Memories Of A Demon Slayer And The Syndicate

chapter 5: Recall

While Technoblade was interrogating some of the other pillars, Aiden noticed a boy in the group of pillars. Based on what he knew, that boy was probably the youngest of them all, but he didn't know how old he was, so Aiden went to talk to him.

Before leaving, Aiden asked Ashley to keep an eye on Techno and the others so he could safely separate from them. Not because Aiden is afraid of what the strangers will do, but because he doesn't fully trust Techno, who knows what he can do with them.

"What's your name?"

The boy turned his head to look at Aiden with a questioning look

"Muichirou" he said "Tokito Muichirou" The empty reply and expressionless voice also partly showed the boy's personality. Aiden started to get flustered, he looked back at his group and then back at the group of newcomers.

It seemed that the people in the other group had at least one weapon with them, and he looked back at the boy and noticed that he was also carrying a sword. Aiden couldn't help but ask.

"At what age did you know how to use a sword, Muichirou?" The boy answered frankly.

"I became a swordsman at the age of fourteen." Aiden was amazed at the young boy's talent, but there was a part of him that wasn't surprised either. It is also quite understandable because in this server there are many people who were forced to train and join the battlefield at a very young age, including Aiden and Ashley. Aiden wanted to ask more questions but didn't want to sound rude so he didn't say anything, but as if there was no need to ask, the boy named Muichirou continued.
''I was saved by Oyakata-sama and trained as a swordsman, after much effort, I was promoted to the pillar of the demon slayer corps."

Hearing that, Aiden began to have some questions pop up in his head. Of course, Rengoku's group had previously explained a bit about the demon slayer corps, its rank and leader. But what he was most confused about was what his past was like, what he had to go through and how did he get to the top of the demon slayer squad at such a young age.

"So...um...Why did you join the demon slayer team Muichirou?"

Aiden felt like he shouldn't be asking about this, but he couldn't help himself, there's something about the boy that makes him uneasy.  Muichirou slowly lowered his head, thought for a moment, then said.

"My memories are vague but according to what Oyakata-sama told me, my parents died when I was ten, I had to live with my twin brother for a long time." Muichirou  paused for a moment as if trying to remember. Aiden began to wonder if he had the same memory problems as Ranboo, but immediately, he continued the story slowly.

"Then we were attacked by demons into the house, because my brother was seriously injured, he couldn't survive. And the rest of the story, you know."

Aiden looked at the boy with wide eyes filled with concern, and the boy looked up at the sky with the same lifeless expression, as if it meant nothing to him. At first, when Aiden heard about the other's world, he thought that the two worlds they lived in were too different, even their world was much more better than this one. Turns out they had more in common than he thought. 

Aiden's gaze softened, leaving only sadness and sympathy for that unfortunate child. Suddenly, Aiden put his hand on the boy's head and said.

"You've been through a lot, haven't you?" Muichirou looked up, he saw a gentle face, eyes closed and lips smiling, but there was sadness and sympathy in that expression. Muichirou felt something familiar about his face, in part perhaps because he resembled Kamado Tanjiro. But apart from that, he had a feeling like he had seen this face so many times in his life, but he couldn't remember exactly who or when.