Kanzaki Kumo had asked Kanroji Kaito in advance to help him find a pastry chef. Of course, it was not so he could feast on all sorts of desserts at the Kanroji home.
He wanted to learn how to make pastries.
When the Demon Slayer Corps disbanded, Mitsuri had said she wanted to open a dessert shop. Now that the shop's renovations were nearly complete, she also wanted to hone her skills under a professional pastry chef.
So, after Kanzaki Kumo had played with the little ones for a while and Mitsuri had spent some time with her family, Kaito took the two of them to meet the pastry chef.
It was the same familiar dessert shop-the one Kaito had opened for his daughter, and the place where Kanzaki Kumo had first met Mitsuri.
This time, however, their teacher was not the shop's pastry chef, but that pastry chef's teacher.
Nagano Akihara, an elderly gentleman with graying hair.
Though he was getting on in years, his skills had not declined in the slightest. His health simply prevented him from spending long hours making pastries, but teaching others was still no problem.
After a brief conversation, the old gentleman got straight to the point and began giving Kanzaki Kumo and Mitsuri separate instruction.
Since Mitsuri had already learned some skills from Mr. Nagano's student and had a fairly solid foundation, Nagano Akihara had her make her best dessert on the spot. He would observe the process and offer suggestions for improvement at the end.
As for Kanzaki Kumo, he had learned a little from Mitsuri before, but his knowledge was not systematic. He only knew a scattering of key points.
It was much like when Kanzaki Kumo had first taught Mitsuri a Breathing Style: he had simply demonstrated it once, then