Mizuki belatedly remembered, "Oh, right, please apologize to Shinazugawa for me."
Mizuki's polite demeanor was completely different from the way she had mocked Sanemi Shinazugawa with incessant chatter during their fight that afternoon, as if several hours hadn't passed at all.
"No need to be polite, Sanemi won't mind." Kochou Kanae smiled subtly, finding it a bit amusing.
Sanemi really was disliked by someone, wasn't he?
Mizuki paused, then said, "Really? I thought he'd hate me."
Kochou Kanae shook her head, "How could he? A battle with Young Miss Mizuki would surely allow Sanemi to learn many things."
Listening to her older sister's nonsense, Kochou Shinobu's mouth twitched slightly.
You two are putting on an act here; when Shinazugawa wakes up, you won't be able to clean up this mess.
Sister really is something, to say such ridiculous things.
She couldn't even imagine what kind of scene Sanemi Shinazugawa would make after he woke up.
But... that had nothing to do with them anymore.
After a wonderful night spent with the three Kochou sisters, the team, now only Mizuki and Kochou Shinobu, set off once again.
As they left, Sanemi Shinazugawa was still lying in bed, not yet awake.
Mizuki's chop yesterday was probably a bit heavy.
No, it should be said it was just right, preventing him from causing trouble for Mizuki after he woke up.
It was just that when the team members learned Mizuki was leaving early in the morning, their faces all showed bitterness.
If they weren't unfamiliar with Mizuki, this group would most likely have clung to her leg, begging her not to leave.
The last place they were going was the Dao field of the strongest person in the Demon Slayer Corps, Stone Hashira Himejima Gyomei.
Speaking of a Dao field, unlike others, it wasn't conducted at the Himejima residence, but like Uzui Tengen, he took his team members into the mountains for special training.
Who knows what kind of special training it was.
Mizuki carried the last box and headed into the deep mountains with Kochou Shinobu... Sanemi Shinazugawa groggily woke up from his bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
It was a familiar ceiling... By the way, why was he in bed?
What happened yesterday?
What did he eat last night?
Grrr~
Sanemi Shinazugawa's stomach grumbled uncooperatively, and he subconsciously touched his belly.
No, this feeling wasn't like he hadn't eaten all night.
And why did his neck hurt so much?
Not just his neck, his whole body felt sore.
Yesterday noon... Sanemi Shinazugawa's expression suddenly changed, his teeth ground together, and the confusion in his eyes was instantly replaced by raging flames, his fists clenching with a cracking sound.
"That... hateful... woman..."
Humiliation, absolute humiliation.
Just then, a knock sounded from outside.
Accompanied by Kochou Kanae's gentle voice: "Sanemi, are you awake?"
"I'm up." The anger in Sanemi Shinazugawa's eyes faded considerably, and he replied with narrowed eyes.
Whoosh... "I'm coming in." Kanae appeared at the doorway, carrying a lunchbox. "Are you feeling alright?"
"..."
How was he supposed to answer a question like that?
To say that although he had been beaten all afternoon, his body was fine?
That would be too embarrassing.
Sanemi Shinazugawa remained silent, and Kanae didn't ask further, simply kneeling beside him and opening the lunchbox.
Kanae smiled sweetly, "You must be hungry, you haven't eaten in three meals."
Grrr~
As if to confirm Kanae's words, Sanemi Shinazugawa's stomach rumbled.
Sanemi Shinazugawa's old face flushed red, and he silently took the lunchbox from Kanae's hand, burying his head and eating with loud slurps.
It was clear that the child was indeed starving.
Of course, it could also be to cover up his embarrassment.
Watching Shinazugawa eat diligently with his head down, Kanae smiled and said, "Young Miss Mizuki is actually a very good person. She asked me to apologize to you."
"Cough, cough..." Sanemi Shinazugawa coughed violently, as if he had choked, his face turning red from holding his breath, and he clutched his neck, looking distressed.
Seeing this, Kanae quickly handed him some tea.
Sanemi Shinazugawa frantically drank the tea, finally swallowing the food.
Then he looked at Kanae, speechless, "You're saying that woman apologized to me?"
"Isn't that like a weasel paying respects to a chicken?"
"She'd be that kind?"
Kanae smiled slightly, "In the end, it's because you, Sanemi, spoke too harshly, without thinking."
"If it were me, I'd be angry too."
Sanemi Shinazugawa opened his mouth, but swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.
He silently looked at the lunchbox in his hands.
Actually... Kanae suddenly remembered and said, "Oh, right, Young Miss Mizuki also helped with breakfast today."
"Ugh!" Sanemi Shinazugawa's face changed, and he made to gag himself.
If he couldn't throw up, he'd want his stomach pumped.
"..."
Is it that serious?
Kanae paused for a moment, then awkwardly explained, "Even though Young Miss Mizuki rarely eats human food, her cooking skills are really good."
That was natural, considering that during the two hundred years she spent with Tamayo, Mizuki was responsible for all their meals.
Although it was just various raw foods, her culinary skills had been maintained.
She only needed to simply learn from others to master it proficiently.
Sanemi Shinazugawa's face was rather grim, and he really wanted to throw away the lunchbox in his hand, but he was too hungry.
The atmosphere became a bit awkward, so Kanae quickly rummaged through her pocket and handed Sanemi Shinazugawa a tube of red medicine.
"Look, this is a medicine prepared for you by Young Miss Mizuki. It can heal external injuries." Kanae introduced proudly, "No matter how severe the external injury, as long as you're not dead, it can heal it in an instant!"
Sanemi Shinazugawa glanced at the red medicine and said blandly, "It smells of rot. Is it that woman's blood?"
Kanae pouted, stood up, and put her hands on her hips, saying discontentedly, "Even if you really don't like Young Miss Mizuki, you shouldn't just make things up, should you?"
The scent of demons was indeed very obvious, especially for stronger demons; the more powerful they were, the stronger their putrid scent, which proved they had eaten the most humans.
Without special means to hide their scent, even the most ordinary swordsman could perceive it.
However, the demonic scent on Mizuki, Nezuko, and even Young Miss Tamayo and Yushiro, was, without exception, extremely faint.
It was almost imperceptible, certainly not putrid; at most, one would just feel that their aura was different from ordinary people.
For Sanemi Shinazugawa to say that was simply slander.
Seeing Kanae side with Mizuki, Sanemi Shinazugawa was somewhat speechless.
He didn't mean to say that.
It was just that upon hearing that the meal contained a part made by 'that woman,' his mind suddenly overheated.
But to make him apologize, that was impossible.
Apologizing was out of the question; he would only stubbornly follow one path to the end.
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