Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

In the darkness of night, under the moonlight, nestled among a mountain of moderate height, lies a harmonious and peaceful town, its lights gleaming brightly, vying with the moon for brilliance.

A winding path, overgrown with weeds on both sides, leads directly to the town.

Two dark figures walked slowly toward the town. One was large and the other small, one in front and one behind, pulling and tugging at each other as they walked.

Li Lei held a rope made of silk threads, pulling on the reluctant Xiao Hei.

Li Lei pulls him along, and Xiao Hei takes a step.

Looking at Xiao Hei, who didn't want to walk, Li Lei sighed.

"Hey—! Little Black! It's been ten minutes, haven't you recovered yet?"

Little Black, lying on the ground, glanced up at Li Lei, then lowered its head and continued lying down, silently expressing its dissatisfaction with Li Lei's behavior.

Seeing that Xiao Hei was ignoring him, Li Lei blinked and decided to use Xiao Hei's ultimate move.

"Little Black, do you see that brightly lit town ahead? There's lots of delicious food inside."

"Like grilled fish, grilled meat, takoyaki, sashimi, sushi, tempura, and even honey! (っ????) Don't you want to go check it out?"

Little Black (￣￢￣*) drooled as he listened intently, imagining what the food would look like.

"Hehe! It's taken the bait!" Li Lei thought to himself as he watched the drooling little black dog.

"Little Black, if you don't get up soon, all the food will be eaten by others!" Li Lei continued to tempt him.

Little Black, lying on the ground, heard Li Lei's words. His whole body began to move uncontrollably, wanting to get up, while Little Black was also caught in a fierce internal struggle.

"Really? Master, you're not lying to me again, are you?" Xiao Hei looked up at Li Lei and asked. (╭╮?)

"Of course it's true! Look at my serious expression!"

Li Lei put on a very serious act of putting on a kind face.

Looking at Li Lei's kind face, Xiao Hei's conflicted heart still couldn't believe it.

"No! Unless you swear you won't lie to Xiao Hei." Xiao Hei said seriously to Li Lei.

Seeing that Xiao Hei wouldn't be so easily fooled again, Li Lei felt a surge of joy. "Xiao Hei, finally not so easy to fool anymore!"

Li Lei reached out his right hand and ruffled Xiao Hei's hair. He smiled and said:

"Little Black has grown up! Okay, I swear!"

Li Lei stretched out his left hand and raised it to the sky, his index, middle, and ring fingers forming an oath.

"If I, Li Lei, ever lie to Xiao Hei again, I'll definitely get sunburned in the future!"

"Do you think it's okay, Xiao Hei?" Li Lei said with a smile, looking at Xiao Hei.

“Master! Actually… you don’t need to make such a big oath! You can just make a small oath, and I’ll believe you.” Xiao Hei said to Li Lei with a somewhat dejected expression.

"It's alright! Who told Xiao Hei to be my most adorable subordinate!" Li Lei said with a smile, continuing to rub Xiao Hei's head.

"But...but ghosts die from sunbathing!" Little Black cried out to Li Lei, his eyes filled with tears.

"Oh! Is Little Black worried about me, its master?"

"No, that's not it! I'm just... just afraid there won't be any food!" Xiao Hei said stubbornly.

"Alright! Little Black, let's go! Let's go to town to get something to eat." Li Lei reached out and grabbed Little Black, heading towards town.

……

The streets were brightly lit, bustling with people, and filled with a dazzling array of goods and the enticing aromas of various snacks. Passersby were buying what they needed.

On the street where goods were sold, there was a strange pair. A boy wearing a gray-white kimono with a spiderweb pattern was holding a white rope and leading a small dog that looked like a bear.

The little black dog with a white rope around its neck stared intently at the passersby, as if it wanted to devour everyone in front of it.

The snacks he had been longing for were now completely ignored by Xiao Hei.

"Master! These people smell so good! Can I have a bite?" Little Black, who was tied up, looked at Li Lei with longing eyes.

"No! Xiao Hei! You can't eat these people!" Li Lei said sternly to Xiao Hei.

"But...but these people smell so good! Master, you must have smelled it too!" Xiao Hei tried to convey his thoughts to Li Lei, unwilling to give up.

"Xiao Hei, didn't you want to eat these snacks just now? You don't want them now!" Li Lei brought up what happened before.

"No more, no more, I want to eat people now!" Xiao Hei kept transmitting his thoughts to Li Lei.

"Little Black! Since you're not interested in snacks now, let's go home today!" With that, Li Lei tightened the rope and dragged Little Black toward Tianyi Mengxiang's house.

"Ah! I want to eat people! Master, I want to eat people!" Little Black let out a miserable scream like a bear cub, and was ruthlessly dragged away by Li Lei.

Little Black's claws left seven or eight increasingly longer claw marks on the ground.

Amidst the curious stares of passersby, Li Lei, holding the white rope, dragged Xiao Hei away into the distance.

Soon, Li Lei dragged Xiao Hei and disappeared down the street. The strange combination of Li Lei and Xiao Hei had made the street feel odd, but it had now returned to its usual bustling state.

……

A courtyard, a tree. A fleeting image, a lingering longing.

In the quiet courtyard, beneath the wisteria tree, a figure in purple robes gazes at the blossoming tree.

"Sigh—! It seems I won't be coming back! But then again! Who would want to live in a courtyard with blooming wisteria?" A somewhat melancholic Ten'i Moka muttered to herself in a low voice.

A gentle breeze stirs, clothes flutter, long hair dances in the wind. Wisteria blossoms sway, grass stirs, but the figure remains still. All things move and turn, yet the person remains motionless, a pang of sorrow lingers.

A tear, which had appeared out of nowhere, swirled in the corner of Ten'i Moka's eye.