Controlling the Butterfly Effect from Demon Slayer

Neon, Kusatsu County in Gunma Prefecture, is a large town famous for its hot springs.

Horitake and Mitsuri came to this large town together.

In Kusatsu County, all kinds of Japanese-style buildings are lined up, people of all kinds come and go, and shops of all sizes compete to attract customers, looking prosperous and comfortable.

If it were just like this, this county town would be just a slightly prosperous large town, but it is the most famous hot spring town!

Even though it is the Taisho era and the tourism industry is not so developed, the countless travelers who come to Neon are enough to make Kusatsu start to prosper.

Horitake and Mitsuri came to Kusatsu, and even if they haven't seen the hot springs yet, they can smell it. After all, the air in Kusatsu is filled with the faint smell of hot springs with a sulfur smell.

(It is said that this smell is the smell of rotten eggs, but because it really destroys the atmosphere, I won't write it here.)

Walking between the streets of Kusatsu, Horitake looked at the various shops and pedestrians around him with great interest.

Mitsuri, who was next to him, was a little uneasy about this:

"Brother Horitake, why did we come to Kusatsu County? There shouldn’t be any ghosts here."

Horitake poked Mitsuri’s forehead and said with a smile:

"Of course we didn’t come to Kusatsu to kill ghosts, we came to Kusatsu to soak in the hot springs!"

"Eh! ?"Mitsuri was a little panicked:"Horitake, is this really okay? Are we considered to be absent from duty? We are obviously killing ghosts, but suddenly we come here to enjoy ourselves.……"

"Mitsuri, you don't understand this, right?"Hori Gaku taught her,"As the saying goes, drink today and worry tomorrow. Life is not just about the present, but also about poetry and the future.

In short, as a demon-killing swordsman, you can't just immerse yourself in killing demons and fighting. If you do that for a long time, you may become a fighting madman who only knows how to kill.

If you can rest, you must seize every opportunity to rest."

"But...but……"

Mi Li still felt a little guilty

"Oh! There are not so many buts. How many ghosts have we killed in the past two months? At least nearly a hundred. It's time to take a break."

Mitsuri was very moved by Horitake's words, but she was hesitant because of her duty. She looked so adorable when she was so conflicted!

She whispered in Horitake's ear:

"Brother Horitake, if the lord knew that we were being lazy, would he be unhappy?"

"Such a small matter, of course not.

Mitsuri, do you think the boss is the kind of black-hearted boss who only knows how to exploit employees? No, you know how reasonable the boss is.

And with the relationship between Yaoya and me, it’s no problem to touch the fish a little.

What’s more, the two of us have killed enough ghosts before, so it’s good to take a break, wash away the dirt, and purify our hearts, isn’t it?"

Having said this, Mitsuri’s heartbeat completely prevailed, she clenched her fists and encouraged herself:

""Okay, let's take a rest in Kusatsu."

As they were talking, the first hot spring pool appeared on the road ahead of them.

Horitake and Mitsuri walked closer curiously and saw that it was a small hot spring pool.

This small hot spring pool was made of bluestones. The hot spring water was like a stream, flowing from other bluestones, into this pool, and then out from another place like a waterfall.

Standing by the hot spring, Horitake looked around and saw that from here, between the overlapping bluestones in the distance, there was a stream made entirely of hot spring water.

This hot spring stream flows through the entire Kusatsu. The roads, shops and houses on both sides are centered on this hot spring stream and spread out in all directions. Diffusion established.

Seeing this, Hori Gaku understood that this county town was thoroughly intertwined with the hot springs, in a state of you in me, me in you, and no distinction between the two.

To be honest, this was the first time Hori Gaku had seen such a wonderful beauty, and it felt a bit like his life was worthwhile.

Mitsuri's attention was basically attracted by the small hot spring pool in front of her.

She looked up and saw a wooden board hanging next to the small hot spring pool, with two big characters on it: Foot Bath.

That's right, this small hot spring pool is used for foot soaking.

There was an old grandfather next to the wooden board. The grandfather looked at the two people who were moved and smiled hospitably:

"Are you a new guest in Kusatsu? You must have come from afar, why don't you soak your feet here to relieve your fatigue, so that you can have a better time to visit our hot spring town!"

Horitake and Mitsuri looked at each other.

The grandfather seemed to have misunderstood the relationship between Horitake and Mitsuri, and he continued to invite with a smile:

"Seeing how close the two of you are, you should be a newlywed couple, right? Taking advantage of your wedding day to travel?"

This was very helpful to Hori Gaku, but he also complained in his heart:

Grandpa, have you ever seen a newlywed couple travel with a knife?

Mitsuri blushed at the old man's words and waved her hands repeatedly:

"No no no no no, Grandpa, you misunderstood, we are not husband and wife, we are……"

"Ah? Not a couple? Then they are an engaged couple? Or maybe they are a young couple in love. The old man insisted:"Don't hide it. I have received countless guests here, and I have a good eye for people. The lady with cherry-colored hair has eyes for the young man next to you. If you are not a couple, then what are you?"

Mitsuri's face turned even redder.

Having her thoughts exposed by the old man, Mitsuri was so shy that she almost wanted to dive into the hot spring.

At this time, Hori Gaku saw that the old man was winking at him, with a look that said,"Come on, get this girl."

Hori Gaku was immediately struck by the old man!

It seems that the old man has a good eye.���Yes, he should have seen that their relationship was not yet a couple, so he said those words and assisted Hori Gaku. What else could Hori Gaku say? He could only give the old man a thumbs up in admiration.

Old man, you are a great wingman!

At this time, Hori Gaku seized the opportunity and took the shy Mitsuri's hand and invited her:

"Come on, Mitsuri, let's go down and soak our feet to relieve our fatigue."

Mitsuri didn't refuse when Horitake held her hand, her face flushed:

""Okay...Okay, Brother Hori Gaku."

Hori Gaku was delighted. This didn't mean he agreed, right?

The two of them walked hand in hand to the foot bath hot spring pool, took off their shoes and socks one by one, put their feet into the hot spring pool, and started to soak.

The moment they soaked in the water, Hori Gaku took a deep breath.

Mitsuri's expression and feelings were similar to Hori Gaku's.

Everyone, after a busy day at work, it is a good enjoyment to go home and soak your feet in hot water, not to mention soaking in a foot bath facing a beautiful view?

Don't forget that in the past two months, Hori Gaku and Mitsuri have been traveling around to kill ghosts, and the workload is not small.

Mitsuri is fine, she is just alone. Purely killing demons, besides catching demons, Hori Gaku was always practicing complicated experiments every night?

After two months of being so busy, Hori Gaku and Mitsuri were fine physically, but they were indeed exhausted mentally.

Just after taking a foot bath, the tense spirits of the two were immediately relieved, and they enjoyed it very much.

How enjoyable is the feeling of taking a hot spring foot bath?

Hori Gaku estimated that even if Muzan Kibutsuji appeared in front of him at this time, he might not chop him.

Instead, he might invite Muzan to come and soak his feet together.

As for the question of who will chop whom, let's talk about it after enjoying it. It's not good to fight and kill in such a comfortable place.