inside the room.
Warm light fills the bedroom.
Saburo was running around in the narrow corridor, looking for the charcoal that Kamado always kept at home.
But due to long-term fatigue, Saburo was exhausted, and his feet suddenly weakened.
flutter!
On the side, Tomioka Giyuu, with quick eyesight and quick hands, stretched out his hand to help Saburo who was about to fall to the ground.
After helping Saburo sit down, he took his place and walked to the corridor, looking for the remaining charcoal blocks.
Saburo stared blankly at Tomioka Giyu, who said nothing but was busy in the room, carrying water and looking for things.
——This child.
——He turns out to be a good boy!
beside.
"ah……"
Tanjiro opened his eyes. He looked at the ceiling of his home, his head feeling a little dizzy.
"It's not good. I'm lying in the snow and I already have a fever." Goto felt the temperature of Tanjiro's forehead with his hand and frowned slightly:
"But if it's just a fever, that's great."
"It's better than losing your life."
"Cough...cough!" Tanjiro coughed slightly. His head felt dizzy, but he still turned his head, looked at Goto, and asked weakly:
"Father...Father, are you okay?" He stretched out his hand, unconsciously, trying to grab Goto.
Snapped.
Goto held Tanjiro's hand, nodded to him, and affirmed firmly:
"Your father was just overtired and weak. He fell asleep. He will be fine soon."
"Even the situation is more optimistic than yours."
Tanjiro heard this, turned his head, breathed heavily, and spoke hard and hoarsely:
"…Thanks."
He was silent for a while, then looked at Tomioka Giyu who was standing aside and was about to leave, and called out to him:
"Just now...I heard..."
Tanjiro looked at Tomioka Giyu's stopped figure, took a few deep breaths, and then said:
"What... ghost... are you talking about?"
"Was our home...attacked by a ghost?"
"My... mother, sister, brother, they..."
Tomioka Giyuu stopped at the door of the bedroom.
After seeing the situation of Tanjuro and Tanjiro, he understood that there was no way to find traces of ghosts from here in a short time.
He has other tasks and cannot waste time like this.
After hearing Tanjiro's hoarse voice, Tomioka Giyu turned around and looked at him with calm eyes:
"Um."
He nodded, then turned his gaze to Goto, and after signaling for the other party to explain, he turned around and left.
Outside the door, there were faint words with strange tones.
"Gah! Karma!"
"The swordsman of the Demon Slayer Corps! Tomioka Giyu!"
"Send the order! Send the order!"
"Hurry to the snowy mountains in the north!"
…
inside the house.
Goto stared at the direction Tomioka Giyu left, feeling unable to calm down for a long time.
This water column has a very strange temperament, but after getting along for a long time, Goto also discovered some clues.
Tomioka Giyuu is just not very good at talking.
In fact, he is still a quite gentle person at heart.
Looking back, Goto smiled helplessly at Tanjiro:
"Sorry, Mr. Tomioka is that kind of person. In fact, he is not bad at all."
"...Please don't be prejudiced against him, in that case..."
Goto said, suddenly remembering the awkward relationship between Tomioka Giyu and other pillars, and touched the back of his head:
"...He's just so pathetic."
Tanjiro panted. He glanced at the direction Tomioka Giyuu left, his nose twitching slightly. His sense of smell was somewhat desensitized due to fever.
But even so, Tanjiro could smell the suffocating sadness emanating from Tomioka Giyuu.
——Ah...so sad.
Goto was sighing. When he lowered his head, he saw the clear tears gradually flowing from the corners of Tanjiro's eyes, and he immediately started to rush:
"Wait! Why are you crying all of a sudden?!"
…
After a while.
Goto was sitting next to Tanjiro, telling him about "ghosts" and the "Demon Slayers".
He held up a finger and told this story he had told countless times:
"The so-called 'ghost' is a kind of man-eating monster. They have amazing strength and vitality. Even if their hands and feet are broken, or their stomachs are holed, they can regenerate..."
…
…
"very scary!"
Takeo frowned, listening attentively to the ghost story Takashi told recently, and he clasped Nomagi's arm:
"Then, ghosts never die!"
"My hands and feet can grow back!"
"That's not the case." Nedaki Sakonji said with a heavy voice, "If you are exposed to the sun or beheaded by the Nichirin Sword, the ghost will die."
"The Demon Slayer Squad uses these methods to fight and kill ghosts."
inside the room.
Takeo, Shigeru, Hanako, Yadouzi, Rokuta, and Aoieda were surrounding Rintaki Sakonji, listening to him talk about ghosts.
"Aren't you afraid?"
Kamado Shigeru had been silent on the side. He suddenly spoke up and immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the room.
Shigeru hesitated for a moment. He clasped his hands together in fear, looked up at Nintaki Sakonji, and continued:
"People from the Demon Slayer Corps...aren't they afraid of facing such a terrifying monster?"
"I... just listening to it makes me feel so scared."
Ningtaki Sakonji lowered his head and looked at Shigeru's cautious appearance. He reached out his hand and gently stroked Shigeru's head:
"Fear."
He said firmly.
"Eh?" Suddenly, almost all the children were stunned. They didn't expect that Nintaki Sakonji would give this answer.
"Everyone will feel scared when they meet a ghost," Sakonji Ninataki said immediately:
"But even if you are afraid, you have to fight."
"Why?" Hanako asked this aloud. She was hugging Midouzi and shivering.
"Everyone has different reasons and beliefs for fighting."
"But most of them do it because they have experienced the grief of losing someone they cherish."
When Rentaki Sa said this for the last time, his tone was calm:
"The beautiful things that you cherish as your most treasures can easily be destroyed by ghost attacks."
"I don't want others to have the same experience as me, and I want to protect the weak but only beautiful things."
"The content of this emotion will far exceed the fear of ghosts in my heart."
…
…
"Then...my father, is he also a swordsman of the Demon Slayer Corps?"
Tanjiro tried hard to raise his head and look at Tanjuro who was unconscious next to him.
But Goto shook his head decisively and pushed him back onto the bed:
"I don't know, but I don't have any impression of your father."
"However, your father must be an expert with keen perception, and he must know some people in the Demon Slayer Corps."
"Being able to survive in front of ghosts with such a weak body, and protect you." Goto looked back at Kamado Tanjuro, smacked his lips, and said:
"Awesome guy."
"Is this so..." Tanjiro lay back.
…
…
"That's right." Nintaki Sakonji nodded to Kamado Aoi, confirming Kamado Aoi's thoughts:
"That's all, your husband didn't have time to explain."
"The location of your home was last night."
"Attacked by a ghost."
