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Chương 123: Time skip (1)

[Seiji's POV]

It was the end of the most eventful Summer in my life. I killed two Upper Moons this season, reinvented and mastered Sun Breathing, found the Kamado family, affirmed my relationship with Kanae and Mitsuri, formed an alliance with Lady Tamayo etc.

That was only some of the things that happened this summer. It was funny how so many events could build up and happen in the span of one short season.

But as the heat of Summer resided and a calm autumn breeze blew, I was hopeful that my life would slow down for a short while.

I just wanted a few months of peace until my eventual return to the Kamado family where I would be waiting for Muzan Kibutsujoi to show his face.

I was certain that I wouldn't be able to end everything at that time but I was hopeful. Not only that, saving the Kamado family was of great importance to me.

Fortunately, the great Buddha or whatever God was up there seemed to listen to my prayers. The next two months rolled out in peace and serenity.

My days consisted of training my two new pupils, Muichiro and Kanao, while I also trained myself. Although I could no longer improve much, a blade needs constant polishing to remain sharp.

Mitsuri would join us when she was off mission. On other days she was usually busy taking missions like a madman, determined to climb the rank as quickly as she could and finally stand on my level. I did my best to support her.

On the other hand, Kanae had fully healed from her injury. She would spend most days wandering around the Mansion, helping the patients in any way she could. Her favourite pastime though was to sit on the veranda overlooking the training ground and listen to our training, the small gasp of exhaustion and the frequent clashing of steel seemed to bring her peace.

Mitsuri and Kanae were also getting along exceptionally well. So well in fact that I was left speechless whenever I saw them behaving like sisters.

The expected drama of me loving both of them also never occurred. The two girls seemed to have come to a secret agreement somehow.

Then again, maybe it's not so surprising. Mitsuri was the type of girl to be extremely vulnerable to the one she loved. You know, she is the type to keep staying with her abusive husband even if she knew full well she should leave. She'd remain just because she loved him and hoped he would change someday.

If I were to cheat on her constantly she would voice her complaints and even rebel but she would never leave me. Which is why I felt scummier for doing this to her. She is so precious, she should be protected forever.

Then there was Kanae who was exposed to things like harem from her comrade Tenegn and was a very traditional girl who thought it was not forbidden for strong men to have more than one wife.

And finally, both of them were kind-hearted girls with barely anything but goodness in their hearts. Them finding a peaceful way to settle the drama was a forgone conclusion.

Although, I liked to pretend that my sheer aura made them get along and okay with the idea of me having two lovers haha.

One noteworthy event that happened during the span of these two months was the Hashira meeting.

"Everyone, we have a new Hashira," Ubuyashiki himself had announced with a bright smile that was too happy to get another monster on his side.

"Muichiro Tokito, the Mist Pillar," we all looked at the young boy not a day older than 10 reaching the same rank as us.

"He became eligible to be a Hashira by slaying two Lower Moons. He is also a pupil of the Sun Pillar Seiji Shigan and he broke the record set by his master by becoming a Hashira only after one and half months of becoming a Demon Slayer," Ubuyashiki said.

"Great, the genius made a genius. They are multiplying," Sanemi grumbled under his breath.

"This is a good outcome for us, I don't understand why you are upset," Giyu said beside him.

"I'm not upset, you are the one brooding all this time!!" Sanemi replied.

Giyu immediately became depressed again, his head hanging down low, "It's because another one has strayed from the path of Water Breathing and derived a new Breathing from it. Even my Tsuguko kept leaving to create new styles,"

"Hah! Good thing I don't take any students! I wouldn't wanna deal with those kinds of things," Sanemi said and laughed. In truth, he couldn't take students even if he wanted to. His personality chased away all candidates after one meeting.

"Speaking of.." Sanemi said and turned his head to me, "Oi scarface!! Are you sure he is good enough to be a Hashira!!"

I felt a tickmark on my forehead, how shameless must you be to tease someone for their scar when you yourself were filled with scars?

 "I am certain he can whoop your ass even now sweet tooth," I said back.

Sanemi too grew a tickmark, "Are you trying to make me fight a child? No way I will lower myself to that standard no matter how you taunt me,"

Thirteen was when you normally consider someone an adult and even eligible for marriage. So even by traditional Japanese standards, Muichiro was but a child.

The Hashira meeting was quite chaotic but otherwise, the mood was good. We not only got a new Hashira but the demon activities were also dwindling rapidly.

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(Evening dinner : Flower Mansion}

"The demon goes, 'If you don't put down your sword, I will kill this woman who was nice enough to cook you rice and fish!!'. So I had no choice but to put down my weapon. Then the demon took my sword by the hilt and threw it far away where I couldn't take it anymore," Mitsuri said rather passionately.

All of us, Mitsuri, Kanae, Kanao, Shinobu and me were in the kitchen as we had our dinner. Mitsuri had returned from one of her missions and was eagerly retelling what happened.

There were already plenty of empty bowls beside her. She always ate a lot but she ate even more after missions.

"But luckily, the demon let go of the woman and she ran away immediately. But then I was alone without a weapon to defend myself, surrounded by the demon and his demonic centipede underlings," she said dramatically.

I didn't like it when she was in danger. I could barely endure when she was retelling what happened. Sometimes, I wanted to lock all the people I loved in my basement while I fought the world alone.

"But luckily, the woman was Umaoi (Animal harder) so she left her whip behind on the ground. I quickly picked up the whip and started fighting the demons with it since it was the only weapon I had and the centipede had poison skin so I couldn't touch them."

At this point, everyone was listening to her with rapt attention. She was quite the storyteller, her sheer enthusiasm carried her story. She was adorable.

"But then magic happened. The whip felt natural in my hand! It was like I was not using a weapon at all but was fighting with my own body!! I fought the demons for a long time since I was not able to slay them. But it was enough to keep them away from me while slowly dragging the fight to the place where my sword had fallen," she said and we all gave a low cheer.

"During the long confrontation, I was able to invent three whole new breathing forms relating to the whip!! It was incredible. And after I got my sword back, I was able to finish them off," she finished and we all clapped.

'I see, so that's how she came to learn that she is adept at using a whip,' I thought to myself. I was glad that she followed the canon, if she did not, I was going to introduce the whip to her after she became a Hashira.

"That's remarkable Mitsuri. I encountered something like that once and had to use a sickle to fight against one demon since my sword got broken in the fight," Kanae added and also gave some advice. She had vast experience, even vaster than mine so she was helping Mitsuri as much as she could.

We continued having varying conversations while we had dinner. I couldn't help but look at them fondly while all of this was happening.

It felt nice to be surrounded by people I love. This was the family I found.

It was everything I hoped for when I was in the pits of despair.

I realized at that moment, I did not feel foreign to this world. I knew belonged here, among them. They want me and they need me. And being needed was all the reason a man could need to keep fighting.

That same night, I got busy scribbling on a paper. I was writing a letter and designing a new sword to send to Hatori in the swordsmith village.

It was of course for Mitsuri. I was designing her whip sword and giving vivid details so that it could be made.

Then I sent Raven to deliver my letter.

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{1 week later)

"Here you go," I said, handing a gift to Mitsuri.

The setting sun was barely peeking on the horizon. I had already sent Muichiro and Kanae inside to clean up but I told Mitsuri to remain.

"What is this?" she asked while taking the giant gift. Her face was flushed, showing sensual sensitivity due to the intense training and her hair was sticking on the edge of her face.

"Open it," I said.

She opened the gift to see a sheathed sword inside. It was pink in colour, similar to how her sword was in the canon but the shape was a little different as I added some things of my own.

"A new sword!!" she exclaimed, ecstatic even though she had not realized it was unlike any ordinary sword.

It was telling that she would be this happy and grateful even if I had given her a normal sword.

"Thank you!" she smiled. Her gratitude was overwhelming.

"Try it," I said and she did after a nod.

She pulled the sword out from the sheath slowly and she was shocked when she realized the whip-like shape. It came out curving from the sheath.

"This is...." she looked at me quizzically but I just gave a smile, letting her discover what it was on her own.

I watched with a soft smile as she tried her new sword, getting accustomed to it. I saw that it felt natural in her hand like she was always meant to use that type of sword.

In the end, after she was done trying, she dropped the sword on the ground. Her hand gave up holding her precious gift because she wanted to hold something even more valuable.

She threw herself at me, fully confident in my ability to catch her. She wrapped her arms around my waist as she chanted.

"Thank you thank you thank you!!"

"I'm glad you liked it," I said, holding her tight and kissing her head.

She continued embracing me even when the moment had passed. After a few minutes or so, I couldn't help but notice the heat of her body, the softness and the lovely scent of her sweat.

The passionate moment was gone, leaving my mind to search for other stimulation. And as any man, when my first head was not occupied, the job immediately went to my second head.

Mitsuri on the other hand seemed to have no intention of letting me go so easy. Her arms remained tight and she hugged me in a way that we made the most contact.

Her boobs were also smashing against my body. I could feel their shape if I thought about it, even the little bean that slowly grew harder.

"Mitsuri?" I called as it was getting out of hand.

I looked down and I saw a sly smirk on her lips. She hid her face on my body and pushed her chest even stronger on mine.

'This girl.' I thought helplessly.

It was not only me, she was also leading me on to think what I thought, She was getting quite naughty these days.

If she kept this on, I won't hold back.

I embraced her too. Two could play that game. I for one didn't mind staying like this forever.

"Thank you," it was my turn.

"What for?" she asked after a beat of silence.

"For loving me," I said, "Despite all shortcomings, despite all my flaws,"

The fact that I had another lover and my job put her at risk was only one of the few flaws I had.

She released a sound that was a weird mix of sobbing and a chuckle.

"Silly boy,"

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[IMAGE]

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How about a stone?


Chương 124: Timeskip (2)

[Seiji's POV]

I watched with bathed breath as Kanae stood over Kanao while the little girl was stumped on the ground. I was sweating bullets as Kanae stood there, menacingly with a wooden stick in her hand.

Kanao too was still in fear, I saw that she even halted breathing altogether. I knew then that as her guardian I had to do something.

So I slowly reached for a piece of rock beside me and threw it towards my left, Kanae's head snapped towards the sound immediately and she shifted her attention from Kanao.

Kanae could not see anything, so she used her ears to guide her to the direction of the sound. Luckily, she walked away from Kanao, but the direction she was walking to—the place where I threw the sound—was where Muichiro was standing.

He glared at me when Kanae came his way, and I gave him a thumbs-up with a mischievous smirk.

Kanae carefully made her way towards Muichior. Her steps were steady to ensure she didn't trip over herself. Her ears were always listening for any sound.

Muichiro quickly realized he had to change his position to make sure Kanae didn't catch him, so he carefully moved away from his place. But that proved to be difficult as there was the tiniest crunch with each of his steps.

It was late autumn, many trees had shed their leaves to prepare for the coming winter. As a result, the training ground was filled with dry leaves that had fallen.

The leaves were where I had the idea of playing hide and seek like this in the first place. At first, I thought it would be insensitive of me but turns out, Kanae enjoyed being included in games and activities again instead of just sitting around like a doll.

Kanae changed the direction she was going with each crunch that Muichiuro made. She was slowly getting closer and closer to Muichiro until the boy crouched down and took a deep breath.

"Mist Breathing : Fourth Form," I could see it from the pattern of his breath.

"Shifting Flow," Muichiro turned into a white mist and dashed to the other side of the training ground in an instant.

There was no sound in his movement as if he was as light as a feather. The dry leaves scattered, blown up by the wind of his movement.

I cursed under my breath, unknowingly.

"That's cheating,"

Immediately, Kanae snapped her head in my direction like a killer robot. I realised how fucked I was when she marched towards me, way faster than she approached Muichiro.

Because this time, she was sure it was me and not just any other sound.

I tried my best to move away while being as quiet as possible. But maybe being sneaky was not meant for the deaf. I could not hear if I did a good job or not.

In the end, Kanae reached me and she smashed her wooden stick on my head.

*BONK!!*

"And he loses again, blowing the minds of the audience with his seventh losing streak!" Shinobu said when the game was over.

It was me, Kanae, Muichiro, Kanao, Rengoku and Shinobu who were playing the game. Mitsuri had gone out on a mission, more determined to become a Hashira as quickly as possible when she saw Muichiro surpassing her.

Rengoku was here from the injuries he suffered when fighting the Upper Moon Five, Gyokko.

It was one of the biggest things that happened in the two months that have passed. Rengoku encountered Gyokko in one of his missions and he quickly called upon another Hashira like I told them to.

The fight went on between the Flame Hashira and the Vase demon for some time before Sanemi came as reinforcement and they both ended the demon.

Rengoku was not gravely injured but the poisons inflicted by the demon would take a longer time to flush out of his system.

My thought was cut off when I felt two arms wrapped around me and my face was forced into two soft globes of flesh.

"I'm sorry, does it hurt? I don't mean to target you or anything," Kanae explained herself fearing that I might be upset that this was my seventh consecutive loss.

"You're just so bad at it," she said with a chuckle.

"It's fine," I said. I didn't take the game seriously anyway, I would've utilized my eyes otherwise.

"I'm sure I will lose the next round Seiji, don't worry!!" Rengoku also offered nicely with that giant grin.

He was wearing hospital clothes instead of his Hashira uniform and it was quite odd seeing him without his signature haori.

"Are you having fun?" I asked Kanae. I took ahold of her hands and unwrapped her arm around me.

I gave a chaste kiss on her hand.

"More than you would believe," she said and that was all I needed to prepare myself for my 8th loss.

Maybe I should use my eyes next round since Muichiro cheated by using his breathing style?

It was one of those beautiful mornings. The little things that made life worth living.

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[Demon Slayer Headquarters]

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In the Hashira meeting of Autumn, you could feel a positive energy in the air. Every Hashira couldn't help the small smile on their faces. There were many things to be happy about this month, there was zero casualty in the Demon Slayer Corp, and the activities of demons had plummeted, with every new Lower Moon being killed off like flies.

And there was the fact that we were going to have a newHashira and an Upper Moon was felled the same month.

The war was slowly going in favour of humans. It was everything we slayers could hope for and more.

Even Ubuyashiji seemed to have grown younger. I could see it clearly how he was filled with the unique vitality of a victor.

"We have a new Hashira with us today," Ubuyashiki started. His wife propped him up in a sitting position and he looked at us with his white unseeing eyes.

"We just had a new Hashira in the last Hashira meeting so this is an unbelievable moment. But what is even more surprising is that I have two Hashiras to introduce this morning,"

It felt surreal even for me who knew about the story. From another perspective, it would seem like the qualification for being a Hashira was lowered in favour of quantity,

But I knew it was not. It was just that talents were rising, as if the world was preparing the humans for the impending war, and the surge in demon activities had given opportunity for said talents.

All of the Hashiras had attended the meeting. We stood in a horizontal line facing Ubuyashiki who was sitting on the veranda of the main building. There were the two new recruits standing in front of him.

"Let me introduce our new comrades, the two of them will be joining the ranks to fight alongside you," he said and gestured to the two people standing in front of him.

The two new recruits were facing us, one hid his lower face in bandages but you only really needed half his face to tell that he did not give a fuck about the situation. On the other hand, the girl next to him wore her heart out. You could see the nervousness, the joy and the pride on her face.

"Iguro Obanai, the new Serpent Pillar or Snake Hashira," Ubuyashiki said and the boy stepped forward.

Well, not really a boy since he seemed even older than me but he was quite short. He was even shorter than Mitsuri who stood beside him.

"And..." Ubuyashiki took a pause and turned his head towards me with a knowing smile.

"Mitsuri Kanroji, the tsugoku of Seiji Shigan. The new Love Hashira," he said and Mitsuri stepped forward and bowed to us.

She was nervous for sure but she was already introduced to most of the Hashiras so she was not tense. On the other hand, Obanai had a calm facade but my eyes saw that he was anything but.

It was not anything he could help with either. This was the first time he had been surrounded by this many powerful individuals. Most of us were even stronger than him.

The tension in the air alone was unlike anything he had ever felt before.

His body instinctively felt that and it was tense and ready to explode into fight or flight. He carefully examined each of us with his heterochromatic eyes, his snake hissing softly in his ear.

Looking at it from an outsider's perspective, it was understandable that he was nervous.

The Hashira meeting was and always is, the gathering of the strongest humans. This was a gathering of the pinnacle of humanity, strong enough to hold up the whole world as pillars.

A wall that stood between innocent humans and the evil demons.

Even with our human nature and seemingly innocent interactions, all of us were killers of the highest order.

I only observed Obanai for a few more seconds before my eye shifted again to Mitsuri and they never left. I was content with gazing at her happy smile for the whole meeting.

I was so unbelievably proud. Even more than when Muichiro became a Hashira. It was difficult to feel proud when he did it so easily and effortlessly.

But Mitsuri? I have seen her efforts and the hard work that she put into getting where she is now.

"Tch, what are you looking at?" Sanemi barked sharply when Obanai observed him, maybe a bit too closely.

I made the same mistake with Tengen before. No one liked being observed too closely, especially when it was the type of observation that search for weaknesses or a way to beat them.

We were all seasoned warriors, we could feel it.

Obanai refused to look away and engaged in a staredown with Sanemi.

He never changed, always picking at the newcomers every single time.

"Serpent Breathing? Is that even a real thing?" Sanmei asked. I could see that it was a normal question but his face made it mean. It was like an insult now.

"And how the fuck did that come from Water Breathing?" he side-eyed Giyu.

Hmm, Love Breathing sounded way more ridiculous but I think Sanemi thought himself bigger than harassing women and children. Or maybe Obanai pissed him off from his vibe which was eerily similar to Giyu and me.

"You're funny," Obanai declared instead of answering and he finally looked away to observe the other Hashiras.

That thoroughly pissed off Sanemi but he was held down by Giyu.

Honestly, our new dynamics would be fun.

At one point Obanai's eyes fell on me. He stilled, rather dramatically before he narrowed his eyes and tilted his head.

Anyway, I was really not interested in what he thought of me. But with this, the Hashira was finally complete like the original story.

Everyone was here now. It was all ten of us.

We were ready.

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Author : This is the end of the timeskip.

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