Demon Slayer : The Silent Journey-Chapter 148: Butterfly Mansion

[Seiji's POV]

"Seiji! What are you doing!?" Mitsuri screamed when she saw me rolling around the ground with Shinobu.

She wore a loose kimono that was dishevelled from sleeping. The fabric nearly revealed her pink nipples which was oddly lewder than seeing her nude.

"Good morning Mitsuri!!" I greeted her with a wide smile that I did not fake. She was caught off guard by my jolly mood but she eventually returned a smile of her own - sweeter than mine even when she was not trying.

"Good morning, Seiji. I wonder if you are going to make sleeping for a week the norm," she said in a huff.

Shinobu crawled off my body so I stood up and made my way to her. My hands found her huggable waist and I lifted her up on the ground.

She released a cute yelp when I twirled around.

"What's with the good mood?" she asked between peals of giggles.

"Nothing. I'm just happy to see you,"

"Liar, if you did you wouldn't have left when you woke up," she said and I put her back on the ground.

"Sorry about that. I didn't want to wake you up from your beauty sleep," I said, and she hummed.

"You should've kissed me to wake me up,"

"Like sleeping beauty?"

"Like sleeping beauty." she smiled.

So I kissed her on the lips. It was quick and soft. "I'll keep that in mind next time,"

I left her blushing red when I saw Kanae awake and sitting on her futon, carefully listening to our sounds. I needed to greet her too.

"...."

"W-why are you staring!?" Mitsuri asked Shinobu shamefully after I left.

Shinobu continued staring at her thoughtfully before she put on a fake smile. Her insect-like eyes glazed over with a light from pooling wetness.

"Nothing, just thinking how sweet that was," she said and giggled at Mitsuri's fidgeting body. "It makes me jealous. A little bit,"

"W-What?" Mitsuri was shocked, "Do you have someone you like too?"

"Yes, actually," Shinobu said and showed her hand in a 'but what can I do' gesture. "I found him first but two girls came along and hogged him all to themselves just because they have bigger boobs,"

"Ha!!" Mitsuri widened her eyes and opened her mouth dramatically. "How shameless of them," she looked genuinely offended for her sake.

"Don't worry Shinobu, I will beat them up for you," she said with a flex of her arm.

Shinobu barely held back an explosive laughter. She covered her lips with her fingers to release stifled laughs.

"Thank you Mitsuiri, that means a lot to me,"

"Of course! What they did was just unfair," she huffed.

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"I didn't hear you getting out of bed at all," Kanae said when I approached her.

"I can be really quiet when I want to," I said but she didn't seem to believe that coming from someone who constantly lost the blind games.

"Your voice sounds lighter than I expected. That's good," she said. I sat down on the futon and tucked myself under the warm blanket like she was.

She was wearing a grey kimono as well, similar to Mitsuri's. Her long legs folded and shivered when my cold legs wrapped around them. Her toes curled cutely to pinch me as revenge for getting her cold.

"My sister made it sound like you were wounded mentally more than you were physically so I was worried," she said.

"I was, but I learned how to see things differently, and I am working on fixing everything," I said. However, there was still unease and strain in my heart when I thought about Rengoku.

The room - my room was not plain and hollow like it used to be after two girls stayed for a week. I found new furniture, like a small table and shelves that held decorations.

There were plenty of pots with beautiful flowers in them. There was also a potted snake plant to filter the air of the room and act as a natural AC.

"I see you messed up my room while I was asleep," I joked.

"You mean fixed right? Now it doesn't look like the room of madness guy," she said.

"Well, I had nothing to prove when I have two beautiful women,"

"Cheeky," she said and I finally found the most comfortable place on her warm and supple thighs. I sanwitched my face between them, face down.

Would it be weird if I took a big whiff?

"Stop that, it's weird," she answered my mental question but I was too deaf to hear her. Her fingers grabbed my hair and contrary to what she was saying, she pushed me down, and my head sank deeper into her softness.

She used to be more muscle than fat but after she stopped training, she had become significantly softer.

We stayed like that for a long time. At one point Kanae just hummed and massaged my scalp with her fingers. My hair had grown quite long since the start of winter and I intend to keep them long this time.

I thought it'd be a nice change of style- who am I kidding? I was letting them grow so that Muzan would have more PTSD when he looked at me.

"You know, I had a whole speech ready to get you out of your depressive mental state, when you wake up," Kanae said after she turned my face to look at her.

I turned my head to bury my face once more.

"You can still say it if you want," I said, my voice muffled in her thighs. It seemed to tickle her as she shivered from the vibration.

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Now she hurriedly turned my face again, her action a little harsher this time. She didn't want things to escalate or she wouldn't be able to control herself.

So I laid on her thighs, my eyes looking up but I never saw her face. It was completely blocked by the mountain on her chest. I only saw her face when she peeked down. It looked like the sun peeking out of a twin mountain.

This way is better too.

"You are right, I will say it anyway," she said seriously and started her prepared speech.

And for what I am worth, I focused on her lips instead of the jiggling goodness right above me. I wanted to listen to what she had to say.

Soon, I was glad that I did.

"So don't you ever question yourself due to your mistakes. No matter how much you blame yourself, and question your purpose, remember that you saved me and I will be forever grateful,"

That completely crushed the question gnawing at me. Would it have been better if I didn't exist?

She is right, even if saving her was the only good thing I did, every second of my life would be worth it.

She was that precious.

That was only one part of her speech as well. She had many things to say to me. I guess it was her way of trying to help as much as she could now that she was incapable of fighting.

I love her to death for that.

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[Seiji's POV]

"Oh!! Lord Shigan you are awake," A sweeper of the Butterfly Mansion said. The old man had been at this job since before Kanae was the Lord of the mansion.

"I must say it is reassuring to see you. I've heard about the Failed Purge and I was worried you might be in a worse condition after facing the Demon King," he said with a laugh reminiscent of Santa Clause.

"Still calling me Lord huh? We've known each other long enough, just call me Seiji," I said in return.

"How could I? The least I can do is show respect after all you have done Lord Shigan,"

He blinked his eyes as if remembering something, "Please, can you wait just a second?"

He dropped his broom on the floor near the pile of sand and trash before he ran inside the small cabin in the Butterfly Compound. When he came back, he was holding a small net which contained eggs.

"Here, take this," he said and I took it with a small bow.

"Thank you," I said and looked at the eggs curiously. They were a bit different from chicken eggs. They were bigger with thicker shells and had a curious blue colour.

"Those are duck eggs. They should help in your recovery," he said and my eyes softened.

He did not play a major role in my life but he was always there, practically watching me grow in the mansion.

"It's the least I can do after you chase off the Demon King. I've never heard such splendid news in over a decade. Although I am curious, what was he like?"

"Coward," I said and put down my eggs.

"I'd expect as much," he said, "Anyhow, I've taken enough of your time. Good luck in the future,"

"And to you too," I said with a small bow, rolling a name in my mouth.

"Mr.Tagashi,"

He laughed heartily and walked away to sweep some other corner of the mansion.

I glanced at the eggs in my hand and looked around curiously. Eventually, I spotted a small girl who was hanging clothes on the north side of the compound. She was looking at me curiously so I waved at her.

She seemed to be shy as she quickly hid behind her hanging blankets and clothes. She was a recent member of the mansion. Aoi Kanzaki if I was not mistaken. She got along with Kanao and only Kanao for now.

I walked back into the building and walked through the corridors of the mansion. The Mansion was gigantic in size with many buildings connected to each other. I made my way to the main hospital ward of the mansion.

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"Lord Shigan!!"

Some of the patients who were lying on the bed flinched like I was a demon and they greeted me. I could see respect and reverence on their faces.

"Stop it please, you don't have to be so formal," I said while walking across the room and checking the beds and the few patients lying on it.

Some of the patients groaned and flopped back on the bed. They had reacted instinctively even with their broken body so when pain returned, they whimpered in agony.

One glace was enough for my eyes to register their injury. I did notice however that I felt a mild headache when I used my eyes like that again. It seemed I was not in perfect condition yet.

I stopped at the furthest bed away from the entrance. The bed was located just beside the exit of the room.

"I know you," I said to the young man lying on the bed. I remembered him because he was even younger than me.

"You came last time with a broken toe," which he stubbed while running from a demon apparently. Must've hurt like a bitch.

"Ah, that's me. I didn't think you would recognize me Lord Shigan," he said. He had dirty blond hair and was a user of the Thunder BReathing.

I tried to recall his name and quickly realized he hadn't told me before so I asked, "What's your name?"

"Sazasuka,"

There used to be a point in time when I did not want to learn the name of lower-ranked Demon Slayers, fearing that I would grieve when I heard about their demise which was very possible. But I had grown past that.

"What are you here for, Sazasuka?" I asked since I could not see injuries on him.

"...Diarrhea," he said and blushed in complete shame.

I could barely hold back my laugh. Before he stubbed his toe and now diarrhoea. He had the strangest reasons to be here.

Although diarrhoea was not that rare when I thought about it. Many had to rely on the forest for food during long missions and if you didn't know what you were doing, you could get sick easily. He was young and inexperienced so I could understand.

It was why I always preferred meat in my missions. You could not go wrong with freshly hunted meat.

"So that's why you sleep on the bed near the exit even when it's far away from the rest of your comrades," I asked and he nodded in shame.

"Get well soon," I said and took out one duck egg from the net.

"Here, should help you recover," I said and tossed the egg at him.

"Don't eat it raw or else your case will be worse," I said and walked out of the ward.

I continued my journey to the southernmost room of the Mansion. The place was significantly more isolated and there were storage and water tanks here. I knew exactly where to go courtesy of Kanae.

I walked inside a room that used to be a storage for old medical equipment but it was now renovated to be a normal room which was clean but very plain.

"Shibi.." I called her when I saw her standing beside a table that had a microscope and a few tubes and glasses that had blood samples.

My eyes drifted to the bed in the room and I froze when I saw the sleeping Rengoku.

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