ᵂʰᵃᵗ ᴵᶠ ᵀᵃⁿʲⁱʳᵒ ᵀʳᵃᵛᵉˡᵉᵈ ᵗᵒ ᵗʰᵉ ᴾᵃˢᵗ | ᴷᴺʸ ᶠᵃⁿᶠⁱᶜ

24) one step to the truth

happy birthday to meeeeee

again, this chapter might not make too much sense but I guess if you pay close attention you'll eventually get where im going.

like I've mentioned my writing is a bit different from normal.

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Heavy footsteps; the loud thud sounds that filled in the eerie tension around the infinity castle.

Though the castle may be an endless loop where each time you take a step, it's as if you walk back to where you began. In kokushibo's case, he seemed to know what he was doing.

The steps didn't exactly sound too intimidating, nor did he even try to make it seem that way.

Like a coward he was at the current moment, he ran.

Running away once again from all the problems he has ever caused.

He not only nearly killed his 'mother' figure whom he meant to be the bright and scorching sun of his unlimited void of a world, but in front of them?

He felt ashamed. It's pretty ironic considering he's supposed to be second to the all mighty king himself.

For someone such as the uppermoon one, feelings like shame and regret is not to be shown. Even if he was alone.

Uppermoon one, Kokushibo formally michikatsu tsugikuni... known for being the most arrogant and egocentric demon of them all, the one most look up to, the one with all this pride in his hands, all for it to just shatter like glass from a busted mirror. And it was all because of tanjiro.

That charm of his which is enough to even put a broken person back into shape just by speaking.

That was the reason he existed. He lived only to fix not because people needed or liked him for him. No, that was not-

Yes it is. It really is indeed.

Tanjiro kamado.

The one who had the ability to change the past itself.

In which he took that advantage during his stay in the sengoku era.

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"I think I figured it out." 

"Should I practice cowering for this?"

A small chuckle escaped uta's lips as she once again spoke up.

"Don't be ridiculous; there's no need."

Once again another chuckle left her lips like nothing, even under the presence of the uppermoon one himself.

"You and thy cheerful attitude will not escape me I really hope you're aware of that by now."

"I shudder with defeat." Another one of her sarcastic remarks. Wome-