"Even if I 't bee stronger, I will never resort to something like that!"

  Ryuji wasn't surprised by Maki's rea.

  If she had promised so easily, she wouldn't be Zenin Maki.

  "Is there really no other way?"

  Maki's voice was quiet, and her usual fidence seemed to falter for a moment.

  The thought of being stu her current state, powerless to ge her fate, made her feel hollow. Her gaze dropped, her expression absent.

  "That's irely true."

  "...?"

  Maki's head shot up, her eyes wide with disbelief.

  "Among the many teiques out there, one solve your problem: the Idle Transfiguration."

  "Idle Transfiguration?"

  It was a term Maki had never heard before. She frowned, her curiosity piqued.

  "Idle Transfiguration," Ryuji expined, "is a teique that alters the body by modifying the soul. By using it, the e between twins be severed, effectively lifting the twin's curse."

  Maki's eyes gleamed with hope. "Does anyone know this teique?"

  Her voice carried a sense ency, her determination shining through.

  Ryuji didn't immediately respond. Instead, he simply smiled and looked at her, his expression unreadable.

  "Wait..." Maki's voice wavered. "You…?"

  Her disbelief was evident as the realization dawned on her.

  "What's so surprising about that?" Ryuji shrugged casually. "It's no big deal."

  Idle Transfiguration was inally a teique from Mahito, a cursed spirit born of humanity's fear.

  With so many people already believing that Ryuji could replicate others' abilities, he saw no reason to deny it.

  "That's amazing!"

  Maki's face lit up with excitement, her earlier gloom vanishing instantly.

  Her gaze turned expet as she tentatively looked at Ryuji. "Could you… could you help me?"

  Despite her strong personality, Maki seemed uncharacteristically cautious in that moment, as though afraid of beied.

  Ryuji chuckled at her hesitation. He reached out aly tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

  "You're mine now. If I don't help you, who else would I help?"

  "Hehe…"

  Ryuji's words brought a bright smile to Maki's face. She felt a warmth she hadn't experienced in a long time, a happihat came from knowing someone was truly on her side.

  "Are you ready?"

  As Ryuji spoke, his hands began to emit the unique energy of Idle Transfiguration.

  "Yes!"

  Without a hint of hesitation, Maki nodded firmly, taking a deep breath to steady herself.

  Pg a haly on her forehead, Ryuji activated the teique.

  In that instant, Maki's soul maed before him. To lift the twin's curse, Ryuji only o adjust the state of her soul.

  With the experience he'd gained from using this teique in the past, he made quick work of the process.

  "All done."

  When Ryuji pulled his hand baot even half a minute had passed.

  "That's it?"

  Maki blinked, still processing what had just happened.

  She wasn't doubting him, but the sheer speed of it all left her bewildered. It had happened so fast, she barely felt anything.

  "Wait… something feels different."

  Her brows furrowed as she noticed a subtle but signifit ge within herself.

  Ryuji smirked and expined, "With the twin's curse lifted, the small amount of cursed energy you had is pletely gone now."

  Her eyes widened in shock.

  Maki had alossessed a trace amount of cursed energy, so little that it ractically negligible.

  But now, she had none.

  "You've probably heard of Fushiguro Toji, haven't you?"

  "Yes… I've heard some things about him."

  Fushiguro Toji, formerly Zenin Toji, was an infamous figure in the Zenin family. Born without any cursed energy, he had been branded as an outcast.

  But Toji's ck of cursed energy became his greatest strength. In exge for it, he had gained unparalleled physical prowess, so much so that evero sorcerers had feared him.

  "Toji is what's known as a Heavenly Restri User," Ryuji tinued. "He didn't have cursed energy, but iurn, his physical abilities reached araordinary level. And now, you've undergohe same transformation. You're essentially the sed geion of the Heavenly Restri User."

  "The sed geion of the Heavenly Restri User …"

  Maki ched her fists as the realization sank in.

  She could feel it, her strength had grown expoially. The effects of the transformation were immediate and overwhelming.

  For a brief moment, she felt invincible.

  Of course, this was just an illusiht on by the sudden surge in power. Once her mind caught up, the sensation began to fade, leaving her with a sense of calm trol.

  "Do you want to test your rength?" Ryuji asked, amused by the determined expression on her face.

  "..."

  Maki didn't answer right away. She raised her head a his gaze with a challenging glint in her eyes.

  "I feel like I could do it all ain."

  Ryuji blihen ughed, realizily what she meant.

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