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

Kanao finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After confirming Shirakawa Yu's departure, she silently turned around and continued her selection journey.

However......

Three minutes later...

"Oh, what a coincidence, Kanao, we meet again~"

Shirakawa Yu, still smiling brightly, was waiting on the road directly in front of Kanao. At her feet lay a little ghost, its eyes wide open in death, turning to ashes.

"I never expected we'd be so destined for each other. Well... how about we team up?"

Kanao stared blankly at the smiling Shirakawa Yu.

So familiar!

This scene looks so familiar!

"Well~ if you can't decide, you can flip a coin~ If you get tails, I'll leave~"

Kanao: "......"

Without hesitation, Kanao promptly tossed a coin.

"Clang."

The crisp metallic sound rang out again.

Kanao proudly displays the reverse side of the coin on the back of her clean hand!

A vein bulged on Shirakawa Yu's forehead.

"Damn it!"

With stiff steps, Shirakawa Yu turned and left!

This time, the steps were extremely heavy!

......

Three more minutes passed...

Shirakawaha:. ???.

"Yo, we meet again, Kanao~"

Kanao: "......"

"Want to team up with me?"

"Clang~"

reverse side.

"Goodbye, Kane! "

......

Three minutes later...

"Kanao, hello."

reverse side.

"Goodbye, Kanao."

...Three minutes later.

"Come on, keep going! I don't believe it!"

reverse side.

"Aaaaaaah! You just wait, I'll be back!"

...five...three minutes later.

The flip side!

"Aaaaaah! Impossible!!! Ten consecutive negatives, Kanao, you're cheating!!!"

Kanao looked at the frantic Shirakawa Yu in front of her, and the habitual smile on her lips was finally about to break.

She tossed the coin again.

front!

Kanao spoke.

This was the first time she had spoken to Shirakawa Yu about anything other than his name. Her voice was beautiful, soft, gentle, and a little dazed.

However, such a beautiful voice uttered such cold words.

"I didn't cheat, you're just unlucky."

"I almost thought there was something wrong with the coin."

After saying those hurtful words, Kanao smiled and walked past the petrified Shirakawa Hajime.

Three more minutes passed...

Kanao instinctively stopped in her tracks, waiting for the person who was meant to appear.

However, after waiting for ten seconds, Shirakawa Yu's figure still did not appear.

...Have you given up?

......

...That's fine too.

Kanao tightened her grip on the coin, tucking it into her pocket, and continued forward with a smile.

But every three minutes thereafter, she would habitually glance around.

But they found nothing.

Until thirty minutes later...

Chapter 27: A Seven-Day Romance on Fujii Mountain.

A faint aroma of food wafted into Kanao's nose from the roadside.

And that familiar greeting rang out once again.

"We meet again, Kanao. How about we grab a bite to eat together?"

This time, Kanao's eyes curved into a smile.

Following the scent and sound, I walked forward.

She herself didn't notice that her steps were noticeably lighter over that distance of a few dozen meters.

Three minutes later...

When the golden-brown, oily rabbit meat, sprinkled with a few grains of salt, and the fragrant mushroom and vegetable soup were presented to Kanao...

She glanced at the food, then at Bai Chuanyu, a faint hint of surprise flashing in her light purple eyes.

I never expected him to know how to cook!

Meanwhile, on the opposite side, Shirakawa Yu had already launched a fierce attack on another roasted rabbit.

It seemed as if he wanted to vent all his frustrations.

"Team up with me... chew chew chew... it's all negative, but when it's mealtime... chew chew... the positives are quite straightforward..."

Seemingly ignoring Shirakawa Yu's complaints, Kanao took a small bite of the rabbit meat.

The outer skin is slightly crispy, while the inside is tender and juicy. The simple salt seasoning brings out the natural flavor of the meat perfectly.

Kanao's eyes lit up slightly for a moment after taking a sip of the mushroom and wild vegetable soup.

When Kanao was a child, she had nothing to eat, but later she lived in the Butterfly Mansion and ate only exquisite food.

Suddenly, I tasted this wild and unique mountain cuisine.

It felt like a pampered young lady who had always enjoyed fine dining was experiencing the unexpectedly delicious taste of a down-to-earth street food stall for the first time.

This also made Kanao unconsciously eat a little faster.

Although... she was still very elegant.

Although Shirakawa Yu complained, he kept watching with a smile, feeling a great sense of accomplishment.

The culinary skills I honed in the mountains over the past two years have finally come in handy.

To win a girl's heart, you must first win her stomach!

The ancients were right!

After finishing her meal, Kanao looked at Shirakawa Yu and saw him casually discard the stone pot and wooden bowl he had carved on the roadside, and seemed a little heartbroken.

Shirakawa Yu narrowed his eyes. "It's not good to fight with these things. If I'm alone, I'll just have to throw them away. But if... someone is willing to protect me..."

Kanao was stunned. The little girl was very smart; how could she not understand the meaning behind Shirakawa Yu's words?

He instinctively reached for the coin, but his hand froze the next second.

She recalled Shirakawa Yu's seemingly divinely inspired 'luck'.

If you flip a coin... it will probably still be tails.

If it's still the other way around...

For the next seven days, will I be eating wild berries...?

Kanao hesitated.

This was the first time since she received the coin that she hesitated about whether to use it.

However, the inertia of living beings is terrifying, even though Kanao has realized that she does not mind teaming up with Shirakawa Yu.

But almost instinctively, he took out a coin and tossed it into the air.

After a loud 'clang'.