Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

It was the second night, in the courtyard where the wisteria trees grew. Under the silvery moonlight, beside the five or six-meter-tall wisteria trees, on the clear grass.

A young couple, seemingly lovers, lay side by side, bathed in the cool moonlight streaming down from the sky. A gust of wind blew, causing the wisteria leaves to sway and shatter the moonlight.

The scattered moonlight, like petals falling from the silver moon, cast a touch of romance upon the figures on the grass.

Just then! A beautiful and melodious voice rang out from under the tree.

"Tired. Don't you hate wisteria flowers? In my memory, ghosts really dislike these things."

Ten'i Moka, who was lying next to Li Lei under the tree, asked in a choked voice.

Li Lei gazed at the sparse moonlight filtering through the leaves and calmly said:

"I don't hate it now! But before, because of my demonic instincts, I really disliked wisteria flowers, since they're something that can kill demons."

"However, later on, in order to reduce my weaknesses after becoming a demon, I found a way to overcome them. So I stopped hating it."

"Because I know that after I become a demon, to live well, it's not enough to just become stronger; I also need to overcome my weaknesses."

"Oh, I see! They really work hard just to survive!"

Upon hearing Li Lei's explanation, Tenyi Moka murmured.

"It's not as good as my sister says! I just don't want to be vulnerable when facing enemies because of the wisteria flower, even when I'm strong enough to win."

"But ultimately, this neglected weakness was exploited by the enemy, leading to his death."

Li Lei explained this to Tianyi Mengxiang.

Amane Moeka: "Oh! I see!"

At this moment, Ten'i Moka, who was lying flat on the grass, suddenly turned over and looked at Li Lei beside her.

"Tired. What are your plans for the future? Will you travel around? Or will you stay here and live with me?"

"I have no idea?"

Faced with Amako's sudden question, Li Lei, who had never thought about this, answered with difficulty. Having wandered aimlessly since becoming a ghost, he had never imagined having family or friends.

Faced with the sudden appearance of "family ties?", he, who has always been a wanderer, is unsure of what to choose.

"do not know?"

Amane Moka looked at him in surprise and repeated, but soon, the surprise on Amane Moka's face turned into a smile.

At this moment, Tianyi Moka, who was very happy, smiled and said to Li Lei:

"If you're tired and don't know where to go in the future, why don't you live with your sister in this courtyard? From now on, your sister will take care of you!"

Upon hearing Ten'i Moka's request for him to live with her, Li Lei's heart suddenly started beating faster than usual.

"This...it's not good!"

Li Lei suppressed his inner joy and said.

"I'm tired. I'm your older sister now. What's wrong with living with your older sister?"

Li Lei: "But..."

"There are no 'buts', I'm tired! You have to think about it, if you were caught eating someone outside and it got back to me, how sad and upset I would be."

Ten'i Moka quickly interrupted Li Lei, who was about to speak.

Li Lei sighed as he looked at Tianyi Mengxiang, who didn't want him to leave.

"Alright then! Sister, I won't leave."

Hearing that Li Lei had agreed to let him keep Tianyi Mengxiang, she smiled from the bottom of her heart.

After laughing, Ten'i Moka reached out and hugged Li Lei, saying:

"You're tired. You need to know that it's very dangerous for a demon to wander around aimlessly and be discovered by the Demon Slayer Corps, which hunts demons."

"But I don't want you to get into danger, Lei. After all, you're my only family now. What would I do if something happened to you out there!"

"Gah-"

Just then, a bright crow's caw came from overhead.

The two people who heard it looked up together at the source of the sound, and what came into view was a small crow that was much larger than an ordinary crow, standing on the branch of a wisteria tree.

The sound of a small bird speaking came from the tree.

"Master, Master, I have given the delicious food to Xiao Hei as you instructed!"

"Little Wu, I understand. You're free to do nothing else now, go play by yourself!"

Li Lei said to Xiao Wu.

"Okay, master!"

The little bird, who had been listening, flew off to play elsewhere.

"Tired. How did this crow manage to carry such a big bag of food over and back so quickly?"

Ten'i Moka asked Li Lei.

In response to Amami Moka's question, Li Lei replied:

The bag of food that Xiao Wu gave to Xiao Hei was actually quite heavy; I used the Blood Demon Art—Weight Stacking—to make it much heavier than it looked.

Amane Moka said, "Oh, I see! I knew it! How could a crow possibly lift something heavier than itself!"