Curse of the Eye of the Dead

The extremely peaceful daily life passed by.

Unknowingly, he became a member of the "reading exchange group" of Megumi Kitazawa and Seiichi Yukimura, and later evolved into a relationship of friends who eat lunch together at school and meet in bookstores on weekends... Ryunosuke Akutagawa suddenly realized After returning to staring at the current situation, he couldn't help silently introspecting deeply.

With his expressionless face and dark eyes, he silently asked himself how he had forgotten his original intention of "keeping a distance".

Ryunosuke: "..."

The small, eight-year-old Akutagawa Ryunosuke's head was as dead as his expression.

do not know.

Completely incomprehensible.

It was already like this when I came back to my senses.

... Getting along with people is really a delicate thing. Even a withdrawn and inarticulate person will be softened when he meets another person who is too compatible.

Or, is it because the goddess of fate still favors children who are vigilant and unsociable?

In a campus environment where there is no survival crisis and belongs to children, people and things become much simpler.

So simple that Ryunosuke was not used to it.

All kinds of chance encounters, all kinds of chance coincidences... Countless destiny-like trajectories interweave, bringing children of different personalities and origins into contact with each other, giving them opportunities to exchange ideas, and then just like this, they naturally understand each other.

——Because they hit it off by accident, they become friends, and there is no need to consider other things such as the value of interests.

Ryunosuke Akutagawa seemed to be gradually able to understand what Ginwa Chuya said.

friend.

For Ryunosuke, it is a strange definition that is different from the "companions" brought together by ability in the slums, and different from the "family" condensed by family affection.

[Ryunosuke, if we don't let go of our vigilance and try to contact others, we are likely to miss important people and things. ]

What Nakahara Chuya said before is correct.

They had escaped from the slums, from the filthy, muddy, abyssal bottom of chaos.

It is no longer necessary to arm yourself like a hedgehog to survive countless malices like at that time.

Sunshine and hope hung over them.

Take it easy, take it easy.

But there is no need to force yourself to change and adapt immediately.

As long as you slowly perceive the changes in the environment, don't be so nervous that you reject everything.

Ryunosuke looked at the previous weekly and monthly magazines that Rieie had lent him, and while flipping through them, he unconsciously relaxed.

Megumin and Yukimura Seiichi are smart.

Probably because they somehow guessed the fact that Ryunosuke didn't have much pocket money during the process of getting along, so they began to lend books to each other for various natural reasons.

Whether it is the latest weekly magazine or old books from previous issues, they will hand each other generously.

Except for excellent literary works other than Kakuo-sensei, the two of them will also carefully mark which page to paste on the cover with post-it notes, and hand one piece to Ryunosuke.

When we met to go out to read books on weekends, the location was changed from a bookstore to a public library in the city.Although there are not many literary works and the frequency of new purchases is low, so that the collection of books in the library is relatively old, but the existing documentary, legends of various countries, practical books and other aspects are quite complete, which just fit the needs of the three of them. taste.

In summary, although I can't have my own books, at least Ryunosuke has no shortage of books to read.

Occasionally, if they don’t read a book and just go out to play, they will try their best to choose low-consumption or zero-consumption items.

For example, Seiichi Yukimura, who has recently been obsessed with tennis, will take his own pair of tennis rackets and take Megumi and Ryunosuke to public tennis courts to teach them the basics and pull them into the pit.The three of them refereeed two sparring matches and took turns in order.

When they were resting, they would also easily talk about ordinary homely topics-for example, Ryunosuke and Kei knew that their elder brother and sister regarded their interpersonal issues as the content of their chat.

When the two mentioned this, they couldn't help but turned their heads and looked at each other. Their expressions were similar, helpless and conniving: brother and sister/sister and sister are too simple and easy to understand. Hui can only recognize the title of "poor interpersonal communication".

After all, their characters are indeed not easy to let go.

The two people who had similar little troubles talked and laughed involuntarily.

People who are similar to yourself mean that you can understand each other.

Being able to be understood... For many people, it is no less than an intimate heart-to-heart communication, and it is extremely reassuring.

This is friends.

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Half the school year has passed.

During this period, the working emperor boy Oda Sakunosuke, who often came to their house to deliver newspapers and milk express, seemed to have found a stable job.

"I was invited to work for a detective agency." On the last day of his part-time job, Oda Sakunosuke, who delivered milk in the morning, casually said this while chatting with Chacha, "There is a rich salary and a relatively stable off-duty time, although I have to go out occasionally. Outside work, but with more free time."

Chacha was a little bit reluctant, but still blessed the other party.

end of june.

Friday, school time.

"Father, can I bring Xiaoyin to our house to play tomorrow?"

Kitazawa Chacha bounced home with her schoolbag on her back. The first thing she did when she got home was to tug on her father's bony tail with great anticipation, and asked expectantly.

"of course can."

Uno was stunned for a moment, nodded, and replied in a low voice.

As an old father who talks about everything with his children and is so gentle that he has no airs, he has long known that his three children became friends with the three children he met in the theater.

Eldest sister Tsumiki and eldest brother Chuya, second son Megumi and second son Ryunosuke, and youngest sister Chacha and Gin.

This combination is quite subtle, and the dejected mana spirit can't help but recall the small games in the Chacha game console.

...One-to-one Liankan?

To be honest, Mr. Curse Ling is happy to see his children make good friends and bring them home to play.

From the bottom of his heart, Uo hopes that the children's world can be bigger.

He was just a little worried: "Your friends know that I am not human, won't they be afraid?"

"It will not happen!"

Jin Meiji trotted over and raised her head to interject, her eyebrows were bent and her eyes were bright: "Zhong also said that he didn't want to exclude someone he didn't know because of race, and also said that he actually thought my father was pretty good... Zhong I also seem to have a good impression of my father, well, I seem to be a little yearning."

"Really discerning." Chacha nodded solemnly, "Better discerning than Xiaoyin's other brother."

Hui couldn't help laughing, he thought for a while, and justified Ryunosuke's name: "Ryunosuke said that although he still can't be completely relieved like Chuya, he is willing to believe in my family. If he... If you haven't been in touch with and got along with yourself, you probably won't really give trust. It's just a matter of personality. Among other things, at least Ryunosuke really doesn't have bad intentions, and he doesn't care whether the people around him are [human] things."

"Speaking of which, their family also seems to have strange abilities, like Ryunosuke's supernatural ability [Rashomon]... Although it is different from magic, they don't understand the world of magic, ah, it may be because of this , so the ability to accept abnormalities is relatively strong?" Hui added.

Chacha: "Little Silver doesn't care at all. When I invited her to play, she agreed without even thinking about it."

Uzumaki blinked his dark red eyes blankly.

I don't know why, but the three little guys in front of me seem to be very happy and actively talking about their friends' attitudes and opinions towards Uosu himself.

It's like saying "Look, the identity of the curse spirit that you've always cared about is actually not that scary".

It is a pity that Mr. Curse Spirit, who is so obsessed with loathing Curse Spirits that it seems to be engraved in his bone marrow, has made the wrong focus.

His immediate reaction was: Great, my kids don't seem to have problems with friends because of my relationship.

Then came the second reaction: Ah, what Tsumiji was talking about was that orange-red haired child with a special energy body hidden in his body like a natural disaster.

Longing for me...?Why?

Mr. Cursing Spirit couldn't find out that he was worthy of the child's aspirations - after all, he had only met the child once.

After much deliberation, there is only one possibility that is relatively high.

…The child must be vaguely aware of his own abnormality and feel a little uneasy, so he regards me, who is a [heterogeneous] but has a similar human appearance and human family, as an existence similar to a "pointer"?

Uzumaki frowned slightly.

He is not a "pointer".

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Chacha's best friend Yin wanted to come over, Megumi and Tsumiki simply invited Ryunosuke and Chuya after thinking about it.

The advantage of having a friend who knows the existence of their Cursing Father is that they can freely invite the other party to come to play at home.

On the day of the weekend.

Mr. Mana Ling gave up the second floor to the children, and he himself went to the kitchen to bring over the snacks and juices he had prepared earlier.

With Chacha, the active king, the six children never stand in the cold.

All kinds of toys and game items have been moved out, even if it is simply drawing cards, it can be played lively because of the interesting adventure activities.

Uno listened to the movement upstairs outside the edge, and took a sip of tea with a relaxed expression.

Noon, lunch time.

Because someone was at home, Uo, who still used a go-out outfit to cover his bones and tail, tied an apron on himself. He took out the fresh ingredients in the refrigerator and spread them all over the table.

He is going to cook a big lunch for the children and guests.

Zhong Yuanzhong also slipped down quietly.

Hearing the movement with the tip of his ear, Uso turned his head and looked at the orange-red haired child.

Zhong also tensed his body tensely for a moment.

He scratched his cheek, tried to look up at the tall Mr. Curse Spirit with wide blue eyes, and whispered that he wanted to help.

"It's okay, just leave it to me." Uogi said concisely.

Zhong also touched his nose, Qiqi Ai: "No, I... I just, um, that, Mr. Kitazawa, my sister Yin likes the hamburger that Chacha gave her very much, so... I want to learn How to do it, um, can I do chores for you, and then ask about the recipe...?"

Uno was stunned for a while, he looked down at the blue-eyed child in front of him, and nodded hesitantly: "If you don't mind, I happen to have materials here, and I can teach you."

Zhongyuan Zhong also's eyes lit up.

The ten-year-old Nakahara Nakaya trotted to the other side, looking at the tall and tall Mr. Cursing Spirit curiously and longingly.

Mr. Curse patiently found an apron for the child, asked people to wash their hands, and then patiently and slowly stated the steps of his own special hamburger in a low voice.

later.

The other kids came down too.

Tsumiki probed curiously, raised her hand high and said that she wanted to help, Megumi and Ryunosuke looked at each other, and walked over.

Chacha and Yin, who couldn't see the magic spirit, explained the situation in a low voice.

Later, unknowingly, it became a scene of a group of people cooking together.

Of course, the kitchen can’t hold so many people, so Megumi and Ryunosuke helped peel potatoes and radishes in the restaurant, Tsumiki helped wash the vegetables, and the youngest Chacha and Yin ran errands to move the peeled potatoes and radishes into the kitchen. kitchen.

The hamburger meat is made by Nakahara Chuya, and Uo is on the side to guide it.

Zhongye's cooking skills are not bad.

Since Yin signed the contract with the office, their family basically cooks in Chuya, and Ryunosuke washes the dishes more often, and their cooking skills will improve over time.

Today is a day of peace and harmony.

Akutagawa Ryunosuke swallowed the extremely delicious meal made by Uo, and quietly looked at this tall "black shadow" as muddy as the black hole abyss, for some reason, he did not have the fear and uneasiness he had when he first met.

...Maybe it's because she was too leisurely, indulged too much in the lively and coquettish Chacha, and was too old-fashioned.

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The daily life of Kitazawa's family is peaceful and warm, and the adults in that family are also quite good at worrying.

The homes of the two parties are not too far away. After becoming familiar with each other, the three brothers and sisters of Akutagawa Chuya came to visit a lot more, so they were taken care of by Mr. Curse Spirit equally.

Uo seriously told Akutagawa Chuya's three brothers and sisters about the danger of the curse spirit, and told them not to get close if they had nothing to do-it was all to communicate with Chuya and let the other party relay it.

When making Dim Sum Uo, I will also make a few more copies, so that my children can bring them when they go to the other party's house to play.

As Tsumiji gradually grew up, her body became taller, and the size of the glasses was not suitable. After obtaining the consent of her father, Tsumiki gave the replacement glasses, which were a bit small, to Yin, who could not see the magic spirit. And she put on the new and larger magic glasses prepared by Uosheng for her.

Later, Uso got an extra pair for Ryunosuke who could only see the shadows.

As time passed, the two families got closer and closer.

The horns and tail of Mr. Curse Spirit are no longer hidden from the other three children.

The fact that Chuya and Ryunosuke were born in the slums is no longer a secret. When the two families get along, their special abilities are also used normally.In the middle of the game, I often use the gravity ability to play with Chacha.

Kei also told each other about her shikigami—although Akutagawa brothers and sisters seem to have a little psychological shadow on dogs, the fluffy jade dog that has always been loved by people was frowned upon by the brothers and sisters when they first appeared.

"I don't like dogs very much." Akutagawa Ryunosuke turned his head uncomfortably, and Gin hid behind his brother, they explained in a low voice.

Because the wild dogs in the slums in winter... can eat children.

After the death of his mother, Ryunosuke saw such a scene in the first winter when he lived hard with Gin.

It was a terrible shadow that people could not let go of.

Huishu thought about it for a while, shivered, and silently reduced the frequency of jade dogs appearing in front of the Akutagawa brothers and sisters.

Fortunately, the soft and harmless rabbits are very popular with children.

Silver and Chacha couldn't put it down for the rabbits, Chuya touched the rabbit's soft fur curiously, and the wow expression lit up, even Ryunosuke would not refuse the rabbit's stickers.

Take off the rabbit and win.

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Four years later.

In 2014, the school season started in April.

The 10-year-old Yinhe Chacha, the 12-year-old Ryunosuke who has been relegated, have been promoted to the fifth grade of elementary school, and the 11-year-old Kei is in the sixth grade.

The four of them are still studying at Kanagawa Elementary School.

However, 12-year-old Tsumiji and 14-year-old Zhong have also entered school. They both study in the nearby Lihai University Affiliated Middle School.

It was a private school, and the nine-year compulsory education only exempted the tuition fees of public schools. Logically speaking, the middle school would not choose such a middle school.

However, Lihai has a scholarship.

Nakahara, who was seriously lacking in common sense and was once at the bottom of the grades, also fell into the tutoring hell of Tsumiki, Megumin and Ryunosuke who had excellent grades—mainly after learning about the number of Lihai University scholarships and prize money for various competitions, Zhongye was full of motivation-finally achieved an amazing counterattack, and successfully won the first-class bonus in the entrance examination.