Several days later, on Mount Kumotori.
Tanjiro Kamado, dressed in a Kakushi uniform and likewise wearing a mask, hurried along a narrow path on Mount Kumotori.
Behind him, Goto, a member of the Demon Slayer Corps' Kakushi, followed with a basket on his back.
He complained under his breath:
"At this time of year, the weather's only just started warming up. How could any flowers be blooming?"
"And gathering Blue Spider Lilies... Aren't these so-called Blue Spider Lilies something Oyakata-sama and the others..."
Goto's muttering suddenly stopped when he saw Tanjiro Kamado halt and turn to look at him.
Tanjiro Kamado asked earnestly:
"Goto, sir, are you unhappy right now?"
Goto froze, thinking Tanjiro Kamado had heard his barely audible muttering.
But what Tanjiro said next shocked Goto even more:
"I smelled a hint of complaint coming from you, Goto."
Goto's eyes immediately widened.
If Tanjiro Kamado had heard his muttering, that could perhaps have been explained by exceptionally keen hearing. That was still within Goto's understanding.
But he had "smelled" a hint of complaint?
How could this junior of his possibly have such a sensitive nose?!
As though he had noticed Goto's confusion, Tanjiro Kamado smiled gently.
"Blue Spider Lilies really do exist, and their blooming time isn't fixed, either. They've suddenly bloomed in bright sunlight just as the weather started warming up like this before."
Goto was even more surprised.
"You... you've actually seen Blue Spider Lilies?"
"Of course, I'm not doubting you... But I carried out a very unusual mission before, and I always thought..."
Goto left the rest unsaid.
Tanjiro Kamado, meanwhile, spoke with a face full of nostalgia:
"Come to think of it, Blue Spider Lilies actually taste pretty good."
"I still remember my father gathering Blue Spider Lilies with my mother when he was