"Please come this way."
The old woman led Lin Guang and the others to the bathroom.
As soon as she opened the door, she knelt at the entrance and said, "Please change into these fresh clothes."
The four of them took their fresh clothes into the bathroom. "Have a good bath and relax."
"I'm getting in first!" Inosuke stripped in an instant and charged inside, then jumped into the bath with a splash.
Tanjiro said gently, "All right, all right! You were a big help, Inosuke, so take your time and relax."
"Huh?" Seeing that Tanjiro wasn't angry at all, Inosuke began thrashing around indignantly.
Lin Guang only glanced at him before paying him no further attention.
After a quick bath, the four of them came to their room. The moment they opened the door, the old woman appeared behind it.
"Please enjoy your meal."
"Thank you."
Lin Guang thanked her, then sat down at the dining table at the far end.
"She's a monster! Senior Lin Guang! That old lady is a monster! She's unnaturally fast! She has to be a monster! Tanjiro! Look at that monster granny..." Zenitsu shouted.
Tanjiro promptly rapped Zenitsu on the head, silencing him at once.
After dinner, Lin Guang tossed Zenitsu and Inosuke a small bottle each. "A very kind doctor gave me this oral medicine for injuries. You're both hurt, so drink it."
Hearing Lin Guang say it was medicine meant to be swallowed, Zenitsu obediently drank it.
Soon, Zenitsu felt warmth spread throughout his body. "After drinking it, I feel warm all over, like a girl is holding me. My whole body feels light and floaty."
After hearing that, Boar's Head bit the stopper off his bottle and downed the entire potion in one gulp.
"Ah! My whole body's burning up! I feel full of power now! Fight me!" Inosuke said, pointing at Tanjiro.
Tanjiro refused without a moment's hesitation. "No."
Inosuke immediately felt as though steam would come out of his ears.
Finally, Lin Guang tossed Tanjiro a bottle as well. Tanjiro looked at the potion in his hand, puzzled. "Senior Lin Guang, I'm not hurt."
"This isn't medicine. It's some fruit juice I mixed. Give it a taste," Lin Guang said, trying to fool him.
"Thank you, Senior Lin Guang." Tanjiro thanked him, opened the bottle, and took a sip.
"Senior Lin Guang, it doesn't seem to have much flavor. It's just sweet," Tanjiro said, pointing at the bottle in his hand.
Seeing this, Lin Guang murmured, "That shouldn't be right. Did I mix them up?"
Tanjiro heard every word clearly, and a bead of sweat trickled down his forehead. "Senior Lin Guang, what exactly were you trying to get me to drink?"
"N-nothing. I just wanted you to drink something good for you. And remember to use that scroll," Lin Guang said, patting Tanjiro on the shoulder.
Tanjiro didn't smell a lie, and he trusted Lin Guang, so he said nothing more.
"All right, I understand, Senior Lin Guang."
Afterward, the four of them went to the room where they would sleep.
As soon as they opened the door, they found the old woman kneeling at the entrance just as before. "Please get some sleep."
"There she is! The monster gran..."
Seeing the old woman again, Zenitsu had barely begun to speak when Tanjiro cut him off with another rap on the head.
Inosuke seized the opportunity to claim a bed at the edge of the room.
"First come, first served! I'm sleeping here!"
Lin Guang glanced over, but had no intention of fighting over beds. He simply chose one and lay down.
Tanjiro smiled gently at Inosuke. "Sure, sleep wherever you like. Where do you want to sleep, Zenitsu?"
Zenitsu looked at the two remaining beds and considered his options, only to be hit by a pillow thrown by Inosuke.
Just then, the door opened, and the old woman entered with an elderly doctor in a white coat. "The doctor is here."
The elderly doctor took off his hat. "Hello."
Lin Guang had no choice but to get up as well.
The four sat in a row while the elderly doctor examined them one by one.
"Hmm! Hmm, hmm! Hmm, hmm, hmm! Hmm, hmm, hmm, hmm! All done!"
After the doctor left, the four lay beneath their respective covers.
"All four of us, and not one injury. How is that possible?" Zenitsu said, staring at the ceiling.
"Doesn't the bump on my head count as an injury?" Inosuke asked, touching it in disbelief.
"I'm sorry..." Tanjiro said apologetically when he heard him.
"You should apologize to me! It hurt like hell! You kept hitting me over and over. Apologize!" Zenitsu said.
"I refuse," Inosuke replied, making it clear that wasn't happening.
"Apologize!" Zenitsu was getting angry.
"I refuse!" Inosuke made it clear he absolutely would not apologize.
"You have to apologize!" Tanjiro couldn't stand watching anymore.
Seeing this, Zenitsu threatened him. "If you keep acting like that, we won't eat with you anymore!"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Inosuke couldn't understand why Zenitsu was saying that.
"Food tastes better when everyone eats together!" Zenitsu explained.
"That's right!" Tanjiro agreed.
"Are you two right in the head?" Inosuke felt that the two lying beside him were idiots.
"You're the last person I want to hear that from!" Zenitsu stared at Inosuke, speechless.
Listening to the argument beside him, Lin Guang smiled and murmured, "Haha, you really are a bunch of kids."
Hearing Lin Guang's words, the other three instantly fell silent.
A little later, Tanjiro said, "The crow told me that this family with the wisteria crest once had their lives saved by a Demon Slayer. That's why they offer their services to any Demon Slayer free of charge."
"I'd heard that, but I never expected them to take such good care of us."
"The Demon Slayer Corps must really be something," Inosuke said, unable to hold back a word of praise at the mention of the Corps.
Hearing this, Tanjiro and Zenitsu looked at Inosuke curiously. "Why did you join the Demon Slayer Corps, Inosuke?"
"Something must have prompted it, right?" Zenitsu asked.
"A member of the Demon Slayer Corps barged into my mountain, so I challenged him to a test of strength and took his sword. Then he told me about the final selection and the existence of demons," Inosuke said.
"And then you joined the Demon Slayer Corps? So you grew up in the mountains just like me, Inosuke!" Hearing that Inosuke was a mountain boy immediately gave Tanjiro a sense of kinship.
"Don't lump me in with you! I have no parents or siblings. Testing my strength against other creatures is my only pleasure!" As he spoke, Inosuke put his boar mask back on.
As the conversation continued, everyone began to feel sleepy.
"Senior Lin Guang?"
Hearing Zenitsu's voice, Lin Guang knew why he was still awake so late, so he replied, "What is it?"
"There's no one else here now, so I wanted to ask: why are you and Tanjiro traveling with a demon?"
Zenitsu had never managed to make sense of it, and in the end, he couldn't help asking.
"I think you should ask Tanjiro that question."
At that moment, Tanjiro sat up as well.
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