Demon Slayer: I am a Demon.

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Human physical strength is ultimately limited. Continuous running not only fails to escape the attack, but also brings the attacker ever closer.

at last……

Exhausted, Kaigaku collapsed to the ground with a thud.

"It's over..."

At this moment, Kaigaku's face turned deathly pale.

Lei, who had been chasing after them, stood high in the sky using spider silk, looking down at Kaigaku with a hint of disappointment in his eyes. He had thought he could play a little longer.

"The game... is over."

Exhausted, my five fingers are about to extend, signaling the end of this game.

"Wait a moment……"

Kaigaku called out, panting heavily.

Tired, he tilted his head and looked at Kaigaku with a puzzled expression.

Kaigaku knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the demon: "Spare me, just spare my life, I'll do anything..."

Rui looked at Kaigaku, at this human swordsman who surrendered to the demons and knelt before them. In his past memories, he had never seen such a cowardly swordsman.

Why would you abandon the person you want to protect?

Lei whispered, "Those you protected died soon after you abandoned them!"

"Please, spare my life, even if it means becoming a ghost."

Kaigaku only knew how to kneel down and beg for mercy. As long as he could live, he would even be willing to turn around and kill his former teammates.

As long as you're alive...

He really didn't want to die!

However, what awaited Kaigaku was a spider silk as sharp as a knife, which easily severed Kaigaku's head. Kaigaku, who was supposed to meet Kokushibo and be invited to become a demon and one of the Twelve Demon Moons under his absolute power, died at the hands of the Spider Demon, Rui.

"I hate people who don't take responsibility for themselves."

Lei muttered to himself, looking into the distance: "I need to hurry and deal with the swordsmen at the next location so that I can go back to my family and live a peaceful life sooner."

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"pat..."

Clear footsteps echoed not far from the 'Ubuyashiki' mansion.

In the dim moonlight, the shadow, stained with sin, stretched long.

The white trousers accentuated the man's slender figure. Wearing a black suit jacket and a white top hat, the man looked up at the mansion surrounded by wisteria trees.

"Let the destiny of thousands of years end today."

The man raised his head, revealing his crimson, plum-blossom-like eyes, thus exposing his identity.

He has not appeared in public for hundreds of years.

The Demon Slayer Corps' ultimate goal

The First Demon

Ghost dance Tsuji.No misfortune

Chapter 224 Ubuyashiki Yoshiya

Ubuyashiki Residence

Kagaya Ubuyashiki sat with his back against the wall, quietly gazing into the distance.

Under the faint moonlight, the shadow stained with sin, the demon that brought a thousand-year curse to Ubuyashiki, and the only stain on Ubuyashiki for thousands of years, slowly walked over.

Quietly watching the figure, Kagaya Ubuyashiki reached out and gently tossed a tortoise shell into the sky.

"clang……"

The tortoise shell landed with a crisp sound, revealing its back. At this moment, the incredibly hard surface was covered with dense cracks, and with this final toss, it shattered completely.

Kagaya Ubuyashiki quietly looked at the broken turtle shell. The future he had envisioned had changed, and he could no longer see it clearly.

All I can see is my own future... there's no hope left.

He smiled, showing no fear of death, but simply accepting the tranquility of everything.

In the final moments of my life, which may not be long before it ends, so many memories from the past flooded my mind.

She shouldered the responsibility of the 'Ubuyashiki' family at a very young age, and received strict teachings from her father every day. If she did something wrong, she would be scolded by her father. Every day, she was told that she was a 'Ubuyashiki' and that she should do what she was supposed to do.

When I was about five or six years old, I knelt down in front of my father's bed and saw that his once handsome face was covered with purple rosacea and his skin had become like the bark of an old tree, full of wrinkles.

That day, his father held his hand and told him that he must shoulder the responsibility of 'Ubuyashiki', and that he must eliminate the only stain on 'Ubuyashiki' for thousands of years and destroy that demon.

At that time, he didn't understand it very well.

The significance of this stain belonging to 'Ubuyashiki' is not very clear.

All I know is that my father passed away on this day. His skin, after death, was almost the same color as wisteria flowers, and it stood out in the sunlight.

That day, she was carried away by her mother, and then she began to handle various Demon Slayer Corps documents like a puppet, eventually becoming the 97th 'Headmaster' of the Demon Slayer Corps.

He is respectfully addressed as 'Lord' by many.

There are many things I don't understand, but with someone's help, I gradually understand them and become more and more adept at handling things.

When I was around six or seven years old, I had some rare free time and wanted to go play with my younger brother, but I was told that he was sick.

After my persistent pleading, my mother finally allowed me to go see my younger brother.

The younger brother lay in bed, vomiting blood, just like on the day his father died, his face covered with purple hibiscus flowers, like wisteria blossoms.

I held my little brother's tiny hand.

My younger brother held my hand tightly and told me, 'Brother, you must live.'

On that same day, his younger brother, like their father, also passed away.

It wasn't until the day of her younger brother's burial that she gradually understood why her father and brother had died, and what the curse that the Ubuyashiki family had suffered was.

Only then did they gradually come to understand the true meaning of the curse suffered by the Ubuyashiki clan due to their blood ties with Kibutsuji Muzan.

I gradually came to understand what it meant that the descendants of the Ubuyashiki family were all weak and died young.

It is said that the reason why his younger brother suffered the curse earlier than him was simply because he did not follow the family tradition of raising him as a girl from childhood, but instead learned to dress as a man like other men. This alone caused the curse to befall his younger brother earlier.

It was at this time that I realized that no one from the Ubuyashiki family ever lived past their thirties.

I probably won't live past my thirties.

At first, I was terrified whenever I thought I wouldn't live past thirty, but gradually I accepted everything. Actually, once I accepted it, it wasn't so scary. It's just that I was a little unwilling to accept it.

In the days that followed, he did various things every day, expanding the influence of Ubuyashiki in various places, using the money he earned to support the Demon Slayer Corps, meeting the 'Pillars' of the Demon Slayer Corps, and also meeting some ordinary swordsmen.

Gradually, they also discovered that some familiar 'pillars' were missing, and then they learned that they had died on their demon-hunting journey.

One by one, the 'pillars' who originally belonged to the father's era left, and new 'pillars' were born.

His focus gradually shifted to the Demon Slayer Corps, and he gradually came to understand that the 'Master' of the Demon Slayer Corps would be produced from the 'Ubuyashiki' clan.

Because the men of Ubuyashiki generally don't live past the age of thirty, the Demon Slayer Corps gets a new 'master' almost every thirty years.

From my father to myself, it's all the same.

When he finally understood everything, he came to his father's grave and saw that the wisteria tree he had planted next to the grave had grown up. The wisteria was in full bloom and very beautiful. When the wind blew, the petals fell one by one.

It's exceptionally beautiful.

That day, I suddenly wondered if my son would plant a wisteria tree in front of my grave, just like my father.

But he is not married and has no children.

Actually, I have some longing for these things, but I don't care too much about them. I don't have a clear concept of bloodline either. I just feel that I will die at the age of thirty, and I just hope that I can live to the age of thirty.

Actually, at that time, he gradually came to enjoy handling matters related to the Demon Slayer Corps. Every swordsman respected him, and although he was not very old, he could feel everyone's expectations of him. Even though he had made some mistakes, everyone was very tolerant of him, the newly appointed lord.

Until that day, I was taken to the shrine.

All I remember is that on that day, the sunlight shone through the window and onto her face, making her look beautiful. Her hair was also very white, like silver threads.

I don't know why, but I couldn't look away from it at first glance.

That day, he chatted with her in a daze for a while. She always kept her head down, but sometimes she would secretly look up at him.

At that moment, I felt my heart beating so fast that I almost thought the curse I was suffering from had come early. But instead of the pain described in the curse, I felt excited and happy, a feeling I couldn't describe.

It wasn't until they returned from the shrine that he learned she came from a family of priests, and that their meeting was to arrange a marriage for them; she would become his fiancée.

And only then did I learn that the other person's name was 'Tianyin'.

Everything I've ever done has been planned and done step by step, and I thought it would always be like this until I died at the age of thirty.

But after seeing this girl, I suddenly felt that life had a more important meaning, and I even hoped to see her every day.

After that, a girl named Amane came over again. After finishing her business, she would chat with Amane or take a walk with her in the courtyard.

Even though we've only known each other for a few days, we suddenly feel very familiar with each other, and almost every morning when I wake up, the first thing I want to see is her.

It was at this moment that I suddenly remembered the curse of the Ubuyashiki family. At that moment, I had a strong wish that I could live longer and grow old with the other person.

Soon after, the marriage proposal was made.

That day, the girl kept her head down and didn't speak for a long time.

We sat together, and she knelt in front of me. I looked up and saw her beautiful face, and suddenly I felt a little breathless.

Would the other party really not care if I were someone who died young?

Will it really be good to stay with someone like me who won't even live to be thirty?

Does she know any of this?

Regardless, she told the other party everything.

At that moment, I also saw the other party's hesitation.