Playful Butterly

As the night turned into midnight, the entertainment district was no longer as crowded as before.

Unlike future generations, where people might even stay at a party for 24 hours a day, in this era, when it had turned into midnight, all of them quickly rested and prepared for work the next day. 

Well, it was probably all quiet since they were all mating in the room now. 

"I don't want to die... I don't want to die..." 

Still, in this quiet entertainment district, Suma walked quietly, slowly, holding her kunai and muttering cowardly words as she looked around anxiously. While she had taken the initiative to become bait, she was so frightened when she became one. 

Yet, this couldn't be helped, right? 

After all, compared to the others, she was just a weakling. 

"Is this going to be alright?" Makio looked at Suma worriedly. She might often snap and slap Suma, but even so, due to their relationship, it was impossible to see her fellow wife die like that. 

"I can be the bait," Hinatsuru said since she was afraid 

"No, it has to be hers," Isao unexpectedly said. 

"Why?" 2x

"Demons love to bully the weak. You guys are strong, so they will kill you immediately, but if it's Suma, they will toy with her for a while and relax their guard. It is like how a cat doesn't immediately kill or eat mice. It will bully it slowly, toying with it until it is bored, then it will kill it." 

Isao said those cruel words calmly. "If the demons plan to kill you immediately, then I can't confidently say that I can save you, but if they plan to bully you, then I can be sure that I can kill them and save you."

"If you say it that way..." 2x

Somehow, Isao had a way to persuade others, and they also had to admit that if it was Suma, those demons would bully her for a while, giving Isao a chance to save her. Moreover, they had to admit that if it was Suma, they also believed that those demons wouldn't kill her immediately; instead, they would bully her, considering how weak she appeared to be. 

Yet, this didn't stop them from worrying about them. 

Still, Isao glanced at their expressions, and he didn't see a blame in their eyes as if they were prepared for this. He thought that they would blame him for using Suma as bait, but that didn't seem to be the case. Their origin was shinobi, and they had joined the Demon Slayer Corps with their husband, so naturally, they were prepared to give up their life to fight. 

Yet, if Suma knew what the content of their conversation was, she definitely would cry out loud, thinking that they were all cruel. While it was true that she was cowardly and weak, she still had a heart. Being cruelly described as a weakling that wouldn't be taken seriously by the demons, her fragile heart definitely couldn't handle it. 

"I don't want to die... I don't want to die..." 

Fortunately, Suma didn't hear it, but she kept muttering those shameful words while moving her head in a rattling way, trying to search for the demons who killed her husband. 

"Hehehe... what a stupid woman!" 

"Wh-Who?!" 

Suma was startled and quickly tried to find the source of this voice. Soon, her eyes were attracted to the figure that sat on one of the rooftops in this district. 

Under the moonlight, this figure appeared so charming, and it was also understandable why this woman had bewitched the hearts of many men. 

"De-Demon!" 

The female demon smiled cruelly as she looked at Suma in amusement. 

The woman's figure is tall and curvaceous. She has lime-green eyes, long eyelashes, and very pale skin. Her hair is styled in a long ponytail with kanzashi hairpins (three on each side), and she has a pink flower-patterned obi wrapped around her waist.

Yet, the most noticeable feature of her appearance is the kanji for "Upper Rank" engraved in her left eye, and the "Six" is engraved on the right.

While this demon wasn't the one who gave the last blow to her husband, it was impossible for Suma to forget about this demon! 

Holding her kunai tightly as it was the only one that gave her a sense of security, Suma stared at this demon angrily, yet cowardly way. 

"Hahaha..." 

Yet, this female demon, Daki, was amused by Suma's act. "Why are you here? Do you want to throw away your life and meet your husband? Ah, by the way, your husband's meat is quite nice. As expected, the meat of the Hashira is delicious ~!" 

"You-You bastard!" 

Suma was crying, yet she didn't dare to move. 

"You don't have to worry. You will soon meet your husband." 

Daki didn't take Suma seriously and even landed in front of Suma, who quickly plopped on the ground in fear. Even if Suma held a weapon, she had never thought of Suma as a threat. Instead, she looked around and asked, "By the way, where are the others? They should be here, right?" 

"I-I am here alone! I want to avenge my husband!" Suma's state was still pathetic, but she still shouted angrily at this female demon. 

"Ha? Really? Just you?" Daki laughed even harder; as a temptress and the most popular prostitute in the entertainment district, her laughter was so charming, yet even with such a lovely laugh, it was impossible to erase the cruelty in her eyes. "Well, it doesn't matter; I will send you off to your husband soon. You don't have to worry, I will kill you cruely~!" 

Suma was so frightened, and she cried with all of her might!

'IInuma-sama!' 

Suma hoped that Isao would come to save her as soon as possible. 

On the other hand, Hinatsuru and Makio were anxious. While they were so far away, they could see the fear in Suma. While they could see that Daki wouldn't kill Suma immediately, they couldn't stay calm when they saw how their fellow wives were playing like that, so they quickly looked at Isao, hoping he could save Suma, but when they turned, Isao had disappeared. 

"Huh?" 2x

They quickly searched for his figure and widened their eyes since they didn't expect that he would make his move! 

Yet, Daki didn't realize anything. 

Daki thought that it was fun to play with Suma, but when she was about to make Suma bleed first, wishing to play with this cowardly woman until she got bored, her forehead was stabbed by a lavender-blue thin, rapier-like blade. 

"Eh?" 

Daki was shocked when she suddenly realized that Isao had appeared before her as if a playful butterfly had landed on her palm. 

This man was so handsome, she thought. 

Yet—

Isao didn't give Daki a chance to say anything, or rather, she couldn't talk since she was poisoned by the rapier-like katana that stabbed her forehead, piercing deeply into her skull, and at the same time, the light pink blade gleamed beautifully in the night sky. 

He used Kanae's katana on his right hand to cut Daki's neck swiftly. 

Everything was done swiftly, without any waste in his movement. 

Everything was so perfect that no one could find a fault in it. 

"Eh?" 

Only Daki was so confused about what was happening, but when she realized everything, her head slid down from her neck and was caught by Isao's hand. 

"Unfortunately, you are a demon." 

His gentle smile was the only thought that Daki remembered before she died and disappeared from this world. 

[You have acquired Daki's DNA.]

[Do you want to absorb it?]

Isao accepted it right away, and at the same time, a centipede tattoo emerged between the red spider lily on his neck as if it had bloomed and mingled together, looking disgusting yet beautiful. 

Meanwhile, as a widow who had just lost her husband, Suma knew that this was wrong, but she had to say this guy was so hot~!