Curse Returns: Eight Extraordinary Skills? I lack nothing.

Yuuto sat opposite her and put a piece of fried bamboo shoot into her bowl.

"Hmm." She looked up at him, her mouth still full of food, and mumbled something indistinctly.

"Swallow it first and then talk about it."

Qiong swallowed hard and licked her lips: "So, why are you back so late today?"

"The task is a bit more complicated than expected."

Yu Ren didn't elaborate, afraid that she would worry.

A foot stretched out from under the domed table, and a bare foot gently touched his calf.

Yuuto let her go.

Halfway through the meal, Qiong suddenly put down her spoon, tilted her head to the side, and rested it on his shoulder.

"Are you full?"

"take a break."

Youren chuckled and looked down at her.

Qiong had her eyes closed, her eyelashes trembling slightly, and a little curry still clung to the corner of her mouth.

Yuuto reached for a tissue and wiped it off for her.

Qiong suddenly opened her eyes, stared at Yuuto for two seconds, then smiled and said:

"elder brother."

"Ok?"

Will you always be by my side?

Yuuto paused in his movements.

He has been thinking about this problem for a while.

When she first transmigrated, Qiong was the adopted sister given to her by the system.

But after spending time together, things were no longer like that.

She depended on him, and he was used to her being around; neither of them wanted to be apart.

After dinner, Qiong grabbed Yuuto's sleeve and followed him into the living room.

The sofa in the living room was very soft, and Qiong sank in half of it as soon as she sat down.

As soon as Yuuto sat down next to her, she moved closer and leaned against him.

The TV was turned on, and Qiong picked up the remote and skillfully tuned to a channel.

Not long after, Yuuto's phone suddenly beeped with a message notification.

Yuuto took it out and glanced at it; it was a message from Nishimiya Momo.

Are you free tomorrow?

Just as Yuuto was about to reply, the second message arrived:

"There's a joint mission. A level-two cursed spirit is leading a few low-level cursed spirits. Are you coming?"

Yuuto looked at the message, somewhat confused.

He has talked a lot with Xigong Tao over the past two weeks.

This girl looks arrogant, but she's actually quite easy to get along with. She even occasionally complains about those old fogies at the Kyoto school.

However, logically speaking, when college students receive a joint mission, they shouldn't be looking for people within the school.

Even if it's the worst case scenario, it should be an official internal staff member, not an outsourced person like myself.

Qiong noticed his attention had shifted, looked up and saw him staring at his phone, and immediately pouted:

"Who?"

"It's that Nishimiya Momo I told you about..."

Qiong leaned closer, resting her chin on Youren's shoulder, and looked at the screen with him.

Yu Ren pondered whether or not to go, as all cursed spirits below level two were considered low-level cursed spirits.

With a few exceptions, they will not have any special abilities and can only fight using their bodies.

But once you reach level two, you'll gain some special abilities.

Level one cursed spirits generally possess spells.

"When exactly?" Yuuto typed.

Nishimiya Momo replied quickly:

"Tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM, I'll send you the location later."

Suddenly, Sora asked Yuuto, "Do you want to go?"

Yuuto replied gently, "I want to try out the level 2 Spell Spirit; I've never done it before."

Qiong did not object:

"Then go ahead."

Yuuto lowered his head and kissed her on the top of her head.

Qiong froze, then shrank back, her ears turning bright red.

Yuuto then lowered his head and typed a reply:

Okay. See you tomorrow.

Nishinomiya Tao replied instantly:

OK.

After a long while, Qiong's muffled voice came out:

"elder brother."

"Ok?"

Did that just now count as kissing me?

After waiting a few seconds and seeing that Yuuto still didn't answer, Qiong pouted and then reached out to pinch Yuuto's waist:

"Brother, you're bullying me..."

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Sister's Second Episode

Chapter 8 Preparation

After playing around with Sora for a while, Yuuto glanced at the time.

8 PM.

Qiong noticed the time, got up, picked up a bunch of snacks, and nestled into the game room that Yuuto had prepared for her, where her gaming equipment was placed.

"Want to play games?" Yuuto walked over.

"Mm," Qiong responded, already picking up the controller.

Yuu glanced at the screen; it was an open-world game with rather exquisite graphics.

It's strange, really. Qiong has terrible physical fitness; she always skips PE class, and she's never even taken swimming class because she's afraid of water. As her teacher put it:

"Kasugano-san needs special care."

However, his IQ was extremely high, and his grades in all subjects were close to perfect. The teacher's comments were:

"He has an excellent comprehension ability, but he is not very willing to participate in class."

They just don't want to use it for good.

Surfing the internet, watching anime, playing video games...

He was particularly good at games.

She can complete challenging games, argue with netizens about game settings on forums, and still find time to send him messages.

Before school holidays, Youren could persuade her to play less by saying she needed to attend classes.

Now, no amount of persuasion can stop people from taking long holidays; they often stay up all night.

"Don't stay out too late." Youren ruffled her hair.

The hair is very thick and feels quite comfortable to rub.

You could only say she's a natural-born night owl; she stays up all night every day and still has so much hair. Yu Ren is extremely envious.

Qiong didn't say anything, but she nuzzled her head into his hand.

Speaking of which, Yuuto also discovered a pattern: whenever he was around, Sora's IQ would plummet.

She's usually a player who can carry the whole team in video games, but as soon as Yuuto sits next to her, she starts asking:

"How do I jump over this? How do I fight that monster...?"

The halo of intellectual impairment.

Yu Ren gave this phenomenon a name.

"I'm going to the study to take care of some things. You should go to bed early and avoid staying up late," Youren said to her as he turned to walk upstairs.

"Mmm," Qiong responded, but her eyes never left the screen.

However, on this matter alone, she rarely followed Yuuto's arrangements.

In the study, as soon as Yu Ren sat down, he opened the system panel.

[The Extraordinary Person System]

Host: Haruhi Yuuto

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