As the troublemakers on both sides gradually settled down.
The preliminary introductions that followed went much more smoothly.
Especially once both sides adopted a businesslike attitude, Tamayo's superb medical skills and research expertise made most of the people from the Butterfly Mansion forget that she was a demon.
Then came a presentation of Tamayo's research findings.
Research that traced the Demon King's origins through the blood of ordinary demons, along with detailed documentation on the [War Mark] drug.
Even Shinobu Kocho had to take Demon Madam a little more seriously.
Although she did feel somewhat annoyed whenever she remembered that Xia Xi had once spent a long time with her.
That assistant secretary in the Northern Borderlands was one thing.
Shinobu did not want anyone else intruding on the little family she shared with her sister.
Meanwhile, Tamayo, who was up ahead exchanging ideas with Kanae, naturally noticed the slightly hostile gaze coming from behind her.
After all, Shinobu Kocho's strength now qualified her as a [Half-Step Weak Hashira].
Her faint hostility, along with the aura she had accumulated from slaying countless demons.
Instinctively sent a chill down Tamayo's back as a demon.
At first, Tamayo thought the young girl behind her was an extreme right-wing member of the Demon Slayer Corps.
Someone who wanted to use her head to establish her authority within the Corps.
But she soon realized.
That faint hostility was not the killing intent of a swordsman facing an enemy they wished to slay.
The lady with over five hundred years of experience paid a little more attention.
Watched a little longer.
And from Shinobu's and Kanae's gazes and subtle expressions.
She picked up on a few things.
How wonderful it was to be young.
It brought back those hazy, beautiful memories from when she had