"Murata-san, it's morning already." I heard a calm voice that woke me up.
"Ah, Shinobu-san good morning."
"It's already 9 am, you should prepare for the next mission."
"Alright, I will be there in a minute." I said as I got up and yawned.
And after breakfast, I was ready to go.
"Murata-san, take care of yourself, ok?" there were 3 little girls I met in this mansion and I have to say I built a great relationship with them.
"Yeah, you should too." I said as I pat their heads.
"Murata-san, if you see a lower moon or an upper moon, please let us know, I know you're very strong but it's safer to get help." Shinobu said as she waved her hand at me.
"Yeah, I will."I waved my hands back and left.
A day later-
'This quest is probably the mountain where Tanjiro fought with Rui, I'll just act weak because it would be no fun if Tanjiro didn't acquire sun breathing.
'But wait a minute, why am I staying loyal to the main plot? I can already one-shot this verse if I put all my stat points in strength, so what's the point?' as I was wondering, I saw Tanjiro climbing the mountain like me.
'Anyway, I'll think about that later, now I need to focus on maintaining relationships with some characters.'
"Tanjiro-kun, I'm here!" I said as I shouted
"Eh? Who is it? Oh! Murata-san!"
"How did your quests go after we separated?" I said as I came near him.
"Great! I had a few injuries but they're all healed now!"
"That's good to hear. By the way, do you have any information about this quest we got? There might be a lower moon here."
"No, I just came here because my crow told me so, but I can smell something far away related to Muzan Kibutsuji."
As we were talking about the quest, 2 voices came from behind.
"Hoi! Kamaboko Kanpachiro! Don't go leave us behind Dammit!" that was Inosuke and Zenitsu who came.
"That's right Tanjiro! This mountain is too scary!"They came near us and they saw me.
"Huh? Who is this weird-faced guy?"
"Haa! What's with that handsome face?! Are you trying to fool us, I bet you get all the girls without giving a single effort, don't you!"Zenitsu screamed at me when he saw my face.
"Zenitsu, calm down, he's my friend from the second selection." Tanjiro said panicking
"I just can't accept that face! I work so hard to get a single girl and here this guy has this face, it's just unfair!"
"Well, I'm kinda sorry for that." I said with pity.
A vein appeared in Zenitsu's forehead, but he stopped himself midway.
"It's best if we go now, we can't be late for the quest." Tanjiro said trying to stop us.
"Well, I'll talk to him later. Anyways, where is Nezuko-chan?"
"She's right here in this box, I can't open it since the sun rose already."
We talked a bit after that, it was almost night by the time we realized it.
"You three, wait here I smell something." we all nodded when a demon slayer appeared before us, it was kinda... Weird? He almost didn't have any proper limbs but was also moving.
"Hey, are you okay?" Tanjiro approached him before us and dropped his guard.
"Please... Run before it's too late.." after that, he sang his arm towards Tanjiro, and Tanjiro dodged it barely.
'I don't wanna ruin Tanjiros's moment so I'll just watch this time' After that, the events in the main plot happened until the Rui fight, I was there but was also just watching until Tanjiro failed to cut his head.
[ New quest: Kill lower moon 5, Rui
Rewards: Easy-level dungeon key
Penalty: All your skills will be taken from You.]
'What? Why do I get a quest right now, besides, what's a dungeon key?'
[ Dungeon key is a key that opens a portal for another dimension where you'll have to kill all the monsters that reside within the dungeon.]
'Aah, so it's like Sung Jinwoo's keys. Guess I got no option now.'
Tanjiro couldn't do anything but lay there as the demon approached, and as he was about to accept his fate, a person stood in front of him.
"Murata-san? Why are you here, that kid is a Lower Moon you need to run!"
"Tanjiro, there's no need to panic since I'm strong too, you know?"
"Brat! Don't interrupt my business with that kid, it's almost been like 300 years since I felt this angry."
I didn't talk, I just walked towards him.
I saw a bunch of red strings coming toward me, but I slashed them all with one slash.
"How? First that kid and second you, what is that breathing technique?"
'Murata-san also uses Hinokami Kagura? I thought my father only knew how to use it.'
I kept silent, he tried to attack again but it was useless on me.
'I have to run, my strings don't work on him, and also that kid!'
He tried to escape after that, but the second he ran he saw my face right to him
"Sun-breathing: Dance!"
'I don't want to die... The moment I had a family and it's all gone now. No, if I can call my family, they'll all come here, Dad! Mom! Why aren't you guys responding, please come here...' He faded into dust and his last emotions were regret and sadness. Truly a pitiful soul.
I ran to Tanjiro to see if he was okay, but there was no problem with his body other than some bone cracks and a lot of slashes.
"Gak! Gak! Demon slayer Kamado Tanjiro has been detected carrying a demon beside him, capture him right now"
Oh, that happened too.
"Tanjiro, can you move? If you can't, then force yourself to." Ima just steal Giyu's words right now.
I put Nezuko next to Tanjiro, to relax him a bit.
"Murata-sa-" Tanjiros's words were interrupted by a woman figure, trying to slash Nezuko
I deflected her attack, which she dashed back after that.
"Murata-san, why are you protecting that demon from us? It's our duty to kill demons, isn't it?" it was Shinobu.
"Well, I'm not entirely loyal to the demon slayer corps, I just do what I see right, and right now, the right thing is to protect that demon."
"Ara-Ara, betraying are we?" She charged at me with full speed trying to kill me. I deflected her but I could kill her any moment she would try to kill Nezuko. I just had to make her a bit busy so that Tanjiro could run
We clashed our swords for a minute, and Tanjiro gathered enough energy to start running.
Shinobu tried to follow Tanjiro but I didn't let her. I attacked her in mid-air and she had no choice but to fight me.
"Gak! Gak! Slayer Kamado Tanjiro has been caught! Slayers, return to the corps!"
"I guess we have no reason to fight now." Shinobu told to me.
"It seems so." Somehow I remained calm even in this situation it may be because of the see-through world.
After that, we returned to the corps.