Spell Return: The Wheel of Time

Chapter 41 Traces
Kamogen returned to Yamaga Shrine without alerting anyone, except Fushiguro Megumi who was already sleeping lightly in the room. After probably telling him about the situation, since it was too late, it was inconvenient to continue exploring, so the two of them took a rest. .

When they got up the next day, Akashi Nohiko's wife Akashi Emi had already prepared breakfast, including fresh miso soup, rice balls, fried eggs, bacon, bread and other Western-style breakfasts.

After politely thanking this gentle and virtuous lady, he took his seat under the greeting of Akashi Nohiko, and then also met his son and daughter, Akashi Nobunao and Akashi Natsuki.

Both of them took after their mother's appearance, and seemed to be a few years older than Shenyuan Yi and the others. Of the two siblings, the older sister's personality was more like that of their father. After the seven people who were traveling there also arrived, after a while He is almost familiar with everyone.

Although she seems to be more interested in Kangenichi and Fushiguro Megumi, one of them is cold-faced and silent, while the other is focused on cooking. It is hard for a clever woman to make a meal without straw.

After enjoying a delicious breakfast, Kangenichi once again expressed his gratitude to Akashi Emi's family, and then paid attention to the conversation between a few people named Soujun and Akashi Nohiko over there, where they were discussing where to go later. Where to play.

And that location was one of several suspicious locations that Shenyuanyi discovered from the video of the anchor yesterday. The place was on the top of the mountain behind the shrine. There was an ancient tree there that was very tall and strong. It was said to be hundreds of years old. , tourists often go to the top of the mountain to view this ancient tree after praying at the shrine.

Because Yamaga Shrine enshrines a mountain god in local legend, and this ancient tree is sometimes regarded as an incarnation of the mountain god in the human world, it naturally attracts many people to worship.

Then after Shenyuan asked if he could go together, Akashi Nohiko readily agreed and called his children. After clearing the table, Akashi Nohiko sent his son to call the group of people. , in his words, he needs to train him more.

Because of his personality, the latter rarely communicates with others. After they returned to the shrine at home this time, Akashi Nohiko planned to let both siblings participate in the activities of the shrine.

Although Akashi Nobunao didn't interact with others very much, he was always polite. It didn't take long before he came back with his group. Everyone set out in simple clothes. After all, the place was not far away and they just went out for a walk.

After chatting with Akashi Nobunao on the road, he learned the detailed information there and other famous places nearby. The conversation between the two of them was quite speculative. Although Akashi Nobunao has a relatively introverted personality, he talked about the places he was familiar with. He is quite talkative in the field, that is, topics such as games, dramas, etc.

I learned from him that apart from the Yamaga Shrine itself, there are not many scenic spots around it. There is only one ancient tree on the top of the mountain. There is also a cherry blossom path, but it is nothing interesting when it is not in bloom. There is also a river at the foot of the mountain. The water quality is clear and the ecology is good. People often go there to play, but there are no people at this time.

Finally, there is the forest. It is a large or small place. It was originally a beautiful and primitive scenery. However, in recent years, people have been committing suicide there. Although it is not as famous as the well-known suicide holy land Aokigahara Sea of ​​​​Jus. After several people were reported in the news, explored by internet celebrities and then disappeared instead of committing suicide, they quickly attracted the attention of the Internet crowd.

When the group of people arrived at the top of the mountain, they saw the very conspicuous tree. It could be seen that the surrounding area had been carefully taken care of. The old tree that was hugged by three or five people still had white ropes hanging on it. The vigorous trunk With the huge canopy on top propped up, the scene would surely be even more spectacular if it were in summer when the branches and leaves are luxuriant.

Then everyone started taking pictures of portraits and landscapes, and took turns to go under the tree to make a wish. Shenyuan Yi started to circle around. This kind of original scene was really not interesting to him. It was already fine in a high school. It’s said that you’ve become accustomed to seeing it.

What he was looking for was whether there was any cursed aura here, and he actually found a trace during the search. This residual aura was very weak, and it was White Wolf who discovered it immediately, right around the ancient tree. But now there are no lush branches and leaves blocking Shenyuan Yi, and no curse has been discovered.

Standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, you can still see the eaves of the shrine protruding from the mountain forest. If you move your eyes further to the side, you can also see a silver horse walking zigzag through the sleeping mountain forest, heading into the distance. go.

Fushiguro Megumi next to him winked at Shingenichi. At the latter's reminder, he also noticed the residual curse breath. Fushiguro Megumi made a gesture, which meant that he needed to summon the jade dog to search for someone. No matter what, there were no other conjurers present, and they couldn't see the jade dog.

But Shenyuan shook his head and refused, and then just walked around normally. At Akashi Natsuki's suggestion, he took a photo with Fushiguro Megumi and Shiroro in front of the tree. After reaching the top of the mountain and having a panoramic view of the mountains, the group went down the mountain again, this time walking along the path beside the river.

Gurgling streams flow through the bluestones and meet at the foot of the mountain. Occasionally, you can see a few small fish and shrimps in the clear streams in the mountains and forests. If you remove the rocks, you might even be able to see them escaping from the rising mud. Crab.

After walking down the stream, what came into view was a gray-white stone beach. A few people went to play with water rafting with great interest, while Kangenichi and Fushiguro Megumi continued to look for any curses. Traces, perhaps due to the arrival of so many people, Shenyuan Yi actually found a cursed spirit, and it showed its head in the middle of the river. It was just a fly head, not a possible target of their mission.

The fly head only showed its face and then disappeared. Shenyuan didn't pay attention to it at all. There were no other abnormalities near the river. Judging from the information obtained from the video of the anchor, they were probably in the ancient tree. There were some abnormal situations encountered there. Maybe the other companion they said was accidentally exposed to the curse spirit and was contaminated by some curses, which caused physical discomfort.

But the existence of the cursed spirit was not found on the top of the mountain, which means that the thing is wandering around here. There is no trace on the river side, so we can only use stupid methods to search slowly?

After having fun, everyone returned to the shrine to prepare for lunch. Under Akashi Nohiko's refusal, Kangenichi gave him the reward for food and accommodation here, and then said that he and his friends wanted to take a rest and wait. Call them again after dinner.

Then after returning to the room, Kangenichi called Fushiguro Megumi and prepared to go out. The purpose was to go to the forest where he had been last night. After arriving there, Kangenichi asked Fushiguro Megumi to summon the jade dog.

Two shikigami, one black and one white, jumped out from Fushiguro Megumi's shadow and surrounded him. After giving instructions to the two shikigami, the two jade dogs separated from the white wolf and started looking for the curse.In this place where many people committed suicide, some cursed spirits were found after a careful search, but as before, most of them were just trolls, and the harm to people was really not that big, so they could be dealt with easily. If you don't care, just ignore it.

After a while, the white wolf discovered something and started barking across the forest. After Kangenichi and Fushiguro Mei passed by, they realized that they had reached the edge of another place. Looking down, they saw a steep cliff. .

But at this moment, when Shenyuan looked down, under the clear sky, he saw that the place below seemed to be covered with a layer of gray-black gauze.

"found it?"

Fushiguro Megumi looked at Kamogenichi and asked, who nodded: "The aura is well hidden, and I didn't expect it to be here."

Looking back at the "holy land" of suicide, some people must have jumped from here. Shenyuan Yi then set up a tent. Although there were not many people nearby, the necessary measures should not be forgotten.

"Let's go."

As soon as Shenyuan reached the edge, he jumped down without hesitation. Fushiguro Megumi's eyelids twitched, and then he crossed his hands to make a wing-like shape, and the shadow behind him surged.

"Ne."

A very large strange bird flew out from behind him. This was a shikigami he had recently tamed. His ten shadow spells corresponded to ten different shikigami. Except for the initial jade dog, which did not need to be tamed, All subsequent shikigami need to be tamed by him before they can be used.

In addition to fighting, this strange bird also has a function of flying. Under the control of Megumi Fushiguro, Nue hooked him with his claws, and then flew down the cliff.

As soon as he got off the ground, he saw Kamogenichi who had fallen to the ground. After taking the Nue back, Fushiguro Megumi also looked at the black mist floating halfway up the waist in front of him, and asked: "What is this? It seems to have the aura of a curse. , does the curse spirit look like this?"

Shenyuan Yi touched his chin. The black mist in front of him did have the aura of a curse. Especially now that he was closer, he could sense it more clearly. If he didn't look at its external appearance, Shenyuan Yi would think it was a curse. Spirit, but the shape of this mist now
"It's better to test it directly."

Shenyuan raised his hand and fired out a limited spell. The flying spell stirred up the black mist, and then seemed to alert some existence.

The diffuse black mist suddenly shrank and then converged toward the middle point. Within a few breaths, it condensed into a thick shape. A huge black snake emerged from it, and the scales on its body were lifelike.

There are no pupils on the snake's head, and I don't know what it relies on to provide vision, but I can understand what the curse spirit said. These things are not even living things.

This black snake seemed to be disturbed by the two people. As soon as it appeared, you could feel its unhappy mood. Anyone could see from its hunched body that it was preparing to attack.

Shenyuan spread his hands, turned around and said to Fushiguro Megumi: "I'll leave it to you first, okay?"

Fushiguro Megumi pulled out the Onikiri, and two jade dogs surrounded him on the left and right. The terrain in the dense forest was not good, so he did not summon Nue.

This cursed spirit is probably at the level of Level [-]. The source of the power is probably one-shot, so let's leave it to Fushiguro Megumi. It's always good to have more practical experience.

What he is thinking about now is the origin of this cursed spirit. It stands to reason that it is somewhat reluctant or even impossible for the number of people who committed suicide to give birth to such a cursed spirit.

Moreover, this curse spirit doesn't seem to be very aggressive at the moment. If Shen Yuan hadn't taken action first, the former might have just stayed there motionless.

And its ability to hide its aura is also good. It would have been difficult to find it unless I saw the abnormality in broad daylight. No wonder I didn't find any traces in the forest last night. It was dark at night when the lighting was not good. Fog is equivalent to natural protection.

(End of this chapter)