Following Makomo into the house, Ye Chen saw a little girl lying quietly on a bed. She appeared to be asleep, with a bamboo muzzle held in her mouth, making her look rather unusual.
Ye Chen was not surprised. He knew she was one of Demon Slayer's main cast and one of the most unusual figures in this world. She was the protagonist Tanjiro's younger sister, Nezuko Kamado, who had been turned into a demon through an unfortunate incident yet still retained her human conscience.
She would eventually even conquer sunlight, becoming someone Muzan would stop at nothing to seize. Muzan believed that if he ate Nezuko, he could overcome his weakness to sunlight without needing to obtain the Blue Spider Lily.
"My junior still hasn't come back. He's outside doing the training Master assigned him. Let's wait here for a while."
Facing Ye Chen, Makomo slowly sat down on the tatami.
Ye Chen sat down as well, then asked a question whose answer he already knew.
"If I'm not mistaken, this little girl is a demon, isn't she?"
"Yes. Nothing gets past you, Ye Chen. But don't worry. Nezuko hasn't eaten a single person, and she hasn't attacked us either."
"Of course I believe you. Still, I've never seen a demon who can survive without eating people and retain her conscience."
After chatting for a while, Ye Chen turned the conversation back to Makomo. "By the way, you've already joined the Demon Slayer Corps. Do you still have time to come back here?"
"Hmm... Master asked me to come back, meet our new junior, and help look after Nezuko." Makomo smiled as she explained why she was there.
"Oh, and I've already been promoted to Tsuchinoto in the Demon Slayer Corps!"
"Ah, that's great!"
Ye Chen gave her a