Long Night: Beak clamped shut. I won't eat it even if you kill me!
Makomo: Kanzaki Kumo! Don't feed my Long Night weird things! (`皿´)
Ink Shadow (pointing a wing forward, mocking mercilessly): Hahaha, I told you, no Kasugai Crow wants to eat that stuff.
Kanzaki Kumo: An opening! Take my sneak attack!
With a whoosh, the title was stuffed into Ink Shadow's mouth.
Ink Shadow: Gulp...! How did I swallow it?! I'm tainted now, boohoo...
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After receiving a definite answer, Tamayo began treating Tanjuro.
Kie and the two children were asked to wait outside the bedroom.
Because Tanjuro's body was so weak, becoming a demon might trigger an urge to feed. The three could only watch from the bedroom doorway, while Kanzaki Kumo stood farther forward as a precaution.
However, this was relatively unlikely, because Tamayo had prepared the anesthetic she had previously developed for demons. Under normal circumstances, it would be enough to keep Tanjuro asleep throughout the treatment.
Watching Tanjuro take the medicine Tamayo had prepared beforehand and fall asleep, Kie, Tanjiro, and his sister all grew nervous.
Before long, a sickly pallor began to appear on Tanjuro's skin, which had already looked somewhat sallow from his frailty, and rapidly spread from his chest and abdomen to his entire body.
His blood vessels became more prominent, and his frame seemed to grow even thinner, yet gave the impression of possessing greater explosive power.
Perhaps his physical weakness had stimulated his appetite. Even asleep, Tanjuro's expression grew somewhat fierce, his teeth clenched as though he were fighting against something.
His nails grew longer and sharper, and even his hands became somewhat more elongated. As he unconsciously clawed at things, he gouged straight through the bed boards beneath him.
Through the Transparent World, Kanzaki