Ｐｒｏｔｅｃｔ ||Tomioka Giyuu X OC||

Thirty-Eight.

Third Person's POV.

She continued her training in the next day with the Rock Pillar and finished it at dawn.

"Finally!" She exclaimed when she finished pushing the boulder. Her whole boy feel hot and exhausted. Her body is sweating a lot, she already pulled up her sleeves and loose her up button, but the heat is still there.

She laid on the ground beside her boulder, panting heavily. Himejima's shadow blocking the sunset above her.

"Are you okay?" He asked while clasping his beads.

"Y...ea..ah.." she said weakly. "J...ust..give...me...r...es..t.." she stuttered while panting heavily.

"I have something to talk to you actually, but since Genya already left, I will just talk to you here." He positioned himself beside her exhausted figure. She glance her eye at him.

"Actually, Oyakata-sama talked to me about his plan. As much as I am hurting to say this, he is going to sacrifice himself."

She glance at the Rock Pillar who has his tears trickling down her cheeks with a serious look.

"He is going to reveal it to you anyway, and he said he is going to tell you some details later and he refused to tell his plan other than the sacrifice part to me. He seems to trust you more."

She daze at the sky as Himejima's words lingering in her mind.

"Ah, how depressing this is, to know Oyakata-sama will be gone some time in the future. I prayed that his kind soul will be accepted by the heavens. Namu Amida Butsu."

She keep dazing at the orange sky that is starting to darkened because of the sunlight is slowly hide its presence, letting the moonlight take over.

"It's not...that he trusted me that much. He trusted all of his children after all," she said still staring at the sky, remembering Oyakata-sama's face. "It is just that... I understand something that you all don't and Oyakata-sama know that, and his plan consists something that the Pillars will be against with," she said, "except me."

Himejima stared at the woman. Her face is decorated with a small smile.

"Are you talking about Oyakata-sama's sacrifice?"

She smiled at him. "More than that." She take a deep breath and close her eyes. "Being an informant in the past, I get to know something that is required for your goal, and sometimes, those things are not a good thing."

The Rock Pillar can only stay silent and guessing around what the Nature Pillar has in mind.

"What was bothering you at the waterfall yesterday?"

"Things. My own mind playing tricks at me I guessed," she chuckled.

"Do you perhaps wanted to talk about it? What I know is that if you talked about it, it will ease your burden a bit."

She stare at the sky above her. Her past memories creeping up on her mind again. She squinted her eyes, tears threatening to fall, but she shake her head.

"It's alright. My burden will go away when Muzan is killed anyway," she smiled.

The Rock Pillar can only silent at her answer. Deep down, he know that the Nature Pillar is hiding her feelings, but he can't blame her about it. It is not easy to open up to someone afterall.

"You'll catch a cold if you stay here. Can you stand up?" He asked while standing up from his position.

"I can, don't worry," she said while trying to sit up. She groaned when she is stretching up.