Spider-lilies of Reincarnation ( Tcf x Demon slayer )

Chapter 11*

Previously...

Cale said his farewells, he walked now into the sunlight with Barrow and held his hand. Tanjiro waved goodbye to Urokodaki and was now wearing a green and black checkered haori.

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"This is just a question... But how is Cale not affected by the sun?"

Tanjiro looked at Barrow nervously. He was concerned on Cale's wellbeing, afterall, he was a demon just like Nezuko. It was known that demons couldn't handle the sun for any period of time.

"I'll tell you when the time comes."

Barrow said, he gave Tanjiro a vague answer and left him being even more curious.

"If you don't want to get left behind, you should hurry up."

Barrow said snapping his fingers, he gave a cheeky smile and ran faster. Tanjiro's train of thought immediately dispersed as he trailed behind.

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Walking across the village the three of them decided to settle down for a bit. Mostly for Cale. The only question now was, how would they lure in the demons in the village?

"We just need a bait."

Cale whispered, his signature scammer smile appeared on his face. He nodded to himself, ignoring the looks coming from the people nearby.

'There's no way right?'

Barrow took a glance at Cale, the smile on Cale's face only got brighter each second Barrow took looking at him. A drop of sweat rolled down from his cheek, he already knew that there was no way to coerce Cale out of his plan.

Shortly after, Cale ran away somewhere, with the excuse that he wanted something. However, Barrow didn't buy it, he knew that this was a part of Cale's plans of doing something idiotic.

"I'm back!"

Cale soon showed up in a light purple kimono with floral designs, he ran up to Barrow and hugged him. The men and women nearby simply looked at the two them with pity.

"You're using yourself as bait?"

Barrow looked at Cale who nodded in response. He frustratingly sighed. How could he have ever forget? Cale's most favorite hobby was becoming bait in dangerous situations, not just sacrificing himself.

"Well, you better get used to it. After all, I'm probably gonna do this again in future events."

Cale whispered as he backed away from the hug. Barrow in return could feel himself shivering at the words future events.

"Is that so..."

Barrow could feel himself sighing for the nth time. It brought him back to the old days, the days where it was just the three of them; he, Cale, and Kim Rok Soo would always have to form up plans that involved either one of them in order to fix the world. The Nameless one where the Roan Kingdom hailed from was a good example.

"What do you mean by future events?"

Tanjiro spoke up, a man trailer behind him. The man wore a black hakama over a striped kimono, in Cale's words, it was the typical non-playable character that could be spotted.

"Oh? Who's this?"

Cale turned around, he faced the man behind Tanjiro and smiled. Despite his question, he had already known who the man behind Tanjiro was.

"Oh! This is Kazumi, I brought him here because he said he could help us."

Tanjiro said, his words were discreet about the mission, knowing full well that he might've already blown his own cover off a while ago.