Let's Find Out What That Fox Is Plotting Together

Actually, roasted Wild Boar Meat doesn't taste that great, but everyone still enjoyed it. Eating is often about the atmosphere.

As night deepened, the children crawled into their tents to rest. Yuxian told Tanjiro and the others to rest first, while he would keep watch.

The forest was quiet at night, with only the chirping of insects reaching Yuxian's ears.

Yuxian, he poked at the still-burning fire, his mind blank, trying not to think about anything, enjoying this rare moment of tranquility.

"Are you hungry?"

Yuxian noticed that Inosuke had climbed down from the tree and come to the fire.

He said, "There's still some meat left; we can roast it over a fire and eat it."

Inosuke didn't come down to eat earlier, so he must be hungry now.

Yuxian kindly added firewood to the fire and rekindled it.

Inosuke didn't stand on ceremony and started grilling the meat himself, eating as he grilled.

After he finished eating, he wanted to go back up the tree to rest.

Yuxian called out to him, "It's chilly at night, why don't you rest by the fire?"

Inosuke hesitated for a moment, but did not refuse. He sat down on the spot and kept Yuxian company.

The two of them stood there, stunned, facing the fire.

Suddenly, Inosuke murmured, "Does everyone have to have a mother?"

His voice was very soft, as if he were asking Yuxian, or as if he were talking to himself, but in the quiet night, Yuxian heard his words clearly.

Yuxian smiled and asked, "Did Jack just tell you all that?"

He knew that Jack and Inosuke must have said something to make him have such a question.

"Your mother must love you very much."

Yuxian said softly.

Inosuke's mother was eaten by Doma when he was young, and she had no choice but to throw Inosuke into the mountains in a moment of crisis.

Having grown up in the mountains, Inosuke can't remember anything about his mother, which is why he keeps saying he doesn't have one.

It now seems that he also longed for maternal love, but he just didn't want to admit it.

"I don't have a mother."

Inosuke still insists on this view.

"You have."

Yuxian shook his head. "Otherwise, who gave you the name Inosuke?"

Inosuke Hashibira was stunned. He only knew that his name was Inosuke, as if it was a name he was born with. He had never thought about the origin of this name.

Now that Yuxian has raised this question, it has caused great doubt in Inosuke's mind.

Why am I called Inosuke?

Who named me?

Chapter 14, Section 327: Let's uncover the fox's conspiracy together.

As dawn broke, Mash emerged from her tent.

"Thank you for your hard work, senior."

She saw that Yuxian was still by the fire, and knew that he hadn't slept all night.

Yuxian smiled and said, "It's nothing, I'm very good at staying up late."

Mash shook her head. How could she not be tired from staying up all night?

She quickly said, "Senior, you should go and get some sleep now, the children aren't up that early yet."

"No, let's go down the mountain as soon as possible."

As he spoke, Yuxian sneaked into the tent.

Immediately afterwards, a scream came from inside the tent, Mash rolled her eyes speechlessly.

"Master, you're doomed! From today onwards, you're not getting any more late sleeping in!"

The children emerged from the tent one after another, loudly announcing to Yuxian.

Clearly, they were very unhappy with Yuxian's prank of waking them up, and they made no attempt to hide their desire for revenge.

Yuxian's outburst woke everyone else up as well.

After a quick tidy-up, everyone headed down the mountain together, facing the rising sun.

"There's Wisteria House here, let's rest here for a bit."

After descending from the mountain, they arrived at a small town. As they passed a house, Tanjiro saw wisteria blossoms peeking out from behind the wall and made a suggestion to everyone.

The families whose doors are decorated with wisteria flowers are people who have received favors from the Demon Slayer Corps and will be given conveniences by them.

Everyone agreed with Tanjiro's suggestion, so he went up and knocked on the door.

Knock knock knock!

Is anyone home?

After a long while, there was still no response from inside the door.

"Is nobody here?"

Since no one has come out to open the door after so long, it is obvious that no one is inside.

"Perhaps the family has gone out."

No one came to open the door, Tanjiro had no choice but to give up, and everyone continued walking forward.

After some time, Tanjiro found another house decorated with wisteria flowers. This time, after Tanjiro knocked on the door, the door opened quickly and someone came out to greet him.

The owners of the Wisteria House were a kind and hospitable elderly couple who warmly welcomed everyone and thoughtfully prepared food and rooms so that everyone could rest comfortably there.

"Grandma, I have a question for you. Is that Wisteria House at the entrance of town unoccupied?"

Tanjiro asked the old woman a question.

He was curious about the Wisteria House that hadn't opened its door earlier; such a situation was rare, and he was willing to offer help if the family was facing any difficulties.

The old man smiled and said, "You're talking about that house full of wisteria flowers, right? That's not the Wisteria House."

"Not the Wisteria House?"

Everyone was very curious, as it's rare to see a family that doesn't own Wisteria House wisteria plant a lot of wisteria in their yard.

The old man patiently explained, "A young and beautiful girl lives in that courtyard. She has a sweet smile."

"They moved to the town suddenly a few years ago, and we don't know where they came from."

"Those wisteria flowers were given to us by her, and over the years they have grown to fill the whole yard."

Tanjiro asked, "When we knocked on the door, no one answered. Has she moved away?"

The old woman was also a little confused when she heard Tanjiro say that.

"Isn't she home?"

"She came alone and didn't seem to have any relatives. She doesn't interact much with other people and always stays in the yard."

"Nobody knows whether she's actually inside or not."

According to the old woman, the girl was a recluse and didn't seem like the type to travel far.

Tanjiro quickly asked, "Could it be that you've run into some kind of trouble?"

He was always very enthusiastic, a quality that even Yuxian had to admire.

The old woman shook her head. "Over the years, some thugs have harassed her, but she always manages to subdue them. If they were to run into trouble, it would be a terrible situation."

"Let's go check it out later," Tanjiro suggested to the others.

No one objected; they were planning to rest here for a few days anyway, so taking the time to go and take a look wouldn't be a problem.

If it can help, it would be a good deed.

After resting for a while, everyone returned to the courtyard at the entrance of town.

Tanjiro knocked on the door for a while, but received no response.

Seeing this, Jack leaped over the wall and entered the yard.

Yuxian quickly said, "Jack, don't disturb them."

Jack responded with an "Oh!" and quickly jumped out of the wall again.

"Mom, there's no one inside."

"Is nobody here? Looks like they've gone on a long trip."

Hearing Jack say that, everyone had no choice but to give up and return to the Wisteria House.

Kyoto, Okita Souji's residence.

"Kiyohime, what brings you to Kyoto to find me?"

Okita Souji looked at Kiyohime outside the door with a surprised expression.

She knew that Kiyohime was also in this world, but she had never met her and lived alone.

The fact that they would suddenly come knocking on his door today was quite unexpected for Okita Souji.

"Miss Tamamo wrote to me saying that you were in trouble and asked me for help."

Kiyohime swaggered into Okita Souji's room, looked around carefully, and then said:

"Okita-san, your residence is too shabby. There is no decoration at all. This will not do."

Okita Souji shook his head. "I don't have much of a preference for those things. I'm content as long as I have a place to stay."

Kiyohime immediately retorted, "That won't do. Girls need to learn how to dress up. Okita-san, you're not paying enough attention to your image, or you'll suffer the consequences."

Okita Souji did not dwell on the matter further.

She said, "Miss Tamamo went on a trip, why would she think of writing to you? Besides, there's nothing here that I can help you with."

She didn't encounter any unsolvable problems while alone in Kyoto, and was somewhat puzzled as to why Tamamo no Mae had summoned Kiyohime.

"I'm going on a trip!"

Kiyohime blinked. Unlike Okita Souji, she was quite naive and had a deep understanding of her pen pal Tamamo no Mae's personality.

"Oh no! We must have been tricked by her! She's definitely hiding something."

Okita Souji asked, puzzled, "What could she possibly be hiding from us? This isn't Chaldea; there's no benefit in lying to us."

"That's the real problem!"

Kiyohime argued vehemently, "She did it precisely because there was no benefit in lying to us. Aren't you curious?"

Okita Souji was somewhat persuaded, and a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

Kiyohime suggested, "Why don't we go find her?"

"This... I..."

Okita Souji hesitated, unable to make up his mind for a moment.

"Oh dear, your Shinsengumi is gone now. You've done enough here all these years, there's no point in you staying."

Okita Souji looked somewhat dejected. After a moment of contemplation, he finally nodded and agreed to go with Kiyohime to find Tamamo no Mae.

"That's more like it! Let's go together and uncover that fox's scheme. Hehe..."