Even before opening the letter, Chinatsu could more or less guess who had sent it. That deduction owed not only to her clever mind, but also to the traces of sakura mochi crumbs left on the envelope...
Under these rather awkward circumstances, Chinatsu opened the letter. Although Mitsuri had written it, she found that its contents were not just about Mitsuri herself.
Right at the start of the letter, a single sentence from Mitsuri dealt Chinatsu a heart-shaped critical hit.
[Chinatsu! Mr. Iguro confessed to me!!!]
Chinatsu couldn't help taking half a step back. She tilted her head up, and the corners of her mouth crept upward despite herself.
With Snake and Love stock entering the market, the romantic progress between Shinobu Kocho and Giyu Tomioka, and between Kanao and Tanjiro, was instantly knocked out of the running.
When everyone had said their farewells and left the Demon Slayer Corps Headquarters, Obanai Iguro had left with Mitsuri. At the time, however, they still had mutual feelings that neither had acknowledged.
Unlike most members of the Demon Slayer Corps, Mitsuri had a happy family. Both her parents were alive, and she even had four younger siblings.
After saying goodbye to the Demon Slayer Corps, Mitsuri had excitedly taken Obanai along to her home. During her time in the Corps, she hadn't quite been like Yu the Great, who passed his own doorstep three times without entering while taming the floods, but she had certainly seldom gone home.
A lack of time was one reason, but the main reason was the unusual nature of her work in the Demon Slayer Corps.
On the way home, the smile never left Mitsuri's face. She even skipped along as she traveled, looking like a rabbit-or perhaps a kitten.
By contrast, Obanai Iguro followed behind her