Demon Slayer: I am a Demon.

"That's... wonderful."

The girl was very happy, her voice filled with anticipation: "I really hope it comes soon."

Chapter 35 Scooping Up a Ray of Sunshine

The oil lamp burned, its orange flame flickering. Su Mu sat quietly at the table, watching the lamp intently, silently enduring the rising desire for 'flesh and blood' within him.

He felt that desire growing stronger little by little, slowly eroding his will.

If this continues, one day this desire will eventually overwhelm one's will, and then one will become like most of the ghosts in this world.

This is also the destiny of becoming a ghost.

Even someone as powerful as Muzan Kibutsuji, the progenitor of demons, could not escape all of this.

That is why, no matter how strong a person's will is, once they become a ghost, they will eventually fall into despair and become a monstrous ghost that they can no longer recognize.

Fortunately, he did not despair; he still had hope and the will to fight back.

The flame of the oil lamp flickered, but the light was not as bright as it had been at first. This was not because the brightness of the flame had weakened, but because the sun was about to rise and the surroundings were no longer so dark, which made the flame of the oil lamp less noticeable.

As always, the sun will rise again from the east, casting its light on every corner of the earth.

Su Mu blew out the oil lamp and looked towards the window. A faint ray of dawn was about to pierce through the clouds and fall upon the earth. At this moment, fear rose in his heart, the fear of evil spirits towards the sunlight.

He lowered his eyes slightly, stood up, walked to the bedside, bent down, and crawled under the bed.

As I crawled under the bed, I inexplicably felt a surge of anger and humiliation.

Despite possessing an incredibly powerful body and an almost immortal life, when the sun rises, they are like rats in a sewer, forced to hide in the shadows, like bedbugs.

Suppressing the humiliation rising in his heart, he crawled to the wooden board under the bed, about to lift the board and crawl into the hole.

However, as he was about to crawl into the hole, he couldn't help but turn his head away.

At some point, Kanao got off her bed and crawled under it to his side.

"How did you crawl down?"

Su Mu looked at the girl and spoke gently.

"Is Uncle going into the cave?"

Kanao looked at the lid that had been lifted, revealing the excavated hole inside.

"Ah."

He nodded.

"Can I come with Uncle too?"

The girl looked up at him, her beautiful eyes filled with anticipation.

Upon hearing this, Su Mu was both amused and exasperated: "It's very damp and cold inside the cave; it's not good to stay there."

Kanao tilted her head slightly, looking at her uncle with great confusion. Why did she have to go inside when it was so bad?

It's perfectly comfortable outside.

Uncle could also sleep on a soft bed like Kanao, waiting for the warmth of the sun to fall on him.

Seeing Kanao's confused look, Su Mu didn't know how to explain it to her. If he told her that he was a ghost, then when the sun came out, he could only hide in the darkness, right?

"When the sun comes out, I can only hide here."

He reached out and gently pinched Kanao's nose: "Go upstairs and get some rest in bed. When you get hungry, go find the innkeeper to get some food..."

After saying that, Su Mu crawled into the hole and prepared to cover the outside with the wooden planks.

"uncle……"

Kanao looked at him with her big eyes.

Su Mu turned around and looked at Kanao with a puzzled expression.

Kanao still wants to be with her uncle.

The girl whispered.

"Didn't I tell you? The cave is very damp, it's not good to stay in there."

He explained again.

Unlike demons, who love darkness and swim like fish in the dark, humans are different. Humans ultimately prefer light. Moreover, Kanao's health is not good, and staying in a damp and dark cave would easily make her sick.

"But Uncle is inside too."

Kanao said softly, her mood also becoming depressed: "It won't be good for Uncle to stay inside. If Kanao is with him, it might be better."

Upon hearing this, Su Mu looked at Kanao with a softened gaze: "Uncle can't appear in the sunlight."

Sensing the girl's disappointment, but unwilling to see her unhappy because she cared about him, he smiled and said, "Although Uncle can't be in the sunlight, Kanao can! Kanao can be in the sunlight and bask in the warm sunlight for me."

"Help Uncle."

Kanao's eyes lit up slightly: "Is it okay if Kanao basks in the sunlight?"

"You also need to feel the warmth, to feel the warmth of the sun on your body. If Kanao can feel it, then Uncle will feel it too."

"really?"

The girl seemed somewhat happy.

"Well, let's go."

Su Mu smiled as he watched the chestnut blossoms fall. Kanao came to the window.

At that moment, the warm morning sunlight streamed through the window, and the girl reached out and gently cupped it in her hands.

"Uncle, the sunshine feels so warm on my skin..."

Kanao closed her eyes, trying to feel the sunlight on her body, hoping that her uncle could feel it too.

She felt it all while telling her uncle about it.

After saying that, Kanao seemed to become somewhat excited: "Uncle, did you feel it?"

"Yes, I can feel it, it's a very warm feeling."

A gentle voice came from inside.

"That's... wonderful."

Kanao was very happy and couldn't help but look at her uncle. The wooden planks had been put up, and she could no longer see her uncle's figure, but Kanao knew that her uncle must be feeling the warmth of the sunlight through her in the darkness under the wooden planks.

If Uncle could feel the warmth of the sun on his body, it would surely dispel much of the cold and dampness, and he would feel much more comfortable.

"Uncle, I will definitely experience it for you."

Kanao clenched her fist slightly: "Being able to help Uncle is really... wonderful."

…………

In the dark cave, Su Mu listened to the girl's innocent words and couldn't help but smile.

He's still just a child; he can be easily deceived by a lie. How could he possibly feel the sunshine on his skin through Kanao?

It's impossible to feel any warmth from it.

However, he couldn't feel the warmth of the sun on his body through Kanao, but the little girl's kindness warmed his heart.

He slightly lifted the wooden board and looked at Kanao, who was basking in the sunlight.

Kanao immediately noticed the small gap in the wooden board and vaguely saw that her uncle seemed to be watching her.

Then, the girl revealed a pure and sweet smile, cupped the sunlight falling into her hands and held it towards him, as if she wanted to scoop up a ray of warm sunlight and give it to herself.

He pursed his lips, smiled silently, and then closed the last crack in the wooden board. The fear and unease he felt in his ghostly instincts because of the rising sun seemed to gradually subside at this moment.

Chapter 36 Shinobu Kocho

The babbling stream flowed along the winding mountainside, making a clear and pleasant sound. A tall woman squatted down, stretched out her hands, and gently scooped up a handful of stream water to wash her face.

Beside him was a girl who looked very similar to him, but compared to the other's tall stature, the girl was rather petite.

Both had pinkish-purple eyes and wore standard Demon Slayer Corps uniforms. However, the tall girl wore a colorful butterfly-patterned haori that only the 'Pillars' of the Demon Slayer Corps could wear. Her long hair reached her waist, and she wore emerald green butterfly hair clips with pink edges at both ends of her hair.

The petite girl had short hair styled in a curly, night-bloom style.

The two women also had very different temperaments. The tall one looked very gentle and always had a smile on her face, while the petite one seemed serious and unsmiling. Just standing there, she was as sharp as a drawn sword.

The two were none other than 'Flower Pillar' Kanae Kocho and her younger sister Shinobu Kocho.

"Sister, you let that ghost die too easily yesterday. These ghosts shouldn't be allowed to die so easily. Instead, you should slice away their flesh piece by piece, making them feel the pain properly..."

Shinobu Kocho watched her older sister washing her face with the stream water and whispered to herself.

As if imagining the agonizing cries of those demons, Shinobu Kocho seemed to become very excited, and a blush rose to her pretty face.

Kanae glanced at her younger sister, lowered her head slightly, and sighed, "Those demons were once human too. After becoming demons, they were also very sad and suffered a lot..."

"elder sister……"

The girl called 'sister' suddenly looked up, her eyes filled with anger: "They are no longer human, they have become ghosts. Sister, you are too kind, even to ghosts."

Kanae looked at her younger sister, but did not refute her. Instead, she gently took her sister's hand.

The younger sister's anger seemed to dissipate somewhat with the older sister's gentleness, but she still turned her head away angrily, her cheeks puffed out.

She knew she couldn't do anything about her sister's personality.

Kanae picked up her younger sister with a touch of pity. She didn't care about her sister's fierce behavior; instead, she felt even more sorry for her.

Other girls of her age should be living carefree lives under the care of their parents, but her sister, driven by hatred for demons, embarked on the dangerous path of demon hunting.

If she hadn't gone down this path, at her age, perhaps in a few more years she would have reached marriageable age. If she found a man she liked, she could have married, had children of her own, and then lived a long and wrinkled life.

Instead of now, walking on the edge of life and death every day, not knowing if I will die on the next ghost hunt.

"If only my sister would stop hunting demons, let go of the past, pretend it never happened, and live a normal life..."

Kanae whispered, already somewhat regretting letting her sister embark on this path of no return.

Butterfly couldn't bear it any longer and suddenly broke free from her sister's embrace: "Sister, please don't say things like that anymore. It's impossible for me to go back to living a normal life."