You could certainly be correct. I (hope that I) have never claimed to always be absolutely correct all the time.
My interpretation of what was shown is that his "dispell" has a visual element to it and he was able to see roughly what we could see from "slibird."
Edit (reread your post, clarification): if he is going based on vision alone (shared vision with "Slibird") then from his/their perspective it would have appeared to pass through. Because it remained there, based on vision, it would "appear" that it had "no effect". If it's based on vision, then if, say, 1% (or less) of the curse disappeared from the area the dispell passed through, he could, visually, miss it. Curse or otherwise it was clearly very, highly condensed before it started spreading.
That could, very easily, be purely an assumption on my behalf, but I am going based on what was drawn and said.
Additionally, the fact that is later able to affect it suggests that there was an effect similar to my fire/water metaphor.
Additionally, the fact that he needs one of his tamed creature's eyes to visually see if the "smoke" could pass through his barrier(s) suggests that he's not going by a reaction to the magic. This and that are different things, so, as always, I could easily be wrong.
Another Edit: I feel that I should try and make abundantly clear that I am not trying to make "the case" that you are (completely or otherwise) "clearly wrong." I can't make that case. I don't have the right to make that case. I am, however, explaining how I interpreted what I read/saw.
If, for example, you have read the source material, or any additional material that I have not (and I have not so that wouldn't be hard...) and that material says more than the manga on this, then my interpretation of the events is clearly incorrect.
The only thing I can have any accuracy on is what is quotable from the manga... and with regards to that the only thing you didn't get accurate (I won't even use "correct" here) is the few lines on the page (or page after) it shows the magic passing through the curse. Even these lines are open to interpretation, and I could have misinterpreted it.
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