The demons seemed to have vanished lately.
The only change was that Kanao had originally been riding on Big Hammer, but before they had run even three miles, the Tokito Brothers had taken her place.
Whatever Muichiro might become in the future, at present, he clearly could not compare to Kanao, who had already undergone extensive training.
She looked so pretty and delicate, so how could she run like that?
But on second thought, anyone who aspired to become a Demon Hunter had to be a freak, didn't they?
Every last one of them was so powerful they had surpassed human limits!
The next morning!
Tetsu no Sosuke and his group returned to the Hammer Hut. The whole trip had been perfectly ordinary, with nothing happening at all, which left him feeling a little out of sorts.
Normally, running into a few demons on a trip was par for the course.
Even encountering one of the Twelve Demon Moons would have been perfectly reasonable.
Yet this time, he had encountered nothing at all, and Shinobu Kocho had given him the cold shoulder to boot. He couldn't shake the feeling that something was wrong.
As expected, Kanae was delighted to see Kanao.
She held her hand and asked her all sorts of questions. Though ten sentences from her barely earned three or four in reply, she was happy all the same.
Only after Koizumi Reiko took Kanao to her quarters and the Tokito Brothers went off to rest did Tetsu no Sosuke finally have some time to talk to Kanae.
He recounted all the grievances he had suffered at his sister-in-law's hands, then finally asked Kanae, "Don't you think that girl's gone a little too far?"
Kanae nodded, looking thoughtful, but when she turned and saw her husband's indignant