Demon Slayer: The Forest Pillar

Thousands of years ago, the demon king Muzan Kibutsuji was born. As the first demon born in the world, Muzan Kibutsuji not only slaughtered countless lives, but also created countless brutal and murderous demons.

Countless people died because of Muzan, and these countless unjust deaths have since become the curse of the Ubuyashiki family, because the Ubuyashiki family has a direct blood relationship with Muzan Kibutsuji.

From then on, every male descendant of the Ubuyashiki family will be weak and sick from birth, and it is very easy to die young. In a very short period of time, the Ubuyashiki family was almost exterminated, and later relied on marriage with the priest family to barely continue the family.

But even so, the male descendants of the Ubuyashiki family still cannot live past the age of 30. In order to survive and grow up, the boys of the Ubuyashiki family have been raised as girls since childhood, and even wear women's clothes. But even so, as they grow older, every Ubuyashiki male will gradually lose his appearance and eventually die early.

The women of the Ubuyashiki clan are also affected by the curse. They must get married and change their surnames to their husband's before the age of thirteen, otherwise there is still a great possibility of premature death.

Under such a curse, the ancestors of the Ubuyashiki clan founded the Demon Slayer Corps in order to eliminate Muzan and remove the curse, and also to atone for their sins. The ancestors of the Ubuyashiki clan founded the Demon Slayer Corps, and the Ubuyashiki Yoya is now the 97th lord of the Demon Slayer Corps.

When Yoya was four years old, his father committed suicide because he could not bear the pressure, so the four-year-old Yoya took on the responsibility of the Demon Slayer Corps lord.

The curse of the Ubuyashiki clan is actually more than just short life and many diseases. In almost every generation of Ubuyashiki, only one male can survive to adulthood.

Ubuyashiki Yoya also has two younger brothers, but after their father's death, Yoya's two younger brothers soon collapsed. When Yoya was nine years old, the two younger brothers burned down the house and committed suicide, and Yoya's mother was burned by the fire in order to save the two children, and soon passed away.

At the age of four, Yoya lost his father, and at the age of nine, Yoya lost all his family members. This is the curse that the Ubuyashiki family has been carrying for thousands of years.

Ubuyashiki Yoya calmly narrated all this, as if he was telling a story, but Shinichi, who was sitting next to him, had already experienced a magnitude 10 earthquake in his heart.

Shinichi never thought that this gentle boy in front of him would bear such a heavy and tragic fate. After hearing about Yoya's experience, Shinichi suddenly felt that everything he said before was so rude.

Not blaming Goto for scolding him, Shinichi now wanted to slap himself a few times. It was also from this time that Shinichi's respect for the young lord Yoya was buried in his heart.

So Shinichi stood up very simply, walked in front of Yoya, bowed solemnly and apologized, "I'm sorry, I apologize for my previous rude words and deeds, lord... lord... lord... sir."

Although Shinichi felt very guilty, his experience in his previous life and his own personality still made him feel a little embarrassed when he said the title of lord.

Probably seeing Shinichi's embarrassment, Yaoya said gently: "Don't be so reserved, Shinichi, as you said, our ages are not much different. If possible, I hope you can also call me by my name. The Demon Slayer Corps is a big family. Please regard this place as your home. Shinichi, we are all your family."

"Home, family?" Shinichi's peach-pink and turquoise eyes trembled at the same time. It was a strange and familiar word. In this world, except for Mr. Moriki, the black-haired boy in front of him, who had just met for less than an hour, actually gave him a warm feeling like a family.

Deep in Shinichi's heart, the last trace of grudge against the Demon Slayer Corps completely disappeared. A rare smile appeared on his face, "I understand. Thank you, Yaoya, no, my lord."

Yaoya also smiled and nodded.

Shinichi, who had no grudges, also said goodbye to Yaoya, because he could see that the young lord was in very poor health.

In Shinichi's secretly opened Xiaoxiaosen eyes, Yaoya's vitality is like a green bamboo. Although it seems to be vigorous, it is only the appearance. The inner core is deficient. The terrible curse seems to have begun to affect the young lord.

"Shinichi." When Shinichi turned around and was about to leave, Yaoya suddenly called him.

"Please don't worry about your identity. You are Shinichi, Moriki Shinichi, the successor of the Forest Breathing, a member of the Demon Slayer Team who destroys evil spirits, and a brave swordsman who protects humans. Now, in the future, and forever."

Shinichi's eyes condensed. He knew that Yaoya knew his identity. Although he was reluctant to mention it, Shinichi knew that he also had another identity, a ghost! A ghost with powerful power,A ghost that can walk under the sun!

Did the old man tell Yaoya? Shinichi thought of this possibility subconsciously, but Yaoya soon handed a letter written by the old man to Shinichi.

The words in the letter were very straightforward. In addition to encouraging Shinichi, the old man also admitted that he had told his lord Yaoya about Shinichi's identity a long time ago. When killing the lower string four, the old man told the lord through the crow, and was willing to swear that if Shinichi failed to resist the temptation and completely degenerate into a ghost, he would commit seppuku to apologize.

And the young lord also chose to believe this old man, not for anything else, but for the blood that the Moriki family had shed for hundreds of years to kill demons. Although Yaoya himself had never seen it, according to the history recorded by the Demon Slayer Corps, every generation of the Moriki family had sacrificed their children in the battle against evil demons, and it had never been cut off for hundreds of years.

After reading the letter, Shinichi felt that he should do something, not only for himself, but also for the old man, for the inheritance of the Forest Breathing, and for the Demon Slayer Corps, for this lord who admired him so much. He should do something, just like what the old man said to him in the letter.

"The Forest Breathing is not just the breath of killing demons, sometimes it is also the breath of life that can bring hope to people."

"Old man, I really understand, don't worry, I won't let you down, I want to be more than just the title of 'Forest Pillar', I want to be a swordsman who can truly deserve this title." Shinichi folded the letter carefully and put it in the silver mirror on his waist.

Aww! Enji's excited cry came from behind. Looking over, a chubby goldfish was pulled out of the pond by Enji at some point, and it was jumping on a pile of stones in vain.

Holding Enji who was slapped, the moment Shinichi stepped out of the gate of the Umayashiki mansion, his eyes were more determined than ever.

Outside the gate, Hidden Team member Goto was still folding his arms angrily. Seeing Shinichi coming out, he rolled his eyes immediately. Although he was angry, he still came to lead the way for Shinichi. After all, Shinichi was not familiar with the Demon Slayer Corps.

"Well, I was wrong before. I shouldn't have been so aggressive. I'm sorry." Looking at the angry Goto, Shinichi scratched his head and apologized.

Goto stopped and said seriously: "I don't care about your attitude, the key is that you can't be so bad to the lord!

However, looking at you now, I guess you should have realized your mistake. The lord has always been like this. Everyone who has talked to the lord will be impressed by the lord."

"That's true..."