Curse Returns: What did the human-shaped wishing machine do wrong this time?

As for waging war against all sorcerers, Rime had long anticipated that such a day would come. In his view, no one in this era combined could be a match for Lord Sukuna, and he had always firmly believed this.

only……

He glanced at the boy kneeling at the dining table, whose every move seemed to adhere to the dining etiquette of the nobility.

Rime sighed silently.

"Xiaomei, are you worried about your brother?"

Alluka put down her spoon, her beautiful grey-blue eyes sparkling with tiny, shimmering lights.

Before him was a vegetable porridge that Rime had specially cooked. After all, having been exposed to rotten cooked food, even Rime herself felt a bit nauseous at the sight of meat.

No, not at all.

Noticing that Sukuna's hand holding chopsticks paused for a moment, Rimei's body stiffened, and a cold sweat trickled down her forehead without her realizing it.

He just thought that Alluka might get hurt in that chaotic battle, so how could he possibly worry about the invincible Lord Sukuna?

Alluka's body is inhabited by a very large cursed spirit. His body is soft and muscleless, and he was born without the cursed power of a sorcerer.

After several failed attempts to improve Alluka's physique, Rime felt that it might be a unique kind of constraint.

Binding is a kind of oath that is applied to a sorcerer in exchange for something. It can be innate or self-imposed. Some people use all their magical power to obtain extraordinary physical abilities, while others use their healthy bodies to obtain a huge amount of magical power.

Rime didn't know what kind of bondage Alluka and Nanika had used to achieve their symbiotic relationship, but the child had clearly exchanged all his magical power for the ability to make wishes, for which he also lost his qualification to become a sorcerer.

During her conversation with Alluka, Rime learned that the child had been well protected over the years and had not encountered any life-threatening dangers.

So far, the two times he had seen Nanika have both been when she fulfilled someone else's wish, and she had never shown any fighting ability.

Rime didn't know if Nanika would come to his protection if Alluka really encountered danger. It would be bad if neither of them had the ability to fight.

"You two shouldn't have come along; you're just useless cowards who will only hold us back."

Ryomen Sukuna twirled the wine glass in his hand, slowly glancing at the two vegetarians, his voice filled with undisguised sarcasm.

"Okay, brother, I'll stay home."

Despite having just been scolded by Sukuna, Alluka wore a completely untroubled smile, as if nothing had happened.

"At least they have some self-awareness."

Ryomen Sukuna threw down the wine cup in his hand, glanced at him with disdain, said nothing more, and turned to leave.

How dare you speak like that?

After Sukuna left, Rime steadied his wine glass, his whole demeanor exuding disbelief. He felt as if Lord Sukuna had been rendered speechless by Alluka.

"But Xiaomei told me to stay away from my brother's territory."

Alluka tilted her head, somewhat confused.

In the past two days, Rimei has urgently taught him the knowledge that sorcerers need to learn, and domains are one of them. Rimei used Lord Sukuna's domain as an example, telling him to run far away when he saw it, so that he could die more slowly.

Alluka didn't quite understand the difference between "8" and "release," but he knew that it was an indiscriminate attack method, and if he stood there, he would be instantly cut into small pieces.

"You... never mind."

Rimei rubbed her forehead, unsure of what to say.

He wasn't surprised that Alluka was kicked out of the game. What was more unfortunate was that even Sukuna-sama now disliked him, and would include him in his insults whenever he cursed someone.

Rime was really annoyed; he had never been scolded like this before Alluka came.

On the day of the final battle, Rime was unsurprisingly left at home by Lord Sukuna.

Alluka was lying on the table, writing and drawing.

When he was at the shrine, his masters taught him to read, but his handwriting was crooked and difficult to decipher except for himself.

It had started raining outside sometime earlier, and the raindrops fell along the edges of the brackets and eaves. Under the pile of dark clouds, it looked pitch black outside, with only the candlelight inside casting long shadows.

There were two protective barriers set up by the monk Sukuna in the room, so there was nothing to worry about.

Rimei leaned against the couch, feeling drowsy, as he thought about what to make for Lord Su Nuo later.

Black veins appeared on the barrier.

With a crisp cracking sound, the transparent barrier shattered inch by inch, and the fragments peeled off downwards in a disordered, spiderweb-like pattern.

It splashed onto the newcomer's snow-white clothes. Rime shielded Alluka behind her and looked up to see a pair of very familiar ice-blue eyes.

Even if this person were reduced to ashes, he would still recognize him.

"Hey, you're not dead."

Sugawara Satoru shook the folding fan in his hand and made a sound that was difficult to understand.

"Long time no see, kid~"

He waved and gave Alluka, who was peeking out from behind Rime, a big smile.

Rimei frowned but didn't say anything more.

"Ice Freezing Spell - Frozen Star".

A massive ice cone plummeted from the clouds, piercing through the roof beams and hurtling towards Sugawara Satoru. Under its immense pressure, the entire building collapsed with a deafening roar, the ground trembled, and tiles and rubble were flung away.

"Seriously? Why are you resorting to violence?"

Sugawara Satoru did not dodge; he didn't even move. The ice spike landed a few centimeters above his head and then hovered there, unable to go any further.

"I just want to take this child back, there's no need for such hostility, is there?"

He pointed at Alluka, his azure eyes filled with a smile, as if he had truly only come to take away a familiar child.

"Stop acting. Only a fool would believe you if you barged in at a time like this."

Rime gave him a look of disgust, and mocked him in a sharp and sarcastic tone.

He had considered the possibility that some reckless sorcerer might launch a sneak attack, but he never expected that the person would be the same enemy who had abandoned him on Dongshan Road years ago.

Rime glared at them with eyes blazing with fury. Among these nobles, he hated the Sugawara family the most. Over the years, he had killed many of the Sugawara family's remaining followers, but this so-called young master had been elusive and had not been found. It was truly an effortless stroke of luck.

"Oh dear, he's been exposed so quickly? Well, there's nothing we can do about it. The higher-ups only ordered us to take him back."

Sugawara Satoru glanced at Alluka indifferently, his tone as if he were very familiar with them, but the coldness in his eyes made Rime see a hint of murderous intent.

This person has ulterior motives.

Rime was absolutely certain of this.