Near Mount Fujikasane, after greeting Muzan through Hantengu, Nathan carried the five restrained Demons to Nezuko and uncovered the black cloth from her.
“Get up.” He reached out his hand to her.
Nezuko took Nathan’s hand and stood up from under the tree.
Seeing the Hashiras watching her, she fearfully hid behind Nathan.
“Nezuko!” Tanjiro rushed over.
“You’re hurt?” He saw the blood on Nezuko’s body.
“Don’t worry, I’ve already healed her.” Nathan said, and Nezuko nodded in agreement.
“That’s great.” Tanjiro breathed a sigh of relief.
“Thank you so much, Mr.
Nathan.” Just then, the Flame Hashira walked over, looking at Nezuko: “Tanjiro, your sister is a Demon?” Several other Hashiras also walked over, vaguely surrounding them.
Well, except for Shinobu, who already knew about this.
“Yes, my sister is a Demon.” Tanjiro was extremely nervous, his whole body trembling.
“But she hasn’t killed a single person so far!
Nor has she eaten anyone!” The Flame Hashira frowned: “But she is still a Demon.
Even if she hasn’t eaten humans now, who can say what she might do in the future?” “I’ll vouch for her.” The former Water Hashira, Urokodaki, walked over.
“Nezuko is indeed a good girl.
I will vouch for her.
If she ever becomes a Demon that devours humans, I will personally hunt her down and commit seppuku.” The current Water Hashira, Tomioka Giyu, stood silently behind Urokodaki, showing his support.
“Master…” Tanjiro’s voice was a little choked.
The stance of the two Water Hashiras left the remaining Hashiras hesitating.
They couldn’t help but look to Nathan for guidance.
Now, with Kagaya, the soul of the Demon Slayer Corps, absent, they wanted to hear Nathan’s opinion.
“How about this: I can make Nezuko my familiar.” Nathan said.
“I’ll strengthen her with magical energy and sign a contract with her.
That way, Nezuko will obey my commands.
I will order her not to eat humans, and she can consume my magical energy instead of humans.” “Magical energy?
Is that the source of your power?” The Flame Hashira said.
“Since you’ve spoken, we’ll leave this matter to you.” Tanjiro looked at Nathan gratefully: “Mr.
Nathan, thank you so much.” Nathan’s eyes were a bit subtle.
If he told Tokiomi that he wanted to make Sakura his familiar, Tokiomi would definitely roll up his sleeves and fight him.
But here, Tanjiro was very grateful to him.
This made Nathan’s conscience ache a little.
But this would strengthen Nezuko and free her from the fate of having to eat humans.
It could be considered a good deed, right?
Moreover, who could resist turning a beautiful girl into a completely obedient familiar?
On Mount Fujikasane, within the Demon Slayer Corps’ lodging, the four Demons of Joy, Sorrow, Anger, and Pleasure let out miserable screams.
Nathan activated the altar’s function, beginning to drain their life force and convert it into magical energy.
Around the altar were placed more than a dozen high-quality gemstones, used to store the magical energy.
The life force of the four Demons was being continuously extracted, converted into magical energy, and stored in the gemstones.
“As expected of Upper Moons, they’re far stronger than those worthless Demons.” Nathan remarked, as he took out a thick syringe as large as his wrist, plunged it into Hantengu’s main body, and extracted a large tube of blood, sealing it with magic.
He rubbed the syringe and said: “I’m not very skilled in bloodline-related research, but I can still give it a try.” He patted Hantengu’s shoulder: “Anyway, if I can’t get any results from the analysis, I can always use this blood for some exotic food.” Hantengu didn’t understand what exotic food was, but from Nathan’s words, he sensed an extremely intense malice.
He lay on the ground, trembling.
“You need to do your best to keep those four ugly things alive.” Nathan pointed at the four Demons that were howling in agony.
“If they disappear, I’ll have to use you to extract magical energy instead.” “I understand!” Hantengu nodded frantically.
“I definitely won’t let them disappear!” “Good.” Nathan turned and left.
Some of the Hashiras would take turns guarding Hantengu to make sure he didn’t cause any trouble.
Now, it was time to turn Nezuko into a familiar.
Shinobu was following Nathan’s instructions, preparing a large wooden tub.
Inside the tub, Nathan had carved many complex magic formulas, then filled it with water and heated it to the right temperature with firewood.
Right now, Nezuko was inside the tub.
Nathan walked over, and Shinobu couldn’t help but ask: “Is this really a necessary step to becoming a familiar?
It feels like you’re making soup.” “Exactly.
Once the water boils, add some soy sauce, oyster sauce, and other seasonings, then simmer on low heat for an hour.
Freshly made Nezuko soup will be ready.
Want a taste?” “Pervert!” Shinobu looked at Nathan with a disgusted expression.
Nathan shrugged: “Normally, when we look for familiars, we don’t choose humans…
we use small animals like crows and cats.
After we catch them, we use special brushes and materials to carve magical contracts on their bodies.” “But obviously, Nezuko is a young lady.
It wouldn’t be appropriate to carve magical contracts on her body, so we have to use this method.” “I see.” Shinobu nodded, indicating she understood.
Of course, she wouldn’t know that Nathan had a simpler method.
He used this ‘boiled Nezuko’ method purely out of his own mischievousness.
Nathan walked up to the tub and cut his index finger.
A drop of blood fell into the tub, and under the influence of the magical inscriptions, it was absorbed by Nezuko.
A faint connection was established between Nathan and Nezuko.
Then, Nathan pressed his still-bleeding index finger to Nezuko’s forehead.
In the next moment, endless light blazed from the tub, and a hexagram array lit up beneath their feet.
Ten celestial bodies orbited Nathan’s body, arranged and rotating in a specific pattern.
Shinobu’s eyes were filled with awe.
She felt that the being before her wasn’t a human, but an infinite expanse of stars.
Soon, the phenomenon faded, and Nezuko had successfully become Nathan’s familiar.
Nathan could control Nezuko’s every move and even borrow her five senses.
He glanced at the tub beneath Nezuko and thought that if this were before his reincarnation, many people would want to buy a bottle of ‘Nezuko soup’.
Nathan walked out of the room: “Dry yourself off quickly and come out.
Let’s see how much stronger you’ve become.” Soon, Nezuko and Shinobu came out together.
She came before Nathan, and the other Hashiras, along with Tanjiro, gathered around to see what abilities Nezuko had.
Nezuko still had the green bamboo in her mouth.
She made a “Mhm~” sound for a while, then suddenly shrank, becoming the size of a three- or four-year-old.
Even her clothes and the bamboo in her mouth shrank along with her.
“???” “Well, that’s…” The Flame Hashira was a bit amused.
“That ability is…
well, rather cute.” “It seems I still need to give her commands.” Nathan stood up: “Nezuko, use Grow!” Nezuko returned to her original size.
“Nezuko, use Half-Demon Form!” Nezuko’s body grew a little more, and Demon horns sprouted from her forehead.
“Nezuko, use Exploding Blood!” Nezuko cut her wrist, dripped blood onto the ground, and then clenched her fist tightly.
Immediately, flames ignited, scorching the nearby grass black.
“Very good.” Nathan nodded in satisfaction.