The next day, Setsuna wakes up on her bed again feeling drained and sleepy. She sat up and saw Inosuke's bed empty. Perhaps he's already waiting for me to get up, she thought. Rubbing her eyes and standing up, Setsuna walks down the corridor to find her belongings ready for Natagumo Mountain.
Meanwhile, Inosuke was outside in the garden, sat on the stairs in the early hours of the morning. Already in his clothes, his stomach began to rumble.
"Man, I'm hungry." He says, tired.
"Pardon me, good sir." The old lady's voice said.
She was carrying his clothes and sat beside him on her knees.
"I cannot help but notice those clothes of yours are rather soiled. It would be my pleasure to clean them for you, so please wear these in the meantime. I believe that you will find them quite comfortable and pleasant to the touch." She says.
Inosuke exclaims softly, not saying a word.
"I was thinking of making some tempura for dinner. You know, something covered in batter and fried to a golden brown." The old lady continued.
He couldn't help but resist the food. He takes the clothes and goes back inside.
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Setsuna and Inosuke were sent to another room with the old lady and the doctor. They needed some answers about their broken ribs.
"All better." The doctor said.
The two of them sighed in relief. Now they can focus on their next mission. The Kasugai crow caws whilst outside. It came towards Setsuna and landed on her hands with great news.
"It is North! North-northeast! To the North northeast! Your next mission is north-northeast! The two of you are to go to Mount Natagumo! Make your way there, post-haste!" It caws.
After getting changed into their Demon Slayer clothes and their weapons at the read, Inosuke and Setsuna make their way to the exit of the House with the Wisteria Family Crest. Setsuna turns to the old lady.
"We're heading out." She said, bowing down. "Thank you for everything."
"I bestow good luck upon you." The old lady replied, getting her flint and steel out.
"We appreciate it."
The old lady went up to them and ignites her flint and steel together.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Inosuke screams in rage.
Setsuna grabs hold of him and pulls him back seeing that little small things do confuse him. He's a handful, she thought as she struggled to pull him away.
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The Boy with the Cursed Boar's Head
FanfictionSetsuna is a quiet girl living with Grandma whereas her parents were drowned in a tsunami when she was an infant. When she finds Grandma devoured by a demon, Setsuna finds a mysterious hole inside a bush in the middle of the forest, and once enterin...