Chapter 13 - Fear
in the room.
Warm lights fill the bedrooms.
Saburo was running up and down the narrow hallway, looking for the charcoal that was always available in Kamato's house.
But due to the long period of exhaustion, Saburo was already exhausted, and he suddenly weakened his feet.
Strike!
On the side, Tomioka Yoshiyong was quick with his eyes and stretched out his hand to help Saburo who was about to fall to the ground.
After helping Saburo to sit down, he took Saburo's place and walked out into the hallway, looking for the remaining charcoals.
Saburo looked at Tomioka Yoshiyoshi who didn't say a word, but was busy in the room, carrying water and looking for things.
- This kid.
- That's a good boy!
Beside.
"Ah......h
Tanjiro opened his eyes, and he looked at the ceiling of his house, his head a little dizzy.
"It's not good, lying in the snow, I already have a fever." Goto felt the temperature of Tanjiro's forehead with his hand, frowning slightly:
"But if it's just a fever, that's great."
"It's better than losing your life."
"Ahem... Cough! Tanjiro coughed slightly, he felt his head was very dizzy, but he still turned his head, looked at Goto, and asked in a weak tone:
"Father... Daddy is alright..."He held out his hand, confused, trying to grab Goto.
Syllable.
Goto took Tanjiro's hand and nodded at him, affirming in a solid tone:
"Your father is just overtired, plus weak, and falls asleep, and will soon be fine."
"It's even a little more optimistic than you are."
Hearing this, Tanjiro turned his head straight, breathed heavily, and spoke hard and hoarsely:
“… Thank... Thank. ”
He was silent for a while, then looked at Tomioka, who was standing aside and was about to leave, and called out to him:
"Just now... I hear you..."
Tanjiro looked at the back of Tomioka Yoshiyoshi who had stopped, quickly took a few big breaths, and then said:
"What you said... Ghost... Finally... What is it? ”
"Our home... It's a ghost... Attacked? ”
"My... Mother, sister, brother, they..."
Yoshiyoshi Tomioka stopped at the door of the bedroom.
After seeing the situation of Tanjuro and Tanjiro, he realized that it was impossible to ask for traces of ghosts from here in a short period of time.
He had other tasks ahead of him, and he couldn't afford to delay them like this.
After hearing Tanjiro's hoarse voice, Tomioka Yoshiyoshi turned around and looked at him without waves:
"Hmm."
He nodded, then turned his gaze to Goto, motioned for an explanation, and turned to leave.
Outside the door, there were faint words with a strange tone.
"Karma! Karma! ”
"Swordsmen of the Demon Slayer Slayer! Tomioka is a brave man! ”
"Herald! Herald! ”
"Hurry up to the Northern Snow Mountain!"
……
Inside the house.
Goto stared at the direction of Tomioka's departure, and his heart could not be calmed for a long time.
The temperament of this water column is very strange, but after getting along for a long time, Goto has also discovered some clues.
Tomioka is just not very good at talking.
In fact, in my heart, I am still quite a gentle person.
Looking back, Goto smiled helplessly at Tanjiro:
"I'm sorry, Mr. Tomioka is that kind of person, but he is not bad in nature."
“… Please don't be prejudiced against him, in that case..."
Goto said, suddenly remembering the awkward relationship between Tomioka Yoshiyoshi and the other pillars, and touched the back of his head:
“… He's so pathetic. ”
Tanjiro gasped, he glanced in the direction of Tomioka Yoshiyu's departure, his nose twitched slightly, his sense of smell was a little insensitized because of the fever.
But even so, Tanjiro smelled the suffocating sadness that permeated from Tomioka Yoshiyu.
- Ahh Good sadness.
Goto was sighing, and as soon as he lowered his head, he saw Tanjiro's tears gradually flowing from the corners of his eyes, and he suddenly became scrambled:
"Wait! Why are you crying all of a sudden?! ”
……
After a while.
Goto is sitting next to Tanjiro and telling him about "ghosts" and "ghost killing teams".
He held up a finger and told the story he had told countless times:
"The so-called 'oni' are a kind of cannibalistic monster that has amazing strength and vitality, and can regenerate even if their hands and feet are broken and their stomachs are opened..."
……
……
"It's scary!"
Takeo frowned, listening intently to the ghost story told by Scales Zuo, and he clenched the arm beside him:
"Isn't the ghost immortal, then!"
"Hands and feet can grow back!"
"Not really." Scales left a heavy tone, and his voice was low: "If you are exposed to the sun, or you are beheaded by the Nichiren knife, the ghost will die." ”
"The ghost killing team uses these methods to fight the ghosts and kill the ghosts."
in the room.
Takeo, Shigeru, Hanako, Yadouko, Rokuta, and Aoi Eda are circling around Tsuki, listening to him talk about ghosts.
"Aren't you afraid?"
Shigeru Kamado had been silent on the sidelines as he suddenly spoke up, instantly attracting the attention of everyone in the room.
Shigeru hesitated for a moment, his hands clasped together in fear, looked up at the scales, and continued:
"The Ghost Slayer Guys... Aren't you afraid to face such a terrifying monster? ”
"I... Just listening to it makes me feel so scared. ”
Scaly left hung his head recently, looking at Shigeru's cautious appearance, he stretched out his hand and gently stroked the top of Shigeru's head:
"I'm afraid."
He said firmly.
"Huh?" Suddenly, almost all the children were stunned, they didn't expect that Scales Left would give this answer.
"When you encounter a ghost, everyone will be scared," Scales left and then said:
"But even if you're afraid, go and fight."
"Why?" Hanako on the side asked this out loud, and she was hugging Midouzi, shivering.
"Everyone fights with different reasons and beliefs."
"But most of them are because they have experienced the grief of losing someone they cherish."
When Scales said this recently, his tone was calm:
"The beautiful things that are cherished by oneself and regarded as the most precious things can easily be turned into nothing under the attack of ghosts."
"I don't want others to have the same experience as myself, I want to protect the weak, but only beautiful."
"The content of this affection will far exceed the fear of ghosts in my heart."
……
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"That's... My father, is he also a swordsman for the Demon Slayer? ”
Tanjiro struggled to raise his head and look at Tanjuro who was unconscious beside him.
But Goto shook his head decisively and pressed him back to the bed:
"I don't know, but I don't have an impression of your father."
"However, your father must be a master of perceptuality, and knows some of the people in the Demon Slayer Team."
"Being able to survive in front of the demons when your body is so weak has protected you." Goto looked back at Tanjuro Kamado, smacked his lips, and said:
"Awesome guy."
"Is that so?" Tanjiro lay back.
……
……
"That's right." Scales nodded at the Aoi branch of the stove door recently, affirming the idea of the Aoi branch of the stove:
"That's all your husband didn't have time to explain."
"Where your house is, last night."
"Attacked by a ghost."