Rihu-kun on the Seat of Heroes

Ji Guoyuan fell asleep for more than 400 years, and when he woke up, things changed.

The already dull swordsman didn't seem to react at all, just sat on the bed and stared blankly in one direction, listening to the contemporary protagonist of the Ghost Slayer Squad tell him what happened in the past 400 years, and what is going on now? era.

Most of the protagonists of the Ghost Slayer Squad die because of the curse, when ordinary people are in their prime, so the replacement of the protagonists of the Ghost Slayer Squad is extremely fast.And no matter how detailed the written information is, in the ghost killing team to avoid the pursuit of ghosts time and time again, even today, there is not much left.

But there is only one sentence, which began in the Warring States Period 400 years ago, and has not changed in any way, and has been passed down to the present.

Miyayashiki Yoya had a gentle expression that made people subconsciously want to get close. He looked at the ghost sitting on the bed—this was the existence he had been taking care of alone since he was eight years old.

There are secrets hidden in Ubayashiki's mansion, which Yoya Ubayashiki realized when he was four years old.When the father in poor health was alone, he would quietly stare at a house that did not allow anyone except himself and his mother to approach, and then slowly sighed with emotions that he did not understand at the time. tone.

That house is the most sunny room in the entire mansion, but the windows have never been opened, and Yuya Ubuyashiki was also curious about what exists inside.Until he was six years old, his seriously ill (cursed) father, supported by his mother, brought him to that room.

When seeing the scene inside, Yoya Ubuyashiki, who was already very stable even as a child, couldn't help showing a surprised expression.Just because he saw... a sleeping little boy with long red hair who looked like he was only five years old.

The little boy's face has a mark as beautiful as a flame.Ubuyashiki Yoya didn't know why, but recalled in a daze what his father had told him about those "striped" swordsmen in the Warring States Period.

"Father, he is..." Obstetrician Yoyashiki's words were stopped by his father's actions before he could finish his words.The father, who had always been very gentle but rarely made intimate movements with him, gently put his hand on his head.

Even though the curse has almost eroded the entire body, and the body is already in such pain, the father's voice is still very, very warm, and the father said to him, "Yaoya, I have a hunch..." Because from the Heian period, the obstetrician For generations, the family has been married to the girls of the priest family, so half of the blood in the body comes from the Shinto-related family-it is also for this reason that the children of the Miyashiki family have a special ability.They have a keen intuition, which can also be said to be [foresight].

It is precisely because of the ability to see through the future that each generation of Ubuyashiki has accumulated a lot of wealth for them, and at the same time helped the Demon Slayer Team escape several huge crises.

The father who also has this ability, put his eyes on the child who didn't react at all, and didn't even seem to breathe, "—everything will end in your generation."

His father could no longer be seen, but the emotion that could even be called intense was revealed in those godless eyes, which even frightened Yoya the obstetrician.

Afterwards, the father calmed down and told him the story that had been handed down from more than 400 years ago.It is a story, but in fact it is just a simple sentence.

"Yaozai, do you still remember when breathing method first appeared?"

Yoya Ubuyashiki replied, "During the Warring States Period, all breathing methods were branched from a swordsman who used the Sun's Breathing Method."

"Then, what about the striped swordsman?"

Before Yuya Ubuyashiki could answer, he saw a faint smile on his father's face.The child whose thinking was much faster than that of an adult opened his eyes slightly, as if he had thought of an unbelievable possibility. "Father, could it be..."

"It's just what you think, Yaozai." His father called his name, his voice became very soft.

"【This disaster that has lasted for thousands of years will end at the moment when the swordsman who breathes the sun wakes up.】"

Not long after saying these words, my father closed his eyes forever.Yuya Ubuyashiki took over the duties of his father and became the father of all the swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Squad. He treated all the swordsmen as his own children.

Then, in his year, the swordsman who had been sleeping and turned into a ghost woke up on this day.

*****

Except for the few pillars who witnessed the transformation of sun pillars into ghosts in the Warring States Period, who else would accept that the ghost killing team that was supposed to kill evil spirits actually hides an inhuman monster?

So when he realized that Ri Zhu, who had turned into a ghost, would not be able to wake up for a short time, the Warring States lord who had saved him at the age of six thought of a question.Once the crisis comes, how can he take away the ghost-turned and self-aware Rihu alone without exposing Rihu?

You must know that the replacement of the swordsmen of the Ghost Slayer Team is faster than the protagonist in a sense, especially the powerful swordsmen who lost their lives due to stripes in that era did not live to be 25 years old.The little protagonist grew up from six years old to 16 years old, and the swordsmen who served him changed directly.

The little protagonist knows that his life has entered a countdown, and ten years of waiting is enough to make him lose confidence in Ji Guoyuanyi's awakening.He felt sad for Yuanyi's deep sleep from the bottom of his heart. Although his impression of Yuanyi was only from a little memory before he was six years old, he always knew what a gentle existence he was.

A ghost is a sad creature.

The little protagonist couldn't bear to imagine that when Yuan woke up, he found that everything in his memory no longer existed... How confused and painful would he be?

Everyone said how powerful Master Yuan and Master Rizhu are, as if as long as there is that red figure, all difficult battles will end in an instant.But in the eyes of the little princess who treats all swordsmen as her own children, Yuanyi is just an ordinary person, an ordinary person who is slightly stronger than others.

It was only because the little lord had accidentally seen Yuan Yi facing him, showing a heart-wrenching sad expression.

The people around the little lord have changed a lot, and the only thing that hasn't changed until now is the sleeping ghost lying on the bed.There is something ludicrous about this fact.

After being ill for a long time, the little protagonist doesn't remember that he read it from that book, saying that he should talk more to the comatose person, which will help the other person wake up to a certain extent.

So every once in a while, he would tell the interesting things that happened around him to the swordsman lying on the bed.And this time, it should have been like this, but the little lord didn't know why he would bring out the previous troubles and these together.

But the next day, when he went to visit Yuanyi, he found that the swordsman who had never changed at all suddenly turned into the image of a child!

The little lord was so shocked that he could hardly speak, he couldn't describe how huge his mood fluctuated in an instant.The surprise in a split second made him think that Ji Guoyuan had woken up—but he was disappointed when he found that the other party still hadn't opened his eyes except for the change in appearance.

The little protagonist didn't know whether it was Yuanyi who heard his voice, or it was simply the result of not eating.But this still made him more enthusiastic about the matter of [talking to the sleeping little Yuanyi].

*****

"As I mentioned before, I actually have some impressions of what happened when I was in a coma."

"So when I woke up, the little lord's voice seemed to be still in my ears." Ji Guoyuan held a cup of hot tea, and huddled in the corner of the training dojo with Zaomen Tanjiro, continuing what he hadn't finished talking before. story.

"Because of this, I have been unable to respond to the fact that I have slept for more than 400 years."

Tanjiro Kamado couldn't speak, he didn't know how to comfort the other party.Just thinking about if these things happened to him...he couldn't say any words of comfort.

Ji Guoyuan didn't need Tanjiro Kamado to say anything, all this happened hundreds of years ago to him, and he didn't affect his emotions that much.It's just that these memories and emotions that should have been forgotten with the passage of time, because of his relationship as a heroic spirit, have become countless clear in the memory in his brain.

Ji Guoyuan continued quietly, "Yaozai... that is, the lord you met before. He told me what happened in the past 400 years, and what the current Ghost Killing Squad is like."

Zamon Tanjiro didn't react much at first, because he didn't know the name of his lord at all, but when his brain finally realized the meaning of Ji Kunienichi, he became at a loss, "It turns out The lord's name is Yaozai...Ah, speaking of which, do you also know the lord, Mr. Yuanyi? Then why didn't you appear in front of the lord directly, what happened...?"

It was only at this time that Ji Guoyuan remembered that he didn't seem to have explained the concept of parallel worlds to Kamado Tanjiro.And Tanjiro also seems to regard his spiritualization as a kind of blood ghost technique...

Ji Guoyuan opened his mouth, subconsciously wanting to explain.However, because he knows a lot of knowledge as a Heroic Spirit, although his brain knows the meaning of this word, he doesn't know how to explain this concept in easy-to-understand words.

The two swordsmen, whose hair ends were dyed red, looked at each other blankly. For a moment, the scene was extremely embarrassing.