𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 | 𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚌

𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 3: 𝖂𝖍𝖆𝖙'𝖘 𝖆 𝖉𝖊𝖒𝖔𝖓 𝖘𝖑𝖆𝖞𝖊𝖗?

"A what?" Mizuki asked. The nurse was treating what she thought was a human who had fallen down the mountain but was actually a demon who had just saved a kid's life from another demon.

"Yup. Demon slayers, they go around to towns and are paid to kill demons. Pretty simple!" The nurse said while wrapping a bandage around mizuki's leg.

"Your skin is real pale..."

"I get that a lot." Mizuki said back plainly.

She wasn't even nervous about it because after awhile it just got annoying.

"Is there an inn or something i can go to for the night ma'am?" She asked kindly.

The nurse gave some directions and Mizuki was off to a town she had never been to.

"It's a new estate and the owners need to make money in this world somehow. It's a few demon slayers and their sister. Hey, maybe you could learn a bit more about demon slayers from them." The nurse had said.

Mizuki eventually found the address. Whew she thought, just in time before daybreak.

"Okay so your room is with all my other brothers. Unfortunately the other rooms are taken, sorry about that. Oh! And our bath house is down the hall and we serve meals daily. You can eat with us for free but if you want a separate meal or can't make it in time theres a fee you can pay. each night is one copper coin. I'm Hanna by the way." A young girl at the front of the estate explained.

"Right. About each night..." Mizuki felt embarrassed handing over a large stack of money, and that was half of what she had earned in the city!

"I've done the math! I need to stay here for six months if that's alright. I will be asleep for that time period." Mizuki said.

Hanna looked confused. Oh no...had Mizuki been too obvious with that long time?! And where would anyone in this town get that kind of money?

"Well you must have traveled a long way huh! never seen anyone but my gramps sleep for that long and he's dead." she replied.

Well she sure did have a dark sense of humor for someone with a name that meant flower. speaking of flower, Mizuki could not get over the flowing orange-red like hair that hanna had. It was so pretty compared to her peach-like hair.

Hanna showed her to the room and just like she had said...Mizuki slept deeply for six whole months before one of her brothers woke her up out of concern. It was around midnight when he did so luckily.

"Who...are you?" Mizuki sleepily asked.

"I-um I'm Takeo-kun. That's my brother over there Takeshi." The slayer exclaimed, stuttering.

"Your time is up ma'am it's been six months." Takeshi said coldly.

"Really? Well it felt so-" Mizuki began but noticed Takeshi giving her a stare that suggested suspicion.

"-so long! Felt like years really..."

Well that got Takeo convinced but Takeshi seemed like a project.

"I would like to request to stay here another two weeks please. Not to sleep but rather to enhance the true experience of this estate." Mizuki stated sweetly, she handed Takeo a small baggie of copper coins.

"We would love to have you!" he replied.

Mizuki blushed and smiled. Three days later Mizuki decided it was time for a bath and Hanna decided to join her.

"So what do you dream about when you hibernate?" Hanna jokingly asked as she stepped into the steaming bath.

"Funny thing...I was dreaming that you had become a fairy." Mizuki replied and Hanna blushed.