Seeing the three of them so eager, Mizuki shook her head, "Let them go soak first. We'll go put away our luggage."
Kochou Shinobu nodded, "That works."
Hearing their conversation, Zenitsu blurted out, "Eh?! Just us?"
Mizuki paused, then looked at him with a condescending gaze, "What? Do you have other ideas?"
Zenitsu shivered and quickly waved his hands, "No, no, not at all."
He was genuinely a little afraid of Mizuki, because Little Shinobu at most threatened him verbally, but Mizuki would actually beat him up.
The thought of being beaten into a Pig Head by Mizuki during training made Zenitsu tremble with fear.
Moreover, when Little Shinobu was angry, it was usually obvious. Even when she smiled while angry, anyone who wasn't an idiot like Inosuke could tell.
Mizuki was different. Her facial expressions didn't fluctuate much. Although she would smile sometimes, it felt more like a fake smile meant to maintain the atmosphere, intentionally put on.
And he couldn't hear her voice either.
This made Zenitsu, who was used to judging things by sound, unable to accurately gauge Mizuki's true attitude.
Kochou Shinobu clapped her hands with a smile, "Well then, you all go relax. We'll look after Nezuko."
Tanjirou beamed, "Thank you so much."
Kochou Shinobu nodded, pointing to a hillside, "The hot springs are up these steps. It's one path, very easy to find."
"Got it..."
"Ah~"
Suddenly, a drawn-out, mournful cry came from above the steps.
"Little Shinobu~"
"Little Shinobu~"
The owner of the voice called out Kochou Shinobu's name.
Mizuki didn't need to look up to know who it was.
The only ones in the Demon Slayer Corps who could call Kochou Shinobu by that name were Kanae and the Love Hashira, Kanroji Mitsuri.
Although she didn't have much interaction with Kanroji Mitsuri, sometimes when Mitsuri didn't have missions, she would come to the Butterfly Mansion to find Kochou Shinobu, and Mizuki had met her twice.
Hmm?
Suddenly, Mizuki noticed the strange expressions on the faces of the boys beside her.
The three of them, led by Tanjirou, including Inosuke, all had flushed faces.
Although she didn't understand why a blush could appear on a Pig Head mask.
Zenitsu's eyes were wide open, bloodshot from straining too hard, and blood was gushing from his nostrils.
What did he see to get so excited?
Mizuki turned back in confusion, only to see Kanroji Mitsuri bouncing down the steps from above, tears in her eyes, looking wronged as she ran towards Kochou Shinobu.
Of course, that wasn't the most important part.
The girl was wearing a yukata, generously displaying her ample figure, with two white jade mounds on her chest constantly swaying up and down with her running and the span of the steps.
Even Mizuki couldn't help but sigh, truly a generous girl.
"idiot..." Kochou Shinobu's purple eyes widened slightly. She floated over, blocking everyone's view, and pulled up Kanroji Mitsuri's clothes over her chest. "Mitsuri, haven't I told you to be careful not to expose yourself?"
Kochou Shinobu and Kanroji Mitsuri were almost complete opposites in personality.
Just looking at their attitudes towards the lecherous tailor made it clear. Although one reason was that someone was too naive, Kanroji later still wore a more modest uniform.
As for Kochou Shinobu... she was more direct. She burned her uniform right in front of the lecherous tailor Maeda, and to this day, she still wears a male Demon Slayer's uniform.
Forget about exposure, she was completely covered up.
Kanroji Mitsuri pouted and grumbled, "But... but I was just ignored~"
"Isn't it too much to actively greet someone and then be ignored? I'm a Hashira~"
"...Yes, yes, that person was in the wrong." Towards Kanroji Mitsuri, Kochou Shinobu comforted her like an older sister.
Mitsuri was actually a year older than her, but her personality was completely like an immature child.
"Exactly! My good mood after the bath is completely gone."
Kochou Shinobu smiled reassuringly, "Then, shall we go eat?"
"I heard it's Matsutake rice."
As a thoughtful girl, Kochou Shinobu found it easy to handle a simple-minded person with a big chest.
One must know that Kanroji Mitsuri's hobby was simply 'eating a lot'.
Sure enough, as soon as Kochou Shinobu finished speaking, Kanroji Mitsuri's face turned from sorrow to joy, beaming, "Eh? Really?"
"Really~"
"Then let's go quickly!" Kanroji Mitsuri pulled Kochou Shinobu two steps forward, then belatedly realized, "Um, Little Shinobu hasn't had a bath yet, has she?"
"It's alright, coming later is the same."
Kanroji Mitsuri smiled brightly, pulling Kochou Shinobu down the steps.
"Ah, it's Miss Mizuki~" Kanroji then saw the group at the foot of the mountain. "And Tanjirou-kun... um... who are the other two?"
She had only met Tanjirou at the Hashira Meeting; she had no impression of Zenitsu and Inosuke.
Inosuke grumbled, "I'm Inosuke."
Mizuki was wondering why Zenitsu spoke up; wasn't this what he dreamed of?
She turned around only to find that he was already lying peacefully on the ground, nosebleed still on his face.
Mizuki:...He's beyond help.
Kanroji Mitsuri smiled, tugging on Kochou Shinobu's sleeve, and giggled foolishly, "Food, food~ Let's all go eat~"
"You all take your time bathing, we're leaving first."
After greeting Tanjirou and the others, the girls' group headed to the Swordsmith Village cafeteria.
Speaking of which... who was it that ignored Kanroji?
There shouldn't be many in the Demon Slayer Corps who would be so disrespectful, right?
Mizuki suddenly thought that such a person should be quite prominent; they couldn't be a nobody.
And for some reason, encountering Kanroji Mitsuri here gave Mizuki a very bad premonition.
Perhaps it was from being accustomed to a high-dimensional perspective, but whenever there was a situation where powerful combatants met outside, she couldn't help but be on alert.
However, Tanjirou and the others came here because Little Shinobu specifically brought them out to relieve stress after their hard training.
Nothing should happen, right?
At the cafeteria, Mizuki profoundly understood the strength of this generous girl.
She couldn't help but twitch her eyelids at the stack of bowls and chopsticks on the table.
Although she had already seen Kanroji's special body through the Transparent World... was this girl a monster?
What a big eater!
Where did all the food go?
She wondered if Mitsuri noticed Mizuki's gaze, or if she suddenly thought of her teammates while eating.
Kanroji Mitsuri turned to look, her cheeks puffed out, and asked indistinctly, "Can Miss Mizuki eat human food too?"
Mizuki smiled, "Tamayo developed a potion to restore a demon's sense of taste, so I can taste things now."
Kanroji Mitsuri's eyes sparkled, "That's amazing~"
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