I'm a weird expert in Japan

"that aspect?"

"Uh, are there any weird bruises starting to appear on your feet, like they were strangled?"

"I didn't realize you were a rope art enthusiast? I haven't drawn one yet. Next time, I'll study with Shizhu to see how to draw it more colorfully." Ying Lili laughed and waved her hands. "If you want to see this kind of picture, just tell me directly. I'm not asking you for royalties."

"..." Lian was speechless for a moment.

To be honest, he really wanted to see it.

However, now is not the time to ask artists to do some work.

Anyway, it seems normal for Sawamura Eriri to be naughty, so there should be nothing to worry about.

At this time, the half-closed door of the second music room was pushed open.

Both of them looked over.

Dong Ma He Sha opened the door with a lollipop in her mouth, "What were you talking about just now? Do you want me to practice the piano——"

Before she finished her words, Kazusa saw Lian and Eriri talking there. After stopping talking, she frowned, snorted, and closed the door.

"Uh……"

"I feel like Touma-senpai has misunderstood something." Eriri looked sympathetic, "You'll suffer from this."

"What could be a misunderstanding? The whole school is spreading rumors that you and Shizhu are dating." Lian retorted.

"Don't give me that. If there really is such a rumor, I should have heard it a long time ago." Ying Lili made a face, "And don't talk nonsense, okay? I don't care, but Shizhu will be very troubled."

"Well, I was talking nonsense."

"You... do you still have any humanity?"

"Humanity has been thrown into the initial furnace."

"Not bad. When will Mr. Ashes start passing on the fire? Can he defeat Guda?"

"But I'm in Cainhurst now."

"You actually found it. It's not easy for you not to get lost."

"That's..." Lian responded guiltily.

He was too embarrassed to say that he copied Shizhu's video homework.

Otherwise, given how lost he was, it would take him more than a week to get out of Yharnam Town.

"Okay, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first." Eriri still had activities at the art club and wanted to avoid wasting time.

"Have you heard about the rumors about the school?"

Ying Lili was almost speechless, "If you mean the rumors between me and Shizhu, I haven't heard of them, or there aren't any at all?"

"No, I mean the rumor about the snake god that seems to be popular recently."

Then, the blonde girl finally looked a little serious, "I heard Ishimaki-san and Satomi-san mention this. Are you going to tell me that it's true?"

"Probably." Lian leaned against the wall. "I just wanted to ask if you two were involved in the rumors."

"Really not." Eriri shrugged, "I just heard about it... Ah, you're not worried that Shizhu has been involved, are you?"

"Yes."

Although I don't want to deal with this matter, I also don't want to see my friend become a victim.

"Probably...no." Ying Lili began to become uncertain.

Lian began to sigh, "Do you have a utility knife in the art department? And a palette and red paint."

"Of course there is." Ying Lili felt very strange.

"I mean it's unused."

"Also."

"To be on the safe side, I'll draw two talismans for you." Lian raised her finger, "Using paint mixed with my blood, this level of exorcism can still be achieved."

Eriri couldn't help but put her hands on her hips and held her forehead, "Vampires can draw spells... This is too much."

"As long as it works, it's fine. Take it to Shizhu after you get it, and check his legs and feet. If there's anything wrong, feed him the talisman." Lian turned and walked towards the art department, "Just make him spit out the dirt."

"No... Most people would spit out a piece of paper if it was stuffed into their mouth, even if it was a used piece of paper..."

Chapter 57: Great, I have gradually understood everything (2)

That being said, Eriri has no doubt about what Ren is going to do and plans to go with him.

As a result, when I went down to the floor where the art department was located, I bumped into another person.

"what……"

The brown-haired girl first had a surprised expression as if she had finally found it, and then immediately looked at Eriri and Lian with a complicated expression.

"Well..." Lian understood the misunderstanding in a second and murmured helplessly, "I should prepare to apologize to my uncle now."

"Okay, I believe your uncle won't think too much." Ying Lili laughed so hard that her body shook.

"You're really just taking advantage of the situation." Lian glared at Ying Lili.

"Well, I'm from the same generation as Shizhu." Eriri smiled strangely and moved aside, "Senior Ogiso, you two can talk slowly..."

The person who came was Ogiso Setsuna.

"Uncle and aunt...what a strange way of addressing them..." Xue Cai laughed awkwardly after hearing the conversation.

"If you have a blood relative like this, you'll get used to it." Lian had no choice but to stop at the handrail at the top of the stairs and look at Xue Cai, "What's wrong?"

Xue Cai held her wrists, and from the wrists exposed from the sleeves of her uniform, she could faintly see the marks of snake scale binding.

It has already reached my arm, he thought silently.

While Lian was observing, Ogiso Setsuna took a deep breath, and then, as if mustering up her courage, she asked Lian:

"Shijo... classmate."

"Ah."

"Saturday night...that thing was true, right? I'm not hallucinating, am I?" Setsuna suddenly raised her voice.

Even Ying Lili, who had kept her distance to avoid suspicion, was frightened. She looked at Lian in horror and began to smile in an obscene manner.

Although Setsuna didn't actually mean anything else, she just accidentally described the facts vaguely.

Apart from outsiders, only the person involved can understand the meaning of this sentence.

"You can't say it's fake." Lian scratched his head.

"So... Shijo-san must know everything, right?" Setsuna took a step closer and asked nervously.

Lian shrank back and said, "I don't know everything. I only know what I know."

As if by reflex, he uttered the words that Hanekawa-sensei often said.

"Then my business..."

"Just for the time being."

"Then..." Setsuna bit her lip and raised her head, "Shijo-san... can you help me?"

"what?"

"You were the one who killed that strange snake... You must know... how to do it, right?"

Xuecai's expression looked like a drowning person who had grabbed the last straw.

Lian, who was planning to ignore the matter because she thought that Mr. Hanekawa didn't say anything, suddenly hesitated when she saw Ogiso Setsuna's expression.

If this continues, the girl will die.

But now, Ogiso Setsuna probably doesn't know that she has reached the end of her rope.

Unlike Shiyu who was possessed by a crab, her condition was 1000% worse.

Because it is not a fake monster that is popular somewhere, but a curse that has come true by accident.

Setsuna Ogiso is already on the countdown to death.

He could not care less, after all she was just the daughter of his father's old friend, a strange human being, and he and his four ripples were not familiar with her.

But if the girl died, wouldn’t her father be very sad when he heard about it?

The mother will also feel heartbroken.

Just thinking about her parents' expressions, Lian began to feel at a loss.

He hated humans, most humans.

Once they encounter an incomprehensible existence, they will show hostility without hesitation.

I am just that kind of existence.

But at least...but at least...

This is not a reason to deny a person's right to live.

At least, the girl in front of him, Setsuna Ogiso, should not have died inexplicably from the curse.

She should have the right to live.

There is nothing wrong with being alive.

"There's really nothing I can do..." Lian muttered.

Maybe this was all within Mr. Hanekawa's expectations?

Even if the teacher doesn't say anything, there will be reasons that force him to deal with this strange situation.

If I help, Mr. Hanekawa will praise me, right?

"Shijo-san..."

"Wait a moment." Ren motioned for Setsuna to stand there, and he walked over to Eriri. "Sawamura, can I ask you a favor?"

"what's up?"

"Come with me to the infirmary."

"Eh... isn't being a school idol enough for you?" Eriri stepped back in disgust, "Be careful or I'll tell Shizhu about it."

Lian resisted the urge to complain, "No... I meant for you to accompany her inside. I'll wait outside."

"I don't do lesbian stuff."

"Anyway... I need someone to help check her body." Lian explained awkwardly, "You can't let me do the check, right?"

"Oh, what are you doing for a physical examination?"

Lian did not explain immediately. "You will understand after you see it. Anyway, please check it carefully and draw a diagram for me."

"It's inexplicable..." Ying Lili didn't understand, but didn't refuse.

But she wouldn't suffer any loss just by looking at other girls' bodies, let alone Ogiso Setsuna.

Before, people in the art department were discussing when they could let Setsuna Ogiso be a model.

As the ace of the art department, she had to get there first.

So after getting Eriri's support, Ren explained things to Setsuna again.

Xue Cai, who knew her own physical condition best, hesitated for only a few seconds before nodding in agreement.

So the three of them changed their route and went downstairs to the health room together.

Lian was waiting at the door, and Eriri and Setsuna pushed the door open and went in.

Anyway, just find a bed and draw the curtains so no one can see you.

"Tsk... Kasumigaoka Utaha..."

"Oh, what a coincidence, Sawamura-san..." Shiha's voice came from inside.

Lian came over upon hearing the sound and was seen by Shiyu, "There's also Shijo-kun and Ogiso-san, what kind of dream combination is this?"

"What are you doing here?" Ying Lili was a little unhappy.