Looking at the sakura mochi in his hand, Kanzaki Kumo took a small bite. The outer layer was soft and chewy, and the filling was generous and sweet, but the glutinous rice wrapping balanced it out so it did not feel cloying. After he swallowed, a faint cherry blossom fragrance lingered in his mouth, leaving a seemingly endless aftertaste.
Whether in his previous life or this one, Kanzaki Kumo had never been particularly interested in sweets, but this shop's sakura mochi had successfully changed his mind.
No wonder that girl had been so engrossed in eating. Judging by the owner's reaction, she was clearly a regular here and had practically become the shop's unpaid spokesperson.
Finishing the sakura mochi in a few bites, Kanzaki Kumo turned and left, continuing his search for somewhere to eat.
Delicious as the sakura mochi was, Kanzaki Kumo still could not bring himself to make a meal of it.
Although the girl in the shop was most likely one of the cute girls from the original story, Kanzaki Kumo had no intention of striking up a conversation with her for now.
Filling his stomach came first. After those few sakura mochi, his appetite had been thoroughly whetted.
Mitsuri Kanroji was a girl born with extraordinary strength, her muscle density eight times that of an ordinary person. Moreover, her naturally black hair had turned into its current pink-to-green gradient because she had eaten large quantities of sakura mochi over a long period.
But none of that mattered to Kanzaki Kumo. What mattered most was that, in the original story, she was one of the very few members of the Demon Slayer Corps who had a happy family and no grudge against demons, yet joined the Corps anyway.
Because of her terrifying strength, unusual hair color, and