I just became the Pirate King, and you're telling me I also time-traveled at the same time.

Chapter 63 Makomo's Request

After the selection results were announced, Kagaya Ubuyashiki, the head of the Demon Slayer Corps, received the news immediately. At this time, he was not completely blind, and the scars on his face were not very noticeable.

The curse's effects on his body were not yet severe.

"An interesting young man has emerged in this selection process; he has such strength at such a young age."

Hearing the information continuously revealed by the Kasugai Crow, Kagaya Ubuyashiki, sitting on the courtyard veranda, said with relief, "So it's Gyomei's stepson. His Rock Breathing finally has a successor? That's wonderful..."

"Hopefully, the appearance of this young man can bring a little bit of a turning point to this war that has lasted for thousands of years."

The courtyard was empty, and no one responded to Kagaya Ubuyashiki's earnest expectations. He would say something similar after each final selection.

Before returning to the temple, Chu Yang, who had officially become a swordsman, visited the Butterfly House.

She planned to tell Kanae Kocho and Shinobu Kocho, who had saved her life, the news.

However, Makomo, who arrived at the Butterfly Mansion first, had already told everything she could, leaving Kanae amazed by the entire process of the final selection.

"We're in for a lot of work now. That kid almost wiped out all the demons in Fujikasane Mountain. We'll have to catch another batch." Kanae's tone was a mix of admiration and helplessness. The Butterfly Mansion was full of wounded and sick people, so she couldn't leave.

"It's supposed to be the final selection trial ground, yet such a powerful demon appears. No wonder the survival rate has been low in the past. If we had noticed it earlier, many people would have survived." The still young Shinobu couldn't help but complain to her older sister.

"Shinobu, this situation may be cruel, but it is something that all members of the Demon Slayer Corps must go through. Once you become a full member, you will often have to experience this kind of cruel thing. The victims may be ordinary people, or they may be ourselves."

Kanae earnestly advised, "Although you are also a formal member, you have always lived with me in the Butterfly Mansion and haven't experienced these things yet, but that doesn't mean you can always be so naive."

"Okay, sister." Shinobu Kocho, who had not yet experienced life and death separations, was lively and cheerful, and playfully stuck her tongue out at her sister.

Seeing that she didn't take it to heart, Kanae could only shake her head helplessly.

As the two sisters were talking, Chu Yang had already pushed open the door of the Butterfly House.

Just as she was about to greet them, an angry Kanae chased her to the bathroom to wash off the filth.

This is a place for treating the wounded, and it's strictly forbidden for someone like Chu Yang to come in with blood and filth. If he's unlucky, he might infect the patients with diseases.

Chu Yang, accustomed to the smell of blood, was unaware of this.

In the past, he would have been the first to be unable to stand having dirt on him.

When Chu Yang came out of the bathroom clean and tidy.

The sun had already quietly set, and at dusk, the aroma of food wafted through the Butterfly House.

"The familiar mealtime."

Having lived here for a week, Chu Yang was very familiar with every plant and tree in the Butterfly House and could find the Butterfly House's canteen without anyone leading him.

Makomo, with both legs in casts, sat alone at the dining table.

Upon seeing Chu Yang, a light suddenly shone in her eyes.

"Do you want to sit here?" Makomo stared at Chu Yang with wide eyes, as if pleading.

Chu Yang clicked his tongue and walked over reluctantly. Even after spending seven days with the girl at Tengxi Mountain, his anger at being treated like a pervert by the girl had not been completely dispelled.

In reality, the two didn't actually spend seven days together.

Instead, Zhen Gu drifted in and out of sleep on Chu Yang's back, spending the next seven days in a daze.

Chu Yang didn't even say a word to her, busy killing ghosts everywhere. Makomo was also too embarrassed to talk to Chu Yang, because she had misunderstood him and thought he was a bad person. So the two oddballs really didn't speak to each other for seven whole days.

Until the selection ended, Makomo was "hidden" and taken to the Butterfly Mansion.

"How is it?" Chu Yang sat down next to her casually, glanced at her leg injury, and felt that it seemed a bit serious.

"Thank goodness, Kanae-sama said that if I receive proper treatment, my mobility won't be affected." Makomo, who had escaped death, was overjoyed, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons. "If you had come any later, I might really have been crippled."

"Not bad." Chu Yang nodded, relieved, and then asked:

"Approximately when will you be fully recovered?"

Makomo's smile faded slightly, but she still tried her best to smile and said, "The cast can be removed in three months, but you'll need another month of rehabilitation training to fully regain your mobility."

"I never imagined that my first four months as a member would be spent in the Butterfly Mansion..."

At this point, Makomo suddenly looked at Chu Yang as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"You don't expect me to do anything troublesome for you, do you?" Chu Yang looked at her warily.

Makomo, whose thoughts had been guessed, blushed deeply, her face flushing from her ears down to her neck. She quickly waved her hand shyly and said, "I'm sorry, it's okay if you don't want to."

Chu Yang, who always disliked trouble, nodded and said, "I really don't want to."

Makomo's face turned bright red, her voice grew softer and softer, like a mosquito buzzing, until she finally buried her head in her hands.

"Bullying girls is not something a real man should do!"

Kanae suddenly appeared beside the two.

He looked at Chu Yang with disdain and hit Chu Yang's head hard with the spoon in his hand.

The sound was quite loud, but Chu Yang didn't feel any pain at all, probably because he was too thick-skinned.

Shinobu Kocho also wanted to learn from her older sister and tap Chu Yang on the head.

As a result, Chu Yang snatched the spoon from her and casually tapped her on the head, giving her a big bump.

"Waaah!!" Butterfly, wincing in pain, hugged her sister, her eyes filled with tears, and glared fiercely at Chu Yang.

Kanae found their childishness both amusing and exasperating.

"What's wrong with listening to someone's request? It won't hurt you." Shinobu Kocho said angrily, clutching her forehead.

"Go ahead and say it," Chu Yang said with a slight smile, feeling quite pleased.

"I just wanted to ask you to pass on a message to Mr. Linlong so he can rest assured, and also..." Makomo bit her lip and said softly, "I don't know if I should tell him about the Hand Demon."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yang also became solemn.

Those dead children have probably become a deep sorrow for Urokodaki Sakonji.

Kanae sighed softly. What she feared most was not facing powerful demons, but rather Urokodaki Sakonji's current predicament.

Anyone would be devastated if they knew that the warding-off-misfortune masks they kindly gave to their disciples would ultimately become their death warrants.

"He has the right to know. As for whether he can let it go, that's his own business." Chu Yang decided to go in place of Makomo. Anyway, he wasn't in a hurry to return to the temple, and the task of killing ghosts could come down at any time.

Finally, Makomo told Chu Yang the location of Mount Sagiri, and after finishing dinner, he decided to rush there overnight, which Kanae couldn't stop him from doing.

Kanae complained, "Why is this person like a cow?"

Shinobu Kocho nodded repeatedly, planning to flick that head back next time.