[Lord Demon Slayer: Hiiragi of Kuhara]

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Dawn always comes late.

No one died, but this state was within a few steps of death.

Kuhara Hiiragi sat against the wall, and vaguely heard the footsteps of the Yin troops coming.

Butterfly Shinobi said something to them anxiously, and then Kanae was carried on a stretcher.At the same time, someone swiftly rushed to give emergency treatment to Jiuyuan Hiiragi's wound, but he just kept his head down without saying a word. There was severe pain from the injured place, but he seemed to be paralyzed and could not arouse any reaction.

The hilt of Fu Yu's sword was in the hands of the ghost king.

After realizing this, Kuhara Hiiragi felt breathless.

He wasn't worried that the hilt of the sword would recognize ghosts, but Xiangshu is immortal, unlike ghosts who are afraid of the sun, if the king of ghosts gets the power of Xiangshu, it will be like a nightmare.

"Hiragi."

So I can't wait any longer, I must quickly find a way to get back the hilt, I must stop all that from happening, I must...

"Hiragi, don't worry."

Jiuyuan Hiiragi raised his head, and saw the taciturn raven sitting on the eaves next to him, watching him.

When speaking, its hoarse voice softened, and it should be imitating the tone of the speaker at that time.Jiuyuan Hiiragi was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, then he realized something, turned to the letter crow, or asked others through the letter crow, and asked quietly:

"You already knew that, didn't you?"

Letter Crow didn't answer, but Kuhara Hiiragi already knew it in his heart.

Ah, sure enough.he thought.

Yuya Ubuyashiki really knew about Taigo's inheritance, knew that the hilt of Fuyu's sword was in the hands of Onimai Tsuji, and even knew that such a day would come.Maybe since he joined the Demon Slayer Squad... no, earlier than that, the lord has thought of everything.

The hermit seemed to have bandaged his wound, and said, "Please don't move, we will send you to...Mr. Jiuyuan?"

Kuhara Hiiragi didn't listen to the words of the team member Hidden around him, but stood up while leaning on the wall after the wound was preliminarily stopped bleeding, and walked towards a certain direction with some trembling.

"Please stop! It's daytime now, please recognize the situation if you want to carry out the task!" The hidden soldier didn't dare to touch his wound, but stopped in front of him, "You don't want to die!"

no.

What ghost killing missions, what ghost dance Tsuji Wumi, what Xiangshu, he doesn't have those things in his mind now.

"I have someone I need to find." He explained to the hermit, with a pleading voice, "Please help me."

"But this..." Captain Yin was about to refuse, when he suddenly saw a child wearing a wild boar headgear rushing towards Jiuyuan Hiiragi, "What are you doing!"

He intended to stop him, but Kuhara Hiiragi stepped forward before him.

It is not appropriate to say that hugging, because of the frostbite on his legs and the wound on his abdomen, his whole body is almost hanging on Inosuke.The child froze for a moment, shouted a few words in a bad tone, and was about to struggle, but stopped again.

He felt something warm wet his shoulder.

"Kihara...why are you crying! Don't lose face!"

"sorry."

Jiuyuan Hiiragi didn't want to do this either, but he couldn't stop his tears, so he simply gave up and refused to bear it.

If he can't stop Ghost Dance Tsuji Wumi, when Xiangshu invades this world, he may have to start a new, cursed Taiwu inheritance.

"But, just for a moment..."

He no longer wants to think about those painful past and future.

Just, just now.He prayed to gods that didn't exist.

Could you give me a break.

……

After that, the memory is interrupted.

When he woke up again, he was already on the bed in Butterfly House.

Although the curtains were drawn, the sky should be daytime, and someone was making slight movements nearby.Kuhara Hiiragi closed his eyes again after thinking for a while, he didn't dare to look away, he was afraid of seeing the Iron Tomb.

"Since you're awake, sit up, Mr. Jiuyuan, you've been in a coma all day and need medicine."

It was Butterfly Ninja's voice.

So he breathed a sigh of relief, sat up and asked, "Good morning, where are the others?"

"My sister is out of danger. Inosuke くん was a little too noisy, I asked him to go to another room. Mr. Chuanfu and Miss Ye Nelli chose to live in the town. The ghost killing team is investigating the ghost of the upper string, but The other side seems to have shifted their position very quickly, and they haven't found any effective information for the time being."

Kuhara Hiiragi nodded, and asked again, "Did you call Inosuke here at that time?"

"It was my sister who asked me to bring him, saying that Mr. Jiuyuan might want to find him."

"Thank you."

"It's us who should say thank you." Butterfly Ninja handed him the prepared medicine bowl, her expression was very calm, without the usual seriousness, "If Mr. Jiuyuan hadn't helped my sister, I can't imagine what would become what kind."

After this battle, no one in the town died.But because the alveoli were severely damaged by the blood ghost poison, Butterfly Kanae would not be able to use the breathing method for a long time, so she temporarily withdrew from the column.

During this period of time, she will continue to guide Butterfly House's stepson, and conduct research on the formulation of medicines.

Kanae told Butterfly Shinobu that she was fine and would be fine, and she also hoped that Shinobu would quit the ghost killing team, don't harbor hatred, and live like an ordinary girl.

Butterfly can understand that her sister doesn't want to put herself in danger, but let her forgive the ghost who is full of false redemption?Forgive the culprit who almost took away his only relative?

What a joke.

That is the back of her looking up, her longing, her only remaining hope and love.Then the ghost retreated so easily, unscathed, and let the gentle and indestructible figure fall down.

In Butterfly Ninja's heart, boundless fear and anxiety arose at the same time as the anger.

——I can't go on like this.

Just like the happiness in the past, if there is no strength in her hands, whether it is her sister, the stepson of Butterfly House, or those girls who lost their families and were adopted by Butterfly House to work here...she can't hold on to anything.

The thin girl silently clenched her fists.

"I'll take my leave first. There are other patients who need treatment." After she finished speaking, she left the consulting room.

"……sorry to bother you."

The door was gently closed, even seeming to block out the sunlight.

Kuhara Hiiragi was silent for a while, then got up and put on the Demon Slayer uniform, got out of bed and drank the medicine.Because the left arm was wrapped with a bandage, it was a little inconvenient to move, and it took a lot of effort.

After finishing all this, he opened the window and watched the raven hovering in the air for a few times before quietly landing on the window sill.

"Please help me inform my lord." He said, "Kiuhara Hiiragi... No, Taiwu has something to tell in person."

It didn't take long before he came to the courtyard surrounded by wisterias again.

"You already knew that."

After kneeling on one knee to salute, he stared at Yoya who was standing under the eaves.

It was a fine day with calm seas and clear skies.

The scars spreading on Yoya Ubuyashiki's face have completely blinded one eye, but his eyes still have the same gentleness as before.

"You already knew everything, didn't you?"

"Yes."

Hearing his answer without the slightest falsehood, Kuhara Hiiragi couldn't help but smile wryly in his heart.

"Although I don't know why you have been hiding it from me, but today is not about that." He calmed down, "As you know, Taiwu does have the power to expel Xiangshu."

Yuya Miyayashiki nodded lightly, motioning for him to continue talking.

"As long as Oni Wu Tsuji has no misfortune, and the pivot is evil, I have a way to expel the power of the pivot that he has obtained without causing any casualties. In order to avoid future troubles, he will definitely come to me, intending to cut off Taiwu. inheritance."

"So I have to take back the hilt of Fuyu's sword from his hand while expelling Xiangshu, and keep the hilt in your custody. Although I can't kill the ghost king, I have a high degree of confidence in getting back the hilt."

After hearing this, Yuya Miyashiki asked, "Why didn't you keep it? It's Taigo's stuff."

"..."

"Hiragi," he said with a sigh, "did you include yourself in what you said did not cause any casualties?"

Kuhara Hiiragi looked at the soil and stones on the ground calmly, and replied without thinking too much: "I think it is worth sacrificing only one life to achieve that goal." It can even be said to be the best.

"why?"

"?"

"Without fully clarifying the situation, why did you easily make the choice to let yourself die?" The lord said, turning his head with some doubts, "There is no intention of survival in your eyes at all, I am very sorry. Curious about what made you think you had to sacrifice."

Why must sacrifice be made?

Kuhara Hiiragi didn't think about this question, he frowned slightly: "But with all due respect, my lord, as a member of the ghost killing team, should have been prepared to sacrifice himself to protect others."

Yuya Miyayashiki shook his head: "Yes, but this is different from your situation."

"Of course, fighting will cause death, but no one fights for death. And you give me the feeling that you are heading towards that end."

"Just with the thought of going to die, Hiiragi, you can't defeat Kimai Tsuji, and you can't achieve your goal."

His words were flat and gentle, just like the bright marble clouds in the sky, but it made Jiuyuan Hiiragi feel at a loss for a while.

"I don't know……"

Fighting, protecting things around you, until you die, until you pass your power on to the next person, this should be a matter of course.

"Hiragi."

Whether it is Taiwu or the Ghost Slayer, in his cognition, he lived for this, at least he lived for this in his two lifetimes.If it is not the determination to fight and protect others, if this is not the meaning of his existence, then why did he come to this world?

"Hiragi, calm down."

"...!"

Hearing the sound, Jiuyuan Hiiragi came back to his senses, and then he noticed that he had clenched his fists at some point, and the wound on his arm was painful, and even tended to split open.

"Feel sorry."

He lowered his head again, not knowing why he was apologizing.

"Fighting will bring death, but please don't forget anyway," Ubayashiki Yoya said, "You are a demon slayer, not a sacrifice for disaster."

So don't rush forward to die without plan.

"You know why you are alive, but you just forgot about it for the time being." He could vaguely see some sadness in his gentle and normal expression, "I just hope you can remember it sooner."

Living with the family you love and being greeted with the same smiling faces, obviously you have had that kind of life before.

Kuhara Hiiragi nodded if he knew something.

Seeing that the business interest in his eyes gradually faded, Yuya Miyashiki said, "Actually, I also have a plan to tell you."

"A plan that could kill Onimai Tsuji Mumi."

The author has something to say:

The previous chapter received many useful suggestions and comments,

I will work hard to improve the character creation, and be a hardworking knight! (?)

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