Demon Slayer: I am a Demon.

“I feel that my husband is not dead, he has not left, he is still with us, and he is watching me.”

The girl buried her head in her mother's arms and cried.

Looking at her daughter in her arms, Ubuyashiki Amane gazed at the ashes on the high platform, everything reduced to ashes.

When she learned of Su Mu's death, she also felt it was unreal, but when she saw it with her own eyes, when everyone saw it with their own eyes, when she saw her husband turn to ashes in the flames.

How could all of this be fake?

"Come back with me."

Ubuyashiki Amane held her daughter, her face full of heartache.

"No, I want to stay here. I want to stay here and stay here forever."

Hina Ubuyashiki broke free from her mother, her tone stubborn.

Chapter 318 The Misunderstanding That Was Once Buried

The last ghost died

The era of ghosts has ended.

The Demon Slayer Corps, which was tasked with protecting humanity and eliminating evil spirits, lost its purpose and, under the arrangement of 'Ubuyashiki', the swordsmen gradually withdrew from the job of slaying demons.

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The courtyard of the Butterfly House

The wisteria flowers are in full bloom.

As a medical facility that serves as part of the Demon Slayer Corps' logistics, this place is always filled with patients. Countless swordsmen recuperate here every year, and in the past, almost every day, swordsmen would die here from their illnesses.

Lifesaving, pain, and death were once the main themes here.

Now, however, the smell of disinfectant that filled the room has completely faded, and the bandages that used to hang in the courtyard, stained with blood, have dwindled to just a few.

The room, once filled with groans of patients, is now empty.

As the person in charge of the Butterfly Mansion, Shinobu Kocho always had endless matters to handle and patients to treat when she returned to the mansion.

But now, suddenly there's nothing to do.

There are no more evil spirits in the world, no more ghosts to hunt, and the wish to cleanse the world of evil spirits has been fulfilled.

The hatred I once felt for ghosts had nowhere to be vented.

With no more patients needing treatment and no more evil spirits to hunt, life suddenly became peaceful.

Returning to a normal life is something every Demon Slayer swordsman needs to face, and it's also something Shinobu Kocho needs to face now.

For a while, it was actually quite difficult to get used to.

A person sat blankly on the windowsill, looking at the wisteria flowers outside. He had once looked forward to this day, but when it finally arrived, he found that he, who once only knew how to cure diseases and kill ghosts, could hardly adapt to the peaceful life he had now.

Of course, this is something that many Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen have to face nowadays.

Although I find it very difficult to adapt to and get used to this peaceful life, if I had a choice, I would still prefer it this way.

As Shinobu Kocho stared blankly out the window, she heard light, familiar footsteps behind her.

Shinobu turned around, and her beautiful, gentle older sister walked over. Compared to before, when her sister's gentleness actually concealed deep weariness, her gentleness now revealed a hint of ease.

"Bored again?"

Kanae looked at her younger sister, her voice gentle, like the warm winter sun.

"There are no patients to treat, no evil spirits to hunt, so I can only stand here and do nothing..."

Shinobu Kocho spreads her hands:

"I'm not used to it at all."

Hearing this, Kanae Kocho smiled, reached out and gently stroked her younger sister's head: "You have to adapt, adapt to this life, adapt to this pace, just like a normal person..."

Once, her greatest hope was that one day her sister could return to a normal life and live to old age like an ordinary person. But even so, she knew that such a hope would never come true. Her sister's hatred for demons was something that would prevent her from leaving the Demon Slayer Corps.

Today, this expectation that was once thought to be impossible has come true.

Although her younger sister is not yet able to adapt to ordinary life, she will gradually adapt eventually. Thinking of this, she feels very content.

Unconsciously, the image of that ghost appeared in his mind. If it weren't for that person, he probably would never have seen this day. Perhaps he, or perhaps his sister, would have died on the road of ghost hunting someday. No one knows.

"My sister is thinking of the master too."

Shinobu looked up at her older sister.

"The gentleman has passed away."

Kanae Butterfly whispers.

“But my sister knows that he has always been there.”

Shinobu Kocho whispered.

Kanae Kocho naturally understood her sister's meaning, but he was destined to be gone. The era of demons had ended, and the world no longer hoped for demons to reappear.

"Sister, let's go to Misty Mountain."

Shinobu suddenly grabbed her older sister's hand, her beautiful eyes fixed on her.

"Go there and live in seclusion."

Kanae glanced at her younger sister and roughly understood what she meant.

Now, the gentleman lives in seclusion in the Saguri Mountains.

Everyone in the world knows that demons have been completely eradicated, and that demon, even more perfect than Muzan Kibutsuji, has also left this world.

But the real truth.

Only a handful of people know this.

How could a perfect ghost, an immortal ghost, simply vanish?

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Having ended his demon-hunting life, Gyomei Himejima felt somewhat lost. 'Ubuyashiki' made many arrangements for Gyomei Himejima, such as buying him a large house in the city with enough money for living expenses, arranging some work, or other arrangements, but Gyomei Himejima refused them all.

Gyomei Himejima left the Demon Slayer Corps and walked alone on the road, not knowing where he was going.

Once, Gyomei Himejima thought that his life of hunting demons would continue indefinitely until his heart could no longer beat.

Nowadays, there are no more ghosts to hunt.

A person walked aimlessly for an unknown amount of time before finally stopping.

Then I realized that I had arrived in front of a temple.

The temple was somewhat dilapidated, but it seemed to be regularly maintained, bearing the marks of human activity.

Himejima Gyomei was no stranger to this temple; his peaceful life had been shattered by demons here, and the root of his aversion to children also stemmed from this place.

Back then, he adopted several children at this temple. When the evil spirits came, he desperately protected the children and fought them for a whole day. But when the government officials arrived, the only surviving child accused him of murder.

Even without eyes, unable to see what happened back then, that scene remains unforgettable to this day.

Since that day, Himejima Gyomei has never come here again.

I never expected it to come back again.

At this moment, Beimingyu Xingming's expression was somewhat complicated.

After standing at the door for a long time, Himejima Gyomei finally decided not to go in, shook his head, and prepared to leave.

"pat..."

The porcelain bowl shattered on the ground with a crisp sound, and Sadao stared blankly at the person who appeared.

"Mr. Beimingyu"

Seeing Himejima Gyomei preparing to leave, Sayo knelt on the ground, crying out.

The voice that reached his ears was one that Beimingyu Xingming could never forget. It was this voice that had identified him as the murderer before the authorities arrived, the voice of the person he had once protected.

The root of my aversion to children is probably this child named Shadai.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry."

Sha Dai knelt on the ground, filled with remorse: "I'm sorry, Mr. Beimingyu. I was terrified at the time and had no idea what the officials were saying. I really didn't mean to wrong you, and I didn't know that pointing at you meant identifying you as the murderer..."

"Over the years, I have been filled with regret, I have been regretting what I did in the past, and I have been regretting it ever since."

“I come here almost every day, hoping for the day when Mr. Beiming Island will return, hoping for the day when I can apologize to Mr. Beiming Island.”

"I'm really... really sorry."

"I've always been protected by Mr. Himejima, yet I've hurt him so deeply... I really..."

Before Shadai could say anything more, a large hand pressed down on his shoulder.

Shadai raised his head and looked at the tall figure in front of him.

"It's alright."

With a soft voice, tears welled in his blind eyes. The resentment and grievance he had felt as a murderer were now relieved as Sayo apologized and revealed the truth.

Chapter 319 Having Provoked Too Many Girls (The End)

Himejima Gyomei stopped wandering around and stayed at the temple. Having let go of the past, Himejima Gyomei no longer held prejudices against children and began to like them, just like in the beginning.

As before, Beimingyu Xingming would take in some homeless children and leave them at the temple.

As the children grow up every day, and as I feel their daily happiness, Gyomei Himejima also feels joy in his heart.

Occasionally, Himejima Gyomei would linger in the courtyard, where the broad axe and meteor hammer, forged from crimson iron, lay, and he would reminisce about his past life as a demon hunter.

I recall those unforgettable days.

It also reminds me of the comrades who died alongside me while hunting demons.

Occasionally, I would think of that last ghost.

A ghost that cannot be regarded as a ghost.