Chapter 2: The reliable seniors are all illusions. Even Fushiguro can’t escape the little…
Before she even walked out of the school gate, the vibration of her cell phone interrupted Kirihara Ryona's last moments of relaxation.
Ryouna's life is very simple. Apart from going to school, she also exorcises cursed spirits. Despite this, these two things basically occupy Ryouna's entire life.
The competition in Rikkai University Affiliated Middle School was fierce, not to mention that she had to maintain the top spot in the grade. Even if she was extremely smart, it was not easy to dominate the top spot all year round.
Now with the added task of tutoring that guy Akaye, Ryouna's real rest time is the time she spends at home after participating in club activities.
"moximoxi Ryouna-chan~"
“…”
The annoying voice coming from the phone made Kirihara Ryona subconsciously alert, "What's going on?"
The veins on Kirihara Ryouna's forehead throbbed, and she reluctantly stuffed a cool mint candy into her mouth. "Tsk, I should have told you that I won't accept missions except on my days off. You didn't forget, did you, you bastard teacher?"
"Ryouna-chan is really sad. How could you call your most reliable teacher Gojo a bastard~"
The tone was so artificial that it was almost overflowing. Ryouna felt a chill and goosebumps all over her body.
"Oh, I just wanted to ask Ryouna-chan to help look after the juniors tomorrow~"
The person on the other end paused for a moment, and listening carefully, it sounded like they were stuffing something into their mouth. It was definitely a dessert, of course. "This is Huihui's first time exorcising a level one cursed spirit, so I still need your supervision, Senior."
"Wouldn't it be better to let Mr. Shener take care of it?"
"Ah, that guy Jin'er went on a trip to Hokkaido with Mrs. Fushiguro." The sound of unpacking bags came from the phone again, "Okay, I'll leave this matter to Ryouna-chan~"
Hmm... this cake is not sweet. I won’t buy this next time. Baimaojibaimao threw the phone aside and enjoyed the rest of the dessert comfortably.
Without giving the girl a response, the other party quickly hung up the phone. Kirihara Ryona's feet moved faster and faster, and the mint candy in her mouth was crushed into powder with a crunching sound.
She tried to calm herself down and once again mourned for her future which she could see through at a glance.
The familiar hedgehog-haired girl at the corner made Kirihara Ryona call out his name subconsciously, "Fushiguro? Why are you here?"
Could it be the work of that bastard Mr. Gojo?
"...Gojo-sensei told me to go find Kirihara-senpai to do a mission." The young man pursed his lips and realized that something was wrong.
"I never do missions on school days. Didn't he tell you it was tomorrow?"
“…No, he said it was today.”
Kirihara Ryona held her forehead helplessly, "Forget it, you can sleep with that kid Akaya today, and we will go to the mission location tomorrow."
Fushiguro Megumi also knew that he was tricked by Gojo Satoru and also troubled Kirihara Ryona. The boy who looked taciturn and bad actually had a soft heart inside.
"I'm sorry to trouble you, Kirihara-senpai."
Megumi Fushiguro was not very good at hiding his emotions, and Kirihara Ryona saw through his thoughts at a glance.
He obviously took the blame for this little incident. I had worked with him on several missions before, but I didn't expect that he had this side of him.
He is only a few years older than my silly Ou Doudou, so why does he look so precocious and heavy-hearted?
She patted the boy's head with amusement, "It's such a small matter, why bother with it? I think that guy Akaye is even hoping that you'll sleep with him."
The boy’s hair is not as stiff as it looks, and it feels pretty good, but compared to the kelp hair, the kelp hair still wins.
"Okay, my dad happened to be working overtime and couldn't come home for dinner, so I'll leave that one to you. I've already messaged my mom, and she told us to hurry back for dinner."
…
"Sorry to bother you, Auntie." This was the first time that Fushiguro Megumi encountered such a situation. It was rare for her to show embarrassment at her age. She politely took the iced drink handed to her by Kirihara Miko.
"Are you the son of my sister's hobby class teacher?" A little girl with a kelp-like head warmly embraced Megumi Fushiguro. "I'm Kirihara Akaya. Do you know how to play tennis? Do you want to have a game over dinner?"
Kirihara Ryouna changed into a comfortable home outfit and sat next to Kirihara Akaya, rubbing the kelp head hard.
"You think everyone has a tennis brain like you? And you're calling him senpai, silly Aka."
"...You don't have to call me senior, just call me Fushiguro."
Having finally escaped from the clutches of the devilish older sister, Akaye Xiaokai troubled himself by fixing his messed-up hair, "Older sister! Could you please stop messing with my hair? Fushiguro-san doesn't mind!"
Kirihara Ryouna clicked her tongue and didn't continue the topic. She just nudged Kirihara Akaya with her hand. Kirihara Akaya immediately understood and grabbed a few grapes and stuffed them into Kirihara Ryouna's hands.
"Really? Can't you just get it yourself? It's not far."
"What you take yourself won't be as sweet as what that idiot Ou Doudou takes." Kirihara Ryona playfully pinched Akaya's still slightly chubby face.
Kirihara Ryona gave him another look, and the telepathy between the siblings made the innocent little kelp smart for once. Kirihara Akaya took a few more and stuffed them into the hands of Fushiguro Megumi next to him, "Brother Fushiguro, these are sweeter than my sister's."
"Tsk——" Before a new round of battle between the sister and brother began, the food was ready.
Kirihara Ryona looked at Fushiguro Megumi who was eating quietly without any expression, and was relieved to find that he looked normal.
Mr. Gojo usually seems out of tune, but he rarely cheats people for no reason.
Zenyuan Zhibi has always been obsessed with the Ten Shadow Techniques thief, and there has been a lot of movement in the Zenyuan family recently.
It just so happened that Fushiguro's mother was in poor health recently, and taking her to travel to Hokkaido at this time must be because there was trouble at the Zen temple again. It is easy to guess that their target is Fushiguro Megumi.
As an aside, Lady Fushiguro's surname was changed later, and this result was of course also due to the Zenin's influence.
Although Fushiguro has no experience in exorcising a first-level cursed spirit alone, he has been doing missions alongside Shino for so long that he has some experience in assisting in exorcising a first-level cursed spirit.
The real purpose was to supervise Fushiguro in exorcising a first-level cursed spirit. Ryouna chewed the fried shrimp with an expressionless face.
The Zenin family is conservative and still retains the disgusting concept of "those who are not Zenin are not magicians, and those who are not magicians are not human beings" in the emerging 21st century. It is natural that his hand in the secular world cannot reach Kanagawa, far away from Kyoto, for a while.
In addition, Zenyuan was still unsure of his own strength as he had already joined the Gojo sect and was valued by Gojo Satoru, so he did not dare to act rashly.
Sometimes I have to admit that the unreliable Gojo teacher is really reliable at times.
Thinking of the Zenin family, a trace of disgust flashed across Kirihara Ryona's red-orange eyes. This kind of garbage dump is not good for the physical and mental health development of teenagers, so it is better to stay away from it.
Kirihara Akaya, who had just finished his meal, couldn't wait to drag his new friend to play his favorite tennis game. "Come on, Fushiguro-kun, I'll lend you my spare racket."
Today it was Kirihara Ryouna's turn to wash the dishes. As soon as she finished cleaning up, she saw the eager little seaweed ready to go out and play. She was happy to shatter the dream of tennis-headed Ou Doudou.
"My dear Akaya, have you forgotten something? Didn't you say you would get into Rikkai University even if it meant death? Are you planning to give up?"
The girl's faint voice was like the devil's hand, strangling the little kelp's lifeblood.
Kirihara Akaya's body stiffened, and he consciously brought Fushiguro Megumi back from the entrance. His eyes turned into fried eggs and he looked at Fushiguro Megumi with regret.
"I'm sorry, Fushiguro-kun. I can only play tennis with you later."
Megumi Fushiguro: ...Actually, he doesn't really want to play tennis that much.
"Are your grades okay, Fushiguro? I heard from Gojo-sensei that you're a good student. Are you good at English?"
Although he didn't know why Kirihara-senpai asked this, he still answered honestly, "It's okay, my English is okay."
Although he is not in the top five in the grade, he is in the top ten. Although he looks like a bad boy, he is surprisingly an excellent student.
With this affirmative answer, Kirihara Ryona felt much better. "Okay, then could you please help tutor Akaya in English?"
"Sure." Fushiguro Megumi agreed without thinking. She had caused trouble to the Kirihara family today and was only helping Kirihara Akagi with his studies. Fushiguro Megumi was happy to do so.
"Akaye's room is upstairs on the right, so please go there first."
Megumi Fushiguro nodded and went upstairs.
"Ah, although I feel a little guilty, at least I don't have to endure the torture of that idiot Akaye's English."
Thinking of tomorrow's mission, Kirihara Ryona immediately put her hands on her hips and said, "Besides, he'll ask me for a favor tomorrow, so let's just consider it a mutual help between us, senior."
Kirihara Akaya's room is like most boys of his age, with a collection of hot-blooded Jump comics and game consoles.
But what attracted Megumi Fushiguro was not these, but the red-striped tiger cub on his bed.
If he's not mistaken... this is Kirihara-senpai's Shikigami, the red-striped white tiger...
Kirihara Akari also noticed that Fushiguro Megumi's gaze was on his sister's cat, and thinking that he wanted to touch it, he picked it up from the bed and put it in Fushiguro Megumi's arms.
"My sister's kitten, we call it Chihu." He grinned, his teeth bared. "Isn't he quite cute?"
"cat?"
Megumi Fushiguro was surprised by this answer.
Hey, it’s obviously not a cat!
"…Are you sure it's a cat?"
"Why not? Come on, Chihu, call out."
The little red tiger kitten in Fushiguro Megumi's arms cried out in cooperation, "Meow~"
"Don't you think its stripes are a little odd for a cat?"
Is it really not doubtful that a normal cat has a "king" on its patterned head?
"It's okay. Although it looks a bit like a tiger, it was drawn by my sister using plant dyes." Kirihara Akaya explained while taking out study materials.
This answer made the hedgehog boy reveal speechless half-moon eyes. He finally understood why Kirihara-senpai was so bold to let the Shikigami move around under the eyes of his family. Looking at Kirihara Akaya's attitude, one can guess that Kirihara's parents also believed this statement.
…Forget it, it’s none of his business. Although Kirihara-senpai is not as reliable as he expected, he definitely knows his limits when it comes to family matters.
"...Let's have some tutoring."
In another room, Kirihara Ryouna was completing the defensive spell tool that had failed last time. She carefully input the last bit of spell power, and the spell tool was almost completed.
She glanced at the time and saw that two hours had passed since Fushiguro had been tutoring Akaya.
Is it so calm?
I can only say that she is worthy of being Megumi Fushiguro, a calm little sea urchin who stands out among people with chicken-like personalities.
"...The fill-in-the-blank questions here require you to choose the correct answers, not fill them in one by one in order!"
The rune was almost crooked. Kirihara Ryona touched her chest soothingly, "Ah, it seems no one can calmly get through Akaya's English hell."
Feeling a little guilty but not too much, Kirihara Ryona put on her headphones, turning a deaf ear to the outside world and focusing on making the cursed tool.
Megumi Fushiguro clenched the red pen in her hand and tried hard to control her emotions as she faced the poor kelp with its head drooping.
“…Since you said you could remember Apple after copying it a hundred times, then copy number a hundred times for me too.”
The Kirihara Aka in front of him could no longer be said to be poor at English, he was simply an English hell. He finally understood why Kirihara senior avoided his eyes when he asked him to tutor him downstairs. It turned out that he was guilty!
...What reliable seniors? They were all his illusions!
Megumi Fushiguro felt tired and suddenly felt that the first-level cursed spirit and Kirihara Akagi's poor English were nothing compared to it.
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