Demon Slayer: The Journey That Began When I Became Yoriichi's Sister

Chapter 469 Continuing This Fate

“Miss Yuko! I will never forget your great kindness.” Zenitsu looked at Yuko with a serious expression.

"Get lost." Yu Zi's lips moved slightly, briefly summarizing her feelings.

"Nezuko-chan~ Let's go~" Zenitsu wasn't annoyed at all, and casually took Nezuko's hand and headed deeper into the temple fair.

"A leopard can't change its spots." Yu Zi's eyelids twitched. Less than two minutes had passed, and this guy had turned into this again.

Butterfly tilted her head and asked curiously, "Does Yuuko mean to say that Nezuko is...?"

Yu Zi promptly interrupted her delusions: "I didn't, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

Kanae understood what Shinobu Kocho meant, and unable to bear it any longer, she pinched her own sister.

"Shinobu, you seem to have been a bit too active lately."

"Ha, haha..." Shinobu Kocho gasped, then chuckled dismissively, "I'm so happy to be able to live happily with my sister."

Kanae was moved for a moment, but only for a moment.

"This is no excuse for your misbehavior."

Shinobu Kocho retorted, "Have I done anything wrong?"

"If it's not good, that won't work either."

“…” After a moment of silence, Shinobu Kocho pointed at Ikuko, “Ikuko did it too.”

Kanae's gaze was deep and unfathomable.

It's like your child and someone else's child are fighting. You can't just ignore your own child when both are at fault and instead yell at and beat the other child, can you?

Do such people exist?

Yu Zi raised both hands and gave a French military salute: "I admit my mistake."

"So fast!" Shinobu's purple eyes widened slightly.

Yuko smiled smugly: "I learned this from Zenitsu and Hidetoshika."

What have you been secretly learning?!

Not only Shinobu Kocho, but even Kanae was secretly complaining.

"Alright, stop fooling around." Kanae sighed and said exaggeratedly, "If you keep fooling around like this, it'll be dawn soon."

"Let's take the children inside first." Kanae smiled at Takeo and the others. "I'm Kanae, Nezuko's friend. You can call me Kanae-neechan."

Everyone sweetly called out, "Kanae-neechan."

"This is Shinobu... Ah, you should have seen her before, right?" Kanae belatedly realized that Shinobu had gone to Tanjiro's house with Ikuko.

"Yes, Sister Ren."

Butterfly nodded with a smile: "Let's go to the temple fair together next."

"Uh-huh!"

Although they were a little disappointed that their older siblings weren't with them, they knew that their older siblings had more important things to do.

Don't let their young age fool you; they're incredibly clever.

"Alright, let's go." Kanae took the initiative to step forward, reached out and pulled Takeo and Shigeru together, and walked forward.

Takeo and Shigetoshi blushed slightly, following Kanae's rhythm with some embarrassment.

"How cute!" Shinobu Kocho smiled, squatted down in front of Hanako, and held out her hand. "Hanako, right? Want to come with me?"

"Mm." Hanako nodded gently and placed her hand in Shinobu's palm.

Yuko simply took Rokuta's hand and followed the others deeper into the temple fair.

After walking for a while, the three of them found that the children were quite quiet. Although they were full of curiosity about the food and entertainment around them, they were able to suppress their inner desires and did not choose to bother them.

To be honest, as expected of Tanjiro's younger brother and sister, they are exceptionally well-behaved and very polite.

Compared to some unruly children, they are simply angels.

Well-behaved children deserve praise and rewards.

"There are takoyaki over there, let's go check it out." Kanae stopped and pulled the group towards the stall.

"Boss, six servings of takoyaki, please." Kanae changed her mind after glancing at Yuko and receiving a negative answer.

Even now that she lives with them, Yuko rarely eats human food; at most, she just joins them for afternoon tea or something.

Kanae would always look at him questioningly.

Yuko doesn't dislike human food; she simply doesn't want to eat it and doesn't have the same desire for food as humans.

"Here you go." Kanae and Shinobu Kocho took the takoyaki from the vendor and handed them to the children.

“How can this be…” Takeo, the second son, quickly waved his hand. His mother had taught them since they were young that they should not accept gifts from others casually.

“Our relationship with your older brothers and sisters cannot be measured by a little food.”

Rather, it's more accurate to say that this is a connection that has continued since the Warring States period.

If possible, Yuko hopes to maintain this connection forever.

Even decades or centuries later, Yuko still hopes... to maintain this bond.

She doesn't want to experience the feeling of abandoning her family and friends again.

Back then, unable to face Yoriichi's aging, she chose to run away. When she returned home in a daze, Yoriichi had aged so much that she could hardly recognize him.

Because of Tanjiro's death and his wife's death, he gradually became estranged from the Kamado family, to the point that Ikuko and Yoriichi's names were gradually lost in the Kamado family's lineage.

Yuko knows that the separation of birth, aging, sickness and death is cruel, but having already experienced the death of a loved one once, even if she has to go through that pain again, she wants to preserve the happy times instead of choosing to escape.

"Besides, Yuko and I were taken care of quite a bit at your house before." Yuko stuffed food into Takeo's mouth without saying a word, and patted his shoulder with a smile in her eyes.

Nezuko even offered to help her and Shinobu wash their clothes, and Aoi treated them to food.

A good relationship requires give and take.

Takeo, with takoyaki stuffed in his mouth, stared blankly at Ikuko.

Such gentle eyes...

But for some reason, he felt like crying.

He felt as if he had seen this older sister somewhere before.

Takeo was momentarily dazed. Was it some summer day, in their family's hallway?

No, it seems not.

"Alright, here are your portions." Yuko took the takoyaki from Kanae and the other girl and distributed them to the somewhat reserved children.

Hanako trusted and liked Yuuko very much, and sweetly thanked her after taking the dumpling.

Shigeru and Rokuta seemed a little embarrassed, whether from shyness or something else.

Without saying a word, Yu Zi stuffed takoyaki into their mouths.

"Thank you, thank you." Living in the mountains, they rarely had the chance to eat such things. As soon as the food entered their mouths, the roundworms in their stomachs started making noises. They replied with a slightly flushed face.

Kanae clapped her hands and laughed, "Alright, there's still more delicious food and fun things ahead, let's keep going."