章節 9: World: Demon Slayer ~ Arrangements

So at this time, I was sitting, cross legged, in a room with a table in the middle, with cups of tea for the two of us.

The Hashira naturally did not leave their leader Defenceless, and stood near the wall behind the man.

As we quietly drank the tea water, the man puts down his cup and sighed.

"Very well, back to the topic on hand…from what my intelligence network have gathered, you a force that strikes bargains to humans in exchange for something, be it their supposed lifespan, their physical traits, or even simple monetary wealth, …is that the extent of your capabilities?".

Finishing the rest of the drink, I set it down, I wasn't much of a tea drinker, but it was fine enough to pass the time, "that entirely depends Ubuyashiki, on what you have, and what I have to offer,".

He raises an eyebrow, I simply chuckled, "I am not all powerful, I cannot grant omnipotence, any information there ever was, nor can I grant you the power to destroy the world, why?, because I simply don't offer what I don't have, initially when I started my trade in life I had to give what I had to the party in exchange, such my own sight in exchange for lifespan, eventually, I managed to stock up on some contracts I have made where I don't have to offer my own vision,".

The lord blinked, "these…contracts, just carry sight within them?"

"Oh yes, and much more, anything that was offered can be stored in the contract, be it wealth, a sense, maybe a house of two, and even something as immaterial as lifespan, you can trade anything…as long as it is truly yours," I gave him a small smile.

He is looking at me a curious thought, "are you some sort of spirit? A yokai of some sort, perhaps a Kami, I don't believe you to be a demon".

I chuckled, "I'll let you decide on that, call me whatever you want,".

The man stayed quiet for a bit before he questioned, "I have heard you curing the ill, might you be able to do the same with mine? Potentially even within my own bloodline,".

Raising an eyebrow, I raised a hand and leaned it towards him, hesitating not even for a moment he gently placed it down.

Closing my eyes, I felt out to what he owned….and clicked my tongue as I withdrew with a sigh.

The lord closed his eyes, "so you can't,". I shook my head, "that's not the issue, in fact I can"

He blinked in surprised, "then what's the issue? If you can take it," the Hashira also looked more sharply at me after hearing my answer.

I laid my head on my hand that was resting in the table as I moved my other hand in gestures as I explained, "well technically, I can take away the illness…it just wouldn't solve anything, how long did the sickness start acting up?"

Staying quiet for a moment, he answered, "three years, before then it was nonexistent".

"Well I would buy you three years back…buts that's about it, so unless you want to make an appointment where I come back every few decades to take it away to have it start over, you will need a different solution,".

He looked at me blankly

I continued, "the problem isn't the fact I can't take it away, I can, it's just the cause of the disease will simply keep making it come back, who ever created this cursed illness, be it god, spirit, or demon, must've hated your family, because it's bound by blood, and is directly tied to you little fiend of a distant relative,".

He narrows his eyes as he looked down at his tea cup, "I see, I own the disease since it is in me, but because of Kibutsuji who is tied to it, it will simply spread right back to me,".

"Exactly"

He sighed, and I could tell the Hashira tightened grip, but could tell the frustration isn't directed at me.

"Very well," he started, he put on a calm smile as he faced me once more, "then I will put request the information that you might have,".

I tilted my head, "nothing else you may want?"

He shook his head, smile still in place, "while it being gone would've gone would be incredibly convinient, it was mostly for my discendents, other than that, I have nothing that I would otherwise want".

I nodded in understanding, "very well, the information I offer as I've said, is pretty valuable, considering the accuracy, and in exchange I want your breathing techniques,"

I moved a hand in a stop gesture before they began to protest, "I am utterly aware just how important your breathing styles are to your organization, how it helped even the odd since centuries past…which is why I already have a solution to it,".

The lord of the mansion have his eyes narrowed in wariness, "very well, what is it,".

I lifted a finger with a big smirk, "I don't have to collect it immediately,".

The man blinked and tilted his head, "I can comfortablely say, that if you make a deal with me, it will follow through no matter what, unless I forgive it, you will have to follow through, but I don't have to collect it immediately? So here's the deal,".

"In exchange for your breathing techniques, I will exchange high end information of the Upper Six and Muzan, and the condition is that I will only take the breathing techniques only after you have either died, or have been rendered unfit to fight any longer, aka retired,".

I gauged their reactions, the Hashira were angry inticially when I proposed, but after hearing me out, I had a thoughtful look on them, the lord looked wary and uncomfortable with at the thought, but he did look like he was considering it.

I'm pretty sure I have won them over, this deal only had benefits and the downsides only came after they were rendered unfit for battle.

The meeting went on pretty well.