"Something like that actually happened? Are you going to see Miss Tamayo?"
"Yushiro," Tetsu no Sosuke said. "He seems to have a unique talent in this area."
Kanae nodded. "Since you're going all that way, don't waste the trip. Your own condition is a serious problem too, so ask her whether there's anything she can do to help you. But you know nothing about this, so I'll have Shinobu go with you. She knows your condition well and can explain it clearly."
Tetsu no Sosuke opened his mouth. How had this suddenly turned into a group outing?
Come to think of it, Shinobu Kocho was a Pillar, yet she kept coming over and staying for ages. Did the Master really not care? Seriously, did he not care?
Hmm... probably not.
Tetsu no Sosuke sighed dejectedly. "All right."
He had never expected that, after failing to escape his fate of taking medicine at the Hammer Hut, he would still have a human medicine brewer following him even when he went out.
Kanae knew him far too well. One look at his expression told her exactly what he was thinking.
She couldn't help laughing as she pinched his cheek. "Come back soon once you've sorted things out."
Tetsu no Sosuke nodded. In the end, he had brought this on himself. If he hadn't let Tanjiro teach the Meditation Method, none of this would have happened, would it?
It was too late to say that now. Tetsu no Sosuke was merely grumbling a little to himself.
The group set out at noon. Tanjiro and Zenitsu Agatsuma received their Nichirin Blades, and their reactions were quite different.
Tanjiro was delighted. The blade felt almost weightless in his hand, yet it had a subtle heft that suited him perfectly. Although he couldn't see any changes