Chapter 42 New Land Curse
Glass's final reply to Gojo was, "Chiri is not quite accepting this. If you have any surprises, please share them as soon as possible."
Don’t show up too late after Zhili has made up her mind to refuse!
Nozomi's email worked, and in the afternoon, Gojo and Geto arrived at the doorstep with their three children.
The two three-year-old boys had not yet recovered from the thrill of flying at high altitude, but Tsu Miki quickly realized that they had reached their destination.
She stepped dizzily on the solid ground and looked around anxiously.
Gong Zhili's house lies quietly at the top of the terraced mountain. The terraced fields' cascading curves extend from the door all the way to the lakeshore.
A few strings of sun-dried corn hung from a waterside duck coop. Reed ducks paddled their crimson webbed feet, shattering the cloud-reflecting water into silvery hues. Atop the adjacent chicken coop, a fluffy green cap adorned its roof. Tawny hens pecked at the grass. A pyracantha hedge held unripe scarlet berries. A few wisps of unknown bird feathers dangled from the thorn bushes, trembling gently in the wind.
Firewood piled high in the barn, and piles of it lay beneath the porch outside the house. The wisteria by the west door had already taken over half the wall, its butterfly-shaped blossoms cascading like a waterfall of purple stars. A wooden barrel beside the well held the shimmering light of heaven, like shattered silver.
Passing through the shade of trees blooming with purple flowers, they arrived in front of the house. Looking up, they saw that the windmill jasmine on the second-floor terrace had climbed up the trellis to the top. The pure white flourishing flowers emitted a soft glow in the afternoon sun, and the pergola woven from emerald green ivy leaves leaked into the tiny spots of light. When the wind blew, the white flowers and dark green vines danced in the wind, which reminded Tsu Miki of the picture books she had occasionally read. The fairy tale houses in those books did not have such a beauty full of vitality.
Will she... live in such a nice place in the future?
"Zhi-Li--" Gojo Satoru called out, drawing the attention of the three children who were looking around. "Is there any food at home?"
The door opened, and the light from the corridor danced on the ends of Gong Zhili's slightly curly chestnut hair. Her light green eyes looked like dark peridot in the light and dark areas, and shone slightly in the dark, like the tip of a leaf shining through after rain. She stood on the porch, her eyes cast downward, her eyelashes casting a faint shadow on her eyelids.
"Don't be so loud, the others are taking a nap." Gong Zhili was also a little sleepy, but she was still waiting for them to come over. She squinted her eyes, avoiding the sunlight, and said, "Come in, I'll find something to eat."
Geto Summer Oil said to Gojo Satoru, "I told you that Nanako and Mimiko are used to taking naps."
Wu, just let Zhili teach you a lesson alone.
Gojo was surprised: "Don't worry so much about her opinion, she doesn't care about such things."
Geto Xiayou ignored him: He also brought the Curse Jade this time. What if Zhili's mood gets worse and the Curse Jade tastes weird?
Gong Zhili also prepared slippers for the three children. After they put them on, they went to the living room. The TV in the living room was playing a boring shopping program. Gong Zhili treated it as background music and listened to the program while doing her own things.
She got chairs out of the utility room so they could all sit down. Then she directed Gojo and Geto to go to the kitchen to get some water. The three children sat down in front of her obediently. She turned down the volume of the TV, found some snacks and fruit, and placed them on the coffee table in front of them. She asked, "Have you had lunch?"
The oldest, Tsu Miki, shook her head, and Fushiguro Megumi muttered, "I didn't eat..."
I stayed on that dragon for a long time, flying all the time.
Gojo and Geto came out quickly and introduced them to Miya Chiri: "This girl is Fushiguro Miki, she's five years old. The one with the spiky black hair is Fushiguro Megumi, Fushiguro Jyouji's son, who has awakened the ten shadow magics of the Zenin family. The one with the pink hair is Itadori Yuji, he can't see the curse spirits yet."
Miya Chiri sat on the sofa and looked at them one by one. Fushiguro Miki, as the only girl and the oldest, had droopy eyes and looked uneasy; three-year-old Fushiguro Megumi pursed her lips and stubbornness was revealed in her deep blue eyes; Itadori Yuji had short and messy pink hair and round and bright brown-gold eyes. He was the only child among them who smiled broadly after meeting her eyes.
——He is indeed a cheerful child.
She said, "I'm Miyajiri, the shrine maiden of this village and the de facto owner of this village. I have a pair of four-year-old twins at home, Nanako and Mimiko. They are taking a nap now. You can get to know each other after they wake up."
Then she left the living room to the children and said, "Eat something first, and if you are tired, lie down on the sofa and sleep."
Then she signaled the two high school students with her eyes: "Come with me to the second floor."
Glass was taking a nap on the second floor, so they simply sat under the terrace awning. Gojo stretched out on the lounge chair and breathed a sigh of relief: "This place is really getting more and more comfortable."
Gong Zhili ignored him and handed the curse jade that had just appeared to Xia Yu: "How did those curse jades taste?"
Xia Yujie took it with a smile: "It's a bit like mint candy, very refreshing."
Gong Zhili thought for a long time but couldn't figure out how this taste had anything to do with her current state, so she simply gave up.
She asked Gojo, "What kind of compensation have you prepared? Tell me about it. If I'm satisfied, I can even raise these three children."
She doesn't care about what the child's previous parents were like or what the family atmosphere was like.
Gojo Satoru curled his lips and said, "Are you not moved at all when you see these three adorable children? You're just talking about cold, hard business deals."
Gong Zhili: "Then take them back from where they came from."
She was puzzled: "You were the one who mentioned the reward first?"
Gojo stood up straight. "But they are three children, children with their own thoughts. Shouldn't we first check their personalities and so on? Of course, they are all super good children. I——"
Gong Zhili: "We can talk about that later. If your compensation doesn't satisfy me, there will be no later."
Xia Yujie listened to their bickering and thought it was a real mess, just like a couple quarreling in a melodramatic drama.
Finally, he couldn't help but stand on Gong Zhili's side: "Wu, you have prepared the reward anyway, just tell me directly."
Gojo laid back in his chair in frustration, pulled a folded piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to him: "Take a look."
Gong Zhili took it, glanced through it quickly, looked up and asked, "You want to give these places to me?"
Gojo Satoru grinned. "It was Fushiguro Shinobu-kun. He cleaned out the Zenin family from head to toe. Now he owns all the land there, and there are still a bunch of children being cared for by people without any talent for magic. He sold all this land to me."
Gong Zhili pondered: "Why not send these three children there to be taken care of together?"
Gojo Satoru: “Actually, it’s possible.”
Gong Zhili: "What do you mean?"
Gojo Satoru: "I'm giving you this piece of land now. You go there and set up a barrier. Then they can learn basic spells with the other children. Nanako and Mimiko can also come along."
Gong Zhili's head began to ache. "Nanako and Mimiko aside, what's the reason these three children can't stay somewhere else right now?"
Gojo Satoru: "Special identity."
Gong Zhili said angrily: "Thank you so much for your useless explanation."
She picked up the paper again and looked at it, then asked, "This is nearly 50,000 square meters of land in Kyoto...how much did you pay for it?"
Gojo Satoru: "Huh? Not much. Jiner-kun didn't like this place very much, so he sold it to me for 500 million." He went to bet on horses on the same day he got the money.
Gong Zhili did a rough calculation and found that this price was at least ten times higher than the normal land price in Kyoto.
What kind of miracle bargain is this? Why would Mr. Shen Er, who is so capable, marry into the family?
If you don’t like it, you can be so willful!
"Are you really giving it to me?" Gong Zhili asked, "Tell me what other conditions you have."
Gojo Satoru laughed out loud. "It's quite straightforward to make a deal with you—I'm going to pass on this to that Jiner-kun. If you have the ability, please protect his child until he reaches adulthood."
Gong Zhili said calmly: "That doesn't count. This land belongs to you now. What are your requirements?"
Gojo Satoru: "If possible, take care of these three children until they reach adulthood."
Gong Zhili looked at him deeply and asked, "Will something unfortunate happen to them?"
Gojo Satoru smiled and said, "The next generation of the curse world will not suffer any misfortune."
Gong Zhili's gaze lingered on the paper as he said, "I'll go try it first. If I can establish a barrier there, I'll agree to the deal."
At this time, Xia Yujie finally spoke: "What conditions do you need to build a barrier?"
Miyajiri's mind once again recalled the notes she had destroyed. Now that she had a deeper understanding of the world of curses, she said, "I need very powerful cursed items. The more the better."
Gojo Satoru and Geto Suguru looked at each other, and Gojo asked, "What cursed item did you use when you first contracted this village?"
Gong Zhili said frankly: "I didn't know what it was at the time, but now that I think about it, it must be some kind of cursed object. It has a seal on it, and it's an object similar to a finger."
"Finger?!" Gojo Satoru stood up immediately, his voice a little louder.
Xia Yujie's brows also furrowed. "Are you sure it's a cursed object that looks like a finger?"
Gong Zhili nodded.
Gojo Satoru walked around the terrace twice, took a deep breath, forced his six eyes open, and scanned the entire village.
No...no...nowhere.
He took a breath. His cursed energy was draining away too quickly. He tried to hold on for a while but couldn't anymore. However, he was very sure that there were no cursed objects on this land.
"What did you do with that finger?" Gojo Satoru asked. "In your body?"
Miyaji realized that this finger-shaped cursed object was unusual and said, "It has all become the power of the contract between me and the land. The physical form is gone."
At that time, in order to form this contract, the power of the cursed object was not enough, so she drew on her own power to fill the gap.
When developing new land, she must not do business at a loss again. If she shrinks again, she will have to go back to elementary school again!
Gojo Satoru stood there and suddenly burst into laughter.
The laughter got louder.
Gong Zhili asked Xia Yujie: "What is he happy about?"
Geto Suguru told her the story of the Cursed King.
Gouyu explained the content about the Cursed King that Glass had not yet mentioned.
Gong Zhili: "So if I turn all twenty fingers into contracts, the Curse King will completely disappear?"
Xia Yujie nodded: "In theory, that's right."
Gong Zhili nodded, stood up and slapped Gojo on the back: "Stop laughing, you're going to wake up Naoko and the kids."
Her intuition told her that the three children downstairs were also sleeping in a twisted state on the sofa.
Wu Tiao fell silent instantly.
Gong Zhili said calmly, "I'll go check out the land first, then you guys prepare the spells."
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The author has something to say: The map will not be changed, it will be a rural life, the sisters in the Zen temple have other arrangements and will not become permanent members of the family.
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