「" Do i look like someone who talk much...?" Akao groaned , gripping the sheets in front of her tightly with teeth gritted.

The older Kocho sister smiled before pulling on the gips plaster which tightens around the blue head's chest.

And with that she grunted in suprise.

"Maybe if you talk more while i heal you , i won't suspect you dead and throw you off the cliff," She smiled directly at the younger.Her hands worked hard wiping off the blood from Akao's back , patting it with cotton and waved at Shinobu who enterred the medication room.

"Did she get hurt in mission or during getting blueberries..?" Shinobu crossed her arms , eyebrow raised as her figure's shadow loomed over the Ice Pillar.

"..at least they taste great," Akao teased.

Shinobu popped an irk mark.

"I'll make you taste dirt and shit,"

"I was just kidding,"

Shinobu glanced at Kanae , asking for confirmation.

The older giggled.

"Yes , she got hurt in mission.But it won't actually happen if you think MORE about your actions, riiight...?" Her smile darkened as she tighten the gips again , her sister's frightened figure backed up to the wall as Akao bit her lip trying not to let out dying noises.

"Shinobu-san..help..."」

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🥀 Chapter : 11🥀

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"And this , is where you'll live, with us.Winter Estate , might be too cold for you but you know what? let's just get in," Akao ended her tour around for the new Pillar which was new , Mist Pillar.

She walked in without glancing back , a bit annoyed.

She seems like an airhead.She keeps daydreamed all along the tour and never said anything except bowing to other Pillars.

Akao finally turned , a bit relieved that the new Pillar at least obeyed , walking in and looking around.

"...Messy,"

Akao stumbles.

"Excuse me what..?" She turned slowly , offended squint glaring at the younger Pillar.

"Did you not listen..? I said it's messy." Muichiro left the living room and went around the house leaving irk marks on the older Pillar.

Calm down , Akao.You are not allowed to kill a fellow Pillar , what's more a kid.

"Are you really the said perfect Pillar? They really did overpraised you,"  Muichiro squinted in disgust at the...undescribably detsroyed kitchen , turning back to the living room with arrogant face."Now where's my room?"

At this point , Akao's decided whether she should execute him with axe , poison , or straight wiht her katana.

No no , Akao , calm down.What's with you today..?

"It's there , the third room," Akao mutters , heads down in annoyance."And I HAVE cleaned it MYSELF," She empasized her syllables,  stealing glances at the Pillar's response.

"...."

"Ew."

Okay , enough alrea--

"Ooh...? Who's this?" A familiar voice emerges behind the opposite door.Kiseki popped her head out from her door gap , smiling at Muichiro.

She came right before Akao could straight up taught a lesson at Muichiro , looking at the bright side , that's good.

"The new Pillar , living here temporarily," Akao sighed , allowing Kiseki to interact with the junior.

Muichiro looked her up and down , finally bowing down casually and nodded.

"Muichirou..Tokito.Mist Pillar," he stated shortly.

Akao stared at Kiseki like crazy.

If i were her , i would have left him and do chored which will be way more interesting---

Swish.

Akao stood up from her elegant seating position , eyes wide.

She felt something familiar happening...

Every female's nightmare.

Oh no, please don't tell me...

"Kiseki , help her prepare and unpack," Akao exclaimed , rushing to the bathroom aside he corridor as fast as she could , ignoring Kiseki's nod of confusion.Right when she locked her way inside , she stripped and sighed.

"...here comes the Hell Month.."

She groaned , taking towels and such necessities , dashing in the bathroom again.

Is this why im so OOC recently...? Hormones , why now...?

No man , it's not because of that , it's just because your damned author sucks at keeping her OC's personality stay the same.

And so , the Ice Pillar spent a long time in the bathroom , cleaning the mess which made her always wanted to be a male instead.

"Yeah now , do you need me to help you unpack or...?" Kiseki offered , cautiously standing near the doorframe , eyeing the younger individual who looked like an airhead.

"....."

"I'll take that as a no.." Kiseki laughed it off awkwardly , sliding the door close to give the new 'girl' some privacy.

Kiseki rolled up her sleeves , excitedly cleaned the messy kitchen where her sword flew to today.

Her grip on it wasn't really good , and at a good swing , it crashed it's way into the kitchen.

For a bamboo sword , it sure is strong enough to break a wood plate.

Kiseki hummed as she professionally prepared the lunch , gleamed up at the sight of Akao , at the end of the corridor.

"Masayuki-san ? What happened?" Kiseki raised an eyebrow , noticing her Master's bitter face.

It's not like it was never bitter before , it's just way more annoyed than usual today.

"I'm currently drowning in the sea of red ink," Akao murmured,  passed her and grabbed a cup of tea , filling it with tea leaves and hot water.

Kiseki who catch up quick grimaced.

"Does it hurt too much?" She dried her hands and starts frying , glancing at the older sometimes.And soon enough , the smell of fried shrimp filled the estate.

Such a warming smell to be in a such dark and cold estate.

Akao sipped on her hot tea , leaning to the counter.

"Not really.What annoys me is the fact that everytime i move , im bleeding and once i let a drop show on my clothes , all i get is embarassment," Akao sighed , washing the glass before realizing the cleaned up kitchen.

"Also , thank you for your hard work,"

Kiseki giggled.

"Well...it's my fault anyways so..." Kiseki averted her eyes , avoiding Akao's annoyed stare.

Akao wasn't really the housewife type of lady , but that doesn't mean she can't clean the house or cook.Instead , she's a clean maniac , also a pretty good cook , if it's all for saving money.

She can't knit much , but she knew a bit about sewing and fixing stuffs.

But since Kiseki came , suddenly Akao feels like some lame lady.Not that she really minded that part , but what bothered was her guilt for Kiseki who as if becomes her slave too.

"Here , let me handle that.You go rest, or if you can , practice earlier," She commanded , earning a hesitant response for her tsuguko.

"Uh...okay,"

Akao stared at Kiseki's back as she grabbed her bamboo katana , and excitedly went to the field to practice.

Sometimes...though they don't really look alike...Kiseki reminds me of Kanae...

「" Soy sauce boiled ginger!!"

  "No , Blueberry dango!"

" Does such food even exist???"

"I don't know , might as well try a bite,"

"Whatever , I'm requesting soy sauce boiled ginger as dessert!"

"Noo , blueberry dango!"

Kanae-san appeared from the next room kitchen , voicing out her usual 'ara ara' while puting down two bowls of ginger dango on the table.

"How about ginger dango?"

Shinobu and i quickly extended our arms and took our bowls , eating the whole dessert down after thanking Kanae-san.

"Amazing , Onee-san!"

"Teach me.."

Kanae -san watched us eat in joy , patting our heads.

We were around 11 and 12 at the time, requesting the dessert fot the day before we went for practice.

Kanao wasn't there yet at that time , but she was found and taken in a few months after that day.

"Done.Im going practice," 11 years old me dashed with my plate to the kitchen and washed them , followed by Shinobu who complained about not wanting to compete but joined anyway.

"You are so impatient..anyway you have to learn to be patient , you know? Or else you won't be a good demon slayer , and your future tsuguko wouldn't last long~!" Kanae-San teased.

We both groaned , but keep pushed each others away anyway.

And as fast as the lightning ,i was already outside seizing my temporary katana, ready to train with sparkles in my eyes.

"Kanae-san , please teach me---"」

Akao shook her head hard.

Enough of reminiscing , there are a lot of things to look forwards to.

Akao looked at the calendar.

She has around two more years until she registers Kiseki to the Demon slayer exam.

Kanao's having the exam probably in a year and half , and will probably be the highest scorer in the exam since she was trained by two amazing Pillars for more than 5 years.

Well , taking it slowly...

"A-A-Akao-san!!! I made it..!!"

Suddenly Kiseki's voice boomed from the distance , stopping in front of the Estate.

Akao raised an eyebrow , grabbing her scarf hanging by the wall and her light blue katana next to it.

She rushed outside,  finding her tsuguko convincing her to see something eagerly.

"You made it..?"

A few seconds later , they are already at the field , with the old tree trunk that Kiseki used for training targets fell to the ground , cut in half not very neatly..but pretty impressive.

Akao facepalmed.

"Whose katana you borrowed? I thought i told you to be patient and finish the  method i gave your first , not jumping straight to cutting trunks," Akao glanced at her tsuguko warily.

Kiseki fidgeted on her spot.

"Um , I'm sorry , Masayuki-san , but i didn't borrow anyone's," She halted , a bit hesitant seeing Akao's changing expression.

"..what do you mean?" Akao raised an eyebrow , holding her tsuguko' s shoulders tightly.

Kiseki averted her eyes.

"I used my bamboo sword to it from a far only as a target as usual , but then i got carried away and i sliced it in two...I didn't believe it myself either!" She flailed her arms around , panicking under the suprised stare Akao gave her.

"Hold on...Kiseki...what..?" She looked at the tree trunk and her tsuguko back and forth , finally deciding to make Kiseki show it herself.

Without any further chit chat , Akao took a new tree trunk and hung it like usual , and stood by the tree.

"Do it," Akao observes her intensely , her reddish hue blue orbs piercing into her tsuguko's brown ones.

"Wait , Masayuki-san , what do you mea---"

"Prove it to me," Akao leaned on the tree , judging menacingly.Kiseki gulped.

"And if you can do it , I'll put you in the Exam earlier,"

Jackpot.

Right after she said that , something changed from Kiseki's aura.

It's burning darkly.

"...i see,"

Kiseki lowered her gaze ,  covering her face with her bangs for a second , before revealing her tough burning eyes.

The same burning eyes that stood right in front of Akao when Akao found out Kiseki's only obsessing over one goal.

"I will be able to avenge my father...faster," On Kiseki's face , was a calm but a triumpant face , with her eyes focused like if she looks away , she'll die.

"I shall show Masayuki-san , that I'm worthy," For a second there, Akao felt her arm tremble.

Her interest just boosted way too high for Kiseki.

Amazing.

She hasn't cut the tree or showed me the result , but she has proven me that she has achieved the first terms of being an ice breathing user....

[ • Ice breathing user has its own difficulties.They are only suited for calm people , who can control their emotions and keep calm under pressuring moments.Some drastic unsettling emotion, and the breathing will tear apart your body.

But since ice breathing user were trained to be like that , sometimes as a beginning defense , and as for mental defense,  there will be nothing.The ice users will also be quick to lose motivation and will to live.

And so , the first user of ice breathing , whose name never got mentioned by Oyakata-sama , decided to add another term for ice breathing user , one of the most important part of power , and defense....]

Akao smirked slowly , eyes following Kiseki's moves as she aimed and swung her bamboo sword , exhaling warm air around the winter  breeze as she saw the big pieces of trunk falling down from the knot.

Kiyotachi Kiseki , 14 years old.

A former lady of the temple owner also the maiden of the temple , zero experience of fighting  and swordsmanship before.

My first tsuguko , the third person in the world to use ice breathing...

Has finally achieved her own bloodlust aura.

Akao looked up to the grey blueish sky , staring at the clouds dearly.

Kanae-San.

Can you see how cool my first tsuguko is?

I miss you.

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I am sorry...

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