"Why call me over when you two are the ones talking?"
Haruto sat cross-legged beside the low table, picked up the teapot and a cup, and poured himself some water.
"Because you're a Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, and Miss Tamayo's partner."
Kagaya smiled and pushed the fruit platter on the table toward him.
[Miss Tamayo can't eat fruit, and Oyakata-sama is too frail to eat anything cold, so that fruit platter can only be for Meal Hashira Bro.]
[So jealous. Growing up together really does make for a deep bond...]
[Can I ship this?]
[Amane & Shinobu Kocho: I'd advise you to quit while you're ahead.]
Haruto tossed a few jujubes into his mouth and gestured with his eyes for them to get on with it.
After he came in, the faint sense of distance in the room had given way to a warmer atmosphere.
"Could Nezuko's condition... appear on a large scale?"
"I've studied the changes in Nezuko very carefully, and I can only attribute them to her individual constitution." Tamayo shook her head gently. "Very few demons can resist that hollow feeling in their bodies the moment they turn. Once they eat a human at that point..."
A trace of sorrow crossed her face. "They lose any chance of ever returning to a normal human life.
"Nezuko was stopped from eating anyone right at the beginning. It was only through her extraordinary self-control and her deep bonds with her family that she became what she is now."
"As a demon, she's growing at an astonishing rate. When she fought Upper Rank Six, her regeneration was already comparable to an Upper Rank's-doesn't that mean her connection to Muzan Kibutsuji is getting stronger?" Haruto took the opportunity to voice his doubts.
"Quite the opposite. Nezuko has now completely