Chapter Forty-Seven: What Do I Do When They Won't Eat the Pie I've Drawn? / Chapter Forty-Eight: My Wife Is the Most Charming

After resting in place for another half hour, the reapers who had been injected with anesthetic poison had completely regained freedom of movement. They followed Kamishirokawa unsteadily to the temporary camp, planning to rest there for the night and return once the sun rose the next morning.

Kamishirokawa stared fixedly at Huo Ying.

Huo Ying also stared fixedly at Kamishirokawa.

The two stared at each other without yielding, creating an extremely strange situation.

"It's time to eat! You fought all night. Aren't you hungry?" Chiharu Reika took out the dry rations she carried with her and cooked them together with some dried meat into a pot of soup.

The girl happily ran over when she smelled the delicious food.

Kamishirokawa reached out and lightly patted Huo Ying's shoulder.

"Come with me. Not only can I make sure you get something to eat, I can also make sure you eat until you're stuffed every day. How about it?" Kamishirokawa said solemnly.

Huo Ying stared into Kamishirokawa's eyes.

Kamishirokawa had the illusion that the girl's innocent gaze could see straight through a person's heart.

"Sure." Huo Ying agreed without hesitation.

What was the most important thing in this world? Food, of course!

"Captain Kamishirokawa, you sound like a criminal who kidnaps young girls!" Chiharu Reika muttered quietly.

"Mind your own business, you brat. Hmph." Kamishirokawa snorted coldly. "Several of the bones in your body are still broken. Want me to help heal them?"

Aizen busied himself building the fire, cooking, and caring for his injured comrades, thoroughly enjoying himself.

The reapers of the 11th Division could hardly believe that the person who had saved their lives was this boy who looked only eleven or twelve years old.

"Aizen... how did you kill that Hollow?" Chiharu Reika asked.

Even she had not been