𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅 𝑯𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒂 | 𝙺𝙽𝚈 𝚡 𝙼𝚊𝚕𝚎!𝙾𝚌

三十七Thirty-Seven三十七

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Tonight
W/C: 3377

At the Tokito House, two young servants approach the beautiful and kind oiran, Koinatsu. She sat in her room, quietly enjoying her own time before the girls came up to her, eyes bright in admiration and love.

"Oiran, Oiran! Let's play! Let's play!" The servant girl says brightly, approaching Koinatsu casually.

Koinatsu smiled quietly, "Fine, fine." She said, stopping her projects to give her full attention to the young servant girls.

The other servant girl ran up to her, "Oiran! Read me a story!"

"I'd be happy to. Which should I read?" Koinatsu asked, intrigued and showing genuine interest in the young girls.

"Me, too! Read me a story, too!"

Koinatsu smiles, "All right, then let me read this one first, and when I'm done, shall I read that one?"

The servant girl suddenly becomes adamant on being the kinder one, "You can read mine later!"

"Mine, too!" The other girl perked up, mirroring the other servant girl.

The servant furrowed her brows in annoyance, "You always copy me!" She yelled, her hands on her hips as she glared at the other girl.

Koinatsu waved her hands slowly, "Now, now... Oh, that reminds me! First, I have something to give you two."

The girls' eyes gleamed with excitement as they stared at their 'mother', they admired her kindness and her beauty.

"What is it? What is it?" The girl asked with a smile.

She jumped on her heels, "What are you giving us, Oiran?"

Koinatsu brought out two beautiful hairpins, putting each of them in their hands. The servants admired the soft gems and sparkle of the gorgeous hair pins, finding the alluring embroidery of gold beautiful.

"But... these are your treasures, aren't they, Oiran?"

Koinatsu's eyes creased as she smiled fondly at the girls, "It's okay. Don't worry. I want to give them to you because I'm fond of you both. Fufu."

They blushed, "Wow... Thank you!"

Tanjiro stands outside of the room, listening to them, he holds up his wrist to stare at his "protection band" which Miyake had laced with his protection ability. The band would keep the wearer safe so long as it was worn. Not completely, but safe until Miyake could reach them.

I'm other words, it summoned a barrier.

Tanjiro thought hardly for a minute, his eyes narrowed in absolute as he had come to a definitive conclusion. He knew Miyake would agree, surely?

"Oiran, Oiran! Put this comb on me!"

"Hurry, hurry!"

Koinatsu shook her head and laughed gently at their enthusiasm, "Right. One at a time, okay?"

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At the Kyougoku House, an attendant informs the house owner that Zenitsu has gone missing.

"Nowhere to be found?" The owner questioned.

The attendant nodded worriedly, "Yes. Uh, it's Zenko. The one with the yellow hair. She fainted, so we put her to bed, but she's not in her room. Shall we have them look for her?"

The owner rolled her eyes and continued her work, "Don't bother. Forget it. Don't look for her. She's ran away What do I care? She must've run off some where, her brother must've came to get her. Just forget about it."