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10: Hoshino

= "I love the way how you're completely different from the others" =

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"You're going to tell me what happened five years ago?" Tanjiro blinked his eyes, a little bit surprised that the girl willingly started a conversation about herself. "Why now?"

Biting her lower lip, Mizuki scratched her cheek with her forefinger.

"Well, I was thinking that it would be best if everyone knew. Because sooner or later, they will hear about it. But, you know, since you've said in Asakusa that you wanted to know everything, and you already heard all those things at the trial earlier, I thought that I should tell you first."

Tanjiro remained staring at her, making her fidget under his gaze.

"But if you don't want to, that's okay! I'm sorry for bringing it up to you!" She was about to walk away when Tanjiro pulled on her hand that he was holding, scooting himself closer towards her.

"I didn't said that I don't want to hear it." He gave her a smile. "Let me hear it. The reason why you decided to learn that dangerous breathing style and all about that tragedy that befell the Hoshino clan five years ago."

Zenitsu furrowed his brows.

Dangerous breathing style? Are they talking about Mizuki's Breath of Ice? And tragedy of the Hoshino clan? If he remembered correctly, that was the girl's last name. Did something happened to her family 5 years ago? He was assuming that the two will have a lovey dovey talk, but it seems like his assumptions were all wrong. The topic of their talk is way too serious!!!

The breath of thunder user decided to listen in. He knew that it was bad, but Mizuki said that everyone will know about it sooner or later, so he thought that it doesn't matter if he heard it now. He heightened his hearing sense, making sure to catch every breath and word that will come out of Mizuki's mouth.

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5 years ago...

"Mama!!! I brought it! I brought it!!!"

I yelled, waving about a small bag of equipments that my mother had told me to buy. I entered our small home, half of it were my mother's laboratory. She was a doctor, studying everything about the demon.

To be honest, her original occupation is a demon hunter, but due to some encounter with a stronger demon that ended up in an injury, she wasn't able to wield her sword anymore. In the end, she retired. But that didn't stopped her. Because she had been studying demons from the very beginning. Now that she was out of the front lines, she can now dedicate her full time in her researches.

And yes, eversince I was a child, I was aware of the existence of demons. Everyone from the Hoshino clan is. After all, most of us were raised to become demon hunters in the future.

I entered my mom's laboratory, seeing her getting serious at a certain specimen together with the others. Afraid to disturb her, I tiptoed my way around, silently putting down the small paper bag that held her equipments. I gave her one last look before going out of the lab.