Breathless - A Kimetsu No Yaiba Story

Breath of the dragonfly

I woke up in the butterfly estate once again. I thought I was banned from here ? Guess Shinobu didn't want to throw my body on the side of the road.

She could have done so, I just collapsed out of tiredness, as a demon I recover fast enough.

I looked out to see that it was night. I won't need to hide under a blanket.

I think it's better to leave before causing a commotion, but since I'm here might as well take the green knife and white broken sword I forgot last time.

With that in mind, I start to wander the house searching for my weapons. I notice that light is coming out of a room.

It's strange, who's still awake at this hour ? I walk towards the room, and look through the half open door.

It's Shinobu, she's holding a vial of what seems to be... Wisteria poison ? What does she intend to do with it ? She's gonna drink-

I react without thinking, and with quick and silent moves I rush in the room and take the vial out of her hand.

She bring her hand to her lips and realize that she's not holding the vial anymore. She looks around and notice me.

I guess seeing a demon who miss an eye in your house at night can be scary, because she's gonna scream.

I put a hand on her mouth to prevent her from waking everyone up.

"Ssh ! You're gonna wake everyone up. It's me don't be scared."

My hand then turn purple and my arm become numb. I take my hand away from her and my arm fall limp.

"Damn, how much of that did you drink !? That can't be good for you !"

"You !" She seem angry to see me. "That's none of your business, what I-"

I didn't hear the rest, my vision started to blur and I started to cough blood. Fucking wisteria. Since I became a full demon, I'm more sensitive to that shit.

Well, now either I develop a poison resistance real quick, or I die. Piece of cake.

With the level of control I have on my blood, I should be able to keep the poison in one part of my body, then focus my regeneration here. That part of my body will be destroyed then regenerate again and again until my body get used to the poison.

The problem is that the poison already reached my brain, and my consciousness is fading, making it difficult to properly control my blood. That means that making the poison leave my head is the top priority.

Finally the poison is out of my brain, and I can start working on a poison resistance.

In my pain, I remark that Shinobu is taking me back to my bed. Well, more like dragging me by my feets towards my room, since she's too weak to carry me.

As we reach my room, I finally become immune to the poison. I stand up as Shinobu look at me totally shocked.

"Phew, that hurts. Seriously, why do you drink that ? It's dangerous you know."

"...H-how... How are you..."

"Alive ? It's easy for demons with high control of blood demon arts. I don't want to sound mean, but if you ever come across an upper moon you should run. Now I'd appreciate if you told me why you drink that."

"To... To kill the demon that killed my sister. I intended... To make him eat me... And poison him that way..." She say, so confused that she forgot for a moment that she's supposed to be angry at me.

"Doma ? You won't kill him with poison. Give up."

"THEN HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO AVENGE MY SISTER !?"