My Time As A Demon Slayer (Kimetsu No Yaiba x Male Reader)

The Summer Festival (CH.59)

Y/N's Pov

As we made our way out of the inn, both me and Shinobu could already see the preparations of the summer festival taking place. Obviously, most of it wasn't here to begin with, since the stands and other things were being set up in the main plaza, but we could already see the preparations going on. There were already a lot of people coming and going, and even more, there were a lot of little decorations all around, with some posters hanging from the walls, some garlands and little flags hanging from the ceilings.

It was honestly starting to look very pretty, and even from her we could already start to see the main area, and just how much effort they were putting into it. In the end though, we decided to not go just yet, as we wanted to wait until it was finished in all its glory before going.

Instead, we decided to take a stroll around the village. We first went to the outskirts of the town, and as we walked right beside the trees, we started talking. "So, how are you after the fight?" Asked Shinobu. "I mean, like, in the mental side of things. I already know how your body is, and honestly, it's quite impressive, but I don't know how You are. I've never been seriously injured really. I only have some relatively minor cuts from my first fight, as you might remember, but I can already tell that they're nothing compared to yours right now. I would also be lying if I said that I wasn't afraid back then, so I can't even imagine how scary it must be for you." It was honestly I hadn't really thought about, since even back then I was more worried about Shinobu than myself, and while even now I wasn't all that worried, my eye did make me nervous.

"If I'm honest." I started saying to her. "I never really thought about it. I was more worried about you during the fight. If it was between you and me, I definitely would've picked you, but now that the 'emotion' has died down, I'm quite worried about my eye. It's not really the injury what scares me really. Master did help me to deal with pain, but I'm scared that I might not be able to see with it ever again. I don't know how I'll deal with it if it happens." She looked concerned about this as well, but I tried to reassure her that it was okay, however, she still said.

"You know, Y/N. I'm just speaking my mind here..." She started saying. "If it ever becomes too hard for you to fight, I heard retirement is always an option for injured slayers, no matter the age. I know it might feel like a waste of your training, but if you ask me, you already saved a lot of people in just this like four missions you've been on so far, and I'm sure both your Mother and your Master would be proud...I know I am, but I wouldn't like to see you die because of something like this." I can't say that it wasn't something I hadn't thought about either, since in this state I felt unable to do anything in a fight, and even if I had people helping me, I think I would only end up being a detriment to them.

As I was thinking about it, Shinobu finished with. "If I'm honest with you, what I would really want for you would be to have a normal life. If you wanted to, you could live in the butterfly mansion, helping me take care of the girls when I'm not there- I know there's no way of stopping you, so you could take care of as many chores in the house as you would like. Even, if you're up to it, you could try to reconnect with your Father as well. It's all up to you though." And hearing all of this really did make me question if I really had to stay here. Her suggestion did sound like a good enough idea, and as I turned to look at her, I even considered saying yes to her, but just as I looked at her, I realized why I didn't really want to do so, because I didn't want to let her do this alone. I wanted to be there for her all the time.

I knew that it was still a very real possibility though, so I simply told her that I would think about it, and as concerned as she looked, she said that she was going to be with me, whatever I chose. I thanked her for this, and so, we went ahead and continued our walk for a while more.