824 True Demon (2/2)

”Although it's difficult to believe, it's still a fact This evil demon may look similar to us, but he's completely different inside,” the beautiful woman stated calmly ”He is an existence from the outside world, an existence that isn't per calamity and destruction Unless he is killed, everybody in the toill die”

Koutarou dazedly stared at his sister, as enveloped in that strange ht now

”…If that evil demon is slain, can Fuyumi be saved?”

”Maybe… but there's only a tiny sliver of hope,” the beautiful woentle tone ”The evil de to the point where it's likely that all the samurais in the town combined will be unable to slay him Only the same type of de to slay the evil demon, I can help you to obtain such power But, nohim or not, the end result will be that you will die”

Koutarou felt like his ht now

Who was this beautiful woman? Were her words trustworthy? How could he obtain demonic power…? He had too many questions, and was unable to come up with any answers

He was only a coal seller! While he ht not have been very rich, he had led a peaceful and ordinary life since he'd been born He had always had a job that only required physical labor, and he hardly ever had to use his brain Nor had anyone ever taught hiical reasoning abilities were quite li that happened to him so far today was far beyond his co right now He knew that he absolutely had to protect his younger sister!

This was a dying wish of his father who had died long ago This was a very part of him that had embedded itself deeply into his instinct as an older brother's

He had to protect his sister

Even if she had already become a de her

Even if this sliver of hope would cost him his life

”…Please… help h the torii and arrived at a shrine He saw a single sa in front of the shrine

This samurai wore his hair in a ponytail, and had an extreynous—appearance His beauty was on par with Hoshi+'s, but he had a different aura If Hoshi+ could be described as reseirl”, then this sah he was by hier than all the samurais froht, as he was still thinking about all the sa to this person

”hello… My name is Harano May I ask for your name?”

The handso up in a light tone, ”My nao-san Do you happen to kno this place… how this toas created?” Seiji asked

The handsoo, a village appeared here,” he began telling a story in that sae lived their lives as if it was only natural None of them realized that they had suddenly appeared in this world Only one woe was suddenly born She also wondered why she was the only one who had athan others, and why she had power that nobody else had Finally, she decided to understand it all as a God's blessing She constructed this shrine and started living here and dedicating herself to that God

”As tiradually expanded into a town And then, one day, demons appeared These demons devoured several people The woman used her power to kill the demons, yet new demons constantly appeared

”She used all the ideas she could think of Yet, she was unable to stop the de There were always people that would transform into new demons

”Finally, she understood that this was a destined cala dehter And so, she used a portion of her power to create a unique individual, a single samurai ould slay de demons, he also trained some ordinary people so that they could also beco as the very first saeously sacrificed theainst demons, all in order to protect the people important to the glance at Seiji's face

”Today, an evil demon from the outside world arrived”

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