A Future Entrusted with Their Lives

Giyu picked up the Nichirin Blade that was on the ground, got up, and walked towards the door again.

"Hey, you, I..." Sanemi, who had just finished hearing the story and hadn't quite processed it yet, instinctively raised his hand to stop him, but didn't know what to say.

Giyu paused slightly, turned his head to look at Sanemi, and asked:

"What? Is there anything else?"

"I... Damn it! Are you trying to use your strength as one of the top members of the Demon Slayer Corps to mock those of us who are not even as good as you?" Sanemi angrily.

"That's not what I meant!" Giyu replied calmly. "However, even though I've already explained myself, if that's what you think, there's nothing I can do!"

"Damn it!!!" Giyu's words made Sanemi's lips twitch slightly. He had no intention of sympathizing with someone who had just heard a tragic story, and he was ready to get up and beat Giyu up.

"Amitabha... Sanemi, calm your mind!" Gyomei Himejima spoke again.

Stopped by Himejima, Sanemi took a deep breath and slowly sat down.

Step, step, step...

Giyu walked step by step towards the outside.

Just as he was about to leave the house, Kanae suddenly spoke:

"Mr. Tomioka, could you please wait a little longer?"

Giyu stopped, turned his head, and calmly looked at Kanae.

Kanae looked intently at Giyu and said:

"Do you remember what you just said about how Sabito encouraged you during your lowest point?"

Giyu paused for a moment before slowly speaking:

He told me to cherish the future that my sister entrusted to me with her life!

"Yes!" Kanae agreed softly, then looked at Giyu with utmost seriousness after a moment. "So, is this how you intend to treat the future they've entrusted with their lives?"

The gentle words echoed in the room, Giyu stood there speechless for a long time.

Yes, I clearly remember that sentence, so why haven't I thought about it carefully before?

I only started thinking about it today after someone pointed it out to me!

Giyu's eyes were slightly unfocused, and his past self, who had been cowardly and crying, seemed to reappear before his eyes.

Yes, because I've always been unwilling to recall such things.

Because every time I recall it, my tears flow uncontrollably.

Every time I recall it, I am overwhelmed by sadness, making it impossible for me to do anything!

After a long while, Giyu started walking again, but this time, he didn't go outside; instead, he returned to his seat.

"I'm sorry, but I will take on my responsibilities as a Pillar from now on!" Giyu said calmly, sitting in his seat.

Kanae watched the scene unfold with delight, feeling a sense of relief.

Although Giyu remained expressionless as before, she had keenly sensed that Giyu was different now!

"Seriously, I never imagined Mr. Tomioka had such a tragic past! No wonder he acted that way before!" Mitsuri said, moved.

"This might be considered tragic in the ordinary world, but in the Demon Slayer Corps, it's just average! There are even more tragic cases!" Obanai said quietly.

"Huh? Really?" Mitsuri asked, somewhat confused.

"Amitabha... Most of the Demon Slayer Corps members have had similar experiences! Perhaps it is because of these unfortunate events that we have all been brought together!" Gyomei Himejima slowly, his hands clasped together.

Everyone nodded silently upon hearing this.

Teiichi turned his head and looked around at everyone at the table. After thinking for a moment, he said:

"After so many years of ghost-hunting missions, whether you've experienced it or not, you'll all have similar feelings to some extent, and your psychology may be affected!"

"Of course, it might not be as serious as Giyu before, but it will inevitably be affected to some extent."

"This is a perfect opportunity for everyone to share their past experiences!"

"I don't have any psychological problems!" Sanemi frowned upon hearing this.

Upon hearing this, everyone instinctively looked towards him.

Looking at the ten pairs of eyes silently watching him, Sanemi's lips twitched involuntarily a few times, and he said:

"Hey! What do you mean by this?"

Kanae said gently, "Teiichi didn't mean that. He wasn't saying anyone had psychological problems, but rather that if you keep things bottled up inside, it's better to talk about them. That might make you feel better! Besides, it can deepen everyone's understanding and acceptance of each other!"

"Hmm!" Teiichi nodded and continued, "Of course, I didn't mean to force anyone. Everyone can speak if they want, and I won't force anyone if they don't want to!"

"Then, what can we say?" Mitsuri looked at Teiichi with a puzzled expression.

"For example, things that were important to you in the past, like why you joined the Demon Slayer Corps!" Teiichi example.

Mitsuri nodded and began to think about what she could say later.

Tengen Uzui rested his elbows on the table, looking at Teiichi:

"I don't really care, but you started this, aren't you going to say anything first?"

"Shall I go first? Sure!" Teiichi raised his head slightly, recalling his journey from here. "My story would be pretty ordinary in the Demon Slayer Corps, right? It's basically about a peaceful day when a demon suddenly barged in, and I was the only one rescued by my ex... my ex-ex-ex Wind Hashira, Kazeno Shoma- sensei."

"And then you joined the Demon Slayer Corps with hatred in your heart?" Tengen Uzui asked.

"Do you hate them?"

Teiichi raised her head slightly. All she had inherited from her predecessor was a name; she didn't even remember what her original parents looked like.

"It's not so much hatred as it is a feeling that ghosts shouldn't exist in this world!"

You're using things to describe others, isn't that still hatred?... Tengen Uzui glanced at Teiichi and said:

"And so, you became an apprentice and joined the Demon Slayer Corps just like that?"

"Yes, it's pretty ordinary, isn't it?" Teiichi and asked.

"It's very ordinary!" Tengen Uzui nodded, without refuting.

If this kind of thing happened in the Demon Slayer Corps, there would be at least eighty, if not a hundred, cases like this.

Teiichi finished speaking, Kanae glanced at Shinobu sitting next to her.

Shinobu Kocho understood and said, "My sister and I had Teiichi. Our peaceful lives were suddenly invaded by a demon, and then we were saved by Mr. Himejima!"

At this point, Shinobu Kocho paused for a moment, then continued:

"However, unlike Teiichi, it wasn't so easy for us to join the Demon Slayer Corps at first!"