Demon Slayer: I am a Demon.

Kanao followed to the campfire and helped remove the loose fur from the bear's paws. Occasionally, the girl's blinking pinkish-purple eyes would fall on the demon's tattered, blood-red clothes, as well as on the hideous wounds on its body.

Just one glance at those wounds made the girl's eyes tremble slightly.

While helping to clean up, Kanao tilted her head slightly, looking at the profile of the demon under the flames. Her little hand almost couldn't help but reach out and touch the scar from the axe.

A blow to the face from Tanjiro's axe would be fatal to an ordinary person, but it was nothing to an immortal demon. By now, the wound had almost closed, but the hideous scar had not completely disappeared.

A slightly warm little hand touched his cheek, causing Su Mu, who was processing a bear paw, to look up at Kanao.

"They're just some minor scars; they'll heal soon."

He said it casually, and at the same time, he reached out and pulled the girl's hand away from his face.

"It's all because of Kanao that..."

The girl lowered her head.

If she hadn't discovered him, her uncle wouldn't have encountered this situation, nor would he have suffered such injuries. Just from the wounds on her uncle's body, she could imagine how many times he had been stabbed.

How painful it must be with each cut.

"Snapped!"

The heavy blow to her head snapped the girl out of her self-reproach. She looked up at her uncle with a somewhat bewildered expression.

I don't quite understand if I did something wrong that made my uncle angry.

"It's not because of Kanao. I would be unhappy if Kanao blamed herself for it."

He tapped the girl's head with his finger: "Kanao won't make Uncle angry, will she?"

The girl immediately bit her head, as if shaking it like a rattle drum.

Seeing this, Su Mu smiled, lowered his head, and continued processing the bear paw: "This is all we can eat today. There's nothing else here, so we can only try grilling it to see if it tastes any better. We'll see if we can get something to eat from a nearby house or village when it gets dark..."

"It's okay, I like to eat bear paws, I can eat them every day without any problem."

"Ha, that won't do. I can't find bears to kill for you every day."

He laughed as he picked up a stick, pierced the bear's paw, and then began to roast it over the fire.

"uncle……"

The girl pressed her body against his.

"Ah."

Su Mu was focused on roasting the bear paws, while reminiscing indifferently.

"Just now, when I was in that room, I saw that man cut my uncle's arm with a knife."

"Ha, it's nothing. I'm a ghost, so being slashed won't hurt me. I'll be fine in no time."

He didn't care much. As a demon, he was practically immortal. As long as his neck wasn't severed by the Nichirin Blade, it didn't matter.

Kanao tilted her head slightly, looked at her uncle, and didn't say anything, just pursed her lips.

"what happened?"

Seeing the girl suddenly staring at his face, Su Mu touched his face in confusion.

"Uncle, does it hurt when the knife cuts you?"

"It doesn't matter to ghosts."

He patted Kanao's head and changed the subject with a smile, saying, "The bear paws might not taste very good when they're roasted, since there aren't any seasonings."

Kanao couldn't help but reach out and grab Oni's big hand with her small one.

"It must hurt a lot."

"Ha, it's nothing to ghosts, don't worry about it."

Looking at the girl who was almost biting her lip, he felt a little flustered for no reason: "Don't worry about it, Uncle is a ghost, these wounds are nothing."

"Why does Uncle always say 'as far as ghosts are concerned,' always 'as far as ghosts are concerned'?"

"Um... that's because ghosts are different from humans. For example, for humans, if a leg is cut off, it's very difficult to reattach it. Losing too much blood will kill them, and too severe an injury will also kill them. But for ghosts, these are minor issues."

"Because it's a minor issue for a ghost, does that mean we can ignore it?"

Kanao bit her lip, her beautiful pinkish-purple eyes fixed on her uncle, on this demon, and she seemed to be somewhat angry.

Kanao didn't know why such emotions suddenly welled up in her heart.

But suddenly I got very angry.

"Just because it's a ghost doesn't mean we don't need to care?"

"Well, you could say that."

He looked at Kanao's suddenly reddened eyes and hurriedly explained, "Humans and demons are different. What is a serious injury to a human is nothing to a demon."

I've never seen Kanao show this kind of emotion before; most of the time, girls are very quiet.

"uncle……"

Kanao looked at him, her pinkish-purple eyes like the sunlight falling on him, making him almost instinctively look away.

"It doesn't matter if Uncle is a ghost, and it doesn't matter to anyone else either..."

"but……"

"Someone cares..."

The sound was so low it was almost inaudible.

Su Mu also didn't quite hear clearly.

"Someone cares."

The girl held his hand, pursing her lips: "Someone cares, someone is concerned."

Kanao tilted her head back and looked at the man:

"It's something I care about."

"I'm afraid Uncle... will be in pain."

Looking into those eyes, Su Mu was at a loss. He wanted to knock the other person's head to teach him a lesson, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. So he turned his head away and said, "It's okay, it won't hurt."

The girl pursed her lips, looking at him intently, and then suddenly turned away.

Su Mu looked over with some confusion.

But then the girl bent down and picked up the Nichirin Blade that was on the ground.

The Nichirin Blade was quite heavy, and the girl almost had to grip it tightly with both hands to lift it. Then, Kanao held the blade and walked step by step toward the demon.

Chapter 79 Uncle, Teach Me How to Chop People Up (1/4)

Kanao, holding her Nichirin Blade, walked up to Su Mu and raised her pretty little face: "Uncle, teach me... how to kill people."

Su Mu was stunned.

"I want to help my uncle kill someone."

Kanao pursed her lips, looking very serious.

"what……"

After a while, Su Mu finally smiled, reached out, and took the Nichirin Blade from Kanao's hand.

"Girls shouldn't play with knives so casually."

"I want to help my uncle."

"No need."

He shook his head.

Kanao clenched her fist and said seriously, "It's necessary."

"You really want to practice?"

"You need to practice."

"it is good."

Su Mu said nothing and handed the knife to Kanao.

The girl struggled to grip the knife with both hands.

"First, chop that dead tree in front of you a hundred times."

He pointed to a dead old tree inside the cave.

Kanao pursed her lips, gripped her sword tightly, and walked towards the withered old tree. After a while, the sound of the girl chopping at the old tree with her sword could be heard.

Su Mu looked up and glanced at her. Kanao was practicing very seriously, putting all her strength into almost every strike.

He watched for a while, then turned back and continued roasting the bear paw.

………………

Butterfly House

It is a place where Demon Slayer Corps swordsmen receive treatment for injuries and where their physical functions are restored.

A young man with a bandage on his arm walked into the 'Butterfly House' room where breakfast was served.

The young man had long, yellow hair with flame-red edges, thick, dark eyebrows, and piercing eyes. He wore a brown Demon Slayer Corps uniform and a haori with flame patterns.

"Mr. Kyojuro, what would you like to eat today?"

A short-statured member of the 'Butterfly House' asked.

"Just give me whatever you want, and hurry up, I'm starving."

Rengoku Kyojuro patted his stomach.

"Okay, right away."

Rengoku Kyojuro nodded, found a seat by the window, and waited for breakfast to be served.

Light footsteps approached, and a girl with short black hair, purple bangs, and a curly hairstyle, her delicate face tense, giving her an unsmiling appearance, sat down opposite Rengoku Kyojuro with a plate.