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When Tanjuro walked near Butterfly House, he noticed.
The weather that was still gloomy just now seems to be slowly clearing up, with some sunshine peeking out from the clouds.
The feeling of humidity in the air has also disappeared, as if the rainy season has suddenly turned into a dry summer.
What a strange weather, he thought.
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Butterfly House.
A hurried green figure was running around in the butterfly house.
"Tanjiro, please come here~"
"yes!"
"Tanjiro, it will be troublesome to wait here..."
"yes!"
"Tanjiro..."
"no problem!"
Tanjiro, who was mopping the floor, suddenly raised his head, his eyes flashing, rolled up his sleeves, and agreed happily.
He patted his chest:
"Leave it to me!"
After Tanjiro finished speaking, he continued to eat and mop the floor with great enthusiasm.
aside.
A few hermits stood there, gathered together, and talked quietly:
"Wow - this kid is really capable..."
"He seems to be the type who can't take any time off."
"We are really quite free."
"..."
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the other side.
In the courtyard.
Tomioka Giyu is sitting in the courtyard.
He was expressionless, sitting upright, and his dark blue eyes were as calm as a bottomless pool.
Even though there were a bunch of noisy children surrounding him.
"Brother Yiyong!"
"Is this the Nichirin Sword that Grandpa Lintaki talked about?"
Shigezheng curiously sat next to Tomioka Giyu, his eyes filled with little stars were looking at the saber on his waist, and from time to time he tried to reach out and touch:
“So cool…”
Tomioka Giyu tilted his head slightly. He didn't speak, but just tightly covered his Nichirin Sword.
At the same time, he lowered his eyes and glanced at Kamado Shigeru.
Then he immediately looked back.
——Too young.
Not suitable for joining the Demon Slayer Corps.
Tomioka Giyu thought so.
"Brother Yiyong! Can you teach us swordsmanship?"
"Brother Yiyong!"
Takeo was holding a wooden sword, standing in front of Tomioka Giyu, waving it casually a few times and shouting:
"please!"
It seems that because of previous conversations with Rintaki Sakonji, several children knew the existence of Tomioka Giyu.
And they are very familiar with wanting to have a good relationship with Yiyong - obviously they are completely opposite to their father in this regard.
"Takeo! Shigeru!" Midouzi held Rokuta in her arms. She walked toward a few people from the Butterfly House. She first glanced at Tomioka Giyuu with an apologetic look, and then quickly criticized her brother:
"You're not a kid anymore, don't waste other people's time..."
"Sorry, my brothers are not very sensible..." Yadouzi immediately apologized to Tomioka Giyu.
At this time, Mrs. Six in Midouzi's arms suddenly opened her hands and laughed happily:
"Brother Yiyong...!"
at this time.
"!"
Tomioka Giyu, who was silent at first, raised his head and looked in the general direction of the butterfly house door.
There, a figure was walking towards this side.
Tread, step.
It was Kamado Tanjuro who was walking over.
Tanjuro was slightly startled when he saw the scene in front of him.
——Takeo, Shigeru, Midouzi, and Rokuta were surrounding Giyu Tomioka, chatting happily.
This guy Yiyong is surprisingly popular with children?
Tanjuro thought slightly in his mind.
Before Maoji and others could react.
Tomioka Giyu stood up first and looked directly at Tanjuro.
Then, slowly - the corners of his mouth slightly curved up.
Radian of about two pixels.
For some reason, Tanjuro felt like he understood the emotion Tomioka Giyuu wanted to express.
--look.
-They are talking to me.
Tomioka Giyuu looked at Tanjuro.
-I'm not disliked.
...Probably, that’s what it means.
Tanjuro thought to himself, and also looked back at Tomioka Giyu and nodded.
"Ah! It's father! Father is back!"
At this time, the sharp-eyed Shigeru turned his head and followed Tomioka Giyu's line of sight to look at Tanjuro.
The moment he saw Tanjuro, Shigeru was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly the corners of his eyes turned red.
With the corners of his mouth pursed and the tip of his nose sore, he shouted, immediately leaving Tomioka Giyuu and running towards Tanjuro:
"Father--!!"
Tanjuro was opening his hands and leaning slightly, ready to hug Shigeru, when he noticed the tears reflecting in the sunlight from the corners of Shigeru's eyes.
He was stunned for a moment.
Snapped!
Mao jumped up in front of him, hugged his head like a piece of rice cake, and changed from shouting excitedly to crying:
"Father!! I thought you had gone to heaven, wow wow!"
He shouted and shook his body:
"Ghost! It's so scary, wow, wow, wow!"
Lifting his head, Mao looked up to the sky and cried.
"Okay, okay, I'm fine." Tanjuro helplessly patted Shigeru, who was holding his face, and comforted him:
"Mao, let go, I can't see the road..."
At the same time, under Mao's shouting and making a fuss, the eyes of the others were also attracted.
"Father!" Takeo ran to Tanjuro in small steps and hugged him from the side. He, who was older than Shigeru, did not directly express his emotions.
"…ah!"
Midouzi came over with Liu Tai in her arms. She smiled and blinked her eyes hard to prevent tears from falling out of her eyes:
"It's great that everything's okay..." She stretched out her hand and took one of Tanjuro's hands.
Kui Zhi, who was helping the Butterfly House staff record things, heard Mao's shouting and couldn't help but poke his head out of the side window.
"...Tanjuro?" Aoi Eda looked out of the window.
Her hair was pulled back into a bun, and the scarf on her head had been removed and replaced with an exquisite hairpin.
Although I got the news from Tanjiro that Tanjuro was fine, they haven't seen each other since then.
Kui Zhi always couldn't let go.
Now.
Kui Zhi looked towards the source of the sound.
Tanjuro's figure was reflected in his lavender eyes.
After seeing Tanjuro being hugged by the children like a tree full of koalas, Aoieda couldn't help but laugh softly.
At the same time, a stone hanging in my heart was finally let go.
"...Great." Aoi Eda smiled, holding her face with her hands, leaning against the window and looking at Tanjuro who was stretching out his hands, trying to walk with Shigeru holding his head.
"Mom! Mom!" Hanako, who was staying with Kuizhi, was jumping by the window, trying to stick her head out to see:
"Is father back?" Hanako raised her head and asked Kuizhi in surprise.
"Well, father is back." Kui Zhi lowered her head, she smiled and stretched out her hand, holding Hanako in her arms:
"look."
Hanako was in Aoi Eda's arms, lying with her two little hands by the window. She looked excitedly in the direction of Tanjuro and waved her hands:
"Father--!"
Tanjuro, whose head was tightly held by Shigeru, seemed to suddenly be able to see. He turned around accurately and waved in the direction of Hanako and Aoiede:
A dull voice came from under Mao's body:
"I'm back."
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Inside the butterfly house, another room.
Creak——!
Creak——!
"Huh..." Tanjiro wiped the sweat from his forehead. He straightened up, looked at the wooden floor that had been polished by himself and reflected his figure, and smiled with satisfaction:
"Um!"
