Demon Slayer: My breathing technique went awry after Nezuko pushed me down.

Shirakawa Yu extended her index finger and shook it. "As for the rest... ask me tomorrow?"

"How could this happen—!" Makomo couldn't help but stomp her foot. "You promised to tell me today, but you went back on your word!"

“This is called ‘equivalent exchange’,” Shirakawa Yu said seriously. “And look, I’m here today, aren’t I? That shows how sincere I am.”

Makomo glared at Sabito, pleading for help with her eyes.

After a two-second silence, Qian Tu sighed and said, "Ask the question you most want to know first."

Makomo bit her lip and thought for a moment, her big eyes darting over Shirakawa Yu several times before she finally asked cautiously, "Then... what exactly is that pink breathing technique of yours? Why do I... feel a little drawn to you whenever you use it?"

After asking the question, her face turned red again, and she quickly added, "I, I was just curious! I didn't mean anything by it!"

Shirakawa Yu smiled.

He walked to the boulder, sat down against the cold stone surface, and patted the spot next to him. "Sit?"

Neither Makomo nor Sabito moved.

“Alright.” Shirakawa Yu didn’t mind and slowly said, “My breathing technique is called ‘Breathing of Color’.”

Zhen Sang: "Sex...?"

"The color of color," Shirakawa Yu added without changing his expression.

"The effect... simply put, you become stronger when you're around girls. The closer you are, the better the effect."

The air was still for a few seconds.

Makomo blinked, seemingly trying to process the meaning of those words.

Sabito tilted his fox mask slightly: "...Huh?"

“So,” Shirakawa Yu turned to Makomo, smiling particularly brightly.

"It's normal that you want to get closer to me. The characteristic of my breathing technique is that it has a natural attraction to the opposite sex."

Makomo's face flushed red, all the way down to her ears.

"What nonsense are you talking about!" She waved her hands frantically, looking like she was about to burst into flames. "I didn't... I didn't..."

"Mmm, no, no." Bai Chuanyu nodded readily, but his eyes were full of mischievous smiles.

Sabito stepped forward, blocking Makomo's path, his mask facing Shirakawa Yu: "This breathing technique... is unheard of."

"So it's something you created yourself." Shirakawa Yu shrugged. "Impressive, right?"

“...That’s not proper,” Sako concluded.

"Thank you for the compliment~" Shirakawa Yu accepted it all.

Makomo peeked half her head out from behind Sabito, looking nervously at Shirakawa Yu, and asked in a low voice, "But...but you know our situation...why does your breathing technique work on me?"

"I don't know about that." Bai Chuanyu shrugged and smiled mischievously.

"Perhaps my breathing technique has no effect on you at all. You want to get close to me, maybe because..."

Makomo: "Why?"

"Because—" Shirakawa Yu deliberately dragged out the sound, and after Makomo couldn't help but take two more steps forward, he suddenly uttered a few words in a serious tone.

"Because you like me!"

⊙(?◇?)？ “Huh?”

∑(O_O;) “Hey!!?”

(#／。＼#) "You!!! You you you!!! What nonsense are you spouting!!!"

Makomo's expression instantly became incredibly interesting, her little face turning an alluring red.

next second!

"Boom!"

Makomo disappeared instantly, like a punctured balloon.

"What's going on?! Where's Makomo?!"

Bai Chuanyu was startled, thinking he had gone too far and embarrassed the little girl.

Fortunately, Sabito remained calm.

"She's gone. Don't bother looking for her. She probably won't dare to see you for the next couple of days."

"It didn't explode, did it?"

Sakoto (￣ー￣): "We're ghosts, not balloons!"

"That's good......"

Qin Tu sighed helplessly, "But if you keep teasing her like this, I can't guarantee she'll ever see you again."

Shirakawa Yu (￣へ￣): "Wasn't it you who prevented her from showing herself?"

Sabito: "...As expected, it's hard for me to like you!"

"It's okay, you're not the one I want to see anyway!"

"Alright, that's enough for today." Shirakawa Yu turned around and waved to them with his back to them.

“Makomo, I’m leaving. See you tomorrow. If you don’t show up, I’ll be shouting all over the mountains, ‘Makomo—Makomo—where are you—’.”

"Don't shout!" Makomo's embarrassed and annoyed voice rang out at just the right moment.

"Haha~ You can't stand me up tomorrow!"

Shirakawa Yu's figure quickly disappeared into the woods.

Sakoto stood there, looking in the direction he had disappeared, and remained silent for a long time.

"...What a strange guy."

"Hmm..." Makomo appeared beside him, blushing and nodding softly, "But... I don't seem to dislike her."

Sabito rolled his eyes fiercely behind his mask.

I poked and shook the little head of the baby with my finger.

"You're such a loser!"

Makomo stared blankly in the direction where Shirakawa Yu had left, a faint blush rising on her face.

In the days that followed, Shirakawa Yu had one more thing added to her daily necessities.

That is, before going to bed, I would go to the mountaintop and chat with Makomo.

In the past few times, when answering questions, the rabbit would appear.

Later, unable to stand Makomo's pathetic, infatuated behavior any longer, I simply stopped seeing her and getting to know her better.

However, he wasn't idle either.

Tanjiro's persistence eventually moved him.

Six months later, just like in the series, he appeared before Tanjiro as his mentor and friend, his sparring partner.

Mount Sagiri is very high, so high that the air is thin at the summit, close to the clouds, covered in snow all year round, and never sees the sun.

Perhaps this is why Sabito and Makomo were able to survive here.

Later on... Shirakawa Yu and Tanjiro, the two brothers, naturally became regulars at the mountaintop.

I trained like crazy all day, constantly torturing myself.

He spent one night flirting and seducing a young girl.

Sometimes when Tanjiro wanted to practice a little longer, Shirakawa Yu would chase him away.

He was also curious about why Shirakawa Yu would sneak off to the mountaintop every night to do something.

So I secretly went to see it in the middle of the night.

This sight immediately broke Tanjiro's defenses.

His senior brother kept calling him "brother-in-law" and kept saying he wanted to marry Nezuko.

To be honest, he doesn't seem to be as resistant to these words over the years.

result......

And that bastard!!!

He actually comes to the mountaintop every night to secretly date one of his two junior masters!?

This is intolerable!

When Tanjiro shouted, "You bastard, Makomo! What do you take Nezuko for?!" he jumped out of the woods, scaring Makomo away.

The result can be imagined.

Tanjiro, with a bruised and swollen face and a large bump on his head, finally learned the truth from Shirakawa Hajime, who was still furious.

It turns out that his two young masters were both orphans, and were disciples raised by Urokodaki Sakonji.

They are all... people who are already dead.

ε(┬┬﹏┬┬)3

Tanjiro was crying so much, clinging to Sabito's leg and refusing to let go. As for Makomo... Shirakawa Yu wouldn't let Tanjiro hug her...

At first, Tanjiro wanted to tell Urokodaki about it.

However, Shirakawa Yu stopped him.

Shirakawa Yu knew very well that the knots in their hearts had not yet been untied.

They always felt guilty for failing to raise and nurture Linlong.

That's why I dare not see Linlong.

If we really want to tell Urokodaki the truth, we'll have to wait until we kill that Hand Demon in the training ground!

In this way, their thoughts can be understood.

Tanjiro understood this as well, so he didn't do anything unnecessary and instead quietly put in extra training!

And just like that... another year has passed!