Early in the morning, Al woke up from his dormitory. The moment he opened his eyes, he felt that this morning was particularly quiet.

He opened the curtains and saw a world covered with snow as expected. Goose-feather-like snowflakes were still falling. The snow scene outside the window was as beautiful as a dream.

Did it snow overnight?

He yawned, washed his face and brushed his teeth like a normal person, changed into home clothes, and just opened the refrigerator when there was a knock on the door.

"Come in."

Xia Yujie opened the door and stuck half of his head in. "Do you need breakfast?"

As he spoke, he shook the toast he bought from the commercial street last night.

Al's eyes lit up, "Yes, I have jam and yogurt here."

Sure enough, on such a snowy day, even the sorcerer was reluctant to go out to the cafeteria.

He invited Xia Yujie in and shared yogurt and some breakfast biscuits. After a while, someone knocked on the door again. Al stretched his neck and said, "Come in."

There were only two teammates who knew how to knock on the door. Geto Suguru was already sitting inside, and the one outside was most likely Ieiri Naoko.

As expected, when Ieichiro Naoko opened the door and saw Al and Kayuki Hiro curled up under the quilt, she asked listlessly, "Who of you has instant noodles?"

Xia Yujie raised his eyebrows: "Eating instant noodles so early in the morning?"

"I don't want to go out." Jialiu Naoko said, "It's snowing so hard, I'm afraid there will be a pit with every step."

Al Anli said, "Would you like some toast? There's also fresh blueberry jam."

Ieiri Naoko said in disapproval, "No, I don't want to eat jam. Eating sweet things early in the morning is just torturing my stomach..."

Although she often goes to dessert shops because her companions include two amazing dessert freaks, Ieiri Naoko really doesn't like desserts. Kagome can still eat a few bites, but she is totally unable to do so.

Xia Yujie stood up and said, "Wait a minute, I have some in my room. Do you want seafood or beef curry?"

"Ah... curry, huh."

Xia Yujie went back to the room to get instant noodles. Al patted the quilt and said, "Come in, Nitro-chan, let's eat together."

Ieichiro Naoko followed the instructions and got into the quilt. The quilt was warm, which was very suitable for such a snowy day. She lay on the quilt contentedly and sighed, "Fortunately, I don't have any classes today. I don't want to go out now..."

It goes without saying that not many people came in to shovel snow today.

There aren't many people who can go to the technical college. Normally, if the vending machines break down, they can't be repaired in time, let alone expecting anyone to come to the school to help them shovel snow.

After Christmas comes New Year’s Day and final exams.

At the end of the period, Ye Mo Zheng Dao waved his hand and allowed them to review their lessons in the dormitory. The only requirement was that their academic performance should not be too far behind that of Kyoto school.

Well, it's embarrassing to say that although Yega Zhengdao is a puppeteer who sits firmly in the back, he is a real practical person and he really has no confidence in cultural subjects.

These students of his... needless to say, Gojo Satoru, the owner of No Bottom Limits, can even turn a ranged mage like Geto into a melee mage by him. He even brings Kaori Nozomi to the dojo from time to time to learn a few fighting techniques. As for academic subjects... well, really, it's enough to just get decent grades.

Artie suggested, "Do you want me to boil some water?"

"Yeah, okay, thank you."

The noise and movement here successfully woke up Gojo Satoru who was still sleeping soundly under the covers.

【Holy Grail War Tokyo Division Champions Group (4)】

【Antonio】: What are you guys arguing about?

Ieiri Glass replied:

[Have you quit smoking today]: Eat.

【Atmel】：In the dormitory? What do you eat?

[The Strongest Saber in the Universe]: It's snowing, and no one wants to go to the cafeteria. We have instant noodles and bread. Are you coming too, Go-chan?

Three minutes later, Gojo Satoru arrived at the scene with messy hair, carrying a bag of oranges and yawning from sleepiness.

Ieiri Naoko complained: "You stayed up late playing games again."

They had breakfast with the milk, bread and instant noodles they had collected, and saved the oranges for snacks.

After breakfast, Al found an unopened bottle of peanut butter from the refrigerator and gave it to Jia Ruo Nitro.

"Look, peanut butter is delicious with bread. Peanut butter tastes salty, but it's delicious."

Ieichiro Nishiko accepted his kindness without any rejection.

She asked, "Why is there so much bread and butter in your refrigerator?"

Strawberry, blueberry, peanut, condensed milk, basically everything you could want is available.

Al explained, "I bought it the last time I went to the supermarket with JJ. It was the time when I got five times the points. I also brought you slippers at that time. Did you forget?"

"Oh, I remember now."

After they finished their meal, they stayed in Al's room to review materials together. Don't ask, the answer is that there was a quilt in Al's room. The quilt was like a man-eating abyss. Only those who entered would know what was going on.

Xia Yujie flipped through the review materials for the final exam and was surprised: "This note is so well made, where did you get it from?"

He was sure that this was not the note of Ieiri Shoko.

Ieiri Naoko smiled proudly, "These are the notes that Utahime-senpai made when she was a freshman. I told her about the final exam and she sent it to me."

Ieiri Shoko and Iori Utahime have a very good relationship, and they basically send messages to each other every day. According to Ieiri Shoko, if Utahime doesn't reply to her messages one day, it's 100% that there's something wrong with the mission, and they can just go out and rescue her.

Gojo Satoru sighed unscrupulously, "It turns out that guy has a special skill as well."

Ieiri Naoko said unhappily, "Senior Utaha is good at so many things."

Gojo Satoru pointed at the information with his bony fingers. "But instead of that, Glass, why don't you tell me how to use the reversal technique? We're going to be sophomores soon, and we have to learn the reversal technique now."

Ieiri Naoko grumbled, "It's not a semester assignment to learn the reversal technique."

Gojo Satoru said confidently, "That's my assignment for the semester."

Al bit his straw and commented, "Teacher Nightmoth will be furious when he hears this."

In order to save the last bit of face of the Tokyo school, the homeroom teacher gave them a holiday and made them memorize their lessons. However, Gojo Satoru had no intention of using this time to review his academic subjects, but to study reversal techniques.

Ieiri Naoko thought for a moment and said, "It's just... whoosh whoosh whoosh, and then puff puff. If it doesn't work, just turn it a few more times."

Gojo Satoru: “…”

Xia Yujie: “…”

Al was so surprised that he slammed the table and said, "Glass-chan is really a natural!"

He was deeply pleased that his daughter was so talented.

Another genius expressed that he found it difficult to understand. He leaned his head forward and scribbled on the draft paper for a while. Then he quickly wrote out a whole page of mathematical formulas. His brain was working at high speed and he had used up seven or eight sheets of draft paper in a blink of an eye. He also ate desserts more frequently unconsciously.

Seeing how serious he was, Al decided to give all the snacks on the table to Gojo Satoru to prevent the child from burning his head.

Xia Yujie and Ieiri Naoko shook their heads as if it was normal, lowered their heads and began to review the content of the cultural class.

While peeling oranges, Al listened to the sound of Gojo Satoru's pen scratching on paper, as well as the sound of Kagome Ken and Ieiri Naoko flipping through review materials, and felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction in his heart.

This is a wonderful vacation.

It said to the system: "Come to think of it, it seems that Kiyohime is the only unused vest."

"Yes."

"Nightingale, Lancelot, Minamoto no Raikou... Well, leave Kiyohime alone for now and use the recent energy to charge other Heroic Spirits first."

"OK."

Kiyohime’s alias… How should I put it? Al actually really likes Kiyohime.

If he didn't like it, he wouldn't make a COS costume of Kiyohime. But based on his understanding of "Kiyohime", once he uses the Kiyohime vest, he will be affected by Kiyohime's attributes, and Kiyohime...

Tsk.

He asked casually, "System, can I add a few more Berserker vests?"

The system replied: "Given the host's physique, as long as a COS suit that can be fused is prepared, a vest can be added."

Al was shocked: "...Really?!"

Ding Dong.

A new message suddenly popped up on my phone.

Al looked down and saw a message from the class group. They had two class groups in total, one with the Ye Mo Zheng Dao and one without the Ye Mo Zheng Dao.

【Tokyo Jujutsu High School Night Moth Class (5)】

[Noctua righteousa]: Where are all the people?

【Al】: Dormitory.

[Noctua Zhengdao]: Are you reviewing?

Al: Yes.

[Yemo Zhengdao]: Hmm? Then why are you still playing with your phone?

[Al]: ...But teacher, I'm not taking the exam.

Yeyao Zhengdao was quiet for a while before he said in the group:

[Yemo Masamichi]: Who said that? You have to take the test too. I don't care what a Heroic Spirit is, but since you are a member of the academy and are fighting against Cursed Spirits, you must learn this knowledge.

[Noctua Zhengdao]: Did you hear that?

Five minutes later.

[Night Moth Zhengdao]: Oh, you still have to take the test even if you can’t hear.

[Al]: ...

Xia Yujie noticed his expression, "What's wrong, Al?"

Al said expressionlessly, "Sad news, Mr. Night Moth said I have to take the exam too."

Gojo Satoru laughed loudly in the midst of his busy schedule: "Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha——"

Twenty minutes later, with a bang, the door of Al's room was opened from the outside, and the cold-looking Noctua appeared in front of them, tall and with an aura that was astonishing.

The four students looked up at him and blinked in confusion.

"teacher?"

Yega Masamichi announced expressionlessly, "Congratulations, two new top-class sorcerers have been born in Japan."

“…”

Wh, what?

Yega Masamichi took out a new student ID from his pocket and threw it to Gojo Satoru and Kaguru Kei. Gojo Satoru and Kaguru Kei took the student ID and looked at it——

[Tokyo Jujutsu High School, second year student / Gojo Satoru (16) / special grade sorcerer.]

And, [Tokyo Jujutsu High School, second year student / Kagome Ken (15) / special grade sorcerer.]

Special Grade——Spellcaster!!!

Xia Yujie was surprised and asked, "Teacher, what's going on?"

Although he was confident in his own strength, he had completely given up the idea of ​​being promoted to the special grade ever since he and Al beat up Rotten Orange last time. Unexpectedly, after a sudden turn of events, he was promoted?

Ye Moth Zhengdao understood clearly and said, "You two have long surpassed ordinary first-class sorcerers in terms of strength. This is obvious to everyone. Of course, whether one can be promoted to a special-class sorcerer depends not only on one's current strength, but also on whether the sorcerer's technique is strong enough, how much room there is for improvement in the future, etc."

The head teacher said seriously, "At the end of last semester, I discussed with the principal about your promotion to special grade, and the application form has long been sent to the upper management. We all think that Wuxiaji and Julingshu have great prospects and are qualified to take on the responsibility of special grade. Just yesterday, the official approval came down. From this moment on, you are one of the only three special grade sorcerers in Japan... ahem, two."

Good guys...

The last time they caused a big commotion at the Kyoto headquarters, those idiots used the identity of a "special grade sorcerer" to tempt Kagome Geto, but it turns out that Kagome Geto's special grade title was already predetermined?

Al once again deeply realized the shamelessness of the Rotten Oranges.

Ye Mo Zheng Dao handed the new student ID card to Jia Ru Nitro.

[Tokyo Jujutsu High School, second year / Ieiri Shoko (16) / owner of the reversal ritual]

"This is your student ID card from your sophomore year. You will be sophomores next semester anyway, so just treat it as an early payment. Because of the special nature of your technique, your salary will be raised to the same level as a special-grade sorcerer next year, but the official salary increase will start in April next year."

He turned to Al. "And you, Al."

Al was stunned. "Me?"

What's going on? He also has a certificate?

Ye Mo Zhengdao handed him a form.

"The higher-ups have requested that you be registered as Japan's seventeenth cursed spirit. Please fill out this form with Jay. The more detailed the better. Also, if there are any commissions related to the Grudge in the future, you may be able to receive your own reward."

"Wow," Al said, genuinely surprised. "I'm getting paid?"

"Yes." Yega Zhengdao said: "From what the senior leaders said, there are indeed a few unknown curses in Japan. I don't know the specific situation, but it should be given to Jay as a private commission from the senior leaders. Then the reward for the private commission..."

Xia Yujie took the lead and said enthusiastically: "Of course it belongs to Al!"

It was Al who could punish the Grudge, not him, so of course Al should be paid for the commission related to the Grudge.

Al blinked and looked down at the registration form in his hand. It was a registration form specifically for the seventeenth cursed spirit in Japan.

“Why are there two forms?”

"Oh." Yega Zhengdao seemed to have just remembered something, "There is another one for... the cursed spirit that can only heal people. Jay, remember to fill it out. The higher-ups value your cursed spirit that can only reverse spells."

Xia Yujie: “…”

So should he fill in "Al" or "Zhenzi"? No, it seems that he can't fill in either!

Xia Yujie hesitated and said, "My cursed spirit's speed and efficiency are not as good as Nitro's."

Glass can "fill up the blood with one breath left", but Zhenzi is slow to heal and not very smart (there's nothing that can be done about it), so she is not suitable for treating too urgent injuries.

Ye Moth Zheng Dao said: "It doesn't matter, just fill it in as it is."

He said seriously: "No matter what, you have an extra life-saving card in your hands, and the teacher is still very relieved."

“…”

Xia Yujie nodded, and Ieiri Naoko also said, "I feel relieved too."

Among the three stupid companions, Al has a "nurse" personality and can restore health over a large area. Geto Suguru also has Sadako (who is also Al's protector). Although Gojo Satoru has not yet mastered the reversal technique, with his current momentum and terrifying ability to comprehend, it is only a matter of time before he masters the reversal technique.

She will only get busier and busier in the future, and one day she will be so busy that she can no longer leave the technical high school. At that time, she will not be able to support her companions anytime and anywhere. If her stupid companions all have the skills to heal their injuries, she will feel very relieved when she stays at the technical high school.

But, there is both registration and salary payment, what is wrong with the top management?

Gojo Satoru wondered, "What's wrong with those rotten oranges?"

They had directly demolished the entire Kyoto headquarters, and all the rotten oranges in the headquarters were severely injured by Al. He and Geto Suguru even forced the top management to sign a "restriction", and it was a miracle that the top management did not retaliate behind their backs.

Ye Moth thought for a while and decided to tell them: "Do you remember the incident when the Kyoto headquarters was attacked by a mysterious cursed spirit?"

Al: “…”

Remember, it was he who did it.

Gojo Satoru: “…”

Xia Yujie: “…”

Remember, it's from Argentina.

Ieiri Naoko: “…”

Of course, she knew the inside story of such a major event.

Ye Moth Zheng Dao sat down on a chair in the room and said in a deep voice, "After that incident, the top management has been trying their best to investigate the identity of the mysterious cursed spirit, but they still have no clue."

Students: “…”

Ah, that mysterious cursed spirit is actually sitting right in front of you, and he's about to be registered as the 17th cursed spirit in Japan! And you let him take the final exam with you!

Yega Zhengdao rubbed his temples and nodded his head, saying, "After a few months of investigation, we accidentally learned that there are probably more powerful cursed spirits in Japan that are not registered."

The four high school students were stunned, "Huh?"

"There are also reports that the cursed spirits can communicate with humans."

“Huh?!”

This time they were really surprised.

Gojo Satoru pushed up his sunglasses and said, "Is it just a simple exchange? If that's all, there are many cursed spirits in Tokyo who can do it."

"No, I heard that they can communicate with humans normally. Apart from their appearance, they are no different from normal humans, just like the monsters recorded in ancient books."

By the way, monsters were the name given to cursed spirits by people in ancient times. With the progress of the times, the name "monster" has become a more professional "cursed spirit". There were many representative monsters in ancient times, such as Shuten-doji, Ibaraki-doji, Tamamonomae, etc., but they are all monsters in legendary stories after all, and whether they really existed is a mystery.

The high school students looked at each other in bewilderment. Yega Zhengdao sighed and said worriedly:

"The cursed spirits may be more cunning than we thought. They lurk in the dark and wait for their chance. The previous attack on the headquarters was probably an action planned by them. I'm sorry, Wu, Jie, and Al. I misunderstood you before. In fact, I always thought that the commotion that day was deliberately created by you."

Three people: "..."

No, that's what we did!!!

Ye Moth Zhengdao concluded: "In short, because of this news, the upper echelons have already exploded. They don't plan to tell more sorcerers about this matter. But you are special sorcerers and owners of rare reversal spells after all, so it doesn't matter if I tell you. But remember, this matter must be kept secret."

Everyone: “…”

Yes, we will keep the fact that we are the real murderer a secret.

Yega Masamichi finished what he wanted to say, and then watched them fill out Al's report. After seeing the words "the resentment of children who can't eat candy turned into cursed spirits" and "the technique is to turn everything into candy", he twitched his lips.

Is this true or false?

Is the resentment of not being able to eat candy really that great?

And this ability really sounds like good news for some sweet lovers.

As he checked the form, the four students exchanged glances and Al nodded slightly.

"By the way, teacher," Gojo Satoru said nonchalantly, "We actually have some ideas about the cursed spirit that attacked the headquarters that day."

"…What?"

"Do you know Lancelot?"

Ye Moth Zhengdao: "..."

Gojo Satoru said seriously, "Lancelot, the first warrior among the Knights of the Round Table, is the Knight of the Lake in the British legend. It is said that he was raised by the fairies in the lake."

Ye Moth Zhengdao asked suspiciously, "Wu, what do you want to say?"

Gojo Satoru said: "The guy who attacked the headquarters that day was Lancelot. If you don't believe me, go watch FZ!"

Ye Moth Zhengdao: "..."

"FZ"? Isn't it the cartoon that was popular in the streets and alleys before? Huh? Strange, how do I know such a thing? Wu and Jie seemed to have mentioned this cartoon to him, but he didn't remember what happened at that time.

But anyway, he still wrote down the name of the cartoon.

"I understand. Do you four still want to review now?"

Al paused for a moment and refused, "No, teacher. We have all been promoted to the special grade. We should celebrate today instead of staying in the dormitory reading books."

He doesn't want to take the exam, let alone review. He sees others reviewing peacefully, but when it's his turn... well, well, this kind of mentality is normal.

Ye Mo Zheng Dao smiled.

"It's just right. If you have time, go shovel the snow outside. It will be a good time to calm your mind. It's New Year's Eve tonight, so it's time to clean up the school."

Students: “…”

After Ye Mo Zheng Dao left, Gojo Satoru sighed, "This is incredible. I caught an unexpectedly large fish out of nowhere."

Xia Yujie pondered: "Are there any cursed spirits with human intelligence? I really want to see them."

Ieiri Naoko knocked on the table. "Is it okay? What happened to Lancelot? You just blurted it out like that."

"It's okay." Summer Oil replied: "You can buy FZ peripherals in anime-related stores everywhere. Occasionally, there are stores that put Lancelot posters on their doors. It's only a matter of time before they are discovered."

"That's right." Gojo Satoru said with a grin, "What if the rotten oranges suddenly feel like going for a walk in the shopping district and happen to see them? This kind of information doesn't matter. They will only feel more confused after watching "FZ"."

"……Too."

Xia Youjie stood up and said, "Let's go out and shovel the snow."

His three companions looked at him in unison, "Are you really going?"

"Huh? It's going to have to be shoveled sooner or later. If you don't do it today, do you want to shovel it tomorrow? Tomorrow is the first day of the new year."

Gojo Satoru curled his lips and stood up reluctantly. Ieiri Naoko sighed, "We still have to go out after all..."

Al comforted them: "Cheer up, we're going to have sukiyaki together tonight, and then we're going to the shrine to celebrate the New Year. The fun stuff will be in the evening."

Gojo Satoru pretended to be surprised and said, "Wow, Al can actually say such encouraging words. He has really grown up!"

Al rolled his eyes. "I am a Heroic Spirit who measures my age in light years. By the way, where is Mr. Nightmoth? Isn't he going home for the New Year?"

Xia Yujie replied: "Have you forgotten? He is divorced."

“…How tragic.”

"I feel terrible too. How about this? Let's have the sukiyaki with the teacher tonight?"

"Can."

"Can."

"Okay." Ieiri Naoko said calmly, "Although Mr. Yega may not want to see us."

…

Kyoto Jujutsu High School.

In the new high-rise conference room.

The high-ranking officials in the world of sorcery sat together, all with unfriendly expressions.

"Is everyone here?"

"Everything, right? What's the matter that has you called us here so urgently? Today is the last day of the year, you better have something urgent."

The old men who were called out to work overtime were obviously not very happy. It's Chinese New Year, isn't this the time to "teach" the young people at home, making them tremble and unable to eat, while other family members have to give them crazy flattery and a good day for them to toast?

The long-nosed old man solemnly signaled the assistant supervisor to turn on the projector.

On the white cloth, a knight in black armor appeared. He had snatched an F-15J for himself and was fighting fiercely with another guy covered in gold. Amid the magical sound effects of "Aaaarrrttthhhuuurrr——", they once again recalled the fear of being pinned to the ground by the black knight.

The long-nosed old man said sadly, "This cartoon is the "FZ" that was popular in Japan a while ago, and this guy in black armor is the character that appeared in this cartoon!"

Senior executives: “…”

The cursed spirit that had been giving them nightmares for months, the cursed spirit that they had been searching for for months without being able to find any clues about, actually appeared in an animated film?!

They will never mistake it, this is the smell, Aaaarrrttthhhuuurrr!!!