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𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧



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There was a lot of information and knowledge that Hayami got from her walk with Gyomei.

Such information still stuns her. Apparently, demons have been existing for a long period of time, and there was a corps that slays these demons at night, the members included in the corps mainly use a nichirin sword to behead those demons and there are 'breathing styles' that these people can use. The male that had brought her to the mansion in front of her was a hashira ━ the stone hashira to be exact ━ and he was not much older than her as he is twenty-one years of age.

The teenage girl widened her eyes at the estate before her, the estate was seemingly called 'the butterfly estate' as Gyomei had explained earlier during their walk here ━ it was so large, it looked like a castle. Hayami unconsciously brushed off the leftover ash and bits of cinders on her very dirty yukata, the girl felt as if she should put up a great presentation on her appearance. Seeing that the building she was about to enter was a literal mansion.

She could hear Gyomei chuckle from beside her, he may be a blind man, but his ears were sharp and could detect the slightest bit of noise ━ even when that noise was the sound of her hands brushing against the fabric of her clothes.

"No need to worry child, the people you are about to meet are not that strict on appearances." The gentle giant attempted to reassure her.

Walking into the estate, everything was in order, and very clean. Hayami could see many people dressed in uniforms similar to that which Gyomei was using. And just as she got distracted by the space she was in, the male that had brought her to the estate gestured her to enter a room ━ and she did just that.

Once she entered, Hayami saw two females inside, and much to her surprise, one of them looked her age whilst the other was either two to three years younger as she estimated in her head. The atmosphere in the room was quite tense for her, but the warm smile that one of the two females gave her eased Hayami. She didn't know whether or not she should speak first or wait for the two unknown strangers before her to start the conversation. It seems that within a day she could be getting to know multiple strangers.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Kocho Kanae, and this is my younger sister Kocho Shinobu" one of the girls introduced, she was the one Hayami thought was around her age ━ she had a tall slender build with notable red lips that curved into a gentle smile in contrast to her pale complexion. 

She had a similar uniform to Gyomei on, along with a beautiful white butterfly-patterned haori over her shoulders that faded into the colors of a pale teal to pink at the ends. Her eyes were a mature pale violent and her long, straight, black hair past her shoulders with a pair of pink and green butterfly hairpins on both sides of her head. 

Whereas the other, Kocho Shinobu had the same black hair that was tied back into a flat bun secured with a similar butterfly hairpin Kanae had, except it was turquoise and light purple in color. Shinobu's bangs that framed her face had purple tips at the very edge, and her eyes were just the same as her elder sister's.

Hayami politely bowed at the two people she can refer to as her hosts, "Likewise, nice to meet you, I am Nakamura Hayami. . . I apologize for the intrusion, Gyomei-san told me to follow him and I did just so" Hayami spoke with a very soft tone, and as usual, her face was as cold as ice. Kanae, who had been smiling softly the whole time, took in the features of the girl before her. She somehow reminded her of herself.