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'I ask you to allow Tanjiro and his sister to travel together. Thanks to her mental fortitude, Nezuko has not lost her human reason. Even if she was starving, she has never eaten a human and that has been the case for more than two years after. Although the situation may seem outlandish, it is, in fact, the reality. In case Nezuko attacks another human, I myself, as well as, Tanjiro Kamado and Giyu Tomioka, will take responsibility by going to seppuku.'
Tanjiro could only hold his breath as the girl next to the master finished speaking, her smile unperturbed, wrapping the letter in her hands again.
Almost reflexively, even though his face was glued to the stones on the floor that almost pierced the skin on his cheek thanks to Sanemi's pushing, his gaze immediately traveled to Giyu at the end of the row of all the other pillars.
To his profile. To his unwavering expression and the dull blue eyes, he remembered, this time fixed on some spot on the ground in front of him.
Tanjiro could hear his own heart bouncing in his ears very loudly and a warm feeling settling in his chest. He no longer cared about the pain in his ribs or the endless fatigue in his muscles, for his attention was on him.
The man who had given them another chance years ago. The man who had finished off the demon Rui on the mountain immediately and without batting an eye. The man who had saved them. The man who had promised to give his life for his sister's sake.
For a second he was overwhelmed, one might even say moved, to the point where tears came out and slid down the curvature of his nose. In the silence that formed until Sanemi spoke again, Tanjiro could only think of how amazing Tomioka-san was, and how much he admired that man.