Y/n was an unlucky man

Fate was never by his side

He has seen many demons kill many people

And he has lost many friends

So he did something that he believed would save lives

He isolated himself from everyone

His days were lonely but peaceful.

This would be the last time he would know peace

Y/n: "One.. Two... Three... Four... And five."

Y/n was currently picking some herbs from his garden to make food, as he picked the ones he needed he heard a bush moving

Curiosity peaked in the man, but in a world with demons, it is best to simply ignore the noise and move on

He is temporarily safe due to the fact that the sun was out, but the wisteria trees are too young to do much against a demon. He would have to rely on pouches of wisteria, that he bought, in order to keep the demons from raiding his house

Y/n chose to leave the noise be. Better safe than sorry, right?

What he didn't expect was a woman with a mixed haori to come out. She seemed injured and her haori was torn, despite this, her face remained static.

There was no movement, she didn't show any pain. She took a step, and then another. She kept on walking until she was a few feet Infront of him

"Could you... Help me?" The woman said, tilting her head slightly

Y/n didn't know how to respond. She's injured, but if he helps her, she might die

It's a gamble, if he helped then he might be able to send her off before anything happens

But if he doesn't, then he might involuntary cause a death

"I'll help you" Y/n spoke in a rather quiet voice

Y/n went over to her side and supported her as you walk towards your house

"Careful" Y/n said as he guided the woman towards a chair

He looks around for bandages and something to disinfect the wound

After a while of looking, Y/n comes back with some bandages and, oddly enough, a jar of honey

Y/n starts wrapping the wounds in the bandages and using the honey only if the wound was infected

There was one problem. There was a wound on the woman's stomach.

"I'm sorry to ask you, but could you lift up your shirt?" Y/n asked the woman who merely nodded in response

The woman unbuttoned a part of her shirt and lifted it up, exposing the wound that needed to be treated

As Y/n was treating the wound. The woman kept on staring at Y/n.

'His touch is cold.' "Like a flowing river" the woman thought and said unintentionally

"Excuse me?" Y/n asked the woman. He had just finished treating her wound

"Nothing" The woman mumbled. The woman got up and started to make her way out

Before she could reach the exit, her legs began to tremble before she fell on the floor

"May I rest here?" The woman asked Y/n. He pondered for a minute. He should in theory be safe and if he's safe then so should the woman

"Alright. But only until you recover" Y/n says towards the woman

"My name is Tomioka Giyuu" the woman now identified as Giyuu tells Y/n

"My name is L/n Y/n" Y/n says in response

A silence befel the two, only the sound of the wind was heard. Not long after, Y/n stood up and he made his way out.

"I'm going hunting..." His hushed tone whispered out as he grabbed a handmade trap

Y/n closed the door behind him as the woman waved at him, and he began his walk towards the surrounding woods

Delicately and with precision, the trap was set. The trap itself barely being big enough to hold a hare.

Just as Y/n finished setting up the trap. He heard the sound of a twig snapping.

Without hesitation, he grabbed a pouch of wisteria, and he threw it towards the source of the sound.

The sound of a person, scrambling to regain balance was what followed. And then a voice cried out in fear

"No! Wait! Ma'am! I swear it was just a mista-" The sickening sound of flesh and bone being crushed was heard the moment the voice stopped talking.

Carefully, Y/n grabbed another punch of wisteria, holding it tightly in his hands, ready to rip it open if need be as he got closer to the source of the sound.

And yet there was nothing. Only a puddle of dark crimson liquid and a piece of paper that remained untouched.

Picking it up, Y/n realized that it was a page of a story book, still in a mostly pristine condition.

"The Man and The Demon" was the title of the page. It contained the meeting of a man and a woman who is constantly referred to as a demon and an event that caused both parties to meet.

Putting it in his bag, Y/n simply decided to hide behind something to wait for the trap to act. Placing down several wisteria pouches for safety.

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And that is all for this chapter. It's a short chapter but I was running out of ideas

Taisho era secrets

Our host for today? None other than water lady herself.

"From what I saw Y/n appears to have no shame. When he asked me to unbutton my shirt, I didn't see a trace of embarrassment on his face"