Sat at his perch, Suguru was quietly combing his hand through your hair. There was no more non-sorcerers coming in for the day, at least for now. Suguru could relax finally. He often spent his downtime with you, it was tiring playing Buddhist priest.

“You ever think we can fully get rid of them? The monkeys.” Suguru asked, he looked at you. It was curious, how he let himself be more relaxed with you than with anyone else in the family — as they all called it. Perhaps you understood his reasons more than the others.

Suguru watched as you were thinking, and he chuckled at your face. It was a pointless question. Suguru wasn’t the most confident that he could get rid of every last monkey in Japan. However, there was a boy with a special grade curse. And that; he needed that curse. But, Suguru for now was still forming his plan.

“You know.. even I did win against that boy, what would I do then..?”