Demon Slayer : The Silent Journey

[Seiji's POV]

The first ray of sunlight shone upon me, making the sweat on my body glitter like diamonds. I stopped my training for a brief moment to stare back at the sun that was staring at me.

"Already huh?" I said out loud as I glared at the sun directly without flinching.

I woke up early today, so early in fact that it was still dark like the night when I got out of bed. I thought I'd get some training instead of trying to force myself to sleep again after I woke up from a nightmare.

Yeah, I still had nightmares. A little childish I know but it was not like I could help it.

It'd only ever stop after slicing Muzan into a million pieces.

The temperature of my body dropped rapidly after I stopped all movement. A chilling morning breeze blew on me, shaking me out of my musing.

I always loved sunrise and sunset. In my opinion, the transition between night and day was when the world was at its most beautiful.

As the warm sunlight passed over my body and lit up everything else, I stopped my gaze and continued my training once more.

However, I didn't train for too long after that as people were waking up. I was not wearing a shirt so I quickly wore one. I was still a little insecure about the myriad of scars covering my body and I didn't want to make anyone uncomfortable by being naked.

"Aww~ You should've let the clothes stay off," I saw Shinobu say from the Veranda. I was not sure how long she had been peeking on me but she had just now walked out.

I deadpanned at her, "I didn't know you were that type of girl Shibi,"

"Whatever do you mean? Can't a doctor appreciate a unique body constitution? Fufufu," she said teasingly.

Yeah, she couldn't pull off the onee-san allure on me because I knew her when she was young and always treated her like a little sister. There was also Kanae, so she only looked cute instead of looking mature.

I shrugged, "Thank you for the compliment,"

However, I was not sure if being called unique was a compliment. Couldn't she just call me sexy instead?

Because believe it or not, I was pretty sexy!! I think.

"Well anyhow, I will leave now since the show is over. Remember to clean up properly, she should be here soon," Shinobu said with a wave.

"Wait, who's going to be here?" I asked but she was already gone, leaving my question unanswered.

I stayed in place for a few seconds before I shrugged and sat down under the rising sun. I crossed my legs and closed my eyes to start meditating.

One of the greatest training to do after you've maxed out your physical state is to train the mind. In battle, the mind and body fought as one so you had to sharpen both.

Taking a page from Baki, I imagined myself fighting many demons in my mind. From demons I've faced before to demons I haven't faced yet but was aware of their abilities.

My sharp mind, which was able to process everything my eyes saw, could put more effort into my imagination when I closed my eyes. My vivid memory helped me too as I began simulating fights in my mind.

I imagined how the fight would go but most importantly, I imagined how the demons were going to fight. I put myself in their shoes, controlling their bodies and having their abilities. Then I used my own creativity to find a way to attack those and also how to defeat myself.

After I got my answer and found a way to hurt myself while in their shoes, I made sure to erase that weakness, I repeated this process again and again.

Against Gytaro, against Akaza, against Douma and even against Yoriichi. I ran those simulations again and again.

I spent more than an hour meditating like that. From my hunger, my body instinctively knew what time it was. It also realized that it was time for breakfast.

I opened my eyes and did an instinctive scan around the surroundings which I had left unseen for an hour.

Closing my eyes like that was dangerous but I felt safe doing so in the mansion.

"Oh, you're done!!" I could not hear her voice but with sight alone, I could tell how cheery those words sounded.

"???"

"So you're the one Shibi said would come," I said and my lips curved like it was the most natural thing to do around her, like holding your breath underwater.

"Mitsuri," I said while gazing at her pink hair that was dancing to the tune of the wind. They looked like the beauty of Sakura trees made into locks.

I stood up, dusting my butt off the dirt before I opened my arms. That was the permission she was looking for and she immediately jumped on me.

"Hehehe~ I missed you," she said as I did a small twirl and put her back on the ground.

"Me too," I said.

Copying her action unknowingly, I took in her scent, just like she did mine. She smelled like summer and love. A harmonious blend of warmth and strength.

"But why are you here?" I asked in confusion.

She gave a small pout, "You never brought this up again but I didn't think you would actually forget about it,"

"Uhhhh..." I said, still unsure.

"Did you see my haori?" she said and stood sideways so that I could see her fluttering haori. It was pink and white.

"It's proof that I am a Demon Slayer," she said.

She'd told me that before. She had become a Demon Slayer while I was still unconscious from my fight with Douma.

'Oh..' I internally realized what I was missing.

"You said I would become your Tsuguko after I passed the exam," she said, proving my suspicion.

"I did, didn't I?" I said, more to myself as I scratched my cheek.

I remembered being very excited about that prospect sometime ago. But I have been so busy these recent days that I've completely forgotten.

"Wait.." I said, "That means you are obligated to stay beside me every time other than while you are on a mission,"

I smiled.

She matched my smile, although hers was more shy.

Well isn't that just lovely news?

I didn't have a home of my own though. I spent most of my time travelling around, compelling missions rapidly until I became known as the pillar of pillars. The only times I was not travelling were times when I had to train or recover from a fight, so I would stay in the Flower Mansion.

So in a way, the Flower Mansion has been my home after all these years.

That means the Flower Mansion just got a new member.

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"WHAT!!! You are already awake!" Mitsuri exclaimed in surprise when she saw Kanae sitting at the dining table for breakfast.

Actually, even I was quite surprised to see her out of bed. This was the first time that she'd join us for breakfast.

The place we were in was the living room in the private section of the Flower Mansion. It was mostly just me, Kanae, Kanao and Shinobu who lived here.

"Seiji, why don't you tell me!" Mitsuri whined at my side.

"Don't blame me, I was told not to spread the news," I replied.

"Seiji, who are you with?" Kanae who was being guided by Kanao asked while turning to us. She couldn't see but knew where we were from our voice.

"Oh, sorry, I'm Mitsuri Kanroji," she said before bowing respectfully, "Nice to meet you,"

"Oh," Kanae mouthed and I saw her freeze up.

"You're...the girl,"

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The atmosphere then got really weird for some reason.

But it didn't take me long to realize why..

'They haven't met each other officially,'

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Auhtor : Finally, two of the female leads meet as I curse myself for making this a harem. Either one would be a good love interest alone.

Wish me luck as I write the next chapter.

I hate this honestly.

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