• Child Of An Oni •

• Part 2 •

[ Papa Douma ]

Douma brought Akuma everywhere he went, from giving advice to people in his temple, to outside at night exploring and looking for the blue spider lily.

At the age of 4, Douma taught Akuma many things, he'd often tell her stories about demons, and events that  happened many years ago.

At 5 years old, she found out Douma was eating his followers. She always saw Douma go to a different room, and out of curiosity, she opened the doors and saw him eating women.

When Douma looked behind him, his eyes widened seeing Akuma staring back at him, he had blood dripping down his chin, and almost all over the room was covered in blood. But he was shocked that Akuma wasn't disgusted or scared of the scene in front of her.

When she turned 6, she started to help out Douma looking for the blue spider lily, she'd search in the forest during the day, and by night, both search for it.

Akuma was a bright child, she kept note of the place Douma searched and marked it wherever they've been to. Akuma then started to venture deeper into the forest, Douma taught her what to do if she ever encountered a demon slayer or hashira, hide.

If she encountered a demon at night, Douma was there to protect her. The two were inseparable. The only time they were apart was when Akuma was in the forest during the day searching for the blue spider lily.

When Akuma was in a village searching for any information of the flower, she spotted a small book store. She stayed there until she found a book about spider lily's. The owner said that book was made by a doctor who used that flower to try and cure a patient, but the writer disappeared many, many years ago, for he was killed by a patient.

The book was very, very old and almost tearing apart. Akuma bought the book with money Douma gave her, enough to buy food, and a safe place to rest if she needed to stay longer.

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Akuma was waiting for Douma to pick her up, in the middle of the night with her book, the only lead to the blue spider lily, though...what if it was fake? What if the spider lily book had the wrong information?

' What would Lord Muzan think? ' she thought.
Douma would tell her story's of the demon king, how powerful he was, how cold he was, and how strong he was. This made Akuma curious about the demon king, Douma told her to only call him 'Lord Muzan' if she ever meets him. He'd also tell her about his fellow comrades, the upper moons.

" Find anything interesting little Akuma~? " Douma said cheerfully behind Akuma, startling her.
" Papa Douma! You scared me! I almost dropped the book! " said Akuma.

" Ah, gomen, gomen.What's that book for, hm? " said Douma curiously, looking at the blue book in her hands. Akuma hands it to Douma, " It's information about the blue spider lily! It say that it only blooms during the day, that's why the demons couldn't find them! They only last for two or three days a year, it says in the book, and it also says about a certain spot where they grow, but I don't know if the flowers will bloom... "

Douma was left speechless, staring at the book in amazement, for centuries they couldn't find it, and This mere human child was able to find it rather quickly by simply going to a book shop. Douma smiles and pats Akuma on her head.

" Amazing job Akuma! Lord Muzan will certainly be please by your accomplishment! I'm proud of you!" He says cheerfully. " Now, let's go back to the temple!" Says Douma.

Douma and Akuma walk to the temple, despite it being very far away, they decide to admire the forest in front of them. All the animals, and trees looking beautiful in the moonlit.

<...To Be Counted...>