Night had fallen, El and the other Hashiras were gathered in a room and right in front of them was the leader of the demon extermination corps, Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
El's punishment for now was a reprimand. However, if El does the same thing once again, then El will be expelled from the demon extermination corps. Although El currently doesn't really care if she is expelled.
The reason El was not immediately expelled was because the demon threat to humanity had increased rapidly and the declining skills of the newly joined demon slayer.
This was one of the main topics of the current Hashira meeting. It could be seen that all the Hashiras present were angry and somewhat disappointed by this.
'When is the meeting over? Isn't my punishment just a reprimand?' El thought to himself while listening to Kagaya explain the discussion of the meeting.
This time Gyomei discussed the problem that because there were only a few people who knew about demons, therefore only a few there were Demon Exterminators, they could not increase their numbers easily.
On the other hand, Kyojuro noted that Tanjiro had faced the Twelve Kizuki earlier in his career, Kyojuro felt proud, as if he could see Tanjiro's potential that would continue to grow endlessly.
However, Kagaya immediately retorted that the Lower Five's activity on Mount Natagumo meant that Muzan was quite close to the mountain.
Kagaya even noted that Muzan was always creating creative distractions that always caught the attention of the Demon Slayers.
Every time he did that, Muzan must have been up to something. However, Kagaya didn't quite understand what Muzan's real plan was.
More importantly, although Kagaya was disappointed with the demons who had become more dangerous than before, Kagaya expressed his faith in Hashira, considering them the strongest since the feudal era and looking forward to the success of his "children".
With that, tonight's Hashira meeting was officially over.
'It's finally over too!' El muttered to himself as she stood up to follow the other Hashira.
The Hashiras left the room, signaling that the Hashira meeting was over. While alone in the room, Kagaya vowed that they would kill Muzan without fail.
'''Kibutsuji Muzan, this time I will definitely kill you without fail!" said Kagaya with deep determination.
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The daytime sky was clear and cloudless. At this time, El was in the Butterfly Mansion garden, which was planted with flowers of various kinds. It looks very beautiful and charming, making it the hallmark of the place.
Because it is planted with a variety of beautiful flowers, this place is always visited by Butterflies. Hence, this building is called the Butterfly Mansion.
"Zenitsu, stay there and take the medicine regularly." El said in a tone of voice as cold as the frozen sea.
"Hiiii! Okay!" Zenitsu replied fearfully.
Other than El, there was another person in the garden of Buterflay Mansion. That person was Zenitsu who was forcibly dried by both the Buterflay Mansion nurses and El.
Personally, El watched Zenitsu to stay under the sun and took her medicine frequently and El also had other reasons with Zenitsu.
'Horrible, horrible! Why is that monster here!
'I'm scared, I'm going to die!
'Tanjiro, Nezuko-chan come and help me! Your uncle wants to kill me!'
Zenitsu seemed to tremble with fear like a kitten in a downpour just by El's presence nearby. Strings of terror-filled words echoed in her mind.
Having nothing else to do, El chose to relax at Buterflay Mansion and Shinobu didn't mind either. Because of the presence of El, Hashira who was rumored to be very cruel, all the enthusiastic patients were eager to recover as soon as possible.
({N/A} Who's to say that the -A- level side mission with a reward of 3 skill points wasn't done? Even though I've been kind, just watch out for you wasting my kindness)
Somehow, El's habit of mutilating demons when collecting weak demons to use as a final selection test spread very quickly like a forest consumed by fire.
Even though El's purpose of mutilating demons was not solely his hobby. El only wanted to make it easier for the Kakusi and lower-level demon hunters, bringing the weak demons to Mount Fujikasane.
After looking around, El drew the Nichirin sword and looked at the blade seriously. On the blade near the tsuba, the word 絶滅, meaning annihilation, was engraved to identify El as a Hashira.
The word 絶滅 (annihilation) is different from the other Hashiras which have the word 鬼き滅め engraved on the blade near their tsuba which means the annihilation of evil demons.
El frowned. With a serious expression, El gripped Nichirin's hilt as tightly as he could, with both hands, applying pressure that would turn the color of Nichirin's blade bright red.
Blue veins seemed to explode on El's wrists. Suddenly, the temperature of Nichirin's blade slowly rose to extreme heat and traveled all the way to the tip of the sword.
However, it didn't last long as suddenly the blade of Nichirin El's sword turned black and her head felt very dizzy from being out of breath. In fact, his heart was also in a lot of pain, along with his vision was foggy.
"Ugh, the world is spinning." muttered El who was staggering with dizziness.
'Even though I've changed my title to demon slayer. But, it's still not enough apparently? I really should have the Demon Slayer Mark.' El thought, fixing his stance.
Although El had an STR of 23 attribute points, when totaled with the effects of equipment, as well as skills and titles, El's personal attribute value was 75 attribute points.
However, it was still not enough to color Nichirin's sword bright red and maintain the effect for longer, just like Yoriichi and Tanjiro did in the Before Sunrise Chapter.
El sighed. "How patient do I have to be to get the Demon Slayer Mark?"
In his mind, El wondered how strong Yoriichi was to dye Nichirin's sword blade bright red and maintain that state for so long.
Moreover, why was Tanjiro able to dye Nichirin's blade bright red during his fight against Muzan? As we know, Hashira's Obanai once dyed Nichirin's sword blade bright red by gripping Nichirin's handle as hard as he could.
However, this turned out to be more of a burden on his body due to lack of oxygen. Obanai was overexerting himself in his rather tired state after his battle with Nakime.
'For some reason, I feel like there are some plot twists embedded by the original author.' El thought.
"Ah, yes!" El put Nichirin's sword back into the sheath and looked at Zenitsu who was drying not far from her.
"Zenitsu, take your medicine." said in an icy tone of voice.
"I-I've already taken the medicine! Someone else please tell me I've taken the medicine. Is there anyone who can tell me?" Zenitsu immediately answered El in great panic.
Too bad there was no one else around besides the two of them. Because everyone was afraid of El's presence alone. So, there was no one else Zenitsu could make an excuse for.
The easier explanation was that Zenitsu was lying through her teeth.
El sighed and was about to draw Nichirin's sword. "Zenitsu, you're lying. You haven't taken the medicine yet, stop saying nonsense and get well soon."
"Okay!" Zenitsu immediately took the medicine.
The medicine Zenitsu carried was in a bottle made of bamboo. With this, Zenitsu did not need to go back and forth to get the medicine, as it was always available at any time and could just be taken immediately.
"Ugh... It tastes so bad!" complained Zenitsu with an expression that made him want to vomit.
"Uncle!" said Tanjiro from a distance.