Demon Slayer : The Silent Journey

Chapter 54: New objective

[Seiji's POV]

Pink.

It was pink.

Not just any pink, it was bubble gum pink, the colour you would expect on Barbies and angels.

Obviously, I was talking about her muscles, I don't know where your dirty little mind had gone but I was referring to every fibre of muscles in her body.

Although, I could assure you that she was pink there as well, considering how her body was mostly the colour of pink.

There are two types of muscles in the human body. I've said this before, they are fast twitch muscles and slow twitch muscles.

Fast twitch muscles were white and slow twitch muscles were red. But there was also another muscle type which was the colour of pink. Normally, you would never find this in the human body or mammals in general.

The only creatures I knew had pink muscles were fishes. They require incredible strength to swim with the heavy resistance of water so they have pink muscles.

Pink muscle was the combination of red and white muscle - slow twitch and fast twitch muscle. They were a mix of the two, the best of both worlds.

And apparently, Mitsuri's muscles were made entirely of said pink muscles because obviously she was just built differently.

Not only that, her muscles were eight times denser than normal.

Her body was different from the extraordinary bodies I had encountered. Rengoku whose body was bred to be a swordsman, Tengen's body was built for speed, Gyomei was simply a superior human.

But Mitsuri was even more extraordinary than that. It was simply alien, something which I never even thought was possible.

It was simply divine.

I shifted my focus to her outer appearance and my X-ray stopped. Her facial features were delicate and cute. Much to my surprise, her beauty was comparable to that of Kanae's.

I said comparable because thier beauty was fundamentally different from the other so there was no way to tell who was prettier. Kanae possessed an elegant beauty with sharp features that effortlessly exuded sensuality. She was like the moon.

On the other hand, Mitsuri had delicate features with adorable shapes. She gave off the feeling that she should be protected. Her beauty was blinding, noticeable to anyone who looked at her general direction, unlike Kanae who got more beautiful as you looked at the detail of her face. She was like the sun.

Suffice to say, I was not disappointed.

The only thing left to do was try and tear my eyes away from her because I think I've been staring for too long.

My thoughts were cut short when I felt my uncle pinch me on my thighs. I blinked and returned to reality. It was then that I noticed Mitsuri shifting uncomfortably in her place.

I understood my mistake immediately. Although the subject of my analysis never realised the abilities of my eyes, humans felt instinctively uncomfortable when they were so thoroughly observed.

They couldn't pinpoint why but most people had told me I have creepy eyes.

And it was really not smart to stare too much at the girl who had many insecurities.

Which was incredibly stupid by the way, how the fuck was a beauty like her insecure? I never thought I would see the expression she currently had on her face.

It was one of the downsides of meeting these beloved characters too soon. They had not gone through the things they were meant to go through so they had not grown yet.

"I'm sorry. I was just enchanted by your beauty." I said with a straight face. I didn't mince my words.

Much to my amusement, Mitsuri started getting extremely red. I could see steam rising from her head.

She was adorable.

"Are you sure it's not because of the unusual hair colour that you were staring at her? Don't be afraid to be honest, many of the previous suitors had complained about her hair." Kenji said, causing her daughter to stop blushing as she remembered some bad memories.

Way to ruin my rizz daddy Kanroji. My rizz was already horrible but you ruined even that.

"No, I have no problem with her hair and instead find them pretty. I actually have a friend with hair just as colourful as hers." I said, the image of Rengoku flashed in my mind.

"Oh, is that so? Good to hear." Kenji said with a smile.

After that, silence fell between us. Mitsuri was way too shy while my social skill level was not high enough to start a conversation with a pretty girl like her. Our respective parents were all too amused as they watched us.

"Now that Mitsuri is finally here, why don't you two get to know each other?" Kenji said, "Mitsuri dear, why don't you show Seiji around the garden?"

"Okay." she squeaked out before standing up. She gestured to follow me and I did.

We walked out of the house, leaving the two men to themselves. I followed Mitsuri to their garden and we slowly walked beside each other.

That was until we walked across the red bridge above the stream. She suddenly stopped and when I noticed, I turned back to look at her.

"I want to apologize for what happened back there." she said and bowed down so low that I was impressed by her flexibility.

"It was nothing worth apologizing for."

"No!" she shook her head, "Although you were okay with my unusual hair, I tried to deceive you by dyeing my hair. I'm so sorry."

It was really not a big deal considering people dye their hair all the time. Even older women did it to hide their silver hair or because they didn't like their natural hair colour. It was why dye existed in the first place.

But I guess it was the intention that counts.

I nodded, "I accept your apology."

She wore a blue kimono with flower patterns on it. The setting sun cast a warm orange hue over us but the world was as bright as day when I looked at her.

Her exotic pink and green hair danced to the tune of the breeze and when she gave me a bright smile, it was almost a bit too much - like someone suddenly injecting honey and syrup into your bloodstream.

Too sweet.

I looked away.

Let's see. I need an objective here, don't I? Or else I would not be able to interact with her properly. I've already done it for Giyu so let's do this again.

Let me change Mitsuri earlier than in canon and speed up her character development.

The objective was to make her realize that she was enough and she didn't need to change. There were people who would accept her as she was and even treasure her because of her uniqueness.

Honestly, that sounded like a problem every teenager had faced at least once in their life. Mitsuri really was the most normal one among the Demon Slayer cast, wasn't she?

"Are you hungry Mitsuri?"

"Eh?"

It was a question I already knew the answer to. My eyes told me that she was starving herself. Her body was not getting the appropriate nutrients that it needed.

Her body needed food even more than the few beggars we encountered while coming here.

"Why don't we go to a restaurant to get something to eat?" I asked her again.

"But we are going to have dinner soon," she said with a puzzled look.

I shook my head. If my uncle and aunt were present, they might judge her. I wanted her to eat as much as she could so it was better to take her to a restaurant.

"I want to eat with you. Only the two of us." I said and she blinked cutely before blushing.

"Okay," she said and then we both left the Kanroji compound and headed to a restaurant in the town.

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*Slam!*

"And that is all your order, sir. Thank you for coming to us." the chef said with a tired smile. Sweats travelled down his aged face.

Omurice, pork cutlets, miso soup, rice, fish, onigiri, sakura mochi etc, All kinds of foods were on the table which were meant for a family.

All the foods looked like they were meant for 20 people while only Mitsuri and I sat opposite each other.

"...are you going to eat all of this?" Mitsuri asked me with a gulp. I was deaf but I felt like I could hear her stomach growling.

"We are going to eat all this," I said.

"We?"

"Yes, 'we'. I have special eyes that can see things, so I know you are hungry and your body needs the food." I said.

"....." she did not say anything, just looking at the food on the table.

"Why are you hesitating? The reason you were holding back was because you were afraid that your suitor wouldn't like it right?" I said, "Well worry not, I am actually really attracted to girls who can eat lots of food."

"Really?" she asked.

"Really," I said and picked up a Sakura mochi with my chopsticks and brought it close to her mouth.

I remember in the anime that the reason why her hair turned pink and green was because she was eating too many Sakura mochi. It was her favourite food.

Finally, she took the food in her mouth and she never stopped after that.

Meanwhile, I simply enjoyed the incredible sight of a rather small girl eating food meant for 20 men. It was astonishing, especially with my eyes that could see everything that happened inside.

I was going to teach her that it was okay to be herself. She didn't need to change, the world can change instead.

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