Such a lavish meal was a rare experience for the Kamado Family, who struggled to get by.
Once everyone had eaten their fill, Su Mu had Kie Kamado take the children out.
Although Kie Kamado was very worried about her son, she dared not defy the demon's wishes and left the room full of concern.
Once everyone else had left, only Su Mu, Tanjiro, and Kanao remained in the room-two humans and one demon.
"It looks like everyone is afraid of me."
Su Mu watched Kie Kamado leave, then turned to Tanjiro, who was looking at him.
Faced with the demon's words and the faint question in his eyes, Tanjiro could not help lowering his head, hardly daring to answer Su Mu.
You're a demon, after all! Isn't it normal for everyone to fear you?
Not being afraid would be abnormal.
"That's right. I'm a demon!"
Su Mu seemed to grow melancholy all of a sudden. He raised a cup of wine and drained it in one gulp. "I can't help being a demon."
There was a faint note of sadness in his voice.
Tanjiro unconsciously looked up. Seeing Su Mu's dejected expression, he suddenly felt a little guilty, though he did not know why.
After all, although the other party was a demon, he had never hurt any of them. Apart from their first encounter, when he had been rather frightening-and even then, it had been because he wanted to save someone beside him, which was understandable-he had treated Tanjiro's family very well and seemed to have no intention of harming them.
There seemed to be little reason for his family to fear him.
They were afraid simply because he was a demon.
For Tanjiro, who found it easy to empathize with others, this suddenly left him feeling that