Chapter 170
One night of wind and snow, one night of whiteness. It is December, and another New Year is about to come.
The earth is covered with silver and white.
Qingxi, who was woken up by the cold in the middle of the night, placed two flints in the room. The heat emitted by the flints dispelled the cold in the room, allowing her to sleep well for the rest of the night.
Listening to the occasional footsteps in the corridor outside, Qingxi, who was rarely lazy, suddenly wanted to take a break and didn't want to get up so early.
However, it might be Murphy's Law at work. The more she tried to sleep in, the more likely someone would come to disturb her.
Jiro made a squeaking sound, and before she could struggle to get out of the quilt, the shoji door was opened from the outside.
The cold wind rushed in, blowing away all the warmth in the room.
Qingxi screamed and immediately wrapped himself in the quilt until only his head was exposed.
"What are you doing? Don't you know it's very cold?" the girl said in a resentful voice.
However, Jiro, who opened the door and was standing outside, did not come in immediately. It turned around, and when it turned around again, five frozen children of all sizes came in under its open wings.
Looking at the five people who were shivering from the cold, Qingxi came out from under the quilt without caring too much and stuffed the three smallest ones among them in.
As she stuffed it in, she asked Jiro, "What's going on with these five children?"
"Water Pillar Tomioka Giyu encountered the Originator of Demons. When we arrived, he was about to attack the family."
Qingxi's body stiffened, and then he gasped, "Then where are the others?"
Did he...die?
"He is seriously injured and is currently receiving treatment in the Butterfly House." Jiro said listlessly.
This time, it was just an accident that he met Giyu Tomioka.
As a crow, which one doesn't want to fly out? So this time, the direction he flew was the patrol area of Water Pillar Tomioka Giyu. Then, as luck would have it, the man and the crow met Muzan Kibutsuji who was about to kill someone on Mount Kumotori.
The ancestor of ghosts is not so warlike.
The hostess of that house was dead, but the five children were still alive. Taking advantage of the time that Giyu Tomioka was able to hold Muzan Kibutsuji back, it was able to carry the five of them back on its back.
However, who would have thought that Muzan Kibutsuji would be furious when he saw his descendants, and his attacks would become even more fierce. The amulet on Tomioka Giyuu was shattered. At the critical moment, relying on the advantage of having three amulets on him, he rushed into the battle and took away the seriously injured Tomioka Giyuu... Similarly, the three amulets that Aki gave him were also shattered...
When Qingxi heard that he was seriously injured, she wanted to run over to take a look, but Jiro had left five children with her, and judging from their appearance, they didn't seem to be in good condition.
"How are you?" After being suddenly attacked so early in the morning, Qingxi's remaining sleepiness disappeared.
After wrapping up the three little ones, she ran to the box and took out two quilts, gave them to the two oldest children, and wrapped them in the quilts. Only then did she have time to casually put the small-patterned kimono on herself.
There's no way, she's cold too.
After entering the house, the crow collapsed onto the tatami. After relaxing, the crow looked particularly tired and exhausted.
"It's okay, just overloaded and tired."
Hearing this, Qingxi walked over to it and touched Jiro's head lovingly, "You've worked hard, have a good rest.
Has the lord been notified by the 鎹crow about this matter?"
Jiro thought for a moment and said, "Tomioka Giyu's crow went to inform them."
Qingxi felt it was very unreliable when he heard it.
Tomioka Giyu's crow is a grandfather-generation tawny crow named Kanzaburo. Moreover, it has a little Alzheimer's disease and often delivers wrong messages. If she asks him to deliver the message, she thinks that even the good-tempered Ubuyashiki Kōya might get anxious at this moment.
"Jiro," she said to it, pulling out a pen and paper from the box. "Briefly tell me what happened. I'll find another crow to pass the news to the lord later."
Jiro, who now has the IQ of a ten-year-old child, quickly told Kiyoki about their encounter with Muzan Kibutsuji. Kiyoki then quickly wrote down what he told her on a piece of letter paper. After finishing the letter, she stood up.
She looked at the five people in her room who were wrapped in blankets and had pale faces with a little blood in them. She comforted them softly, "It's safe here. I have some things to do now. If you are tired, you can rest here.
Also, if you have any simple questions, Jiro can answer them for you."
At this point, she stroked Jiro's head again, "I'll bring you some ginger syrup later to keep you warm, but it might be a little late. Can you... do it on your own?"
"We can," the oldest girl among the five children said. She smiled shyly at Qingxi, but there was a hint of sadness in that smile. "Thank you."
Qingxi sighed. She walked over and hugged the girl, "It will be fine."
The girl's hug was very light, with almost no strength, but Nezuko Kamado, who was hugged, felt the kindness and tenderness in it, which made her eyes warm and she couldn't help but cry.
She wiped the tears from her face and said, "Thank you. I will take good care of everyone here. If you have anything important to do, go ahead and do it."
After making sure that the girl was fine, Qingxi stopped caring about her for the time being. The shoji door was opened and then closed again by her. Accompanied by a burst of hurried footsteps, Qingxi ran straight to the butterfly house.
She first borrowed the raven from Butterfly Kanae and asked it to deliver the letter to the headquarters. Then she pulled over the three little ones, Kokiyo, Kosumi, and Konae, and asked them to cook ginger soup and breakfast. She explained that there were five children in her house who were brought back by Jiro along with Tomioka Giyu. Finally, she hurried to the ward on the first floor of Butterfly House.
Standing in a place where he would not disturb others, Qingxi opened the Dialysis Eye and began to examine the person on the bed.
She should feel lucky that although Giyu Tomioka was covered in blood, at least he was brought back safe and sound by Jiro.
However, for the rest, we can only rely on time to slowly restore them. According to estimates, it may take at least half a year.
This time, the first battle between the Demon Slayer Corps Pillar and Muzan Kibutsuji ended with Giyu Tomioka's crushing defeat.
Kiyoki waited here until Kocho Kanae and another doctor finished the treatment. She, Kanzaki Aoi, and Kurika Ryo Kanae cleaned the blood off the body of the unconscious Tomioka Giyuu before tidying herself up and hurried back to the crow house.
When she came back, the five people in the room were already having breakfast, but none of them looked very well. She thought about it and went to the Butterfly House again, asking Butterfly Kanae to come and check on the five people. She then made some medicine to prevent colds for them and cleaned up the room next door for the brothers and sisters to lie down and rest there.
It's not that she was stingy and didn't prepare an extra room next door for them, but she heard that they escaped from Muzan Kibutsuji, but their mother died. Even though they had arrived at a safe place, the five of them were still very scared. So, even though the traditional Japanese house was small, she let the five of them squeeze into one room to rest.
"Well." After taking care of the four brothers and sisters, Nezuko Kamado walked to Kiyoki's side.
"Hmm? Is there anything wrong?" Qingxi asked.
"Brother." Nezuko Kamado pursed her lips, but still spoke her worries. "Brother went to the town down the mountain to sell charcoal yesterday afternoon, and didn't come back that night... Also, Mom's body hasn't been buried yet, so I want to go back...at least to bury Mom and Dad together, and tell Brother that everyone is okay."
Qingxi looked outside the house. It was snowing again and windy. It was not a good time to go out.
If Yao Yan came back at this time, she could ask him to go over and take a look...but now there is a little trouble.
"Tell me what your brother looks like, and I'll report this later," she said. "It's snowing again outside, and given Jiro's flying speed, this place might be quite a distance from your home... Most importantly, if you leave now, your younger siblings will be very worried."
Nezuko Kamado clenched her fists under her sleeves. Qingxi was right. Their mother was dead, and now their younger brothers and sisters were very scared. If she left at this time, they would definitely cry.
"The most important point is that you have come all the way here in the cold wind. Although you have taken medicine, the three youngest ones may have a fever later. Sick people need their most trusted relatives by their side to feel at ease." Qingxi expressed her concerns again.
"I understand." Upon hearing that her younger brother and sister were likely to be sick, Nezuko Kamado had no choice but to give up the idea of going back to collect her mother's body.
She said earnestly, "Mom and brother, I'm leaving it to you."
"I will."
After learning about their brother's situation from the girl rescued by Jiro, Qingxi reported the matter to the headquarters. As for the rest of the matters, he would wait for the return of the Anbu personnel and then listen to their report.
However, worried that the other party would not believe her, she went back to get a pen and paper and wrote a simple letter, explaining that his younger brothers and sisters were fine and asking him not to worry. If he encountered someone claiming to be a member of the Demon Slayer Corps' hidden department, he would follow them back after burying their mother. She also borrowed a crow from an injured member of the Butterfly House team and flew to Mount Kumotori.
After finishing everything, Qingxi let out a long sigh.
In short, in the middle of winter, such a big incident happened early in the morning. For the time being, she handled everything she could.
His eyes swept over Jiro, who was resting against the wall with his eyes closed, and he moved the basin with the flint closest to him a little further away, in case he felt uncomfortable sleeping and flapped his wings and knocked it over, which would then burn down the whole crow house.
After doing this, she went out and went next door.
She gently opened the shoji door a small gap, and when she looked into the room, her eyes met those of Nezuko Kamado, who was still awake and had heard the noise.
Qing Xiren did not go in, but lowered his voice and said to her: "Don't worry, I have already told the lord about the matter, and he will send someone to pick up your brother.
Furthermore, I have asked Jiao Ya to deliver a message to Yunqu Mountain. I believe that your brother will be here in a few days."
Nezuko Kamado's nervous heart finally relaxed at this moment. "Thank you, and thank you for your help."
Qingxi shook his head: "It's nothing. If you feel unwell later, or if someone else has a fever, you can shout. If no one responds, don't worry. There are patients resting in other rooms here, and medical staff will come to check on them frequently. If the medical staff are not there, you can just ask someone to help you go to the butterfly room in front to call the doctor.
Don't worry about bothering others. The patients here are basically lightly injured, so they will be willing to help with this small favor."
Worried that she might feel uneasy about arriving in an unfamiliar environment, Qingxi simply told her briefly about the situation here.
After making sure that Kamado Nezuko had memorized everything and saying goodbye to her, she closed the shoji door again and went to the Butterfly House again.
Although it was strange to let them rest in broad daylight, considering that they might all be patient reserves, she let them all stay in the house.
When they arrived at the Butterfly House again, the other eight pillars who had received the news came together in the wind and snow.
Seeing this, Qingxi turned around and went back to the kitchen of the crow house.
Well, except for one seriously injured person lying unconscious on the hospital bed, the remaining eight people are all here, so we should all have lunch here today.
"Hmm! Ah Xi, is there anything I can help you with?"
Rengoku Kyojuro, who noticed Qingxi coming and going, followed her to the kitchen silently and asked.
Qingxi flipped through her gourmet backpack and shook her head. "No, I can handle it myself, but I might need you to help me watch the fire later, Kyojuro."
"Leave it to me."
The boy, who was originally quite disappointed because he heard that there was nothing he could help with, suddenly became stunned.
After the most chaotic period in the early morning, Qingxi, who was finally able to relax a little, felt very tired again.
When the chef is not in good health, the quality of the food that diners can enjoy will drop by several degrees.
"Let's have ramen today," Qingxi said lazily. "It's snowing outside, and I think having a main course with soup for lunch will warm my whole body up."
"Ah Xi, whatever you cook is delicious." In the kitchen, the boy praised sincerely.
However, the girl, whose hands were already busy, didn't believe it. She snorted, "No sugarcoating for me."
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