I'm Serious

"Has it finally appeared?"

When that ferocious, horrifying figure lunged at him like the most vicious and ugliest monster in the world, bringing with it an overwhelming presence that made it hard to breathe and terrifying pressure, Riezel was not surprised.

Or rather, anyone who knew anything about Special Grade Jujutsu Sorcerer Okkotsu Yuta would know that this horrifying being before him was the most extraordinary thing about Yuta.

It was a being shaped like a snake woman, yet far more terrifying than one.

Its body was black and white, its upper half white and its lower half black.

The white upper body was humanoid, yet so emaciated that every rib could be seen. Its clawed hands were long and sharp, like the most vicious weapons in existence. Its head was completely monstrous, with no eyes, ears, or nose—only a gruesome maw full of sharp teeth. Along with the tube-like appendages trailing behind it like hair, it was enough to make anyone's skin crawl.

Its black lower body was shaped like a serpent's tail, pitch-black as ink and seemingly capable of extending infinitely. Even as the monster's upper body savagely attacked Riezel, the tip of its tail remained connected behind Okkotsu Yuta, as though it had rooted itself there and refused to leave its master.

Without a doubt, this was a Cursed Spirit.

That was right—not a shikigami, but a Cursed Spirit.

Moreover, both in appearance and power, it was a savage Cursed Spirit far beyond the four Special Grade Cursed Spirits Riezel had faced before.

Yet this horrifying, vicious Cursed Spirit possessed an incredibly cute name—"Rika."

Special Grade Vengeful Cursed Spirit—"Rika."

That was the true identity of the savage Cursed Spirit before him.

She had once been human, Yuta's childhood friend who had grown up with him and even