With Your Surname, Crown My Name

"Nothing of the sort, you must have misseen it," Kurozawa said with an awkward smile.

He felt a blush creep up his face, embarrassed at being caught looking so pathetic.

Hongyue chuckled softly, remaining silent but watching Kurozawa with an expression that said, I understand everything.

The faint dimples that appeared with her smile were quite cute. Kurozawa had a strong urge to poke them with his finger, but he managed to suppress the thought with great effort. He casually swatted the unlucky bear beneath him that was trying to lift its head, knocking it out again.

Kurozawa said, "I didn't expect that besides causing damage, sunlight would also come with such intense pain—" Before he could finish speaking, Kurozawa's voice trailed off, and he turned his head to look at Hongyue.

He remembered something.

That day they parted ways in Asakusa, because he had asked for a paper umbrella to shield himself from the sun, Hongyue's entire body had been exposed to the sunlight. Her brow had furrowed slightly, seemingly uncomfortable, but overall, she hadn't appeared to be in such agony.

But now, after experiencing it himself, Kurozawa understood the threat level of sunlight.

Even with Kurozawa's resilient will, he couldn't resist that intense pain. Upon initial contact, the agony spread throughout his body as if struck by lightning, even causing his body to react on its own and shed tears.

And he had only exposed one hand, grit his teeth the whole time.

But Hongyue had been fully exposed to the sunlight, enduring that severe pain for a full seven or eight seconds, just to respond to Kurozawa's unreliable probing.

Seven or eight seconds... That amount of time was enough to completely destroy a weaker Lower Moon, turning it into ash.

Understanding this, for a moment, Kurozawa didn't know if Hongyue was somewhat foolish or too indulgent of him, but he realized something extremely important: Hongyue was someone he had to treat with genuine sincerity.

In this Demon Slayer world, she was the only person he could frankly face.

At the same time, Hongyue nodded, "Yes, sunlight is our greatest nemesis."

"It's best to stay away from it as much as possible."

No life form is perfect; they all have some flaws, more or less, and the Demon body is particularly severe in this regard.

Kurozawa suddenly thought of a character from his previous life, Superman. Despite being an existence like a god on Earth, capable of stopping meteors with one hand, he could be affected and weakened to the level of an ordinary person by a small stone.

Could it be that the stronger the life, the more pronounced certain flaws become...? "Hongyue, have you ever thought about how to fix the flaws in the Demon body?"

Hongyue's expression darkened, but she quickly composed herself.

"I've tried many methods, but none have succeeded."

"I've tried to make my body adapt to this destructive damage, but countless times of excruciating pain only yielded a few minutes of resistance. Perhaps, by enduring my body being destroyed by sunlight every day, continuously for thousands of years, it might be possible to become truly immune to sunlight."

Just 'might be possible'... I should still find a way to get those three thousand-plus Potential Points. Kurozawa had no other hope.

But Hongyue thought for a while and continued, "However, Father said that learning Sun Breathing might perfect the Demon body, but Sun Breathing has long been lost. No one in the entire Demon Slayer Corps knows it, and I've searched for a long time without finding any clues about Sun Breathing."

"Perhaps Yoriichi Tsugikuni knew this and deliberately didn't leave behind the inheritance of Sun Breathing."

Hearing Hongyue's words, Kurozawa's eyes lit up. After a moment of contemplation, he said, "Perhaps I know where someone might know Sun Breathing."

In the original timeline, Nezuko Kamado was the first Demon who could walk in sunlight, possibly because the Kamado family's ancestral Kagura dance of the Fire God actually contained the rhythm and pattern of Sun Breathing.

And the Kamado family members had learned the Kagura dance for generations, their Constitution might have already been different from ordinary people.

Furthermore, in the memory fragments of Kawaru Toki, Kurozawa remembered that he also gained the ability to walk in the sun because of Sun Breathing, gradually perfecting his Demon body with no more flaws.

Probably because Kawaru Toki had a deep connection with the Kamado family, he didn't tell Hongyue that Sun Breathing could be found at the Kamado house. It's also possible that he simply wanted Kurozawa to be the one to tell Hongyue.

So, under the gaze of Hongyue's bright, sparkling eyes, Kurozawa confirmed, "If I remember correctly, not far from Mount Sagiri, there should be a family named Kamado..."

"Go there, and there's a high probability of finding Sun Breathing."

Kurozawa knew the location of the Kamado family.

Because he had been there when he was a teenager. After all, upon arriving in the Demon Slayer world, he had a natural interest in the Kamado family, and that area wasn't far from Mount Sagiri, just separated by one mountain.

Back then, Kurozawa had easily found the exact location and even secretly went to take a look, though he had only seen Tanjiro's father, Tanjuro, once.

"Kamado?" Hongyue's expression froze. She was very intelligent and quickly made many connections. "Father's last name is Kamado. Is there some connection between them...?"

Kurozawa thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I saw your father's memories in this world; there shouldn't be any."

Since they were not worlds in the same cycle, there should logically be no connection. To Kamado Kawarutoki, the Kamado family in this world were just strangers with similar faces and personalities to his own family.

Suddenly, Kurozawa looked closely at Hongyue and said in surprise, "Then your name is actually Kamado Hongyue?"

Since she was an orphan adopted by Kamado Kawarutoki, she should have the same last name as him.

But Hongyue didn't nod. She looked at Kurozawa with a smile, her beautiful face seeming to have a layer of soft light that illuminated the dark cave.

"No, I don't have a last name. My name is just Hongyue."

Kurozawa was taken aback, then asked curiously, "Why?"

Hongyue lowered her head, her voice becoming a little softer.

"Father said that in the future, I would meet you."

"And then?" Kurozawa continued to ask.

"And then... And then, take your last name, and be known by my name."

By the end, her voice was almost inaudible, as thin as a mosquito's buzz, but Kurozawa still heard clearly.

No wonder when they met for the second time, Hongyue had proposed marriage. But she must have thought about it for a long time before making that decision. Now, formally bringing it up again, Hongyue's voice sounded a little shy, completely different from her usual cool demeanor.

Take your last name, and be known by my name... Kurozawa's heart gave a sudden, strong beat, stirred with emotion. His gaze towards Hongyue became even softer.

This was the first time in his two lives that someone had said something like this to him; he'd never had a similar experience in his previous life.

At this moment, Hongyue looked up and gazed seriously at Kurozawa. A faint, alluring blush spread across her fair face.

"I know you didn't understand everything before, so you agreed without thinking."

"So, I'll ask again now."

"Kurozawa, are you married?"

These were the exact same words as when he met Asakusa, but the difference was that Kurozawa had now lowered his guard.

Kurozawa smiled, straightened himself, looked directly at Hongyue, and said seriously, "No."

"Then, will you marry me?" Hongyue's red lips parted slightly, and a soft voice emerged.

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