Arriving at the Butterfly Mansion, Takeshi was put in a nice-looking room.
Unlike Tanjiro, who was put in a shared hospital room, staying with Zenitsu and Inosuke.
Takeshi put down the wooden box on his shoulder, closed the door to the room, and closed the curtains.
He tapped the door of the wooden box lightly. "Nezuko, come out! There's something I want to give you."
The wooden box opened from the inside. Nezuko first put out a small hand, and then slowly and obediently climbed out.
In a room without anyone else, Nezuko didn't rush to return to her normal size. Instead, she threw herself into Takeshi's arms, hugging his waist with her short arms.
"Mmm, mmm."
Thank you, Takeshi-oniichan.
Takeshi chuckled, raising his hand to touch her soft head. The little one was thanking him. "Don't worry, as long as I'm here, I'll protect you."
"Mmm, mmm! Mmm, mmm!"
"Yes, yes, yes."
Nezuko happily waved her pink little fists, running around the room with small steps, looking very happy.
Seeing her so happy, Takeshi took out a pink hair ribbon from his sleeve, pointing to the hair ribbon on her head. "Yours is old. This is a new one I bought for you."
On the way from Spider Mountain to headquarters, he had passed a market. Takeshi had seen this pink hair ribbon and bought it.
Nezuko, wearing the new hair ribbon, looked even cuter. Her body returned to its normal size, and her light pink eyes, with long eyelashes, blinked slightly.
She couldn't speak now, but her eyes, just looking at you quietly, would make your heart flutter.
Takeshi felt a bit uneasy being looked at by those eyes. A somewhat evil thought started to grow in his heart.
Thump, thump - The door was knocked from the outside. Takeshi's heart tightened. He took a deep breath. Nezuko was too cute, so cute that it was against the rules.
Adjusting his breathing, he walked to the door and opened it.
On the other side, Tanjiro was still regretting what he had said in front of Lord Oyakata-sama.
It wasn't complete regret, having the goal to slay Muzan wasn't wrong, but...
"Ah—"
Tanjiro shouted on the bed, still feeling too embarrassed. He suddenly sat up, and his bones cracked loudly.
"Hiss... Ouch, ouch, ouch..."
Zenitsu, who was lying on the bed next to him, lifted his head and sat up. "Hey, hey, Tanjiro, what's wrong?"
Because he had been poisoned by the spider, his body hadn't recovered. His body had been shrunk by half, and even his voice sounded like a child's.
The snot hanging below his nose was going up and down, about to drip onto the blanket. He quickly sniffed, sucking the snot back in.
Tanjiro looked disgusted. "Zenitsu, aren't you going to wipe that off?"
Zenitsu shook his head. As he shook his head, the snot he had just sucked in came out, and then he quickly sniffed again, sucking it back in.
"It's okay, it doesn't matter."
Tanjiro's mouth twitched a little. Since he said it didn't matter, there was no need for him to say anything.
He looked at the other bed, where Inosuke was lying. He usually kept saying he wanted to fight, but now he was quiet, not saying a word.
"Inosuke..."
Tanjiro called out tentatively.
"You don't need to call him. He hasn't made a sound since he came in."
Zenitsu sniffed loudly. He really wasn't planning on wiping his snot.
Tanjiro closed his mouth, no longer calling out, letting Inosuke rest. He had helped them on Spider Mountain, allowing them to find the Spider Mother and kill her.
However, what surprised Tanjiro was that Zenitsu, who had been scared before they even entered the mountain, had still entered Spider Mountain alone in the end. That was great!
Takeshi opened the door. Standing outside were Shinobu and the other Hashiras.
After the Hashira Meeting, they had all come, as expected. The purpose was clear: they wanted to get information about Kibutsuji Muzan from Takeshi.
The most outrageous thing was that Shinazugawa had even brought someone from the support squad who had great drawing skills, so he could describe Muzan's appearance and have him draw it.
Ha, that was just like him!
Nezuko suddenly ran forward, opening her arms and blocking Takeshi, looking fierce.
"Mmm, mmm!"
In her eyes, these people were all bad people, who had come to force Takeshi-oniichan to do something he didn't want to do.
Takeshi smiled, gently patting Nezuko's head. "It's okay."
What warmed Takeshi's heart was that the little one, facing so many demon slayers, and even Hashiras, had managed to gather her courage to protect him.
"Um, excuse me, everyone, are we disturbing Takeshi's rest?"
Mitsuri said softly, looking at everyone. A group of people crowding at the door like this didn't seem very polite.
"Haha, we've come for a flashy visit, how could Takeshi mind!"
Saying this, he fiddled with the diamond decoration on his headband.
Takeshi looked at his 'flashy' pose, and his face showed an indescribable expression.
Giyu Tomioka, who had been standing in the back, suddenly pushed forward, squeezing everyone else behind him. He glanced at them and said calmly, "I want to talk to Takeshi."
The atmosphere suddenly became quiet, and strangely a bit cold.
Giyu Tomioka didn't think there was anything wrong with what he had said. He walked into the room, closed the door, and blocked everyone else outside.
Um... "Mr. Tomioka, doing that will really..."
...get you isolated by them.
Takeshi hesitated for a moment, not saying the last part. Even if he said it, Tomioka might not understand.
It was better to avoid trouble, so he didn't say it.
Obanai, who had been shut out, wasn't happy. Why did Giyu get to do this! He hadn't been planning on making a big deal about him breaking the rules, but now he had to punish him.
He would go find Lord Oyakata-sama now, and have Lord Oyakata-sama punish Tomioka Giyu for breaking the rules.
Seeing Obanai turn to leave, Shinobu called out to him. "Mr. Obanai, what are you doing? You came to the Butterfly Mansion. Won't you have a cup of tea before you leave?"
Shinobu smiled, already guessing what Obanai wanted to do.
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