Demon Slayer: Upper 0 seems to be a waste

What kind of boy is that?

He is a noisy, active, and restless child with boundless energy, endless desire to explore, and excessive curiosity.

The centuries of experience he had actually lived through had no effect on the decades that appeared on his exterior.

A ghost that had lived for so long looked and acted more immature and fragile than him.

It's really unreasonable.

"Tired. What is family."

Boys often ask meaningless questions.

What are the stars above his head called? What kind of flowers and plants are there? How does his mother's silk thread control the puppet? How does the silk thread in his hands twist into beautiful and intricate patterns? Or, even more absurdly, ask if he would die if his neck was cut off?

But occasionally, there are questions like this that are a little more valuable.

Tired usually only gives answers to questions like this.

"A family is made up of a group of people: a father, a mother, and children. The father has his duties as a father, and the mother has her duties as a mother. Everyone must fulfill their responsibilities and do their own things. Such a group of people are like family to each other."

"So tired and everyone, we are family."

Occasionally, words would come out of that mouth that would make people happy.

"Yeah. We're family."

They are family, without a doubt. They have similar looks and abilities, living together, each fulfilling their responsibilities as a family member, forming a new family, and they will have their own future.

They are family.

Surprisingly, the boy was silent, which was unusual for him.

Usually such words will be followed by more questions or answers, or the boy’s own thoughts. The boy always likes to say something and then wait for him to reply. Even if he doesn’t want to reply, he will never be discouraged and will just continue to try.

"What about me? Am I considered a member of the family?"

The boy asked him this.

Lei didn't answer, and the boy got the answer from that expressionless face. He wasn't, he certainly wasn't a member of this family, they weren't really family.

The boy lowered his head and sat there quietly, and only raised his head after a long time.

"I'm tired. Please teach me how to knit that pattern you made yesterday."

The loss did not stay for long on the boy, nor did the silence and discouragement. He could always cheer up quickly and throw away everything that did not make him happy.

Then continue smiling.

This is a question, or application, that does not require an answer.

Or request.

Because even if he is tired of refusing, the boy will not give up, but will sit next to him and start to do it himself, until he is tired of watching it anymore and reaches out to correct him.

Although he was tired, he felt that he had begun to get used to such days.

The boy was very noisy and boisterous, but that was not entirely a bad thing. The family had lacked some vitality before, and the boy's arrival filled some gaps. He still did not belong to this family, but he had indeed integrated into this family in his own way.

So it's not all bad.

Lei still didn't understand why the boy came here, but he was beginning to think it was a good thing.

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This is a great place, much better than anywhere else I've been.

Although there were no completed houses, no vast plains, and no soft beds, Lingguang still felt that this place was very good.

He had lived in the mountains before, but not with this much freedom.

Climbing trees, going up mountains, going down rivers, he can do whatever he wants. No one will stop him, no one will disturb him. He can do whatever he wants. The whole mountain is his paradise.

The ghosts here are also very nice.

'Mother' would let him go out to play, but would quietly place a small spider on him when he left to confirm his location. Every time he was having fun and was about to get close to the foot of the mountain, the tough silk thread would firmly pull him, warning him that he had gone too far away from 'home' and it was time to turn back.

Sometimes his 'sister' would play with him, using a very flexible spider web to make a swing and let him swing high in the air. Sometimes she would chat with him, and when he was sitting, she would ask him why he came here and why he didn't get tired and tear off his face, which was completely different from theirs.

'Father' is silent most of the time, as is 'brother'. When they speak, it usually means something is happening, such as a hunter who has lost his way, a lost child, a fleeing ghost, or a ghost hunter chasing them.

It's nice here.

It's just that Rui doesn't seem to like him very much, but he doesn't seem to hate him either. Perhaps Rui is just like he used to be, wondering why Muzan kept him here, even though he clearly doesn't fit in with everything here. Every new guardian has these moments. Rinkou has learned not to think about these things, but Rui doesn't seem to have learned to let go of these questions.

Rinkou wasn't sure if Rui would want to learn this little trick.

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Rinkou doesn't understand what family is.

Like his father, it was a word he rarely used and could not understand.

He didn't understand why a group of ghosts he didn't know could be called family after changing their appearance and using a different name.

Is this what family is? Is this how family should be understood?

Lin Guang was confused. But this was how Rui understood it, so Lin Guang just followed suit.

It was as if the word "father" had been given a new meaning by Muzan. And the word "family" had also been given a new meaning by Lei.

There was no right or wrong, Lin Guang just did what he was told.

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"A ghost hunter is approaching."

The boy's senses were sharper than those of ordinary ghosts. When he said this, Lei was unaware that outsiders had entered the territory. It was only after that that he realized that there were indeed ghost hunters approaching, but they had not yet set foot in this territory.

"Yeah. It's okay, mother will take care of it."

They are just ghost hunters. Even if there are more of them, Lei is sure that his mother will handle it. If his mother cannot handle it well, then she will be derelict in her duty. His father will handle it, and his mother will be punished. This is the rule in the family.

"Want to take a look."

The boy is curious about everything, even ghost hunters.

Lei knew that the boy might not be really curious about the so-called ghost hunters, but more about the things that ghost hunters carry with them. The boy was very interested in human things, whether it was food or objects, he liked them all.

He had just put a knife belonging to a ghost hunter into the pot on his wrist, and Lei saw it with his own eyes.

"it is good."

This was not an excessive request, so Lei agreed.

Anyway, if you don't agree, the boy will go there on his own...

After all, it was Lord Muzan who gave it to him, so he had to keep an eye on this boy.

"It doesn't look very strong."

The boy's eyes were also very sharp. It seemed as if they could see something that others could not see, and they could distinguish between the strong and the weak very clearly.

"Ah."

Lei agreed with this. He could easily deal with a very weak ghost hunter and cut him into pieces with just a few strings.

The ghost being chased by the ghost hunters was also very weak, only able to escape, and was about to be caught. It was a female, who looked slightly older, but a little younger than her 'sister'.

Lei doesn't mind having an extra sister at home.

"Hey. You, want to become my family?"

He then extended an invitation.