These past few days, Abel brought Mitsuri to Butterfly Mansion and introduced her to his Peerage.
Everyone welcomed this new companion and they got along well.
However, Mitsuri and Hana unexpectedly got along very well. They had many topics in common and both loved to eat. Just like that, the two became good friends.
As for Abel, he had just transformed into wind and arrived in a forest, not far from the Kamado family and revealed his true form.
"Phew... This damn weather changes so suddenly." Abel looked at the swirling snow in the sky and complained.
But complaints aside, he still had important business to attend to. The primary task is to scare Muzan while setting an anchor point, and incidentally, protect the Kamado family.
Abel remembered that the Infinite Castle seemed to be underground. He needed to make the scumbag boss personally act as a guide.
Abel found a cave and walked in.
"Roar!!!"
Slap!
As soon as he entered, a large bear roared at him, but in the next second, it was put to sleep by Abel with a single slap.
Ignoring the peacefully sleeping bear.
Abel took out a Yoriichi outfit from the Kamui Dimension and changed into it. He used magic to slightly alter his appearance, then contained his aura, and hung a Nichirin Blade at his waist.
"Hmm, not bad." Abel took out a mirror and was very satisfied.
He cosplayed as Yoriichi, walked out of the cave, and looked at the sky. At this time, the snow was falling heavier and heavier, and the world was a silvery white.
He sensed the direction, then walked towards the Kamado family's home. Rows of footprints appeared in the snow.
Not long after, Abel saw a small wooden house. He slowly approached and knocked on the door.
After a while, the door was opened by a woman wearing a purple ichimatsu pattern kimono over a white square-collared long dress, with a white headscarf tied on her head.
She was Kamado Kie, Tanjiro's mother.
"Hello, I am Yoriichi. I apologize for the disturbance, but the snow is too heavy, may I take shelter from the wind and snow here?"
Kie showed a gentle smile. "Of course, please come in. The snow is so heavy outside, come in quickly and warm up."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Abel followed her into the house, the warm air inside enveloping him. Besides Kie, there were five children.
Abel smiled and nodded at them, then sat down near the door.
Looking at the man in front of her, who had the same hair color as her brother and a scar on his forehead, Nezuko was slightly curious.
She took a kettle and poured Abel a bowl of hot water. "There's not much at home, so have some hot water to warm your stomach."
"Thank you, a bowl of hot water is enough." Abel took a small sip.
The other children of the Kamado family gathered around, curiously observing him.
"Uncle, are you a samurai?"
"Yes."
"Then Uncle must have been to many places, right? Can you tell us about them?"
Abel looked at the children's expectant eyes and nodded with a smile. "Of course."
The children immediately became excited, their eyes sparkling as they stared at him.
Abel began to tell stories to the children. Nezuko sat quietly by the side, listening.
Kie looked at Abel and felt that he was a good person. Then she calmly went to prepare dinner.
After some time.
"Dinner's ready."
"Okay, Mom."
"Coming."
...
The children ran over one by one.
Abel looked at Nezuko next to him and said, "Let's go."
"Okay, Uncle."
Then, at the invitation of the Kamado family, Abel respectfully complied and had dinner with them.
"Thank you, Yoriichi-san, for your trouble."
"It's nothing, the children are all very cute."
Abel started chatting with Kie.
After a while, he sensed Muzan.
He looked at Kie. "Please, madam, take the children to hide in the back room."
"Yoriichi-san..... I understand."
Kie was a bit confused, but seeing Abel's serious gaze, she still took the children into the back room.
As the Kamado family entered the back room, Abel took his Nichirin Blade and sat on the left side of the main door, quietly waiting for Muzan's arrival.
...
Down the mountain, a man in a suit began to walk into the mountain. Even with heavy snow, it could not stop his steps.
He was the Demon King, Kibutsuji Muzan.
He strolled through the mountains and forests, as if searching for something.
"Where exactly is the Blue Spider Lily!"
Muzan's veins bulged on his forehead. "Useless! All of them are useless! They haven't even found a single flower in a hundred years!"
After a while, he calmed down.
A hundred years had passed, was he still afraid of this amount of time?
Moreover, that man had been dead for hundreds of years, so he didn't need to be too anxious.
"Naki..."
Muzan wanted to ask Nakime to transfer him back to the Infinite Castle, but before he finished speaking, he seemed to sense something.
"There are actually humans living on the mountaintop? Five children, two adults, I'm a bit excited now." Muzan smiled.
"Should I turn the children into demons and have them kill their parents? Or turn the parents into demons and have them kill their own children? It's a bit hard to choose."
"Decided, one adult will become a demon, one child will become a demon, let me see if the so-called family bond will retain sanity."
The thought of returning was temporarily dispelled. He wanted to complete his so-called "experiment."
Humans were just food and he was no longer interested in food, so humans, in his eyes, were upgraded from food to experimental materials.
As for the Demon Slayer Corps' swordsmen, they were slightly higher-grade materials.
As for the Hashira, they were even higher-grade rare materials, after all, there were only a few.
Soon, Muzan arrived outside the small wooden house.
As a "gentleman" in a suit, Muzan was very polite. He knocked on the door.
The door was blown open by the wind.
Kibutsuji Muzan had a playful smile on his face as he entered.