No matter who she was injecting, as long as it wasn't her.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya maintained a gentle smile at the corner of his mouth: "This must be Miss Tamayo, right?"
"No, I'm Mizuki." Tamayo sat expressionlessly in Mizuki's seat, pulled out a syringe, and jabbed it into Ubuyashiki Kagaya's arm.
Everyone: "..."
Mizuki opened her mouth, wanting to retaliate, but ultimately didn't dare.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya laughed wryly. He couldn't see, but he wasn't deaf.
He could still distinguish between their voices.
Speaking of which, Miss Tamayo usually gives off a very composed feeling. Is it because she's in front of Miss Mizuki?
"Your blood has great research value. Please allow me to conduct experiments." Tamayo pulled out a syringe full of blood.
Everyone: "..."
No, no, you've already drawn it!!!
Powerless to retort.
Tamayo put away the blood, nodded slightly to everyone, then turned and left.
"The children haven't slept all day and just fell asleep a little while ago. I'll go wake them up." Amane Ubuyashiki then remembered the sleeping children; they must also be looking forward to 'meeting' their father.
"Excuse me." Amane Ubuyashiki composed herself, stood up, wiped away her tears, and opened the door to find them.
Saying she was finding them, it was likely also to calm her own excited heart.
Mizuki watched Amane Ubuyashiki leave, then turned back to Ubuyashiki Kagaya: "How do you feel?"
Ubuyashiki Kagaya withdrew his gaze from his wife's retreating figure, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.
It was like the cold air of dawn entering his lungs, an unimaginable clarity and transparency surging into his mind and thoughts.
"It's like crawling through a narrow, dark tunnel, suddenly opening up to a vast and beautiful landscape?" Mizuki's lips curved slightly.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya's expression froze, then he smiled: "Miss Mizuki's description is very apt."
Mizuki just smiled.
She deeply understood the feeling of recovering from a chronic illness.
Her whole being felt lighter.
Of course, if she had to choose between lung disease and the Ubuyashiki Clan's curse to plague her, she would never choose the curse.
After all, discomfort can be endured, but becoming ugly cannot.
"However, the curse has not been eradicated; it has merely reorganized and regenerated the flesh on your body surface..." Mizuki gestured for him to look at his arm, "Look, if you look closely, aren't the purple spots faintly reappearing?"
Ubuyashiki Kagaya focused his eyes a bit more and indeed saw a faint purple glow beneath the fair skin.
As Mizuki said, it wouldn't be long before his body would return to its tattered state.
Kochou Shinobu said with a look of distress: "Based on the current rebound, in just one month, the Master will lose his eyesight and health again."
"No need to worry." Ubuyashiki Kagaya closed his eyes slightly, his mind very calm, "To be able to see Amane again... to see everyone, that is already enough."
Mizuki casually comforted him: "Don't worry, with me prolonging your life, as long as we deal with Kibutsuji Muzan, your curse can be lifted."
If you ask where she gets her confidence?
From Tamayo, the super pharmacist who combines talent and hard work.
Rough words, but sound reasoning.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya smiled.
"Oh, right, there's something I didn't have time to ask before." Mizuki suddenly asked, "About Zenitsu's master, his grandfather..."
"Regarding that." Ubuyashiki Kagaya nodded with a smile, "I sent the letter Miss Mizuki wrote along with my request to Mr. Kuwajima."
"You mean?"
Ubuyashiki Kagaya maintained his smile: "In the name of the Demon Slayer Corps' head, I have temporarily suppressed the matter of Mr. Kuwajima's suicide."
Mizuki looked at him with some surprise.
In his own name?
Wouldn't he be afraid of his prestige being damaged by doing so?
She had indeed hoped that Ubuyashiki could help speak up, but not in such a direct way.
Even an emperor who wanted to pardon a guilty minister would have to find a bunch of reasonable excuses.
"Although Mr. Kuwajima's reply was quite displeased, I think after he calms down, he will also think about what you have done for him."
"At least he will be willing to wait for a result."
Ubuyashiki Kagaya said softly: "As Miss Mizuki said, all the systems of the Demon Slayer Corps are established on the premise of slaying Muzan."
"Kaigaku hasn't had time to make a mistake yet. If the feat of slaying Muzan is accomplished, I don't think anyone in the Demon Slayer Corps will say anything."
Mizuki's eyes softened a bit: "Thank you for this."
"It should be me saying that." Ubuyashiki Kagaya closed his eyes, "You and Miss Tamayo have truly been a great help."
Mizuki was about to say something more when hurried footsteps came from outside the door.
The whole family appeared neatly at the doorway.
To be honest... those children looked a bit scary.
Like dolls from a ghost story.
Mizuki suppressed the inappropriate thought in her mind and changed the subject: "Since you're awake, we won't disturb you."
Ubuyashiki Kagaya said to his wife: "Amane, please give Mr. Kuwajima's reply letter to Miss Mizuki."
"I understand." Amane Ubuyashiki felt her sleeve, pulled out an envelope, and handed it to Mizuki.
"Thank you." Mizuki thanked her, not intending to linger here. She exchanged a look with Kochou Shinobu, and the two were about to leave.
"Oh, right, Miss Mizuki." Ubuyashiki Kagaya suddenly called out to stop her.
Mizuki looked back.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya's lips curved: "Regarding my recovery, please keep it a secret from those children, Miss Mizuki."
"Are you a child?" Mizuki's mouth twitched, "Besides, you're far from recovered."
...
Truly, harsh words can chill one to the bone even in summer.
Ubuyashiki Kagaya's idea of surprising his children, which had just risen, was instantly scattered by Mizuki's cold wind.
Kochou Shinobu forcibly dragged Mizuki away... to Tamayo's laboratory.
"Mizuki, you spoke too rudely!" Kochou Shinobu stood with her hands on her hips, glaring at Mizuki.
Mizuki waved her hands, explaining: "Maybe it's because that Ubuyashiki guy conspired with Tamayo to trick me, which made me very unhappy."
Tamayo replied while doing her research: "Didn't everything go according to your wishes?"
Mizuki retorted: "You make it sound like I'm being unreasonable."
Tamayo moved her gaze from the microscope, looked back at Mizuki, and said calmly: "To some extent... yes."
...
"If you, Mizuki, were to confront Muzan directly, he would most likely not let his guard down."
Mizuki was about to retort when she heard Tamayo continue: "After all, seeing that face makes it clear."
...After a moment of silence, Mizuki squeezed out a sentence, "Then you should blame Yoriichi for that, not me."
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