さようなら; 𝑲𝑵𝒀! 𝑼𝑷𝑷𝑬𝑹𝑴𝑶𝑶𝑵𝑺 [✓]

三十二 ;

-ˋˏ that's enough ˎˊ-

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it was insults after insults from sanemi. prayers of pity from gyomei.

you were so close to killing sanemi just a minute ago. but the stone pillar had interrupted, throwing his weapon out to break your sword.

"[l/n] [y/n]... you're clearly struggling... please give up... we don't want to hurt you any further." the stone pillar stated as tears streamed down his face.

why was he here now? didn't nakime placed him with muichiro? you honestly weren't listening but you assumed that muzan changed his plans.

"oh i don't mind hurting her, she fucking deserves it."

"shinazugawa... please don't say that."

"huh?! look at her using the breath of flames against us. she's insulting the rengoku family. hell i bet she doesn't even give a shit about kyojuro's death."

"shut up. you don't know shit, i do care about kyojuro okay?!" you retorted, getting irritated with the wind pillar.

"then die. i'm sure that's what kyojuro wants too."

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it was after you killed your parents out of anger, after you escaped from your execution, when you bumped into the stone pillar.

you were merely eleven back then, you had no knowledge of demons and demon slayers. it was unfortunate that you had managed to bump into him out of everyone. and of course, eleven year old you had no chance against him at that time. you were brought to ubuyashiki to decide what to do to you.

it was either you became a demon slayer, or get executed.

you gave in, there was honestly nothing you could do and you didn't feel like dying that day.

"who is willing to take her in as a tsuguko?"

without hesitation, the flame pillar had glady announced that he would take you in and train you. you didn't know why someone like him would want to take you in.

"i see potential in you, it would be a shame if it gets wasted."

that only confused you further. how is he seeing potential in someone who had just murdered their own parents because they didn't know how to control their emotions?

but as months passed, you had slowly came to realise why he had said that you had wasted potential. without any knowledge of how to use a nichirn blade or what a breathing style is, you had mastered the breath of flames in four months.