The Journey Of Revenge

Chapter 1

"speaking"
'Thought'
(Author's way of speaking)

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I was kneeling down on the snow, looking lifelessly on the body of my family. Blood all over the house was to be found and it reached until the outside. Nezuko was lying down on the snow, while hugging Rokuta on her arms.

Strange. Despite witnessing the corpse of my family, I don't shred even the slightest bit of tears. All I know inside of me right now, is that I don't have any energy to do anything. Neither to bury or stand, I can't find the energy to do just that.

Why... Why... Why is this happening...? What's this...? Is this a dream? I... Hope so...

"It seems like I was late."

I heard a voice behind me, but I couldn't look towards it. His voice and the scenes before me just confirmed that this is not a dream. What the hell?

Seriously? Not even one of them survived?! Seriously?! How can this happen?!

We were laughing just yesterday! We were living a happy life just before! How did this happen?! Where did it go wrong?!

"Despite what happened, it's commendable that you're still calm-"

3rd person pov

The man who walked beside Tanjiro stopped on his words and looked at the boy who was kneeling on the snow.

"Forget it. I was wrong. You just can't express yourself from the shock, it seems."

He turned his back, ready to walk away. Now that there's nothing to do here, he needs to go to a different area to look for demons. He walked away, leaving Tanjiro who's still lifelessly looking at the body of his dead family.

"Is... Is this really real?"

The words that came out from Tanjiro's mouth made the man stop from his track. Without turning to face each other, the man replied,

"Yes, it is. I suggest you to overcome this despair, and move your body. You and I failed to protect them because we were late. Burying them is the least you can do."

As for him, he had other things to do than worry about the dead people's bodies.

"If you wish to get revenge, make yourself stronger. I can see a deep and strong fury inside you. Unleash that and use it as a force to avenge your family."

And with those words, the man quickly vanished from the area, leaving Tanjiro alone with no light on his eyes. He forced himself to stand, obeying the words of the man of burying them. His legs are shaking in the process, but still did it as a compensation for not being with them in the time of crisis.

He was with them when they were living normally, but he wasn't with them when they needed him the most.

While in the process of making a grave for them, his eyes which were lifeless earlier, were burning with tears and anger. It was like he was the demon himself at his look. It wouldn't be surprising to make a normal person pissed their pants just by looking at him.

Anyway, it's a look that was completely unexpected and unimaginable coming from the boy named Tanjiro.

After he was done with the burying, he kneel down in front of the grave and prayed.

After that, he stood up and walked away from the place. Having a newly found goal, he heeded the proposal that the unknown man gave to him. To become stronger and get revenge. That's the best thing to avenge his family.