After attending a very important meeting to decide on the future of the Seisen Academy, Mizuho came out of the conference room with a boring look on her face. From the middle of the meeting, she didn't remember much about the content of the meeting anymore. In fact, Mizuho had completely lost interest in the middle of the meeting, and the topic of coeducation was of no importance to her.
　The student council members dismissed the meeting right then and there, and while thinking about going home, the contents of the meeting came into Mizuho's head somewhat.

''I thought it was a nice idea........ What kind of person is the son of a wealthy family, at the very least someone from a prestigious and historical family? We're inviting him on a trial basis, so whoever you want is fine!　Even if the house is a little poor and has no history or anything else....yeah?　 Ah, apart from the famous family, why don't you attack him with a family with a history!

　Mizuho huffed as she walked down the corridor.

''Our Shitenji family also donates a considerable amount of money to the academy, and with our recommendation... if you have our recommendation... if!　You'll have to talk to your mother about this....

　Mizuho shook her head, thinking.
　Why am I thinking so desperately about it?
　Normally, Mizuho extremely disliked the attitude of wearing her family's family's status as an insignia. She had always hated being thought of as amazing because she was a Shitenji.
　Now, that is why I am trying to use that Shitenji name. And, if you think about it, just because I want to share a little bit of time in school life with a certain boy.

'I can't just make this request to your mother for no reason. Yes, because there's no reason to recommend it.

　For a moment, Yuto's noumenal face flashed in Mizuho's mind.
　Irritated.
　A blood vessel floats on Mizuho's forehead.
　Even though this one was taking such action, the boy had only texted her once, and she hadn't heard anything from him.
　It's true that there is a place between us where we can only be together on agency business.
　But it would be nice to hear a little more from him.
　By the way, that Yuto was scared of the sermon text messages that Mizuho and Marion sent him last time, and even if he wanted to contact her, he was too scared to do so....

''Haha~''

　While walking down the corridor, a sigh uncharacteristic of Mizuho leaks out. Mizuho was always victorious and full of confidence, but now I can't even see a trace of her.

'For now... let's go home. Let's talk to Marion about it....

　When I said that, Mizuho frowned.
　Marion is already a good friend to Mizuho, but not for this matter.
　But Mizuho was not good at explaining reasons for things and negociation because of her personality. Marion was better at that. Marion was shy, but no, maybe it was her shyness that made her good at such things.

'I don't want to, but I might try. 'Ah!　Speaking of which, I wonder what happened to Akiko-san!

　Mizuho pulled out her cell phone, remembering that Marion had suddenly left Akiko in charge of her sick body before she attended the meeting. Then, there was a message from Marion in her phone's text message.

"Please call me as soon as the meeting is over. There's something I want to talk to you about Akiko-san."

　Marion's text message made Mizuho worried that something had happened to Akiko, so she immediately contacted Marion's cell phone. The use of cell phones is not allowed in the school, but the content of Marion's text message bothered Mizuho, so she called her without a care in the world. Then, her feet headed towards the direction of the infirmary, saying that she might still be in the infirmary.

"Ah, Mizuho-san!"

What's wrong, Marion? Is something wrong with Akiko-san?

"Yes, Akiko-san went to the hospital as soon as we took her to the infirmary."

Well I hope it's nothing serious.

"Hey, I wanted to talk to Mizuho-san about that."

　Mizuho stopped in her tracks as she talked to Marion, surprised by what Marion had told her.

''It's true!　Yeah, okay, I'll be over there in a minute!

　Then Mizuho turned her body to go to the bench in the school's inner garden where Marion was now.



　The grounds of the Sei Sei Seijo Academy are large.
　All of its grounds are neatly demarcated and maintained. The school buildings are lavishly scattered throughout its large grounds, with the intervening space like a garden prepared by a gardener.
　Mizuho found the bench Marion had told her to sit on, and she could see Marion there.
　It was not popular around here when it was time to leave school.

''Marion!''

Oh, Mizuho-san!

　Marion stood up from the bench she was sitting on when she noticed Mizuho.

'What do you mean!　He said Akiko-san could be cursed.

I don't know. But I'm sure it was some kind of curse...or curse. We don't know who is doing that and why, but...

''Then it's also because Akiko-san is not feeling well........''

'Yes, I think that's the cause. However, I'm not that familiar with curses and hexes either. If it's any kind of possession, it's my specialty, but this time I happened to be able to touch Akiko-san directly, which made me feel uncomfortable and confirmed it. There are many different ways to curse or hex, and each one of them is different from the other. To be honest, unless you're a professional in this field, I don't know how to break the curse, or even how to do it.

''I'm sure. I've never learned it or seen it happen to me.

'I've only heard of it to the extent that I have, but they say that most curses and hexes often require you to do something about the person or event that set them off. In other words, you need to have the ability to trace this curse back to its main source.

Well that's a problem.

　Marion is an exorcist. In the course of his training, Marion is already endowed with blessings and has a strong resistance to spells and curses. And her specialties are fushigi, exorcism and its purification.
　By contracting with a spirit, Mizuho has a curse resistance. Therefore, for a spirit user, there was no training to counter the curse.

'I left the infirmary and wanted to get in touch with Ruiho, but I couldn't get in touch with her at the meeting right away, so I went back to the infirmary and gave an exorcist blessing from me to Akiko, who was being taken to the hospital. I think this will help ease the curse a little, but it hasn't done anything fundamental.

　Marion thinks about Akiko and gives her a worried look.

'Mizuho-san, what should I do?'

　At Marion's question, Mizuho crossed her arms with difficulty.

''First of all, I don't understand the background. This is an academy attended by the wealthy upper class, people can be jealous of you. We don't know the identity of the person who cast the curse, nor do we know if they are amateurs, gifted, or commissioned gifted. There's also the risk of moving poorly and simply letting people know that we're the gifted ones.

....

''.........Originally, the main idea was to receive a request, and in this case, as the Hougetsu family, we would ask for that kind of professional. It's not like we're going to bypass the ability agency and introduce them to you....... How did you realize that?　Or so it seems.

Well........of course.

If we could handle it on our own, unobserved, I'd do it in a heartbeat, but when it comes to spells and curses, you have to be an expert in that field.

　A heavy silence occurs between Mizuho and Marion.
　In truth, they naturally want to save their classmate Akiko. But they couldn't let it be known that they were gifted by their rash actions. That was the pride of the institution, and what a troubling position to be in as a responsible rank A.
　At a time like this I wonder what to do.
　When faced with such a difficult problem........
　One boy's face comes to the two girls' minds.
　Mizuho and Marion looked into each other's eyes at the same time.

''If it's Yuto!
If it's you, Eugene!

　Mizuho and Marion nodded widely.

''I knew I couldn't leave my classmates alone!　I don't think Yuto is an expert in it either, but he might be able to give us some ideas.

'Yes!　Let's talk to them. If we can get some kind of a clue, maybe we can do something on our own.

　Mizuho and Marion quickly took out their cell phones.
　Then they saw each other with that phone............and then they froze.

'Marion I'll make the call, okay?

''No I'll call Yuto-san, so it's okay with you, Mizuho-san?

"...........

　They immediately start making calls.
　As a result, Marion's phone is connected, and Mizuho's cell phone makes an electronic sound while she's talking.
　Nicely, Marion laughs and Mizuho is frustrated.
　Then, Masato's voice is vocalized from Marion's cell phone.



　Yuto was leaving school after finishing weeding with Ichigo, helping the helpers organize the bookshelves in the library at their job. It's a two-stop train ride home, but when he doesn't have a part-time job, he walks home to save on train fare.
　Masato looked at the sky as it was changing from dusk to night.

When I tried to give up my title of 'weed whacker', I was called 'insect catcher'.... What in the world was wrong with me?

　If per Shizuka had heard this, she would have had a headache.

''Oh, I have no idea. Ichigo hasn't been feeling well lately either.

　Today, Ichigo, who was weeding with me, was mumbling to himself beside me, complaining.

'You've admitted to liking big tits, why can't BL come off? Are you an idiot?　These people in this school........ But how can this BL curse be broken, dammit!

　Recalling Ichigo's soliloquy, Yuto hooked up with a laugh as if he felt sorry for the unfortunate person.

''It's Ichigo who's an idiot..... The fact that you don't realize that is the essence of being an a**h*le.

　Hearing this top-heavy statement from Yuto, Shizuka would have gone crazy, "You don't say that! And.

'Well, don't worry about the jerk (Ichigo). More importantly, I don't have the money to make ends meet, and it's time for me to get more part-time hours. I don't have any agency requests coming in...

　Muttering that, Masato's cell phone rang.
　It's not usually a good idea to have a cell phone that doesn't ring, so Masato was surprised, but he looked at the screen of his cell phone, which served its function somewhat happily.
　Marion's name was displayed there.

''Ge!''

　Yuto can't help but shout.
　This is because he was one of the people who sent me a big sermon in an earlier email.
　He had no recollection of being lectured to, so he hadn't been in contact with her since then.
　However, this kind of thing happens to me often. I may have offended him in some way without knowing it. So I was going to get back to him right away, but I couldn't muster up the courage to do so, and a few days went by. In other words, it was Yuto who brilliantly postponed the problem.
　However, as expected, there was no way he could ignore the call, so he picked up the phone fearfully.

'Oh, hello, Marion-san?　Dude, what's going on?

"Oh, hello, Yuto?　Are you okay now?"

Yeah, I'm fine.

"Actually, I was wondering if you could give me some advice."

Advice?

"Yes,"

　Masato is relieved to find out that it's not a sermon.
　Moreover, this is the first time that he has been asked for advice by a girl on the phone... he feels embarrassed by this first situation, but he is also a little happy.

　(I'm a little impressed.)

'Yes!　What's going on?　Ask me anything.

Didn't you say?"

'I didn't say that!　Nothing!

"Well I hope so...."

(So does Mari, but what the hell!　(Girls have some amazing abilities as standard equipment!

　Before picking up the phone, Yuto broke out in a cold sweat, wondering if he could even see the action, and while scurrying around, he listened to what Marion was saying.
　

''........Curse.

　Yuto listened to Marion's words.