"What's wrong?" Lexon asked as he saw Shinobu Kocho's expression, her cherry-pink lips biting down.
Shinobu Kocho didn't respond but silently looked down to pick up the fallen iron basin.
Then she walked quietly with her head lowered, carrying the iron basin to Kagaya Ubuyashiki's bedside, and said in a muffled voice, "Master, it's time to wipe your skin with the medicinal liquid."
"The liquid has already spilled out," Lexon reminded her, looking at the iron basin that contained only a few medicinal dregs.
He then added, "Besides, didn't you see that the Master is already fine?"
But Shinobu Kocho seemed to hear nothing, standing quietly by Kagaya Ubuyashiki's bedside while holding the iron basin.
"Shinobu, it's no longer necessary," Kagaya Ubuyashiki said softly to Shinobu Kocho.
"Master..." Shinobu Kocho finally raised her head slightly. Upon seeing Kagaya Ubuyashiki's healthy appearance, her face couldn't help but show an expression of astonishment as she gasped, "Master! ... Your body... Your eyes! ..."
"Lexon healed me," Kagaya Ubuyashiki said with a smile.
Hearing this, Shinobu Kocho bit her lip again, her expression shifting, until she finally said to Kagaya Ubuyashiki, "Let me check your body first."
She then brought out some instruments.
"Alright," Kagaya Ubuyashiki did not refuse.
Shinobu was a physician; because she was worried, she wanted to clearly understand the current state of his body...
Although he trusted Lexon completely... if he refused, Shinobu probably wouldn't be able to rest easy...
Seeing this, Lexon planned to leave first and visit Tanjiro's side.
After all, he had already visited the Master and the others. Although Shinobu Kocho didn't seem to want to talk to him, he had at least seen her.
They could gather together later.
So he spoke up, "Then I'll be going now."
With that, he stood up and prepared to walk out of the bedroom.
"No!"
Suddenly, a sharp and loud voice echoed in the bedroom.
Lexon felt his hand being tightly grasped by soft, slender fingers.
Turning back, he saw Shinobu Kocho's beautiful face on the verge of tears.
"Clang..."
The sound of the iron instruments falling followed.
"Don't leave..."
Shinobu Kocho's voice, tinged with a sob, rang out at the same time.
The bedroom was instantly as if cast under a 'silence' spell.
It was incredibly quiet.
No sound at all.
"Are we being a bit of an interruption?"
A moment later, Kagaya Ubuyashiki's gentle inquiry sounded.
Hearing the Master's words, Shinobu Kocho, who had been staring at Lexon, immediately lowered her head, making it impossible to see the expression on her face.
Only the redness at the base of her ears betrayed her current state of mind.
"Come find me later; I'll wait for you at the Butterfly Mansion," Shinobu Kocho said in a muffled voice with her head down.
Then, she released her grip on Lexon's hand.
Lexon stood in the bedroom for a while, watching Shinobu Kocho as she gradually focused on checking the Master's physical condition.
Then, without saying anything more, he walked outside.
As he left the estate, Lexon encountered that female member dressed in the Kakushi uniform again.
She was running nervously, holding a towel, seemingly intending to dry the tatami mats that had been wetted by the medicinal liquid Shinobu Kocho had spilled.
"Greetings, Mist Hashira..." The female member saw Lexon while running and stood up straight to greet him.
However, Lexon seemed as if he hadn't heard anything... and continued walking out...
'Did the Mist Hashira not hear me?'
The female member didn't dwell on it and hurried to the Master's bedroom.
...
It took about twenty minutes for Lexon to fly from the former Demon Slayer Corps headquarters to Tanjiro's home.
It took a bit more time than the trip from Mount Sagiri to the headquarters.
After all, Tanjiro's home was much further away than Mount Sagiri, so it was inevitable that it would take a bit longer.
As he gradually approached the sky above Tanjiro's house, the loud voices of Inosuke Hashibiera and Zenitsu Agatsuma drifted up from far below.
"Pig Rush!! Pig Rush!! Hahahaha! I am the king of this mountain!"
This was Inosuke Hashibiera's high-pitched voice.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! You guy! Ah! Nezuko, save me!"
This was Zenitsu Agatsuma's voice, changing from shouting to a delicate plea.
What are they doing?
Lexon looked down.
What he saw were four familiar people divided into two teams throwing snowballs at each other.
Besides Zenitsu and Inosuke, the remaining ones were, naturally, Tanjiro and Nezuko.
A snowball fight?
Lexon lowered his altitude slightly.
At this moment, in the snowball fight lineup, Tanjiro was originally on a team with Zenitsu, and the wild boar King of the Mountain was on a team with Nezuko.
However, when it reached the point where Zenitsu was being bombarded with snowballs by the King of the Mountain, Zenitsu quickly ran to Nezuko to seek comfort.
Amid Tanjiro's anxious shouts of "Zenitsu, come back! Quick, come back! We're on the same team!" Zenitsu jumped straight into the enemy camp.
The situation suddenly became three against one.
Because the change in numbers was unfair to her brother, the gentle Nezuko stopped her snowball attacks. However, the wild boar King of the Mountain led his new subordinate and happily threw snowballs at Tanjiro.
He kept shouting, "Tanpachiro Kamado, let me show you the power of the King of the Mountain! Pig Rush!"
And Zenitsu, having 'abandoned the darkness for the light,' was also throwing snowballs at Tanjiro very energetically to show his loyalty.
"This is unfair!" Tanjiro could only dodge while saying this, occasionally striking back a few times.
However, the difference in combat power was too great, and he was soon hit multiple times.
He was left completely dazed by the snowball onslaught.
He quickly hid behind a fortress made of snow.
"You can't win a one-on-two, can you?"
Suddenly, an incredibly familiar, flat voice sounded beside him, causing Tanjiro to look sideways.
When he saw the figure deeply etched in his memory, he couldn't help but cry out in surprise, "Lexon?"
"Yeah." Lexon looked at him, nodding in response, and then continued, "If you can't win, let me lend a hand."
"Okay!" Tanjiro responded loudly.
He didn't think about why Lexon appeared here or anything like that; at this moment, he only wanted to play with his good friend.
Tanjiro picked up a snowball and looked at Lexon, who had also picked one up.
In his heart, he couldn't help but reminisce about the time at Lady Tamayo's place when he and Lexon faced two demons together, fighting their respective battles...
It was a nostalgic feeling...
Tanjiro gave Lexon a smile of trust in a partner, and Lexon returned the smile.
Then, Tanjiro saw a snowball fly from Lexon's hand, heading straight for his own face.
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