I'm a weird expert in Japan

"What else? I'm not feeling well during my period. Come here and take a rest." Shiyu said, and then suddenly realized, "Oh, by the way, Sawamura-san, who has a body like a child, may not even have his first period yet, so he probably can't understand this kind of pain."

"..." Lian covered her mouth to avoid laughing out loud.

Xuecai's face turned red to her ears. She had never heard such a blatant joke, especially with a boy right next to her.

"Anyway, could you please go out quickly? I have something to do here." Ying Lili frowned.

"Shijo-kun asked me to do this?" Shiyu didn't move.

"What's it to you..."

Shiyu tilted her head, "If you want a physical examination, can I help you take a look?"

"You ask Xiao Museng." Lian turned his back and waved his hand.

He didn't know how Shiyu knew that he needed a physical examination, and he was too lazy to stop her.

Perhaps wanting to resolve the issue quickly, Setsuna shamelessly agreed to the matter with Shiha also present.

Of course, less than three minutes after the door was closed, two crisp slaps were heard from inside.

This also scared Lian outside.

Chapter 58 Preparation (1)

More than two hours had passed since the physical examination of Setsuna Ogiso.

It's past nine o'clock at night.

In the parking lot of a convenience store near Ogiso's house, Shiyu was sitting in the passenger seat, applying an ice pack to her cheeks.

Earlier in the health room, Setsuna sat on the bed and took off her coat and bra, leaving her in just her underwear for Shiha and Eriri to see.

After seeing the densely packed and somewhat creepy snake scale binding marks on Setsuna's body, Shiha and Eriri, after being shocked, developed a different kind of curiosity.

Not only do they get very close to observe, they even touch it.

Everything was fine up to this point, but the terrible thing was that these two people who seemed to be at odds with each other before actually began to comment on Setsuna's body in tacit understanding.

Things like the bust size is just right, the hips would be perfect if they were a little fuller.

Xue Cai, who was overly ashamed, finally couldn't bear it anymore and instinctively slapped both of them.

When the examination was over, when Shiyu and Eriri came out, the clear palm prints on their faces were symmetrical.

Fortunately, Setsuna kept apologizing for this, and both of them knew they had done something wrong, so this disagreement was put to the past.

After that, Lian drew two talismans for Eriri, and then they went their separate ways.

Originally Lian was going to handle the matter himself, but Shiyu kept emphasizing that she could help, and he couldn't resist her curiosity, so he agreed to take her with him.

"You're really asking for trouble." Lian looked at the slap mark which was still a little swollen.

"Well..." Shiyu was speechless.

As the saying goes, curiosity kills the cat.

I just got a slap in the face...that's good enough.

After all, the parties involved are in trouble, but they are not serious.

"So what is the curse of Ogiso-san?" asked Shiyu.

"Maybe it's just that the rumors came true, simple as that."

Lian looked at the night sky and said casually.

On the way to send Xuecai back, he asked about what happened.

About the week before last, after he had helped Shiyu catch crabs, Setsuna received a love letter and went to the back of the gymnasium to reject the confession.

She has encountered this kind of thing countless times since she entered high school, and she is already familiar with the routine of rejection.

However, the weekend after the rejection, strange lines began to appear on his body.

By last Saturday, it had spread to around the knees.

And today, the curse has wrapped around the entire body.

At this rate it would be up to my neck by tomorrow.

In fact, Setsuna was not able to directly connect the dots that her abnormality was related to that unremarkable confession.

It was Lian who came to the conclusion.

Considering recent rumors, it was most likely that the boy was unwilling to give up after being rejected, and continuing to pester her might get into trouble, so he decided to try the recently popular spell.

"Such a difficult spell actually worked... Ogiso is really unlucky." Lian said.

"Unlucky..."

"After all, it's not easy for an amateur high school student to successfully perform this kind of spell. Of course, if the other party's family has such a related family tradition, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"But don't you think that Ogiso's curse is progressing too quickly? It was only at the knees on Saturday, but today it's already below the neck." Shiyu asked.

Lian had also seen the sketch that Eriri had drawn - there was no face drawn.

The speed of the curse was very irregular, as if it had suddenly increased in the past few days.

"There's nothing strange about it." However, Lian was not unable to explain this matter. "Have you heard that a person's faith and wish can enhance the power of the spell?"

"Are you saying that the other party wants to kill Ogiso immediately?"

"That's the opposite. She really wanted to start dating Kogiso sooner, but she was worried that the spell wouldn't work the first time, so she probably tried it many times over." Lian sat on the window frame outside the cab, with her back to Shiyu. "Do you remember what the fraudster said at the Kitashiro Snake Shrine?"

"Um……"

"There are several reasons why Setsuna Kogiso was cursed this time, which led to her mediocre condition." Lian raised her hand. "First, the caster really thought that this was a spell that could promote love, so the efficiency was completely reduced. If the spell was cast properly, it would kill the victim in less than three days. Second, the caster's twisted emotions increased the success rate of the spell, and it didn't even need a shrine with a spiritual vein to trigger it."

"So, according to you——"

"If we leave it alone, Setsuna Ogiso will probably die suddenly tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"This is too... She is obviously not guilty of anything..." Shiyu closed her eyes.

"That's why I say it's scary." Lian sneered, "You think there's nothing wrong with your 'liking', and you can do something wrong without knowing the consequences just to fulfill your liking. Beimunizhou probably realized this a long time ago, so he used a riddle-like method to remind me of the problem with 'Snake Cutting Rope'."

It's not because of hatred, but because of love, or a liking that is close to love.

Positive emotions expressed in the wrong way can have ridiculous results.

If there was any luck, it was that Setsuna Ogiso didn't have the courage to try to break the curse herself.

If an amateur tries to remove the curse in an amateurish way, the result will only be worse.

In that case she would have died of the curse by now.

Last Saturday, there would not be a family dinner, but a trip with her parents to attend her funeral.

"Anyway, this matter isn't serious, so let's just resolve it and call it a day. If you keep staying up late during school hours, you'll definitely be held accountable by Mr. Hanekawa the next day."

"Are you the kind of good boy who listens to his teacher?" Shiyu said.

"Of course, I listen to Teacher Hanekawa the most." Lian smiled brightly.

Then, without waiting for Kasumigaoka Utaha to say anything, Ogiso Setsuna was running towards this side along the road.

Judging from her appearance, she was probably fully prepared and had also explained to her family the reason for going out at this time.

"Then get in the car." Lian pointed to the rear door. "Your parents didn't ask you anything else, did they?"

"I...just told mom that I wanted to go out and meet Shijo-san..." Setsuna lowered her eyes and said apologetically.

"Oh woo..."

Lian let out a low wail.

This reason is indeed appropriate. The two families met the day before yesterday, and today people of the same age started to communicate with each other. Maybe the serious father thought it was a good thing.

"Hey, did you laugh just now?" Lian glared at Shiyu.

"I'm smiling now too." Shiyu looked at Lian with smiling eyes.

Unable to match Shiyu's shamelessness, Lian simply took out a talisman from his pocket and handed it to Xuecai.

"Here, when we get there, stick it on your forehead."

"I see."

Chapter 59: Preparation (2)

So, when the group arrived at the abandoned shrine outside of Tokyo, it was already late at night.

Going to the Kitashiro Snake Shrine is of course the best option.

With Mayoi Hachikuji as the god's help, suppressing a mere cursed snake is no problem.

But the journey is long and the round trip takes time, and it is impossible for Setsuna Ogiso to wait that long.

When getting in the car just now, Lian had already seen the entanglement marks on Xuecai's body climbing up to her neck.

It will probably cover the whole face before dawn.

In other words, he is now racing against time with the god of death.

Tonight, will he get rid of the snake and cut the rope first, or will Setsuna die here first?

But at least, Ogiso Setsuna still doesn't know why she suffered all this, and just thinks that she was contaminated by something unclean.

When Lian climbed up to the deserted front yard of the shrine and began to make preparations, she felt that it was indeed appropriate to bring Shiyu along.

The guy seemed to have read some books in advance and was quite familiar with the basic preparations.

"I say... Ogiso-san, do you feel any pain?" Shiha asked Setsuna who was waiting nearby.

Setsuna was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head gloomily, "It will be a little painful... It feels like being tied up with ropes, but I can still move naturally... Anyway, it's not to the point where I can't stand it."

"No, I can't stand it anymore."

"Eh?"

"If you continue like this, when summer comes, you won't be able to wear a beautiful skirt to show off your slender legs, nor will you be able to wear a refreshing top to show off your white neck."

“Ahahaha…that’s true…” Setsuna nodded with a wry smile.

She might be able to hide it with a scarf now, but what would she do when the lines covered her entire body? How would she hide it?

"So I'm very grateful to Shijo-san for helping me..." said Setsuna, "I didn't expect the violinist had another hidden identity. I was really surprised."

"Nothing, it's just something that has to be done." Lian responded coldly, "It can only be handled by me, there's nothing strange about it. It would be the same if it was someone else."

"Haa... I see..." Feeling that Ren was not happy, Setsuna stopped talking to her.

She whispered to Shiyu: "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you guys at the gym..."

"Actually, it was almost like that." Shiyu lied without changing her expression.

"Kasumigaoka, stop talking nonsense!"

"You see, he feels guilty." Shiyu continued to talk nonsense.

But Setsuna began to doubt it, "I feel like Shijo-san is a bit cold, but he seems to talk to you a lot... Are you guys dating?"

"Are we dating, Shijo-kun?"

"Who wants to date you?" Lian said with disgust.

"Yes, yes. It has to be the older style like Hanekawa-sensei's."

"Don't talk nonsense, you are damaging the teacher's reputation."

"As you can see, we are not dating." Shiyu said with a smile, "He and I are just good friends. In other words, we are just playing around."

"You're not just changing the wording, you're also changing the concept!"

Xuecai began to laugh uncontrollably. She thought the way these two people talked to each other, with their informal style, was very interesting.

"You're so long-winded..." Shiyu patted the dust off her hands, "If you don't need to prepare, why don't you say something to relax? Ogiso-san is very nervous now."

"say what?"