LRAB Chapter 78 Someone Will Care
Chapter 78 Someone Will Care
Chapter 78 Someone Will Care (5/4)
No one cares that a ghost has already attained enlightenment from the moment it becomes a ghost.
Carrying Kanao on his back, Su Mu ran through the rain. The girl's hands were tightly wrapped around his neck, and her head was pressed against him. He could feel the warmth of her breath.
"If you can't stand it, remember to tell me."
He spoke in a low voice.
Running wildly in such a rainstorm, especially in winter, even though she dressed Kanao in thick clothes and put a raincoat on her, it was still not something a girl could endure in such cold weather.
"I'm fine, Uncle."
Kanao whispered a reply in his ear.
Su Mu didn't say anything more and walked silently through the rain in the dark night.
He didn't know how long he had walked or how many areas he had searched, but finally, as dawn was breaking, he led Kanao into a cave.
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The cave's owner was originally a mountain bear, but now he lies quietly on the ground as a corpse.
A campfire was lit, and a temporary resting place was set up around the flames for Kanao, while the girl struggled to chop bear paws with a knife.
Because that's what we'll be having for dinner tonight.
Kanao was still too small; even with both hands gripping the Nichirin Blade tightly, it was still quite difficult for her to sever the bear's paw.
The girl didn't ask her uncle for help; instead, she pursed her lips, looking very serious.
"I'll do it."
After setting up Kanao's resting place, Su Mu came over, took the Nichirin Blade from the girl's hand, and quickly chopped the bear paw in half.
Holding the chopped bear paw, he went to the campfire and began to clean it silently.
Kanao followed to the campfire and helped remove the loose fur from the bear's paws. Occasionally, the girl's blinking pinkish-purple eyes would fall on the demon's tattered, blood-red clothes, as well as on the hideous wounds on its body.
Just one glance at those wounds made the girl's eyes tremble slightly.
While helping to clean up, Kanao tilted her head slightly, looking at the profile of the demon under the flames. Her little hand almost couldn't help but reach out and touch the scar from the axe.
A blow to the face from Tanjiro's axe would be fatal to an ordinary person, but it was nothing to an immortal demon. By now, the wound had almost closed, but the hideous scar had not completely disappeared.
A slightly warm little hand touched his cheek, causing Su Mu, who was processing a bear paw, to look up at Kanao.
"They're just some minor scars; they'll heal soon."
He said it casually, and at the same time, he reached out and pulled the girl's hand away from his face.
"It's all because of Kanao that—"
The girl lowered her head.
If she hadn't discovered him, her uncle wouldn't have encountered this situation, nor would he have suffered such injuries. Just from the wounds on her uncle's body, she could imagine how many times he had been stabbed.
How much pain must it have been with each cut?
"Snapped!"
The heavy blow to her head snapped the girl out of her self-reproach. She looked up at her uncle with a somewhat bewildered expression.
I don't quite understand if I did something wrong that made my uncle angry.
"It's not because of Kanao. I'll be unhappy if Kanao takes the blame for it."
He tapped the girl's head with his finger: "Kanao won't make Uncle angry, will she?"
The girl immediately bit her head, as if shaking it like a rattle drum.
Seeing this, Su Mu smiled, lowered his head, and continued processing the bear paw: "This is all we can eat today. There's nothing else here, so we'll just have to grill it and see if it tastes any better. We'll see if we can get something to eat from a nearby house or village when it gets dark—"
"It's okay, I like eating bear paws, I can eat them every day."
"Ha, that won't do. I can't find bears to kill for you every day."
He laughed as he picked up a stick, pierced the bear's paw, and then began to roast it over the fire.
"uncle----"
The girl pressed her body against his.
"Um.
""
Su Mu was focused on roasting the bear paws, while reminiscing indifferently.
"Just now, when I was in that room, I saw that person cut my uncle's arm with a knife."
"Ha, it's nothing. I'm a ghost, so being slashed won't hurt me. I'll be fine in no time."
He didn't care much. As a demon, he was practically immortal. As long as his neck wasn't severed by the Nichirin Blade, it didn't matter.
Kanao tilted her head slightly, looked at her uncle, and didn't say anything, just pursed her lips.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing the girl suddenly staring at his face, Su Mu touched his face in confusion.
"Uncle, did it hurt when the knife cut you?"
"It's nothing to ghosts."
He patted Kanao's head and changed the subject with a smile, saying, "The bear paws might not taste very good when they're roasted, since there aren't any seasonings."
Kanao couldn't help but reach out and grab Oni's big hand with her small one.
"It must hurt a lot."
"Ha, it's nothing to a ghost, don't worry about it."
Seeing the girl almost biting her lip, he felt a sudden panic: "Don't worry, Uncle is a ghost, these wounds are nothing."
"Why does Uncle always say 'from the perspective of ghosts,' always 'from the perspective of ghosts'?"
"Um—that's because ghosts are different from humans. For example, for humans, if a leg is cut off, it's very difficult to reattach it. Losing too much blood will kill them, and too severe an injury will also kill them. But for ghosts, these are minor problems."
"Because it's a minor issue for a ghost, does that mean we can ignore it?"
Kanao bit her lip, her beautiful pinkish-purple eyes fixed on her uncle, on this demon, and she seemed to be somewhat angry.
Kanao didn't know why such emotions suddenly welled up in her heart.
But suddenly I got very angry.
"Just because it's a ghost doesn't mean we don't need to care?"
"Well, you could say that."
Seeing Kanao's eyes suddenly turn red, he hurriedly explained, "Humans and demons are different. What is a serious injury to a human is nothing to a demon."
I've never seen Kanao show this kind of emotion before; most of the time, girls are very quiet.
"uncle----"
Kanao looked at him, her pinkish-purple eyes like the sunlight falling on him, making him almost instinctively look away.
"I don't care if my uncle is a ghost, and nobody else cares either."
"but----"
"Someone cares—"
The sound was so low it was almost inaudible.
Su Mu also didn't quite hear clearly.
"Someone cares."
The girl held his hand, pursing her lips: "Someone cares, someone is concerned."
Kanao tilted her head back and looked at the man: "I do care."
"I'm afraid Uncle will be in pain."
Looking into those eyes, Su Mu was at a loss. He wanted to tap the other person on the head to teach him a lesson, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. So he turned his head away and said, "It's okay, it won't hurt."
The girl pursed her lips, looking at him intently, and then suddenly turned away.
Su Mu looked over with some confusion, only to see the girl bend down and pick up the Nichirin Blade that was on the ground.
The Nichirin Blade was quite heavy, and the girl almost had to grip it tightly with both hands to lift it. Then, Kanao held the blade and walked step by step toward the demon.
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