsuna had never expected.

What would you do if I told you I liked you?

Yuki Matsuna's eyes widened.

He frowned, asked again, and urged, "Tell me, what are you going to do?"

Is this the kind of character Hui is supposed to be?!

Wasn't he supposed to be a herbivore type? How did he suddenly change his persona to become a carnivore?! This change is so abrupt!!

Yuki Matsuna swallowed.

After hesitating for a moment, she cautiously raised her eyes and asked, "Are you really Megumin-chan?"

"You're not like Itadori-kun, possessed by Ryoumen Sukuna, are you?"

Fukuro Megumi's eyes gradually dimmed.

*

The only female student in her cohort.

"Are you excited, Megumi? She's your only female classmate! Maybe Megumi will have a chance to start an interesting romance~" Gojo Satoru said in a cheerful tone, never one to miss a good show.

In fact, Fushiguro Megumi didn't have any special feelings for the only female classmate.

Female classmates are just like the girls in my junior high school class, just ordinary classmates, what is there to be excited or nervous about?

He doesn't understand.

But Fushiguro Megumi's female classmate was completely different from the others.

At their first meeting, she took Fushiguro Megumi's hands and confessed her feelings, saying that she had fallen in love with him at first sight.

After that, her mouth seemed to never close; it was always around him, chattering incessantly.

If Fushiguro Megumi ignores her, she will lie on Fushiguro Megumi's desk and stare intently at Fushiguro Megumi until Fushiguro Megumi can't help but look over and ask her what she's up to.

At this point, she would smile and reply like a fool, "I don't want to do anything, I just want Fushiguro to watch me."

Her eyes were as red as honey: "If Fushiguro-kun could look at me, I would be happy all day long, because I really, really like Fushiguro-kun."

Fushiguro Megumi's heart skipped a beat at that moment.

The girl's straightforward approach to pursuing someone, her undisguised gaze, and her frequent physical contact—the methods she learned from comic books—were effective.

Megumi Fushiguro realized that she had fallen for Matsuna Yuuki.

But why did the girl say such cruel things after he realized his feelings?

"I don't like Hui. My previous attraction to her was all a misunderstanding."

That's very unfair.

Even though it was Yuuki Matsuna who made the mistake, he is the one who has to bear the punishment.

That's really unfair.

Fushiguro suddenly let go of his hand and reached out to cushion the impact for Yuuki Matsuna, but Yuuki Matsuna still didn't react.

He sighed, and finally reluctantly put Yuuki Matsuna on the ground, let go of her hand, and looked straight ahead to leave.

Yuki Matsuna finally realized what was happening. She scrambled to her feet and reached for Fushiguro Megumi's wrist, but Fushiguro Megumi turned to look at her and said, "Don't do that anymore."

What else do you want?

"If you want to know why I'm angry, Matsuna, think about what you would do if I really liked you. When you figure it out, I'll tell you why I'm angry." He added, "A fair deal, right?"

Yuki Matsuna stood there, stunned.

She stared blankly at Fushiguro Megumi, whose deep blue eyes held a vast ocean that seemed to react differently to her answer.

If the answer is good, the sea seems to calm down.

But if you answer incorrectly, the sea will become turbulent.

*

Yuki Matsuna couldn't sleep.

So much had happened in the past few days that she couldn't sleep at all.

"Why aren't you sleeping?" Lu Shu asked.

Matsuna Yuuki: "I can't sleep, Shikazuki, my brain is so confused."

After a moment of silence, the deer offered a sincere suggestion: "If you really can't sleep, I can knock you out and force you to fall asleep."

What kind of good advice is this?

“…Then let’s forget it.” Yuuki Matsuna immediately refused. She closed her eyes and said, “Goodnight, I’m going to sleep.”

I don't know if I'll be able to fall asleep.

Lu Shu's deep voice gave her a sense of security: "Good night."

Consciousness gradually fades, which is a sign that you are about to fall asleep.

To Yuuki Matsuna's surprise, after she fell asleep, she arrived at not her dreamland, but the realm of Ryoumen Sukuna.

A cherry-haired boy dressed in a woman's kimono sat atop a mountain of corpses. As she looked at him, Ryoumen Sukuna raised an eyebrow, grinned with endless malice, and said, "Hello, would you like to become food in my belly?"

What an awful way to greet someone?

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Shu also entered the realm of life.

The deer-like creature used its tail to protect Yuuki Matsuna. It took two steps forward, blocking Yuuki Matsuna's path, and asked the "chuunibyou boy" sitting on the mountain of corpses, "Why did you drag us in here?"

It suddenly unleashed boundless hostility: "If you still want to harm this human, Ryoumen Sukuna, I will tear you to pieces."

Ryomen Sukuna, however, was not nervous upon hearing this. He stood up, walked down the mountain of corpses step by step, stood in front of Shikazuki and Yuuki Matsuna, raised an eyebrow, and said, "Don't be so nervous."

"Staying in the realm of life is very boring. It's not easy to find people and spirits to bring in, so of course we have to cherish the opportunity and bring you in."

Yuuki Matsuna suddenly interjected: "...So you're lonely and bored?"

Two-faced Sukuna: ...

Lu Shu: ...

A few seconds later, Ryomen Su Nuo burst out laughing. He chuckled a few times, raised an eyebrow at Lu Shu, and said, "The person you're following seems to be a little dim-witted, Lu Shu."

“It’s none of your business.” Although he agreed with Ryoumen Sukuna’s words, Shiki still replied.

"Who's out of their mind!" Yuuki Matsuna glared, frowning as she met the gaze of Ryoumen Sukuna, who stood not far away, and asked, "Why would you want to hurt humans?"

Ryomen Sukuna seemed to have heard a huge joke: "Kid, aren't you being a little too naive?"

“Naivety is a privilege of youth. You think I’m naive because you’re old,” Yuuki Matsuna retorted sarcastically without any politeness.

“I don’t just hurt humans, kid,” said Ryomen Sukuna. “Unlike the kind spirit beside you who never harms its own kind, I’ll even rip off the heads of any spirit I don’t like.”

These words made the deer-like creature frown. It wanted to stop Sukuna Ryoumen from continuing, but Matsuna Yuuki spoke first: "Why? Don't you have any feelings for your own kind?"

"Huh?" Ryomen Sukuna laughed twice, his expression twisting. "What feelings between kin? That's something only weak creatures like you have."

“Powerful beings don’t need to huddle together for warmth among their own kind. Since I possess abilities powerful enough to grant me complete freedom, why should I pity you weak humans and cursed spirits?”

Two-faced Sukuna is a born evil.

He said arrogantly, "Kid, once I get out of here, you'll be torn to pieces and become food in my belly."

Ryoumen Sukuna's provocative words really angered Shika.

It no longer concealed its hostility; its fur stood on end. It grabbed Yuuki Matsuna by the scruff of her neck and carried her on its back, saying hostilely, "Ryoumen Sukuna, I'll tear you to shreds before that."

“If you really want to get out of here, you should know that the person you should never provoke is me.” It added, “I am not one of those humans. If you continue to provoke me, I will tear that Su Nuo container to shreds, so that you will never be able to get out of here again.”

“You won’t do that,” Ryomen Sukuna asserted, “because that brat next to you would never let you do it.”

Seeing that Lu Shu was about to leave, he said again in a low voice, "Lu Shu, you are really pathetic for serving humans and bowing your head to them. I really feel sorry for you."

"A creature that should have torn everything apart is now forced to live beside a human brat. How pathetic."