After Muzan's Death the castle crumbled into ruins which we all safely made it out and away from before returning towards Headquarters to celebrate in ending the threat of demons once and for all.
When we returned Kagaya was waiting for us and he was even healed of the curse that was slowly consuming his body, even his dimming sight had returned in full as he couldn't help but smile at the sight of everyone's safe return with the death of Muzan and every Demon left in Japan, excluding Akaza of course.
"Cheers!" Everyone of the demon slayers shouted out as they lifted there sake cups before drinking while everyone cheerfully celebrated the destruction of the demons for good, even Kanae and Shinobu came to celebrate while tomorrow the remaining normal Demon Slayers would be told the good news of the destruction of all Demons.
"Hifumi! Why were you holding out on me with such a good drink?! I could break out into a dance from drinking this wine you have here!" Tengen couldn't help but say with a laugh as he was very quickly getting drunk, which shouldn't be possible as he has a high poison resistance that should also give him a high alcohol tolerance.
"Don't even think about it idiot! You know how expensive this wine is?! Like hell I'm going to bring this stuff out unless it's for a day like this!" I only had enough to give everyone here two glasses of Immortal Peach Wine and just one bottle costs half a billion to own, and I've wasted a billion already with a full bottle filling my personal gourd along with this one I bought for this celebration.
"Ehhhhhhh?! Cmon man just give me some mooooooorrrrreeeee." He said drunkenly as he tried to steal the bottle from me as I dodged his hands.
Luckily his three wives seeing there husband acting like an idiot like this dog piled him to stop him from bugging me, "Honey! Your being rude!" Hinatsuru, or just Hina, said while she Makio and Suma were holding him down.
"Hehehe…. Flashy….." He said extremely drunk like while both Obanai and Sanemi were trying to hold back their laughter as they never thought they would see this flashy asshole of a Hashira in such a drunken state.
"Hiiiiffffuuuuummmmmiiiiii!" Mitsuri said before jumping on my back, also seemingly drunk as she wrapped her arms around my neck to hug me, but she wasn't controlling her strength and now I was being choked out.
"Mi….tsuri….. can't….. breath….!" I grabbed at her arms to pull her off me, but she's got me locked in a head lock and while I could do something terrible like breaking her arms to make her let go, I'm not a bad person like that, so I had to control my strength to pry her off me.
Seeing this Sanemi couldn't hold back anymore and began to laugh at my plight while I could see the look in Obanai's eyes that he was sneering at me which ticked me off to see.
Seeing everyone else openly ignoring me or laughing at my plight I had to call for some help as I realized I can't split my body apart if I'm being held, same probably could be said if I was bound in chains.
'Serenity! Please use what you can to knock her out!' I had to call out to her as both Mikan and Florence were ignoring me while Akaza and Changling were preoccupied with other matters and weren't here.
Hearing me call for her aid, she appeared like a shadow before blowing a white powder like substance that smelled of some kind of flower that worked near instantly as I heated Mitsuri snoring and losing her grip on my neck.
"Thanks Serenity." I said looking towards my skull masked servant before I began to rub her head without worrying about her bodies poison.
"…. You are welcome master." She said clearly enjoying the head pats she received before disappearing into the shadows once more.
'Well I guess I should enjoy the night, in a few months we shall be going home.' I think to myself as I look outside and watch as the Sakura trees cherry blossoms falling down all around us, soon it will be time to go home.
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A few months later.
"And that is it, Kanae you have made a complete and total recovery, there is nothing left for us to do for you here." Mikan said giving her body one final check up and determined none of her injuries have even a slight chance of reopening without her trying to do things exceedingly dangerous.
But even then because of all of our work her body is now ten times more durable than a normal humans along a much larger increase in speed, strength and flexibility as a whole.
"Thank you Mikan, Florence, Hifumi, you all have done so much not just for me but for all of us Demon Slayers, then again that's just our old name now." Kanae said with a smile as she was happy that Demons were no longer a threat but a new path was open to all Hashira and Demon Slayers thanks to my efforts to continue living this life if they so desired or just return normal lives with no worries after all.
"Yep, All the Hashira and a good portion of the Demon Slayers have decided to stay and turn into Monster Hunters instead." I say with a grin as I have those who wanted to keep to this lifestyle a new way of living and that was to become Monster Hunters.
During these few months after the Demons were eradicated another new building was constructed at HQ that would act as a gateway between this world and an open world gate for only those from this world to easily be able to move to and from into the world of Etroza that the games of all Monster Hunters take place upon, though this Gate Leads specfically towards the outpost of Astrea that is the place where Monster Hunters Gather in the New World.
I told Kagaya to have everyone agree that they originally all came from the Country of Siki in the Old World if any of the residents in the New World ask about their origins while having all Hashira and Demon Slayers read up on what is known about that country and answer questions people ask using that information, and if that isn't enough they could reference things from Japan as Siki is that worlds equivalent of Japan and thus you could make up things and it might be true as a result even if that country isn't really Japan.
Not only that but I decided to give all of the Hashira Phones and how to use them while making them rechargeable off of their Spiral Energy since they can't be charged like normal along with teaching how they could be used, though Kagaya was fine staying out of the group as he was just going to rest and relax for a long time while watching over the newly made Monster Hunters in the mean time.
"So you three are to return home now?" Kanae couldn't help but ask to which we nodded in response.
"We need to return to our world and our own timeline, after all our original Goal was to save your life, I just decided that for your safety and everyone else's it was best that the demon problem should be completely dealt with for good." I decided to say as by this point they all knew the real truth of where were really from instead of that made up group I originally told them we were apart of.
"Then I would say have a safe travel back, but I was wondering if I could come along with you three back to your world?" Kanae said, surprising me as mostly everyone else that decided to come back to my world from any trips I make between worlds were specifically women who I began to have a relationship with.
And while I helped saved her life and killed the monster who nearly killed her, besides her being extremely grateful for what we had all done, we hadn't developed a romantic relationship with one another so….
'Wait, I think I can guess why.' "Well if you want I don't mind I guess, though you know our world is over 110 years in the future compared to the world you live in now, though then again many of the rural villages within the countryside of Japan do have a closer feel to what this time period feels like currently if I could compare it, but my home is in a big city like Tokyo though." I went onto explain.
Hearing that she just shook her head, "Im not worried about that, I just want to see that world you have come from and to be of aid to you and Mikan and any others in your care, I owe my life to the both of you as I know I would have perished then and there that day plus with the threat now gone along with me having no desire to be a Monster Hunter like the others, I found it best to join you and be of aid however I can." Kanae went onto explain which I could accept as an answer.
Besides I was happy that Mikan could gain more friends as even though her self esteem issues aren't as much of a problem anymore due to me keeping her out and away from her shitty home and family as well as all those who treated her badly that her desire for attention all the time had dropped heavily, but that is more thanks to Florence always staying by her side to give her the constant attention she wanted and needed.
Then I shall make a two way door between our world and this one so you can go between here and our home in my world." I said getting up before paying a fee to make a magic circle appear on some slidding doors leading to her wardrobe to make a gate between our worlds.
"Just use your aura to activate this door and it will let you come with us to our world and the same if you want to some back here." I say looking at the portal that was there before closing it and reopening it to show the closet as it was before.
"I see, and what about Mitsuri? Is she coming along as well?" Kanae asked as I scratched the back of my head.
Mitsuri clearly had feelings for me but hadn't openly said anything about wanting it to be official, though Mikan knows about it already and she has a good impression of Mitsuri at least, however she decided to become a Monster Hunter and was now currently in that world and using her strength to hunt down monsters to help the people there while upgrading their weapons and equipment from the various monsters they would slay.
"She will come by at some point, she's enjoying her time being a Monster Hunter for now, but with that said it's about time we go home now, our home is waiting for us, so you can come along now or wait until you are prepared is all up to you, and Shinobu is free to visit if she wants though if it's anyone else besides you two and Mitsuri that want to come to my world then please tell me in advance alright?" I asked them both to which Kanae nodded.
"I will come with, if I can just come back whenever then I can grab clothes and other things I need after seeing your home." Kanae said as she stood up and approached us, though Shinobu stood with her as she looked at me with squinted eyes.
"I'm coming with as well, just to make sure you don't mess around with my big sister." She said with a stern look that made me chuckle as I opened the door before we all began to walk through it and into my world.
I got a notification of the rewards for what I had done but I waited to open the rewards before giving Kanae and Shinobu a tour of my personal manor.
To say the looks on there faces about all of the various appliances and easy to use things in my era compared to there's was satisfying to see their shocked and surprised expressions.
Though after awhile and being given a rundown on how certain things worked we all rested on the couches at the end of the tour.
After that was all done I decided to open up my rewards and see what my-
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😐︎✋︎☹︎☹︎
😐︎✋︎☹︎☹︎ ❄︎☟︎☜︎💣︎ ✌︎☹︎☹︎
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I felt a scratching pain in my head as my sight began to glow red before pain began to overwhelm my brain and eyes, I suddenly felt like I was going to lose control.
So using my decisiveness in the moment and-
"UUUUGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!"
"Hifumi!" (Mikan)
"Oh no…" (Kanae)
"Something's wrong, why would you even do that?!" (Shinobu)
"Something effecting master, Shinigami! Please help!" (Serenity)
They all shouted out in shock and worry at the sight of what they just saw after all.
I had just gouged out my own eyes.
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Volume 2 End