Demon Slayer: I am a Demon

As the last rays of sunlight fade, day departs, and night descends.

Legend has it that when night falls, terrifying evil spirits will appear and devour people.

Therefore, few people choose to go out late at night, and every household keeps their doors and windows tightly closed, the daytime hustle and bustle long since returning to silence.

On such a night, a petite girl with a slender figure stepped out of the door. She had beautiful pink eyes, but her gaze was somewhat blank. Her light blue clothes clung to her thin body, making her look even more slender.

The soft moonlight falling on the girl's delicate face made her paleness, a result of malnutrition, stand out even more.

In the pitch-black night, it was difficult for ordinary people to see the road clearly, and it was almost impossible for a person to walk in such a dark environment. However, the little girl's eyes seemed to be special, able to keenly capture everything in front of her. With the help of the dim but soft moonlight, the girl saw the road clearly, avoided the muddy puddles, and walked on the town streets, her pink eyes searching around.

Every night when she felt hungry, she would sneak out when her parents weren't looking and search for any edible food, such as leftover food from restaurants or leftover rice balls...

What might be discarded trash to others is a delicious meal to the young girl.

Other girls her age would have warm rooms, delicious food, and gentle love from their parents, but none of that existed for her. Her parents didn't take care of her and would even beat and scold her and her sister for no reason.

No, I won't beat or scold my sister for no reason anymore, because my sister has been beaten to death, and now I'm the only child left alive in the family.

Today, her father gambled all day at the casino and didn't bring any food back. There was no food at home, so she was very hungry and went out to secretly look for food while her father was sleeping.

Passing by a restaurant, the girl quickly ran to a nearby pile of garbage to rummage through it, because that was where food was most likely to be found.

She seemed to be having good luck today, and she quickly found a rice ball wrapped in a lotus leaf, which made her very happy, and she held it tightly in her little hand.

She took a small bite of the rice ball, and as each grain of rice went down her throat, the taste of the food brought a look of bliss to the girl's pale face.

After taking another bite, the girl noticed a long shadow cast on the ground, which made her look up.

On the roof of the hotel, a man dressed in simple robes sat quietly, gazing at the moon in the sky.

Uncle, I've seen this strange uncle again.

Lately, every time she goes out at night to find something to eat, she sees him. He appears every night and sits on the high rooftop for a long time. Sometimes, even after searching the town for a long time, she can still see him when she comes back.

Although they had met many times, they had never spoken to each other.

At first, she was quite scared when she went out alone at night in the quiet surroundings, especially when she first met the uncle. She almost thought he was the legendary evil spirit. But after meeting him a few times, she was no longer so afraid. In fact, she even felt a sense of security.

"Out looking for food again today!"

A man's voice came from the eaves.

"Ah! Yes, yes."

The sudden voice made the girl stammer in response; this was the first time in so long that this strange uncle had spoken to her.

"My name is Su Mu. What's your name?"

Su Mu looked at the girl and asked in a low voice. He found that the girl in front of him looked very similar to Kanao Aoi.

He wasn't from this world. In another world, he was just an ordinary employee of a small company, living a very ordinary life. In his spare time, he liked to watch anime and movies, but he never expected to come to such a world, to the world of the anime Demon Slayer.

When he first transmigrated to this world, he was quite excited, imagining how he could make a name for himself here.

However, before they could even begin, they encountered "Kibutsuji Muzan," the first demon to have lived for over a thousand years, the absolute ruler of demons.

Then, he was turned into a "demon," one of the demons controlled by "Muzan Kibutsuji," a demon that feeds on humans, which made him very melancholy and even very depressed.

Since becoming a ghost and being unable to see sunlight, he stays here every night and often encounters girls searching for food at night.

At first, he didn't pay much attention to the little girl looking for food, until he saw her face and suddenly realized that she looked a lot like Kanao Aoi.

When he discovered that the other party was with Kanao Awaka, he was very wary. After all, Kanao Awaka was a swordsman of the Demon Slayer Corps. As a demon-hunting organization, if the Demon Slayer Corps discovered him, this evil demon, they would definitely not hesitate to cut off his head with their Nichirin Blade.

Although he had become a ghost, a pathetic creature that could not see the light and even fed on his former kind, he did not want to die.

However, upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the other party was not what it had imagined. The other party was not a swordsman of the Demon Slayer Corps, but a pitiful girl who would even sneak out every night to look for food in the garbage dump.

"I...I don't have a name."

The girl answered softly.

"How can a person not have a name?"

Su Mu shook his head.

The girl pursed her lips and remained silent.

What do you call that family?

My older sister used to call me Xiao Ba.

The girl spoke softly.

"So you have an older sister?"

Su Mu's face showed curiosity. He had always seen the girl alone, but he didn't expect her to have an older sister. It seemed that she just looked like Kanao Awaka, and was not the Kanao Awaka from the Demon Slayer Corps. After all, he had never heard of Kanao Awaka having an older sister.

"They're gone."

The girl pursed her lips.

Su Mu fell silent for a moment, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

The little girl didn't seem to care much anymore, or perhaps caring wouldn't have mattered anyway. Instead, she took the rice ball she had just found and ate it in small bites.

Feeling a little embarrassed after asking such an inappropriate question, Su Mu changed the subject: "I see you out looking for food every night. Don't your parents cook for you?"

"My father went to the casino all day today and came back without bringing any food."

"Just eating these won't do; they're not very nutritious."

"Having food is already a good thing."

The girl answered softly.

"Okay, next time you go out at night, I'll bring you some food to help you get some nutrition. You're really too thin now."

The little girl looked up at him with bright eyes, then lowered her head again, and then asked in a very childish voice, "Uncle, why are you so nice to me?"