"So what was that guy, anyway?! Barging in out of nowhere and asking people to feed him!"
On the way down the mountain, Zenitsu Agatsuma was still hunched over, but he had at least regained some of his spirit. He chattered away at the boys and Haruto.
"What a rude guy. Who has the nerve to ask little girls to feed him?"
"They might still be young, but they're girls! How could he yell at them like that?"
"Rude! Rude! That rude boar monster even wore a mask to scare people!"
"Come to think of it, is Oyakata-sama's household really obligated to provide meals?"
"Who even told him that? His cultivator? That guy doesn't look like he even has one..."
Haruto followed behind without joining in, a Bojji-like smile fixed on his face.
...What's wrong with asking the boss to feed you? Is there a problem with that?
I was the one who told him. So what? You're seriously weird...
Mr. Kuwajima is such a stern man. How did he end up teaching a chatterbox like you?
Your voice actor must have a really hard time.
Perhaps because they had just finished a life-or-death trial, the boys had all turned into chatterboxes. Their mouths never rested for a moment.
As for Kanao... when she left the trial grounds, she had given Haruto a slight nod from a distance, then slipped away without a sound.
Perhaps she had only nodded out of consideration for Shinobu...
Once they had mostly finished chatting, Haruto urged Tanjiro and Genya to hurry home, promising them a big surprise waiting there.
Zenitsu's thin body was still trembling, as though those seven days had been a nightmare he had yet to wake from.
He declined Tanjiro's invitation to visit Mount Sagiri. "I've got to get straight back