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010

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chapter ten

☁️ final selection ☁️

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"say yes to heaven.."
"say yes to me?"

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WEEKS TURN INTO MONTHS  and Kaori started getting better and better at her swordsman skills. She trained relentlessly, even during harsh thunderstorms or weathers – sometimes she would vomit blood too.

She pushed every matter aside so she could train though. There was a new goal for her. It was to become a hashira so she could save everyone by being high-level, assisting others to defeat the cruel demon lord that she hated so much.

It has only been 1 month and a few days since Kaori arrived at the Demon Slayer Corps headquarters but the hashiras there were friendly beyond her expectations – especially the woman hashiras.

The insect hashira and the love hashira were nice to her, they talk to her nicely and sometimes invite her to eat and hang around with them. Kaori favours the pink-green-haired woman the most.

She felt so safe near the pretty lady – same with the butterfly lady but she didn't like the fact that she kept teasing the water hashira about having no friends. Kaori and Giyuu too have become close.

She knows some fragments of Giyuu's past that made him so distant from the other hashiras – making her pity the jet-black-haired man even more. Kaori practised non-stop for something... a day she had been waiting for.

This particularly special day will be the day that Kaori attends the final selection of the slayers. Kaori wore her training clothes, a dark maroon loose shirt, and long black hakama pants. She borrowed a belt from Giyuu, it was quite oversized for her.

Kaori adjusted the borrowed nichirin sword from the water holder and put on her zori. Giyuu watched the little girl prepare herself, his nonchalant face staring into her soul as she looked towards him.

"I'll be going now, Tomioka-sama!!" Kaori waved, smiling as she swung her arms from side to side. "Remember to feed Sho, don't make him look skinny!!"

"Hmm... will do..." Giyuu hummed, nodding, "Stay safe... don't get hurt, Kaori."

Kaori giggles softly, "You know me, Tomioka-sama! I'll come back safe and sound~ and then I'll become a hashira so I can be at the same level and not call you Tomioka-sama anymore!!"

Giyuu furrowed his eyebrows, "Be the water hashira. I'm going retire."

"Nope!! Bye!!"

As she walked further away from the water estate, she was met with the bubbly love pillar and the observing serpent pillar – walking quietly while staring at his lively companion.

Mitsuri spotted Kaori's bright hair and immediately rushed to hug her tightly, "Unyu!! What are you doing today, tsugi-chan??"

"Yo." Obanai stared at Kaori, not presenting the same lively emotions as Mitsuri did. Kaori smiled, seeing the presence of the masked serpent pillar and the lively love pillar. "I'm going to go to Mount Fujikasane."

Mitsuri raised her eyebrows as she broke the hug between the two, "Mount Fujikasane? Ah~! You'll be taking the final selection test??"

Kaori nods making the pretty pillar sigh heavily, "Well... then I'll not ne seeing you for the next seven days... I'll not be able to have picnics with you again!!!"