"How did you end up like this in just one month? Wasn't the curse already lifted?" Lexon walked to the side of Kagaya Ubuyashiki's bed and sat down, asking.
He was somewhat curious about why Kagaya Ubuyashiki's physical condition was deteriorating day by day.
The curse of Muzan and the Ubuyashiki family should have perished with Muzan's death.
However, Kagaya Ubuyashiki's current physical state was much worse than it had been at this same point in time in the original story.
"Mist Hashira, although Master Kagaya's curse has been lifted, the illness brought by the curse continues to erode his body... and it seems to be eroding even faster than before..." Since Kagaya Ubuyashiki didn't have much energy to explain, it was his wife, Amane Ubuyashiki, who spoke up.
Her voice was low and sorrowful, as if she had already anticipated the difficult end they would have to face.
'The curse was gone... yet the lingering ailments were raging even more severely...'
'Is that how it is...'
Lexon thought to himself.
"You're dying," Lexon looked calmly at this Master who was loved by many Demon Slayer Corps members, speaking peacefully.
In his eyes, Kagaya Ubuyashiki's life was indeed like a candle in the wind, liable to go out at any moment.
"My... mission has been completed. It doesn't matter if I die like this..." Kagaya Ubuyashiki's voice was weak yet gentle on the bed.
"Is that so?" Lexon replied as he placed his hand on Kagaya Ubuyashiki's scarred forehead.
"Mist Hashira?" Amane Ubuyashiki spoke out in confusion, not knowing what Lexon intended to do.
Although Kagaya Ubuyashiki was blind, he could still feel basic touch.
So he asked, "Are you doing something, Lexon?"
"If you could survive, do you have the will to live, Master?" Lexon didn't answer his question but asked one in return.
Survive...
Kagaya Ubuyashiki immediately understood Lexon's meaning.
He had a way to make him live...
Amane Ubuyashiki on the side also understood Lexon's words and said with an anxious expression, "Mist Hashira, please, I beg you..."
"Amane..." Kagaya interrupted Amane Ubuyashiki's plea with gentle words.
Amane Ubuyashiki stopped talking and lowered her head slightly.
"Are you unwilling?" Lexon asked Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
"I don't want to make you force yourself," a voice as pleasant as a spring breeze rang out.
Lexon could understand Kagaya Ubuyashiki's meaning.
He already considered himself a dying man.
He felt that for Lexon to save him, it would surely consume a lot of energy.
It was something that would be forcing himself...
And even if he were saved, if he died again because his illness worsened...
It would only add to Lexon's burden.
Therefore, Kagaya Ubuyashiki did not want Lexon to do this.
The bedroom suddenly became very quiet.
Lexon gazed at Kagaya Ubuyashiki's face, which was full of scars yet appeared gentle and approachable, and a faint smile couldn't help but appear at the corners of his mouth.
'He really is a good person...'
'Kagaya Ubuyashiki... Master...'
"It's not a burden at all," Lexon said with a smile.
After the words fell, without waiting for a response...
The Six Paths Yang Power and power containing numerous healing properties immediately flowed from Lexon's palm into Kagaya Ubuyashiki's body.
A warm, refreshing aura instantly swept through the entire bedroom, completely dispersing the unpleasant smell of medicine.
It made everyone in the room feel a sense of vibrant life.
As the healing power was transmitted, Kagaya Ubuyashiki's body gradually regained its vitality, and the deathly feeling was no more.
Cheeks... neck... all the scars on his outer skin were gradually scabbing... falling off... revealing fair, new skin.
A healthy flush gradually appeared on Kagaya Ubuyashiki's cheeks.
Even Kagaya Ubuyashiki's eyes, which had been completely blind and turned white, were slowly regaining their luster, gradually transforming back into the eyes of a normal person.
Amane Ubuyashiki, witnessing everything from the side, had already covered her mouth with both hands, tears falling from her eyes like raindrops.
After a long time.
Lexon stopped transmitting power and withdrew his hand.
"What amazing power." Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who had returned to being a normal person, had a face full of amazement, just as his words described.
His voice no longer had that incredibly weak feeling from before, but was full of the vitality of a healthy man.
"How do you feel?" Lexon looked at him and said.
"Like a new life." Kagaya Ubuyashiki was obviously still a bit dazed at this moment, extending his arms before his eyes to look.
Then, he lowered his arms, his gentle eyes focused on Lexon, and he said with a slight hint of concern, "Lexon, did doing this really not affect you..."
"No," Lexon said directly.
"Is that so..." While Kagaya Ubuyashiki responded, he tried to prop himself up to sit.
However, because he was somewhat unaccustomed to it, his supporting arm suddenly gave way, and he fell backward.
But Lexon timely supported Kagaya Ubuyashiki's back with his hand, allowing him to sit up.
Only then did Amane Ubuyashiki snap out of her shock over her husband's recovery, taking over from Lexon to support her husband.
"Trying it myself still feels a bit unfamiliar..." Kagaya Ubuyashiki smiled self-deprecatingly.
"You'll get used to it more in the future," Lexon said.
"Yes," Kagaya Ubuyashiki nodded in response.
Immediately afterward, he bowed his head deeply to Lexon and said, "I don't know how many times it has been... thanking you for such things... but I should still say it to you... Thank you, Lexon..."
Kagaya Ubuyashiki's tone was incredibly heavy and very sincere.
He had already received help from Lexon so many times that he had no way to repay him, and could only offer such a simple word of thanks.
Amane Ubuyashiki, who was supporting Kagaya Ubuyashiki, also lowered her head.
Expressing her gratitude to Lexon.
"Raise your heads, Master and Lady Amane," Lexon said flatly to the two of them.
Kagaya Ubuyashiki didn't make a fuss; he raised his head to look at Lexon's face and said with a smile, "This is the first time I've seen your appearance, Lexon..."
'It seemed that was true.'
After all, when he first met Kagaya Ubuyashiki, the man was already blind.
Lexon thought to himself.
"You're truly exceptionally handsome..." Kagaya Ubuyashiki continued to smile.
It seemed that experiencing this incident had caused a change in Kagaya Ubuyashiki's mood, allowing him to even joke with Lexon.
"No wonder..."
At the end, his voice gradually lowered.
"No wonder what?" Lexon clearly heard his murmur and couldn't help but ask.
"It's nothing..." Kagaya Ubuyashiki's smile carried a faint hint of mystery.
Since the other party wouldn't say, Lexon didn't press further. Instead, he asked Kagaya Ubuyashiki, "With your physical condition at this level, didn't the Hashira and members of the Demon Slayer Corps come here to care for and visit you?"
Normally, with Kagaya Ubuyashiki's health deteriorating to such an extent, those Hashira and members should have been waiting here constantly to monitor his condition.
To prevent missing the chance to see their beloved Master one last time.
But in the reflection of his perception, among the familiar people in this mountain, there was only one besides the Master and his wife before him.
"My condition only suddenly worsened in recent days, and I specifically forbade Amane and the others from informing the swordsmen... Everyone has their own lives now, and I didn't want to disturb them," Kagaya Ubuyashiki explained.
"But if you had died without them knowing, it would have become a lifelong regret for them," Lexon said in a serious tone.
Hearing Lexon's words, Kagaya Ubuyashiki's expression turned slightly apologetic as he said, "I didn't consider it thoroughly enough."
Lexon knew that with Kagaya Ubuyashiki's intelligence, it was impossible for him not to have thought of this.
He had just deliberately ignored it.
But that was his personality, what he considered kindness, so Lexon didn't feel right criticizing it.
"By the way, where have you been all this time?" Suddenly, Kagaya Ubuyashiki spoke words similar to those of Sakonji Urokodaki to Lexon.
"I went to a far-off place," Lexon answered with the same rhetoric.
"Will you leave again?"
"Yes."
"Is that so..." Kagaya Ubuyashiki murmured, then said to Lexon, "During the time you were gone, many people missed you... How about meeting them before you leave?"
"Yes," Lexon replied again. "I had that intention upon returning."
"Especially..."
"Clang..."
Just as Kagaya Ubuyashiki was about to say something more, the sound of a metallic object falling suddenly came from the doorway.
Along with the sound of the metallic object falling was the sound of splashing water.
Immediately, a somewhat pungent smell of medicine wafted out.
"Lexon?..."
The figure standing at the door gazed at the scene in the bedroom, their voice trembling slightly.
"Long time no see, Ms. Shinobu Kocho," Lexon turned his face toward the beautiful, dazed figure at the door and greeted.
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