Rest

Zenitsu looked at Tanjiro as though he were a monster.

"Ah, that's terrifying! Tanjiro's head isn't even bleeding. How hard is it?! That boar actually passed out!"

At that moment, Lin Guang said, "When it comes to headbutts, I doubt anyone can beat Tanjiro. His head is practically made of stone."

"Um... you're giving me a little too much credit, Lin Guang," Tanjiro said sheepishly.

Then, taking charge, Lin Guang gave his instructions.

"All right. Once Tanjiro gets Inosuke settled, let's bury everyone who was killed."

"Yes!"

Before long, Inosuke woke up.

"Ha! Fight me!"

Zenitsu, who was carrying a stone, saw Inosuke wake up and immediately return to his usual self. His face went pale with fright.

"Aaah! He's awake!"

Zenitsu dropped the stone and ran toward Lin Guang and Tanjiro.

Inosuke chased right after him, shouting nonstop for a fight.

When he saw Tanjiro, Zenitsu ducked straight behind him. Everyone stared at Inosuke in bewilderment.

"What are you doing?!" Inosuke asked, pointing at Lin Guang, Tanjiro, and the others.

Tanjiro patiently explained, "We're burying the dead. Come give us a hand, Inosuke. There are still people who were killed inside the mansion."

Having grown up in the mountains, Inosuke didn't understand why Lin Guang and Tanjiro were doing this.

"Huh? What's the point of burying dead creatures?! I'm not doing it! I'm not helping! Forget that stuff and fight me!"

Instead, Tanjiro looked at Inosuke with concern.

"I see. Your wounds hurt too much for you to help, right?"

"Huh?"

"No, it's all right. Everyone has a different limit for how much pain they can bear. Carrying the dead outside the mansion, then digging graves to bury them in, really is hard work. Lin Guang, Zenitsu, the children, and I will do our best. It's fine."

"Just rest, Inosuke. Sorry for pushing you earlier."

"Huh?! Don't underestimate me! Whether it's a hundred people or two hundred, I'll bury them all! I'll bury more than anyone else!"

Seeing how completely Tanjiro and Inosuke were talking past each other, Lin Guang couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha!"

Inosuke turned toward Lin Guang and demanded fiercely, "What are you laughing at?!"

"Nothing. I just thought of something funny. Since you said you'd bury more than everyone else, let's get started," Lin Guang said, waving a hand.

"Of course!"

With Inosuke's help, they soon buried everyone who had been killed.

Tanjiro and Zenitsu prayed for the dead while Inosuke kept banging his head against a tree trunk nearby.

Meanwhile, Lin Guang looked at the bottles of potion in his Spatial Ring, considering how to use them on Tanjiro and the others.

Just then, the Kasugai Crow circled overhead.

"Head down the mountain! Head down the mountain!"

"The crow talked?!"

"Don't think about it anymore."

"Yeah."

After everything they had experienced that day, the children had given up trying to make sense of things.

And so, Lin Guang, Tanjiro, and the others headed down the mountain.

Seeing them about to leave, Inosuke immediately stepped forward to stop them.

"Hey! Where are you going?"

"We're going down the mountain."

"We haven't settled our fight yet!"

"You're tired already, aren't you? Let's head down first."

"Huh?! I'm not tired! Fight me!"

With that, Inosuke charged down the mountain, and they soon reached its foot.

It was time to part ways, but Zenitsu threw his arms around the little boy named Shoichi.

"No! Shoichi can't leave! Shoichi is strong! Shoichi has to protect me!"

Seeing Zenitsu start acting shamelessly again, Tanjiro grabbed him in exasperation and tried to pull him away.

"Can't you see Shoichi doesn't want this?!"

"Don't leave me behind!"

At that, Tanjiro lost his temper too.

"That's enough out of you!"

With that, he delivered a chopping blow to Zenitsu's neck, knocking him out on the spot.

With Zenitsu no longer clinging to him, the Kasugai Crow gave the boy with rare blood a wisteria sachet. Lin Guang and the others then parted ways with the children, taking the unconscious Zenitsu with them.

Afterward, Lin Guang carried Zenitsu on his back while Tanjiro carried his box, with Inosuke walking beside them in his boar mask. Guided by the Kasugai Crow, the four set off in one direction.

"Fight me! I'll find a chance to beat you-and you too!"

Inosuke kept walking beside them, constantly demanding a fight. He didn't seem to have remembered either Lin Guang's or Tanjiro's name.

Fed up with Inosuke calling him "you" over and over, Tanjiro shouted, "My name isn't 'you'! It's Tanjiro Kamado!"

Lin Guang chimed in, "Same here. My name is Lin Guang. Remember it."

Inosuke nodded, pointing at Tanjiro and Lin Guang. "Fish Cake Gonpachiro! Rin! I'm going to beat you both!"

Hearing the names Inosuke called them, Lin Guang gave up trying, but Tanjiro kept resisting.

"Fish Cake Gonpachiro? Who's that?"

"You!"

"That's someone else!"

On Lin Guang's back, Zenitsu couldn't stand Tanjiro and Inosuke's argument any longer.

"Aaah! You're so loud!"

The three kept bickering as they walked, only stopping once they were too tired to argue.

Watching the three of them, Lin Guang decided how he would distribute the potions.

That night, the four arrived at a gate painted with wisteria flowers.

"A wisteria family crest."

"Caw! Rest! Rest! Those who are injured must rest until they recover!" the Kasugai Crow said.

Tanjiro was surprised to hear that. "Huh? We're allowed to rest?"

"Heh heh heh!"

"What's with the 'heh heh heh'...?" Tanjiro was a little speechless.

Beside him, Inosuke suggested, "Let's eat this thing!"

"Huh?" The Kasugai Crow froze for a moment, then hurriedly flew away.

Lin Guang chuckled softly, then said, "A little rest would be good. Tanjiro and I aren't really hurt, but Inosuke beat Zenitsu up pretty badly, and Tanjiro's headbutt injured Inosuke and even broke his bones. We do need to rest for a while."

Then Lin Guang stepped forward to knock, but the gate opened just as he reached it.

"Coming."

"Sorry to disturb you so late at night," Lin Guang said.

"Sorry for intruding," Tanjiro added.

Looking at the elderly woman who had come out, Zenitsu immediately imagined something frightening. "A... a ghost!"

"Hey!" Tanjiro snapped at Zenitsu.

Inosuke, meanwhile, walked up to the elderly woman with a hostile look.

"Who are you?!"

Tanjiro watched Inosuke nervously and shot Lin Guang a pleading look, but Lin Guang gave him a reassuring glance.

"You're Demon Slayers, aren't you?" the elderly woman asked.

Inosuke poked her fluffy hair. "You look really weak!"

Yet Inosuke's rude behavior didn't anger the elderly woman. Instead, she stepped aside and said, "Please come in."

"Thank you for having us!"

Lin Guang thanked her again, then followed her into the mansion.

Tanjiro did the same. Zenitsu was too frightened to speak, while Inosuke couldn't be bothered, and so they entered the home of the family with the wisteria crest.