Aluka's Choice Conjecture × Homecoming! Homecoming!
A taut string hanging deep in my heart, the cemetery trembles...
Looking down at Kurajing, he was speechless and choked with emotion.
No one is born liking to serve others all day long. Tsubone must admit that even she, the Scarface, the One-Eye, one of the old folks born into the Zoldyck family, has had her moments of doubt... What is the meaning of living a life solely to serve the Zoldyck?
Based on this, the young girl was not without her moments of confusion. Until one day, while serving Jager to dinner—the eve of his secret departure from Kukuroo Mountain to join Netero and Linne on their journey to the Dark Continent —she suddenly heard him say, "The fact that you have these thoughts shows that you are human, not just a machine that obeys orders."
Tsubone was stunned at the time.
Years later, when he met Young Master Roy again, he heard him speak the same words as Master Jager: "People are the most important thing," regardless of whether he was the Zoldyck's "butler," "maid," "gardener," or "cook"...
The old butler, with her two pink ponytails cascading down her back, snapped out of her daze, reached out her large Kurajing's head, rubbing her forehead as she said, "Congratulations on becoming an excellent butler."
With a hint of reminiscence in her Tsubone said with a touch of melancholy, "Young Master Roy deserved it, you deserved it, and Gotoh deserved it too... It's so good... so good."
Then, to Kurajing's stunned gaze, the food cart brushed past her shoulder, leaving the girl alone by the window, lost in thought...
After a moment, the girl came to her senses, turned to watch Tsubone's tall figure disappear around the corner, smiled briefly, a fleeting yet breathtaking smile, "Does this mean I've been accepted?"
And to be recognized by the highest-ranking and most senior butler in the Zoldyck butler world...
Kurajing tossed her high ponytail, gave herself a "heave-ho!" to cheer herself up, and continued training.
"Three hundred and seventy-one... three hundred and seventy-two... three hundred and seventy-three..."
The silent counting and the soft sound of sweat dripping echoed in the dark night...
At the mountaintop, halfway up the mountain, separated by another hill Zoldyck Family Ancient Castle. After Taiyi entrusting all matters in Meteor City to Taichi, Roy, as usual, glanced at Gotoh's interface.
Panel display
[Believer: Gotoh (Note: Overflowing with loyalty)]
[Current Status: Evolving...]
[Constitution +1 +1 +1 +1...]
[Current: 924, an increase of 100 points compared to before evolution → 1078 (Note: Still increasing)]
[Manifested Aura: C+(14210/100000)→C+(20412/100000) (Note: Continuously increasing)][Potential Aura: C+(87412/100000)→B-1 (70,000/1,000,000) (Note: Continuously increasing)][Type: Released]
[Initial Nen Ability: Coin Conjecture]
[Embrace Nen Ability: Currently awakening...]
[Awakening Progress: 39%]
[Rating: C+]
[Note: Referring to Chimera Ant, your Believer "Gotoh" has already reached the level of a top-tier Chimera Ant Squadron Leader and is moving towards Level B.] Roy compared this to Hisoka, whom he saw in the Pale Church today.
With two days left until the butler emerges from his cocoon, his [Potential Aura] has already subtly broken through to level B. It seems... in two more days, when he truly emerges, he won't be inferior to Hisoka after receiving the [True God Cult's ] blessing...
With a thought, the person keenly sensed a shift in the [Thread of Causality] binding them. The Sun-Earring Boy silently closed the Gotoh interface, located the [Thread of Causality], and sent a Heart Bug to follow its end. What he saw was... Illumi dressing in front of a mirror, a bright silver wig lying on the counter. He stared blankly at his reflection, unusually unaware that he hadn't disguised himself as Illumi, letting the [Heart Bug] burrow into his heart.
Roy raised an eyebrow, and out of curiosity, he peeked into Illumi's heart... and slowly, a scene unfolded, reflecting his afternoon advice to Illumi: "You should defeat Gotoh first."
Clearly, his unintentional words had reached Illumi's ears, unwittingly inflicting unimaginable... damage on the foolish little brother! A smile played on Roy's lips, and with a thought, the Heart Bug was summoned, transforming into a Nen Flow that returned to his body. "Finally realizing the danger?"
"Very good, progress comes from crises."
Roy gently stroked the back of his left hand, listening to the [Curse] ticking away, counting down the seconds until his life was over. He glanced at the remaining [Embrace] opportunity lying on the panel, took a deep breath, and then grabbed the wooden box that Leon Zeppeli had given him. Now that Guzman had laid his cards on the table, Roy wasn't going to sit idly by. Putting everything else aside, he had to find a way to sever the [Thread of Causality] connecting him to Guzman!
Because of that [Thread of Causality], he was able to overcome the barrier of Lake Mobius and appear on the Lake Center Island.
It was also because of that [Thread of Causality] that he was granted the Nen Ability of the [Substitute Puppet], allowing him to be reborn repeatedly and impossible to kill.
Roy recalled the [Targeted Tracking Technique]. Since the other party could [locate] and had achieved something in [causality], perhaps there were other methods to solve this problem. Furthermore... on the day Kalluto was born, the Mysterious Skeleton's meaningful conversation with his great-grandfather subtly hinted at the extraordinary nature of the wooden box.
Roy felt that perhaps he had underestimated the wooden box, underestimated... the importance of Leon Zeppeli giving it to him as a birth gift! "Buzz..." Late at night, a single lamp flickered...
Roy sat quietly at his desk, reaching out to grasp the wooden box in his palm. He mimicked his previous actions, channeling his Nen Qi into the box. A shimmering light enveloped the box, but this time, unlike before, no stream of information flowed into his brow.
"So, it's because my capacity for thought is insufficient?"
If one-tenth of the "Nen Qi" isn't enough, then use one-fifth.
With a "whoosh," a Aura Nodes of Nen Qi burst forth from the pores, transforming into an even more powerful Nen Flow that flowed into the wooden box. The wooden box trembled, like a gluttonous beast, insatiable in its consumption, and in an instant... it devoured all of Roy's Nen Qi.
Roy frowned, then used half of his Nen Qi... eighty Nen Qi... until Nen Qi all of it. Suddenly, the bedroom ceiling trembled violently. Suddenly, he heard Maha yell angrily, "You brat, are you trying to destroy the house?"
Roy reluctantly let go of the wooden box, apologized to Maha, and went to wash up and go to bed.
[Gasping] At one o'clock in the morning, the wooden clock in the corner chimed... Not long after Roy put the wooden box back in the drawer, somewhere in the void...
A mournful elephant's bellow echoed across the land, a testament to its inner turmoil...
"Leon, you scared me to death! I thought he really opened Jormungandr's remains!"
Amidst the chaotic spatial currents, Ge Di was shattered by a thick elephant trunk. The elephant, now a corpse, Xiangmiao spoke human language, its four hooves thrashing about, clearly startled. Beside it...
The Mysterious Skeleton Leon; Zeppeli gently stroked the enormous elephant ear of the elephant's membrane, and two ghastly green flames suddenly ignited in its empty eye sockets. Reflected in the flames was Roy attempting to open the wooden box once more. This... once a figure who stirred up storms, whose secrets even Jin couldn't fathom, remained silent for a long time.
He murmured with a sigh, "How could his elder brother be anything less than someone from a clan chosen by [E]?"
"But," Leon Zeppeli's gaze drifted into the distance, the green flames in his eyes suddenly Transformation, revealing a glimpse of the future—an image of Alluka imprisoned in the basement—and he said gravely, "I doubt even [A] himself would have imagined that a mere lower-world human could be so extraordinary. It's truly astonishing..."
[E]... that [E] who was once a [god]... that [E] who created a [Dream God Kingdom] with [dream building]... appeared in Xiangmiao's memories, and at one moment, he snorted and suddenly turned his head to look at Leon; Zeppeli said, "Tell me, did [E] choose the Zoldyck because the other party is that kid's brother?"
Leon Zeppeli suddenly paused, his eyes flickering with an uncertain green light, and fell silent...
After a long pause, he looked up at the endless spatial rift, stretching as far as the eye could see, and said softly, "If what you say is true, I think, Roy, the Zoldyck are far more extraordinary than you and I imagine!"
"The road... A spatial turbulence in the cemetery was crushed by the hooves of the Xiangqi."
The void trembled, as it did with Xiangmiao like Leon; Zeppeli's heart remained unsettled for a long time...
On the other hand, the Sun-Earring Boy being watched...
After a quick wash, I lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep in no time.
A faint, hoarse snore escaped...
Consciousness immersion,
As Roy drifted into a deep sleep, he, as always, passed through the [Gate of Cognition] into his [Cognitive World]. Beside the vibrant, colorful Dream Passage, two small dream Uzumaki Clan spun slowly, awaiting his summons.
Roy quickly calculated the time; it would still be one night before Wenisha and Old Kohler could begin their sermon. So he let them erect the idol and pray for him, then stepped into the Dream Passage and appeared on the boundless blue sea.
"Whoosh!" The waves crashed against the shore, the tide rose and fell.
Several ancient gates stood in a line, eternally unbroken... The Sun-Earring Boy, his silver hair flowing down his back, simply rolled up his trousers, waded through the seawater, letting the moisture flow through his heart, and walked past the [Gate of Hokage], the [Gate of Bleach], the [Cartoon Gate with a Blue Cat keychain], and the [Gate of the Dark Continent], which was imprinted with intricate patterns. Finally, he stopped before the first gate he had opened—the [Gate of Demon Slayer], paused silently for three breaths, reached out, pushed the door open, and stepped inside.
One blink of an eye is a day; one blink of an eye is a lifetime.
Muzan is dead, the sky is clear and bright... Roy stepped from his dream into reality, Youyou opening his eyes to find himself in a bright, sunny day.
A gust of mountain wind blew by, causing his long, fiery red hair to dance wildly in the wind.
At that moment, as Kamado Eiichiro once again descended into this world, a flood of emotions, memories, and longing surged into Roy's heart, instantly dispelling all his worries and anxieties, replacing them with an indescribable ease and joy.
This joy stems from the Muzan deaths, the vanquishing of Demon, and the triumph of humanity, but even more so from... the longing to go home.
The Sun-Earring Boy stood in the woods, arms outstretched, letting his Nen Qi surge freely. Through [Anti-Conjuration], he grasped several boxes of medicine in his palms, stuffed them into his robes, and with a swift movement, transformed into Photokinesis, surveying the forest with the sunlight. Moments later, he heard the sounds of chopping wood and saw a woodcutter. The woodcutter was also a Sun-Earring Boy, with the same fiery red hair as the young man, and visible Demon Slayer Mark on his forehead, but not ferocious; instead, they added a touch of endearing charm. His axe whirled, sending firewood flying, and beneath his feet... a piece of firewood, partially charred from a lightning strike, snapped in two, the cut clean and smooth as a mirror, revealing...
The Sun-Earring Boy possessed excellent swordsmanship!
"Chopping wood..." As the wind blew and the sun shone warmly, and the snow melted, Roy leaped out of the sunlight and landed lightly behind the Sun-Earring Boy, smiling as he spoke.
The Sun-Earring Boy, who was wiping the fine sweat from his forehead, suddenly stiffened, his axe clattering to the ground. He turned his head stiffly, and when he saw Roy's face clearly, a huge look of surprise appeared in his eyes. He couldn't help but shout excitedly, "Nii-san!" Then, he jumped up and landed on Roy, just like when he was a child, wrapping his arms around Roy's neck. His mouth twitched, and he was about to cry.
"Nii-san... it's you... it really is you... you're back~"
Roy gently stroked the Sun-Earring Boy's forehead, took a deep breath, and said, "Yes, I'm back."
"You've grown taller too, Tanjiro."
"Not as tall as you, Nii-san- san! Nezuko, Takeo, Delia, Father, Mother, and Grandma all saw it! Nii-san flew up to the sky!" Tanjiro gestured excitedly, spittle flying as he recounted the story. He described Muzan, after Roy killed Muzan, his body and mind merged, his soul briefly leaving his body and merging into the Great Sun, radiating power and majesty, causing the world to kneel and proclaim a miracle... He neither refuted nor admitted it, but simply listened and watched with a smile, savoring this long-lost tenderness... He carried Tanjiro, lifting a basket full of firewood with one hand, slowly leading him, just like when they were children, trudging through the snow-covered forest, carving a path home.
"Nii-san, I think I'll get off."
Perhaps she was tired of talking, or perhaps the excitement had worn off, or perhaps she's grown up and realized that it wasn't right to always act like she was when she was a child, clinging to her older brother.
Tanjiro felt embarrassed to continue clinging to Roy and struggled to get down, but Roy's grip was surprisingly strong, making it feel like he was clinging to thin air. He glared at him angrily and said, "Am I still your brother?"
Are you still my brother?
"Then you should listen to me."
"Good."
Tanjiro lowered his eyes, just like when he was a child, peacefully clinging to Roy's back, as Roy carried a basket in one hand, slowly and steadily making his way into the depths of the forest.
In no time,
Then I saw a couple, a couple, a few children, and an old woman living in a small courtyard built with a wooden house in the shape of a "Pin" character. The horizon slowly appeared...