Demon Slayer: I am a Demon

The fact that Mingming was sold by her parents is such a cruel thing. Any child would find it unacceptable to hear about it.

But the girl recounted the facts in a calm tone, seemingly without feeling any sadness about the cruel thing that her parents had done to her.

Su Mu was puzzled and couldn't figure out the reason. His gaze unconsciously fell on the girl, and he felt that perhaps the girl was just pretending not to care, pretending to be calm, and pretending not to be sad.

But the truth is, the girl seems to have no emotion whatsoever about the cruel fact that her parents sold her.

It's hard to imagine what happened or what experiences led the girl to become like this.

He didn't know how to comfort the girl in front of him, so he simply reached out and gently rubbed her head. At that moment, the girl narrowed her eyes slightly, revealing an unusual expression of extreme enjoyment, like a puppy hoping to be comforted by its owner.

"Could you tell me about your past?"

Su Mu hesitated for a moment before speaking. He didn't know the girl's background, only that she was a pitiful girl who was always hungry and even had to go out at night to scavenge for food.

Although it was cruel to potentially reopen the girl's painful past, he really wanted to know what had caused her to become the way she was.

The girl was clearly obedient and recounted her past in detail.

The girl's account was halting, recounting which day she was beaten and what she experienced. After she finished speaking, he roughly understood the girl's past.

Born into a very poor family, with eleven siblings, she was the eighth child. She often suffered abuse from her parents. Whenever she cried or her parents were in a bad mood, she would be kicked and stomped on by her father. When her mother was still alive, he would grab her ears and push her into a water vat. Several of her siblings died directly under her father's violence. She has been living in fear and trembling to this day.

I felt hungry, sad, empty, and in pain every day, but ever since I heard the sound of a rope breaking in my mind one day, these feelings of sadness, pain, and emptiness have gradually begun to disappear.

After listening, Su Mu fell silent, never expecting that there could be such cold-blooded and cruel parents in this world.

However, the girl's past experiences made him look at her with some suspicion.

Previously, he had a feeling that the girl had a pair of beautiful pinkish-purple eyes, and he always felt that she was very similar to the female swordsman in the Demon Slayer Corps. At that time, he suspected that she might be Kanao Awahana.

Therefore, he asked her name at the time, only to learn that she didn't have a name. She was just called "Little Eight" because she was the eighth child in her family. In addition, her skinny appearance was too different from the beautiful girl Awaki Kanao who later grew up. So, at the time, he just thought she was a girl with pink and purple eyes like Awaki Kanao, and he didn't think she was Awaki Kanao.

But at this moment, as he listened to the girl talk about her past, he carefully recalled the background information he knew about "Demon Slayer". Before Kanao Awaka was taken in as a "stepchild" by Kanae Kocho, she had a very sad past. It was this painful childhood experience that caused the girl to become a taciturn girl who had difficulty expressing her emotions. Even when she faced the death of her stepsister Kanae Kocho, she was sad and wanted to cry but could not.

Because of her childhood experiences, Kanao lacks her own opinions and is not good at thinking. Even when faced with a decision, she only remembers the method taught by "Koyoko Kanae" to decide by flipping a coin.

Until she met Tanjiro Kamado, and with Tanjiro's encouragement, she gradually began to listen to her inner voice and act according to her own will.

Unconsciously, Su Mu turned his gaze to the girl again.

The girl was thin and bony, but after being fed every night for several days, her complexion had regained a slight rosy hue.

"Lift your head up and let me see you."

Su Mu looked at the girl and spoke in a low voice.

Although she didn't know why her uncle wanted her to look up and see what, the girl obediently raised her head and looked at the man with her beautiful pinkish-purple eyes.

Her face, which had been dull and grayish due to lack of care, now had a bit more color thanks to being fed these past few days. You could tell that the girl's features were still quite good, and you could almost see her becoming a beautiful young woman.

"If only my cheeks had a little more flesh..."

He imagined it for a moment and immediately sensed the other person's exquisite appearance. Clearly, she was a beauty in the making and would surely grow into a stunning young woman.

With the current facial features and the same pinkish-purple eyes, the girl's future appearance in Su Mu's eyes gradually overlapped with that of Kanao Aoi.

If nothing unexpected happens, the person in front of me is probably the future Kanao Awahana, a future Demon Slayer.

"Let's continue eating."

Seeing that the girl was still trying to lift her head and was being obedient, Su Mu couldn't help but reach out and tap her head.

The girl obediently lowered her head and ate her rice in small bites.

Su Mu sat by the campfire, staring blankly at the flickering flames.

If he didn't interfere, the girl in front of him would probably become Kanao Awahana, a demon slayer in the Demon Slayer Corps, embarking on the path of demon hunting, while he, this evil demon, might become the target of her slaying.

This was originally the future that belonged to the girl.

Without thinking, he turned to look at the girl, who at that moment looked up at him, her beautiful pinkish-purple eyes sparkling with a bright light. Only when she looked at him did her usually dull, seemingly emotionless eyes regain their luster.

"Tell me, if I were a ghost, would you be afraid of me?"

Suddenly, he couldn't help but ask, "If he knew his true identity as a ghost, would he still rely on me like this?"

"What is a ghost?"

The girl was confused and puzzled: "Why are you afraid of Uncle?"

Upon hearing this, Su Mu couldn't help but chuckle. Clearly, the girl didn't understand anything.

He smiled, then got up from the campfire, walked to the girl, reached out and gently placed his hand on her head, softly ruffling it: "Shall I give you a name?"

The girl closed her eyes slightly, feeling the warmth of the rough, large hand stroking her head. She heard her uncle's voice and couldn't help but open her eyes.

"Will I have a name too?"

"Um."

Su Mu gently rubbed the girl's head: "From now on, your name will be Su Hualuo Kanao."

"Chrysanthemum petals fall. Kanae."

The girl murmured softly, as if trying to memorize the name.