"Hey~ Sumi, Saho, is this really Yoizumi-san?"
"I don't know."
Three little girls with beady eyes were leaning over the bed, looking at Yoizumi and Nezuko, who were sleeping soundly.
"Could this be Yoizumi-san's child!" Kiyo said, resting her chin in her hand.
"Eh?!"
"Look, this hair, this face, it's exactly like Yoizumi-san's!" Kiyo pointed at Yoizumi with her small hand, looking very serious.
"Did Yoizumi-san actually have children?" Although they didn't want to believe it, the three little girls were dejected, completely unable to understand how Yoizumi had been gone for a few months, and now even had children this big, and two of them!
"You guys..." Kanzaki Aoi sighed speechlessly. How could these children's thought processes be so wild? Although she had thought the same thing when she first saw him, until she heard that the Yoizumi they had spent so much time with was a demon.
To be honest, she was still very scared. She had chosen to stay at the Butterfly Mansion as a support staff member even after passing the Final Selection because she was afraid of death, but...
During that period, which was neither long nor short, Kanzaki Aoi understood that Yoizumi-san was a demon, but also a good demon!
The fact that he had received the Master's approval already explained everything.
Reaching out, Kanzaki Aoi blocked the three little fingers poking at Yoizumi's face and looked at the three of them, saying,
"Listen carefully, he is not Yoizumi-san's child, he is him!"
"Yoizumi-san is a demon, but don't be afraid of him. He won't hurt you, understand?"
"Yoizumi-san is a demon?" x3
Kiyo, Sumi, and Saho all exclaimed in unison, their beady eyes wide.
"You can't tell at all!" Sumi gasped.
"Are all demons like this?" Saho looked at the two adorable little bundles on the bed.
"In this world, they might be the only ones like this." Kanzaki Aoi wasn't sure either. As a non-combatant, the number of times she had seen demons was very few.
"Yoizumi-san, cute!" The three of them had liked Yoizumi from the very beginning. Now that they knew this person was a shrunken Yoizumi, they liked him even more.
"Don't wake them up, they need to rest. Let's go." Kanzaki Aoi reminded them, changed their blankets to clean ones, and led the three little ones out of the room.
"Ah! Miss Aoi! Good morning!" Tanjirou happened to meet them at the corner of the corridor and greeted them warmly.
"Good morning." Kanzaki Aoi had a good impression of this very polite Tanjirou.
"Tanjiro-san, good morning!" x3
"Kiyo, Sumi, Saho, good morning!" Tanjirou patted the three little heads.
"Are you going to train today too?" Kanzaki Aoi asked, holding a bamboo basket.
"Yes, Zenitsu and Inosuke haven't fully recovered yet, so I'll do some training on my own first, and then we'll train together." Tanjirou took the bamboo basket and held it above his head.
"No need, I'll carry it myself."
Tanjirou smiled and said, "It's fine, this counts as training!"
"Please also take care of my older brother and younger sister, Miss Aoi."
Watching the highly motivated Tanjirou disappear in an instant, Kanzaki Aoi couldn't help but think of Yoizumi.
With such an enthusiastic younger brother, why was his older brother so cold?
"Tanjiro-san is so gentle! So much like Yoizumi-san!"
The three little girls nearby were still gathered, discussing Tanjirou.
Hearing this, Kanzaki Aoi led them towards the courtyard.
Anyway, they were all good people... "Aoi~"
"Lady Shinobu! Good afternoon! You're back!"
Kanzaki Aoi, who had just finished hanging clothes to dry, heard a familiar voice. She turned her head and, upon seeing Shinobu, immediately greeted her.
"Good afternoon~"
Walking quickly to Shinobu, Kanzaki Aoi asked if there was anything she needed to be told.
"I want to know if Yoizumi has woken up?"
"Yoizumi-san is still unconscious, just like before."
"Is that so?"
He still hasn't woken up.
Shinobu had planned to go find him the day before yesterday after the meeting, but Yoizumi still hadn't woken up today.
He wouldn't sleep for several more days or even a month, would he?
A hint of worry flashed in her eyes. After smiling and bidding Kanzaki Aoi farewell, she skillfully walked towards Yoizumi's room.
"Lady Shinobu really cares about Yoizumi-san." Kanzaki Aoi looked at Shinobu's back and said thoughtfully.
That's right.
When Yoizumi-san left.
Lady Shinobu would sometimes stay in Yoizumi-san's room, lost in thought.
But Lady Shinobu didn't seem to notice.
Why was that?
Kanzaki Aoi couldn't figure it out. She turned to continue her work, it was time to get the medicine for that noisy fellow, and her ears felt like they were going to suffer again.
Sigh~
..."Knock knock knock"
Symbolically knocking on the door, Shinobu pushed it open.
"Excuse me~" A soft voice echoed in the quiet room.
She walked a few steps to the bedside, her deep purple eyes looking at the small Yoizumi lying neatly on the bed.
With a gentle smile on her face, she sat down on the chair by the bed.
"Why hasn't he woken up yet..." Her fair, slender fingers gently tapped Yoizumi's brow, then unconsciously fell onto his smooth, tender cheek.
Poke.
Poke.
Poke.
"..."
With a suspicious blush on her cheeks, Shinobu closed her eyes. The texture was surprisingly good. Beneath his cold exterior, there was still a soft touch~
She wondered what it would feel like to pinch him.
Looking at the sleeping Yoizumi, who showed no sign of waking up, Shinobu relaxed. She gently pinched the soft flesh of Yoizumi's cheek with her thumb and forefinger.
This feeling was also nice.
Lost in this sensation, Shinobu continued to knead and flatten Yoizumi's face at will, completely unaware that Nezuko, by Yoizumi's side, had already opened her beady eyes and was staring intently at her.
Was this person bullying her older brother?
Blinking her eyes, Nezuko clenched her small fists. She wouldn't allow it!
"Mmm!"
Biting her bamboo muzzle and making a sound, Nezuko suddenly hugged Yoizumi's head. Looking at her brother's two reddened cheeks, she raised her two small fists in protest.
"Mmm! Mmm!"
Embarrassed, Shinobu withdrew her hand, her small earlobes flushed. She had been caught doing something naughty.
But this opportunity was truly rare. If it were Yoizumi in his usual form, she would have to raise her hand high to touch his face. Moreover, Yoizumi was now in the form of a small bundle!
To make Shinobu voluntarily touch Yoizumi when he was awake, she simply couldn't do it.
She didn't know when, but when she met his eyes, she didn't even have the courage to look directly at him.
Composing herself, she looked at the pouting Nezuko, and Shinobu softened her voice.
"I just wanted to see if Yoizumi would wake up this way."
"I didn't mean anything else~"
"Nezuko-chan, please don't be angry~"
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