3 The swordsman's sarcastic remarks on marriage
The news that the Water Pillar had brought back an injured girl for the first time spread within the Demon Slayer Corps.
Strong, taciturn, and cold, this is how the Demon Slayer Corps describe the Water Pillar.
A curious person went to the Butterfly House for a wandering tour, came back in a daze, and said to his companions, "That girl is so beautiful."
My companion was surprised and wanted to continue asking questions when a figure walked by.
It was the Water Pillar, holding the Nichirin Sword and with an expressionless face.
Why is this kind of thing being discussed by everyone? Tomioka Giyu was puzzled. Saving ordinary people and bringing the injured back to the Butterfly House for some special reasons was not the first time in the Demon Slayer Corps. Even his companions often did this.
“…”
Mr. Shuizhu stood by the roadside, thinking.
Let's go to the Butterfly House and get some bandages. Finally, after thinking it over, Master Shuizhu turned around smoothly and walked towards the Butterfly House.
The Butterfly House was still as lively as usual, with the little girls chatting and laughing, and the sun was pouring down. When Giyu Tomioka looked up, he saw a slender figure sitting under the eaves.
She was wearing a patient's white shirt and trousers, with thin shoulders. She had her head lowered, her black hair tied up, with some strands falling on the sides of her face, and was folding clothes in an orderly manner.
These were the patient gowns that had been hung out to dry. There was a messy pile next to her, and on the other side were seven or eight folded patient gowns.
The sun shone on her knees. The recuperation of the past few days made her look much better. If she was a dandelion wet by the rain that night, now she was like a fragile white porcelain doll displayed in an exquisite closet.
Noticing someone looking at her, Reiko raised her head and found a familiar figure. A smile immediately appeared on her face, and she looked very surprised: "Mr. Yiyong!"
Tomioka Giyu: “…” The address has changed.
He was originally standing a little far away.
After hearing the girl's voice, he spontaneously stepped forward.
He remembered that Lianzi talked a lot, but she was never noisy. She spoke in a soft and gentle voice, which was very pleasant to listen to.
"Ever since Mr. Giyu brought me here, everything seems like a dream..." Reiko said with a smile on her face and a gentle tone, but she was a little nervous. If this conversation could not leave an impression on Giyu Tomioka, then she would have to change her target.
You can't just hang yourself on a tree.
She was very skillful in speaking and could always play a question-and-answer game with Giyu Tomioka. Occasionally, she would lower her head and put the folded patient gown aside. Her slender fingers looked very beautiful, and when they pressed on the same light-colored fabric, the scars left by the abuse were particularly obvious.
Tomioka Giyuu stood nearby, looking down, and suddenly said something completely unrelated to the question: "Why don't you apply the medicine?"
A rare, normal expression of concern. Perhaps he himself was completely unaware of it.
Lianzi smiled, followed his gaze, looked at her fingers, and said, "These are scars from a long time ago. The doctor's medicine won't work so quickly. Mr. Yiyong came to Butterfly House. Are you injured?" As she spoke, she tilted her head back, her face filled with tension, and there was obvious worry in her eyes.
Giyu Tomioka finally remembered that he came to the Butterfly House to get bandages.
"No." He answered Lianzi.
Then: "I'm leaving."
If it were someone else, they would probably think that something I said made him unhappy and that was why the conversation ended like this.
Reiko's smile faded slightly, and before Tomioka Giyuu turned around, she continued his words as he was about to leave: "Will Mr. Giyuu come to Butterfly House often?"
"There's no need." Tomioka Giyu paused, turned sideways and said.
He is not injured. There are often injured people in Butterfly House, so it is better not to trouble the doctor... You can think of another reason. I will go get some bandages later, just a little bit.
The young man placed his hand on the hilt of the Sun Blade at his waist and rubbed it subconsciously.
"Mr. Yiyong, just come to visit me, is that okay?"
Tomioka Giyu paused while stroking the handle of the Nichirin Sword. He turned his head and met those light-colored eyes. He paused for a second, as if burned, and turned his head away again.
Visit the injured?
"Um."
He walked away.
Reiko watched the figure in the color-blocked haori disappear around the corner and pursed her lips slightly.
She was not sure what the effect of this conversation would be. At least from what she saw just now, Tomioka Giyuu really liked the person chatting with him. Although his answers were brief, he answered every question.
The pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps are very busy. A pillar died not long ago, and heavy dark clouds are hanging over the Demon Slayer Corps. It took several months for the situation to improve.
The fact that Shuizhu brought back a young girl became a topic of conversation that had no other alternative.
In the next few days, the little girls in the Butterfly House also noticed something was wrong. Why did Lord Water Column come here every day without fail?
But there is no other expression on Lord Shuizhu's face!
Frank and cold.
Probably the only one who was happy was Tanjiro Kamado.
Most of the people in the Butterfly House are little girls, and they are not very smart. Only one of the little girls looked at Lianzi with some displeasure in her eyes.
Lianzi also looked at her, pursed her lips and smiled, and the little girl looked away evasively.
These girls are not bad people at heart, they are much better than those people in Red Street.
Reiko moved out of the ward and was assigned a small room, a Japanese-style room she was familiar with. She still went to the doctor every day to take medicine, and then helped with some light work, such as folding clothes and sweeping the floor.
Those jobs were much easier than the ones that Ms. Endo deliberately tortured her with.
Lianzi wanted to stay here more and more.
She is well aware of her strengths and weaknesses.
When she was in the house, she always shrank back, hunched her shoulders, looked very awkward, and her face was always dirty. No one would notice her, except for Miss Endo who accidentally discovered her true face under the dust one time.
Reiko should be sixteen years old this year, but she had previously lied to the boss lady and said she was thirteen. She was hunched over, which was not surprising. But when she arrived at the Butterfly House, her shoulders opened up and her figure suddenly grew a little taller. When she went to Yuguo, I'm afraid even Miss Endo, who tortured her every day, would not recognize who she was.
No... Miss Endo has probably been killed by the cannibal.
What Reiko needs to think about in the Butterfly House is how to chat with Giyu Tomioka and convince Tanjiro Kamado that she is a pitiful person.
The boy had a sharp intuition, and one hesitant look from him set off an alarm bell in Lianzi's heart.
She began to take the initiative to talk to Tanjiro Kamado.
Then she found out why this person could perceive her true thoughts.
…it’s actually the sense of smell.
That's ridiculous.
Reiko's eyes were smiling, and her tone was surprised, which subtly coincided with her fleeting thought and did not attract Tanjiro Kamado's attention.
The boy touched the back of his head embarrassedly and said it was nothing.
"With such a powerful sense of smell, we can find more ghosts and help more people. Tanjiro is amazing."
It is normal to blush when being praised. Tanjiro Kamado smiled embarrassedly, but at the same time he secretly made up his mind to train harder and protect more people.
"Mr. Giyu is here," the girl beside him noticed something, suddenly stood up, lowered her head and smiled at Tanjiro Kamado, "It's nice to chat with you, Tanjiro."
Then he went towards Tomioka Giyu who walked in from the door of Butterfly House.
Tanjiro Kamado was stunned, looking at the slender figure. Reiko, like the other nurse girls, was wearing a long-sleeved dress. The skirt was white, but the belt was pure black. It seemed to be tied a little tightly, and the lines were suddenly concave.
She has a straight back and a long neck, and she always wears her hair tied up in a low bun.
The girl and Master Shuizhu went outside the Butterfly House to talk.
Giyu Tomioka looked at her, and heard her joyful words. There were only so many things about Butterfly House, and she could always find something new and interesting - for her, she would also mention some things that happened in Okiya. They were few, but enough to move the listeners' hearts.
Reiko would also tell him about the Demon Slayer Corps.
It is easy to reveal flaws if you just keep explaining your own affairs. Lianzi is very aware of this and is carefully controlling the degree of playing the victim.
Only when you have common topics will a man put you in a higher position.
These days, when she talks to Tanjiro, she doesn't just show weakness. She asks about the Demon Slayer Corps.
Tomioka Giyuu lowered his eyes and suddenly said, "Tanjiro is a good man."
Lianzi paused and looked at him blankly.
Her mind was frantically analyzing what this meant, but she smiled brightly, tilted her head, and said softly, "Yes, he takes good care of everyone."
"I asked him a lot about Mr. Yiyong."
Tomioka Giyu: “…”
He lowered his head, and for a rare moment, he met those light-colored eyes, hesitating for a moment.
According to him before, he would say "there's no need", Tanjiro is gifted and can definitely replace him as the new Water Pillar.
Reiko and Tanjiro become good friends... and Tanjiro will take care of her in the future.
but.
Now, he is the water column.
So Tomioka Giyuu paused for a moment and asked, "Why?"
They see each other every day, why doesn't Lianzi ask him directly? He never lies.
Lianzi tilted her head back, she seemed to have grown a little taller. Yes, people of this age grow very fast, and soon Lianzi will be even more beautiful.
She quietly looked into those eyes that were as deep blue as the sea and as deep as the bottom of an endless lake, and softly said something else: "Naho and the others asked me what my last name was before. Because everyone has a last name, but I only say my name is Reiko."
Tomioka Giyu looked at her intently, not knowing what he was thinking.
But Lianzi was certain that this person was distracted again.
But it doesn't matter. A little distraction will make her next words more impactful.
"In two years, Lianzi will be married, and by then she'll have changed her surname. What does it matter whether she has her previous surname or not?"
Tomioka Giyu was stunned.
This time he reacted strangely quickly: "You can stay in the Butterfly House."
Reiko shook her head, averted her eyes, and lowered her head slightly, revealing a fragile white neck. Her tone was also melancholy: "How can this be? Mr. Giyu and the Demon Slayer Corps protected me. I feel ashamed in my heart. Staying here for a long time will only make my heart more tormented. When I feel better, I will leave the Demon Slayer Corps..."
"You have rare blood." Tomioka Giyu interrupted her for the first time.
The smell of thin blood can drift far away, so it is no wonder that cannibals entered Youguo that night even though it was raining.
"I already know what rare blood is." After a moment of silence, the girl whispered, "The Butterfly House is the safest place."
Tomioka Giyu's hand was on the hilt of his Nichirin sword again, his fingertips stroking it, his brows slightly furrowed, he was a little confused.
Since you know that the Butterfly House is the safest place, why do you want to leave?
The cannibals are becoming more rampant, and her situation is ten thousand times more dangerous than that in the Butterfly House.
Besides, where would she go after leaving Butterfly House? She said her family abused her and she would definitely not go back.
The action of stroking the handle of the Sun Wheel Sword stopped.
"where are you going?"
asked Master Shuizhu.
"Going to get married?"
Lianzi looked up in surprise, her eyes were slightly red and her eyelashes trembled a few times.
Tomioka Giyuu's eyes were filled with anger. He didn't know where the anger in his heart came from, and he just said coldly, "You think too simply."
He immediately turned around and walked towards the headquarters next door.
【Author’s words】
This fish is mad.
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