A Bizarre Adventure That Begins in Jujutsu Kaisen

When the first firework exploded unexpectedly above the castle, the night sky began to be painted with colored pencils.

It's not a regular circle, but rather spread out into colorful stripes, like a flag unfurled in the air.

Then came the second shot, the third shot...

Gold, red, blue, layer upon layer, rising upwards.

The familiar Disney symphony began to play at the right time, and the castle's magnificent walls transformed into a giant projection screen, on which countless classic Disney animated film clips were layered and flowed.

The two walked out of the restaurant hand in hand, joining the crowd of people looking up at them.

Theo couldn't tell which Disney song was playing.

Yuki's shoulders swayed gently involuntarily with the rhythm of the music, silently humming the melodies that were already etched into her memory.

After all, which girl hasn't dreamed of being a princess?

The fireworks seemed to come alive, precisely following the melody of the music and the emotional fluctuations of the Japanese narration.

At its fastest, one after another, they burst into a dazzling cluster of flowers in the night sky.

When it slows down, the enormous sphere of light lingers in the air for a long time before reluctantly dispersing into countless tiny, dazzling points of light, drifting down slowly like stardust.

Even a fleeting spark can leave a lasting and beautiful light in the heart that gazes into the darkness.

As the last set of fireworks rose into the sky at the climax of the music, the entire night sky seemed to fall silent.

Three perfectly connected apertures, one large and two small, formed a giant, striking abstract Mickey Mouse head in the air!

Immediately afterwards, from the various spires and corners of the castle, dense and dazzling streams of smoke in every imaginable color—red, yellow, blue, green, purple—were simultaneously sprayed in all directions.

As the castle lights gradually changed and finally went out with the fading of the last note, Theo said softly, "Yuki, it's getting late. Let me take you home."

"Huh—?"

Yuki blinked, snapping out of her shock at the fireworks, and immediately put on a pitiful expression, like an abandoned little animal.

"But... I don't have a 'home'! I'm the kind of wandering sorcerer who has no fixed abode. My motorcycle is my mobile 'home'."

"..." Dio was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to respond.

"So," Yuki tilted her head back, leaning closer with a playful probing tone, "let me experience the 'God-waiting Girl' experience too."

"All-powerful Lord Theo, could you... kindly let me stay for the night?"

"..."

Dio looked at her affected yet surprisingly vivid and lively appearance, and remained silent for a moment.

The suppressed laughter in his chest finally broke free and turned into a low, gentle breath.

"Heh~ That's a bit deliberate... but I have no objection."

He tilted his head slightly back to look at the slender crescent moon hanging in the night sky.

"Yuki, the moonlight is so beautiful tonight.

The first new moon we saw together was the most beautiful one in the past thousands of nights.

As soon as he finished speaking, Yuki felt the temperature near his ear suddenly rise again.

If facial expressions could be precisely measured using RGB values, her facial color coordinates at this moment would probably be rapidly moving towards the X-axis of saturation.

A famous quote from Natsume Soseki...

Of course she knew this story.

Translating "I love you" subtly as "The moonlight is beautiful" is a romantic code unique to Eastern literature and art.

Moreover, although it's not a household name or a popular anime, there's a song from the anime series of the same name, "Tsuki ga Kirei," which premiered on April 6th this year, that she listened to on repeat countless times—"Hatsukoi" sung by Nao Touyama.

She really liked the clear yet slightly melancholic melody.

Yuki took a deep breath, as if trying to suppress the heat on her face, then raised her head to meet Theo's gaze, responding with an equally elegant phrase:

"Woo~ The wind is so gentle, Mr. 'World's Strongest'~"

Even though Theo used distance manipulation to move at high speed, it was nearly ten o'clock when the two returned to the somewhat empty temporary residence where the five family crests had not yet been removed.

The garden was shrouded in deep darkness, with only a few stone lanterns under the porch casting a hazy, yellowish glow that barely outlined the path and the shadows of the trees.

As soon as Theo stepped into the entryway, before he could even reach out to touch the light switch on the wall, a pair of icy hands reached out from behind and gently covered his eyelids.

"Hmph~" Yuki's voice rang in his ear, carrying a warm breeze, "Theo, I also have a little surprise for you."

The moment those hands returned the world to him—

Just half a step away from him, on the open ground, a small, exquisite "ground firework" that was hissing had appeared out of nowhere.

It crackled and sizzled merrily, spreading its bright and warm orange light evenly across the ground between the two, creating a brief but cozy island of light.

After Kissong took the initiative, she squatted down beside the small ball of fire, looked up at him, and the firelight danced in her eyes.

Her expression suddenly turned serious, and she asked softly:

"I'll ask you one more time, Theo."

What type of woman do you like?

Theo looked at her face, its features softened by the firelight, and at her undisguised anticipation and nervousness. Without hesitation, he gave the most direct and sincere answer:

"I love Yuki-chan!"

"Yay~ Thank you!" Yuki's smile instantly blossomed, more dazzling than any firework from before.

She stood up, symbolically dusted off non-existent dust, and then reached out her hand to him.

"Please guide me through the rest of my life!"

Theo grasped her hand, gently pressing his fingertips against the back of it, and pulled her closer to him:

"Shouldn't these kinds of lines be saved for more formal occasions?"

However—since you said it, I'll take it seriously.

Please continue to guide me in the future.

He raised his head, his gaze passing over her, looking up at the star-studded night sky, and made this promise:

Even if we travel to a wider world in the future, experience all sorts of strange and long journeys, and see distant and breathtaking scenery...

Wherever we are, it will always be our "origin," a place we can always return to, an "island of light" that shines brightly throughout our long journey.

Yuki listened quietly, her smile gradually softening into a gentle expression.

"A wider world..." she repeated softly, her fingertips curling gently in his palm.

"Actually, Wu Tiao and Xia You had also had doubts and discussions about this in private."

You... aren't a native of this world, are you?

She squeezed Theo's fingers, a gesture that was meant to soothe him.

"You don't need to lie to me."

After all, how could we possibly not investigate and understand the background of the new "Director of Spellcasting"?

However, no matter how hard you try to trace it, there is absolutely no trace of your existence in the world.

Reading, medical care, paying taxes, social networks...

There was absolutely no trace of this person; it was as if they had appeared out of thin air.

Aliens? Or visitors from a parallel universe?

"Eh—" Dio didn't expect her to be so direct and to guess so close to the truth.

"I only have some guesses, it's fine if you don't want to say." Yuki tilted her head slightly, her tone relaxed.

"I have always been a wanderer, and I am used to accepting the unknown."

So, no matter if you come from the stars or the abyss, no matter where your path leads, I will accompany you to see it!

Then, she changed the subject: "But, Theo, listen!"

One day, I will make you confess everything to me yourself!

Theo reached out and pulled her into a tight embrace.

He lowered his head, his warm breath brushing against her earlobe, then gently nibbled on her soft, slightly cool earlobe, and spoke, word by word, in a voice only she could hear:

"Darling, there's no need for 'someday.' I can tell you right now."

He felt the body in his arms tense up instantly, and then relax.

"I come from a parallel world without cursed spirits and with a slightly different path of technological development."

The timeframe is about ten years later than your "now".

There, my parents were alive and well, I had many friends, and life was peaceful and happy...

If I have the chance, I'd like to go back and visit, and take you with me.

At the very moment that Theo spoke his mind frankly and without reservation, it was as if some invisible constraint had been broken, or as if the last piece of a puzzle that had been sought for a long time had finally been found.

The node representing "beauty" on the Path of the Fire Sword was fully illuminated, and at the same time, an unprecedented sense of fulfillment surged from the depths of his soul!

Not only did he gain an extra spell slot, but the core memory for storing and calling other spells, "Imitation," also doubled in size.

The ironclad rule that "only one imitated technique can be displayed at a time" has been erased like an old clause.

At this moment, Theo clearly sensed that he could now simultaneously control and manifest two different spells!

At the same time, Tsukumo Yuki also broke through the bottleneck in her mindset, and her spell power increased sharply and wildly. The experience she had accumulated over the years was transformed into a significantly improved level of spell power!