"TASTY!"
Haruto ate the rice bowl on the table one-handed. With a spoon in one hand and thick bandages wrapped around the other, he had no hand to spare to cover his ears.
Just bear with it. Just bear with it.
Kyojuro had finally recovered from his injuries!
Now no one would compete with him for Aoi's cooking, and no one would shout at the dinner table without a care for anyone else.
Haruto tightened his grip on his spoon and angrily shoveled rice into his mouth.
A week after the battle, Kyojuro, who had suffered countless wounds all over his body, was the first to declare himself recovered thanks to his formidable constitution. He could officially return to his duties as a Hashira.
According to him, though, he had to return to the Rengoku Family first and report to his mother's grave that he was well before heading to his patrol district.
Haruto, meanwhile, had suffered severe fractures in his left arm and had to rest for a while with a plaster cast and bandages. The patrol district he was responsible for remained in the care of the two Water Hashira who had been taking turns helping out.
When Shinobu first saw his injuries, she had already prepared to amputate his arm.
Fortunately, thanks to Haruto's modified constitution, his arm was still usable, even if it was healing very slowly.
Everyone at the Butterfly Mansion was delighted by Kyojuro's recovery.
Especially Aoi. The food she had cooked over the past week could have fed disaster victims.
"As for Sun Breathing, I'll ask my father when I return," Kyojuro said, remembering what mattered most to Tanjiro. "The training notes for Flame Breathing mentioned this origin breathing style, but there weren't any detailed records. I only vaguely remember..."
He reached out