Finally, Asagi did not let down Rozen's trust.
Although it cost Rozen his pocket money for the month, in just five minutes, she transferred all the information she had investigated about the Magus Craft to Rozen's phone, allowing Rozen to learn a lot of things.
After silently reading the information on his phone, Rozen put away his phone, said nothing, did nothing, and continued with his daily life.
Time passed quickly in such tranquility.
Before long, it was time for lunch break.
Some students went to the student cafeteria to eat, some brought their own lunch and found their favorite spot on campus to enjoy their lunch break leisurely.
Rozen was no exception. Previously, he would either go to the cafeteria with his friends, including Kojou, Asagi, and Motoki, or bring his own lunch and eat with Nagisa and Avrora in the courtyard. Sometimes, under the enthusiasm of the girls around him, he would reluctantly join them for a meal. Life was quite comfortable.
However, since Himeragi Yukina transferred to the school, Rozen had to accompany her and find a place to eat alone together.
"It's because of the mission," Yukina would always say, leaving Rozen feeling helpless.
Although having a cute girl accompany him for meals, Rozen wouldn't resist no matter what. But to avoid unnecessary attention, Rozen and Yukina couldn't openly have lunch together, so they always had to sneakily find a place to eat together, which was a bit exhausting.
"Why don't I introduce you to my friends?" Rozen had suggested this before.
Introducing Yukina to everyone would solve the problem. But apart from Yukina, everyone else was a high school student, which made Yukina hesitate.
So, the matter was put on hold.
With no other choice, Rozen had to continue accompanying Yukina. During lunch break, they always ate together in the rooftop garden.
Due to the intense sunlight on Itogami Island at noon, no one would come here, making it the best place to avoid attention.
However, Rozen also didn't like the intense sunlight and would rather not come here for lunch if he could help it.
"I'll have to use magic to solve this," Rozen thought of this as a temporary solution.
Fortunately, the use of the Crimson Wing Formation was no longer as restricted as before, and Rozen didn't need to save magic power too much. For the sake of convenience, he could afford to use a bit more, and no one would object, right?
So, after rejecting the enthusiastic invitations of the girls along the way, Rozen came to the rooftop garden alone.
There was no one here.
"Has Himeragi not arrived yet?" Rozen murmured as he walked towards the bench, preparing to sit down.
During this time, Rozen also used some small magic to lower the temperature around him and block the intense sunlight.
But when Rozen was about to sit down on the bench...
"Hmm?"
Rozen suddenly stopped in his tracks, standing in front of the bench, staring fixedly at it without saying a word.
Then...
"A curse?"
Rozen declared flatly.
Yes.
A curse.
The bench in front of him had indeed been cursed.
Moreover, once someone sat on it, the curse would immediately transfer to them.
Rozen easily saw through it and made this declaration.
In that moment...
"Boom——!"
The bench in front of him suddenly exploded, shattering into countless fragments that spread out like bullets in all directions.
In the instant the curse was exposed, the spellcaster immediately changed the composition of the spell, causing the curse to turn into another jujutsu, which took effect.
The curse that exploded the bench caused bullet-like shards to shoot towards Rozen.
"Boom boom boom boom boom...!"
The fragments of the exploded bench vibrated and stopped in mid-air, suspended there, forming foreign objects.
What kind of foreign objects?
"Lions?"
That's right.
The fragments turned into wooden lions, falling to the ground and forming a lion group, emitting low growls towards Rozen, their eyes full of hostility.
"Shikigami?"
Rozen immediately saw through the nature of the lion group.
The caster had once again changed the composition of the spell, letting the fragments replace the talismans, turning into wooden lions, summoning spirits, and placing the lion group around Rozen.
"Roar!"
"Roar!"
Wooden lions roared from all directions, engulfing Rozen's figure.
However...
"—————"
With a simple and swift incantation, flames ignited around Rozen, swirling like fiery serpents, incinerating the lion group lunging towards him.
It was the Fudou Myouou's Minor Incantation.
The flames spiraled like two fiery dragons, burning down the lion group attacking Rozen into ashes, vanishing without a trace.
Moreover...
"Over there?"
Rozen turned his head towards the rooftop of a building.
...
"Ah!"
With a short scream, a tall, slender girl holding a music box on the rooftop of a building let out a mournful cry with closed eyes.
The girl had her eyes closed and her hands formed mudras, concentrating her energy.
However, just moments ago, a surge of flames suddenly erupted from her hands forming the mudras, causing the girl to involuntarily cry out and step back.
The phenomenon was clear to the girl.
"He traced my jutsuryoku and rebounded the jujutsu...!?"
Indeed.
The series of attacks released by the girl, concealed jutsuryoku, was ultimately seized by Rozen, tracing the traces of jutsuryoku and rebounding the jujutsu.
This would be impossible without superior jujutsu skills surpassing the caster.
It was for this reason that the girl was shaken.
"How is this possible...!?"
The girl trembled.
"How is it not possible?"
A mocking voice came from behind the girl, freezing her in place.