"Hm?" Tetsu no Sosuke put Sunblaze away. He hadn't caught what Giyu Tomioka had said.
Giyu Tomioka repeated himself. "You really are a good person."
"Hahaha." Tetsu no Sosuke blushed a little. "It's embarrassing to hear you praise me in front of the younger ones, but I do like it. Say it a couple more times."
Giyu Tomioka nodded. "You really are a good person. You really are a good person... That's two."
"..."
The corner of Tetsu no Sosuke's mouth twitched.
Tanjiro burst out laughing.
Giyu Tomioka's peculiar personality had never been more apparent.
Only Inosuke couldn't see what was so funny.
After a moment of helpless silence, Tetsu no Sosuke said, "I've been wondering how useful the properties I added to your new Nichirin Blades will be in a real fight."
Giyu Tomioka thought for a moment. "Shall we test them?"
Tetsu no Sosuke nodded, then shook his head. "We should test them, but not on each other. If we misjudge their power, someone could get hurt. Every one of us is valuable in a fight. Getting injured or killed fighting Demons is a risk we have to accept, but it would be hard to accept that happening at the hands of one of our own. We'll have to test them on Demons."
At that, he looked toward Tanjiro. "Especially you."
"Me?" Tanjiro looked puzzled.
"Pillars tend to face stronger opponents, but those opponents rarely appear. That means they won't have many chances to try out their blades. You're different. You've only just passed the trial, so you'll be sent to deal with all sorts of lesser Demons. You'll have more chances to test yours. May I ask you to do something for me?"
Hearing how serious Tetsu no Sosuke sounded, Tanjiro hurried to his feet. "Of course,