"Cough, cough..."
Kanae's coughing immediately drew Shinobu's attention back.
"Sister!"
Her eyelashes trembled, and Kanae slowly opened her eyes.
"Shinobu... I'm not dead?"
How strange. Her breathing had become smooth, and she even had the strength to speak.
She knew her own condition best. Shinobu absolutely could not have saved her.
Kanae understood that better than anyone.
Could it be that mysterious person?
Shinobu hugged her sister tightly, crying tears of joy as she choked out, "Yes, Sister, you're still alive..."
"You're alive and well..."
A gentle smile tugged at the corners of Kanae's mouth as she reached behind her and softly patted her younger sister's back.
The sisters embraced for quite some time. Then Kanae gently pushed her sister away and asked,
"I think I heard someone speaking just now."
Shinobu hurriedly said, "She was the one who saved you."
Kanae gently touched her neck. There wasn't even a trace of a wound.
Even a miracle doctor couldn't possibly have restored her like this in such a short time.
Everything that had just happened was practically like an illusion.
Noticing her sister's movement, Shinobu explained, "She smeared her blood over your wound, and it healed immediately."
Kanae looked astonished.
This kind of method...
Shinobu hesitated before saying, "Sister, do you think that person just now could have been... a... Demon..."
Kanae looked at her sister's complicated expression and gently pointed toward the horizon. "But the sun has already risen."
Shinobu followed the direction of her finger.
Indeed...
The sun had already risen by the time she arrived.
If she had been a Demon, she absolutely could not have appeared beneath the sunlight.
That was common knowledge.
Even the progenitor of Demons, Kibutsuji Muzan, couldn't move around under the sun.
Yet aside from a Demon, Shinobu couldn't think of any