Demon Slayer: I am a Demon.

Fortunately, I brought Tamayo back in time, and thanks to Miss Tamayo's medical skills, I was pulled back from the brink of death.

Upon hearing this news, Su Mu was slightly taken aback, as this was not something that Shinobu Kocho would normally encounter.

"Are you alright?"

He asked in a low voice.

"Fortunately, I'm slowly recovering now, but I'm still not quite accepting the fact that I was healed by a ghost."

Kanae whispered.

Having met Shinobu Kocho, Su Mu naturally knew the depth of her hatred for demons and could imagine how she would feel upon learning that she had been saved by a demon.

"Speaking of which, I feel that you are different from the other swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps."

Kanae Butterfly also picked up a rice ball from her lunchbox, chewing it gently as she murmured.

Are they different?

Su Mu murmured.

"Well, he's not really passionate about ghost hunting, nor does he have much interest in protecting others. He doesn't seem like a true ghost hunter."

Kanae Butterfly eats a rice ball and looks into the distance.

A gentle breeze blew, causing the girl's hair to flutter. Only then did she turn her head, her pair of purple eyes looking at Su Mu: "I have always hoped that one day my sister would leave the Demon Slayer Corps, become an ordinary person, find someone she likes, and live an ordinary life together, experiencing the happiness of an ordinary person."

As she spoke, Kanae Kocho sighed softly, "But, such thoughts have always been my wishful thinking. My sister can no longer forget the hatred of the past."

As she spoke, the girl clenched her fists slightly: "I always thought that my sister and I would die one day on the road of demon hunting. This is probably our fate as sisters."

"But recently I've noticed that my sister has changed."

Su Mu listened quietly. He knew a little about the sisters' past and understood Shinobu's hatred for demons. He was slightly surprised and curious when Kanae said that her sister had changed. He wondered what exactly had changed about Shinobu.

“'Ren' has a good impression of you. If you have time, please spend more time with 'Ren'.”

Kanae Kocho stood up, faced him, placed her hands on her lower abdomen, and bowed slightly.

"If you have feelings for Shinobu, please take good care of her."

Chapter 232 Martial Fortune Brings Prosperity (Part 2)

The faint moonlight shone down from the sky, and Kanae Butterfly sat gracefully on a green stone on the mountain.

Her pure white haori swayed in the wind, the butterfly wing patterns printed on it seeming to come alive. She wore a butterfly hair accessory on each of her long, black hair, giving her a classic and gentle temperament.

Hearing the woman tell him to take good care of her sister, Su Mu was momentarily at a loss for words.

Given Shinobu's hatred for demons, isn't she pushing her own sister into a fire pit?

If she finds out her true identity in the future, she'll probably blame her older sister.

"I'll go see Miss Shinobu when I have time."

Su Mu nodded and said something.

Kanae Butterfly glanced at Su Mu with her beautiful eyes, then lowered her head and silently ate the food in her hand.

After eating some of the food that Kanae had brought, the two walked around Mount Fujikasa. Compared to the mountainside and the foot of the mountain, which were surrounded by wisteria trees, the mountaintop seemed desolate.

A large number of ordinary demons were once released here as trials for Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen, but after the last trial, almost all the demons were killed.

Even if there were ghosts, with Su Mu and Kanae's strength, they didn't need to worry too much.

"Don't you know how old you are now, sir?"

As she walked, Kanao asked casually.

"In his thirties, I guess."

Su Mu said it casually.

Kanae couldn't help but look up at Su Mu's face. The faint moonlight fell on the man's handsome face, making him look more like he was in his twenties than in his thirties.

She had always thought Su Mu was around twenty or thirty years old, which was completely unexpected.

If that's his real age, even she should call him "uncle".

"It doesn't look like it at all."

Kanae Butterfly muttered.

"Haha, really?"

Su Mu chuckled casually: "Are you regretting what you just said? There's a huge age gap between me and your sister."

"No."

Kanae immediately shook her head. Actually, apart from the initial surprise, she didn't have many thoughts. In fact, upon closer reflection, finding an older man for her younger sister wouldn't be a bad idea. After all, given her sister's willfulness, it would be difficult for someone her age to tolerate her little quirks.

Of course, Kanae was just telling Su Mu today. No one knows how far her sister and Su Mu will end up. She hopes that her sister will find someone she likes, then leave the Demon Slayer Corps and live a normal life. But given her sister's personality and her hatred for demons, that's a difficult thing to do.

Do you think we can save all the ghosts?

As they walked, Kanae Butterfly suddenly asked a question.

"save?"

Su Mu raised his eyes. For the other swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps, the word "purge" was basically used.

"Yes, I may be making a fool of myself, but I have always believed that ghosts are very tragic creatures. They were once human, but they feed on humans and are afraid of the bright sunrise. As long as you eliminate a ghost, you can save the humans that the ghost will harm in the future, and you can also free the ghost from the cause and effect of this tragedy."

Kanae whispered, because this idea was something that Kyōmei Himejima didn't understand at first, and even thought she was joking.

"Ms. Kanae is so kind."

Su Mu sighed: "If it were an ordinary person, Kanae's gentleness would indeed be admirable, but for a Demon Slayer Corps swordsman, such gentleness would only bring death upon himself."

“I know all this. My sister and I have said the same thing before. But my sister and I have made a promise to protect the happiness that has not yet been destroyed. We want to break the chains that others use to create tragedy. Even if it means sacrificing our own lives, my sister and I will not mind.”

At this point, Kanae Kocho pursed her lips slightly: "My sister and I once made a promise that we would not hesitate to sacrifice our lives, but now I regret it. I can sacrifice my own life, but I cannot sacrifice my sister's life."

Su Mu remained silent.

"Therefore, I am afraid I cannot do what you mentioned. I cannot bear to see other people's lives threatened without trying to save them. I still remember that when my sister and I were facing the threat of demons, it was Himejima Gyomei who appeared first, killed the demons, and saved my sister and me. If Himejima Gyomei had not intervened, my sister and I might have already perished in the demons' mouths."

"In fact, I once had a wishful thought that if Gyomei Himejima had arrived earlier, perhaps my father and mother would not have been killed by the demons, or perhaps they could have been saved. At that time, I really hoped that Gyomei Himejima would have arrived sooner. Perhaps my father and mother would still be alive now. I know that such thoughts should not exist, and I should not have too many demands on the rescuer, but I did have such thoughts in my heart."

Speaking of this, Kanae Kocho lowered her head in shame.

Su Mu could understand.

"Now that I have some strength, I can't stand by and do nothing when I see other people's lives threatened. Whenever this happens, I think of my desperate self back then, how much I hoped the rescue would be faster. Whenever I think of this, I can't stay still."

Su Mu nodded, looking at the dark night: "In the Demon Slayer Corps, there are many who think like you. Many swordsmen probably won't choose to lie low, but will still choose to go to various places to hunt down evil spirits and protect humanity."

He sighed, "But doing this might protect some humans, but it will also kill many more swordsmen."

"There's no other way; everyone made this choice when they joined the Demon Slayer Corps."

Like Kanae Butterfly, she looked up at the dark night sky and said, "I really hope that one day the evil spirits will be wiped out, so that the sadness will not continue."

…………

After wandering around the mountain for a while, Su Mu and Kanae Butterfly parted ways. Kanae Butterfly did not abide by the decision made at the 'Pillar Meeting' to remain in seclusion, and continued to travel to various places to hunt demons and protect humanity.

Many swordsmen make the same choice as her, but in this age of rampant evil spirits, casualties are greater than ever before, and death may be just a matter of the next moment.

To be honest, Su Mu was deeply impressed by the spirit of the Demon Slayer Corps.

But that's about it.

A person walked back to their dwelling, and occasionally a breeze blew by, causing wisteria blossoms to fall.

The lights in the room were still on. The woman was holding a palace lantern and wearing a well-fitting kimono. Her face was pretty, and the dim light made her skin look even whiter.

The girl was probably in her early teens, the most beautiful and youthful time of her life. When she stood, her straight legs were taut.

Upon seeing Su Mu approach, Ubuyashiki Hina almost immediately stepped forward with cheerful steps.

"You're back."

"Ah."

“I noticed that you didn’t bring any change of clothes, so I specially found two sets of clothes for you. I don’t know if they will fit.”

The baby girl in the mamashiki whispered.

At this moment, Su Mu noticed that Hina Ubuyashiki was carrying two clean changes of clothes.

"Thank you."

Su Mu nodded his thanks.

"I'll show you the way, sir. It's getting dark."

The young girl carried the palace lantern and walked ahead with light steps.

In fact, with Su Mu's eyesight, he didn't need the palace lanterns to illuminate him. In fact, most of the Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen didn't need to worry as long as there was some faint moonlight.

But since it was Hina Ubuyashiki's kind offer, it was not appropriate to refuse.

…………

Once inside, the door was opened, and Ubuya Shiki followed Su Mu into the room. She first placed two clean changes of clothes on the bedside table, then raised her head, placed her small hand on her lower abdomen, and bent slightly: "It's already very late, sir, you should rest."

"I know."

Su Mu nodded, looking at the girl's slightly pale face. Thinking of what the girl had been through recently, he hesitated for a moment and said softly, "Please accept my condolences."

The other person's father had just died in a recent explosion, so they must be feeling extremely sad right now.

"It's fine."

Hina Ubuyashiki bit her lip: "Compared to me, everyone else is more concerned about themselves. Compared to what everyone else is doing, what I'm doing... is nothing."

"If you are really too sad, just cry."

Su Mu spoke softly.

"I won't cry."

Ubuyashiki Hina's voice was tinged with sorrow: "It's just losing my father. There are countless swordsmen in the Demon Slayer Corps who have lost far more than I have. As Ubuyashiki's daughter, how can I cry?"

Looking at this stubborn girl, Su Mu didn't say many words of comfort.