Nezuko, with a bamboo muzzle in her mouth, nestled in Chika’s arms.
Beside them, Tanjirou shed tears of joy because Nezuko had finally woken up.
Chika looked down at Nezuko in her arms.
At this moment, Nezuko was snuggled deep into Chika’s embrace.
It had been two years since they had last seen Nezuko awake.
Although Nezuko had been in a sleeping state these past two years, she could faintly sense the outside world.
After waking up, she looked around but didn’t see Chika or Tanjirou.
Even though Urokodaki was there, a sense of unease welled up within her without her family by her side.
Sensing the presence of the two, she reacted even faster than Urokodaki, dashing out of the house.
Faced with this situation…
Chika unexpectedly did not feel at a loss.
Their Father had passed away early due to health issues, and the heavy burden of the family fell on their Mother and the Eldest Son, Tanjirou.
They often had to leave home, and Chika, who stayed home to care for the younger children, frequently took on the role of ‘Mother.’
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Chika reached out and patted Nezuko’s head, saying gently, “It’s okay now, it’s okay.
We’re back.”
Watching this scene, a scene from their childhood involuntarily surfaced in Tanjirou’s eyes—back when all their family members were still alive.
Thinking of this, Tanjirou couldn’t help but shed tears.
Urokodaki, who was inside the room, followed closely behind and came out.
Seeing the returned Chika and Tanjirou, the old man found it hard to control his tear ducts.
He quickly trotted up to them and hugged Chika, Tanjirou, and Nezuko together in his arms.
“It’s good that you’re back, it’s good that you’re back.
You’re not hurt, are you?” Urokodaki said emotionally, holding them.
Every disciple he trained had failed to survive the Final Selection, like a terrifying curse.
But now, this dreadful curse, along with the knot in Urokodaki’s heart, had been broken.
It would be absolutely false to say Urokodaki wasn’t overjoyed.
If the Tengu Mask on his face were removed, one would surely see tears streaming down his cheeks.
Inside the wooden cabin.
Urokodaki served both Chika and Tanjirou a full bowl of miso soup each.
Tanjirou: Delicious!
Chika: Refreshing!
Chika felt she had finally come back to life.
After finishing the bowl, she cheerfully handed the empty bowl back to Urokodaki.
“Another bowl, please!”
Urokodaki naturally wouldn’t refuse.
On the contrary, it was a good thing they had an appetite.
“An Aberrant Demon…
you eliminated that Aberrant Demon…” Urokodaki said as he ladled more miso soup for Chika.
“Yes, not only did we eliminate the Aberrant Demon, we also eliminated most of the demons on Mount Fujikasane!” Tanjirou’s simple words slipped from his mouth.
Urokodaki’s body trembled involuntarily, almost spilling the full bowl of miso soup in his hand.
“You eliminated that many…”
Urokodaki laughed.
This laugh contained many emotions.
Firstly, when Sabito went up the mountain, he had once told Urokodaki he would pass the test perfectly and eliminate a hundred demons on the mountain.
In a way, Chika and Tanjirou had fulfilled Sabito’s goal.
Secondly, the demons on Mount Fujikasane were all captured and sent there by the Pillars or Highest Rank swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Corps.
With this massive disappearance of demons from Mount Fujikasane, they would have to go out and capture more demons to replenish the supply.
They were going to be busy~
Back when he was still a Pillar, he found the task of capturing demons and transporting them to Mount Fujikasane troublesome.
Now, with this new generation of swordsmen able to experience the same annoyance, this was Urokodaki’s little moment of’schadenfreude.’
Afterwards, Urokodaki chatted a lot more with Chika and Tanjirou, such as the diversity of demons and how certain higher-level demons possess special abilities called ‘Blood Demon Arts.’
However, Urokodaki was no longer worried about the two of them.
They were geniuses who had mastered ‘Total Concentration Breathing Constant’ even in the ‘Beginner Village,’ the hope that broke the curse of his disciples’ deaths.
If it was them, they would surely be fine, survive, and become the new generation’s pillars.
While the three were talking, Nezuko, unable to speak with the bamboo muzzle in her mouth, sat quietly to the side.
Seeing Nezuko like this, Chika thought it looked pitiful, so she extended a finger and suggested letting Nezuko take off the muzzle.
“Master Urokodaki, although we still cannot rule out the possibility of Nezuko going berserk, you are a former Pillar, and we are no longer the little rookies we used to be. This story is hosted at novelping.com.
We won’t be easily injured by a demon.
Now that Nezuko still has her self-awareness, let her take off the muzzle for now.
She can put it back on when we’re outside in crowded places.”
As soon as Chika said this, both Tanjirou and Nezuko widened their watery, expectant eyes and looked at Urokodaki.
Tanjirou was one thing, but Nezuko’s watery, hopeful gaze was truly hard to refuse, or so Chika thought.
However, Chika believed Urokodaki probably felt the same way she did.
Under the gaze of the two, Urokodaki also agreed to the proposal.
Nezuko’s mouth was finally freed from its seal.
Full of energy and happiness, she spread her arms and hugged Chika beside her again.
“Sister!!!”
Tanjirou sat beside the two, watching them.
With a slightly complicated expression, he poked himself with a finger.
“Nezuko, me…
what about me…”
Urokodaki watched this scene, which could be called a world-famous painting, with a calm expression.
He took a small sip of miso soup and let out a puff of white steam.
The relationship between these three siblings is really good…
After the siblings chatted for a while, a long-awaited reunion, Nezuko lay down again and fell asleep.
According to Urokodaki’s speculation, Nezuko, being a demon, cannot recover stamina like normal demons because she doesn’t eat humans, so she chooses to use sleep to restore her energy.
Hearing this speculation, a theory of her own welled up in Chika’s heart.
Nezuko recovers stamina slowly because she doesn’t eat demons and can only choose sleep to maintain low energy consumption, gradually restoring her strength bit by bit.
So, could the reason she gets tired easily be the same principle?
However, Chika quickly dismissed this speculation herself because she completely lacked any desire for blood.
Although her stamina depletes quickly, it also recovers quickly, and she doesn’t need to restore energy through sleep like Nezuko does.
Chika fell into silence as she gazed at Nezuko sleeping on the bed.
In the original work, Nezuko was one of the few who achieved a happy ending—neither disabled nor dying young.
But if Muzan didn’t exist, she would have had an even more beautiful family.
Muzan claims to be a Natural Disaster, so there’s no need to care.
But even if he were a Natural Disaster, people would still vent their grievances against the heavens for its injustice.
Moreover, he is not a Natural Disaster; he is a Man-made Calamity!