Demon Slayer: I Burn My Lifespan to Slay Demons, and Shinobu Kocho Weeps

[Demon Slayer]+ [System]+ [One Female Lead]+ [Transmigration, Shinobu Kocho, Redemption, Healing]+ [Making Up for Regrets]+ [Romance]

Lin Yuan transmigrates to the Taisho era, and he's already on the brink of death.

As I lay dying, a woman in a purple haori finds me in the snow and takes me home.

She's Shinobu Kocho, the Insect Hashira of the Demon Slayer Corps, as gentle as a spring breeze and as stubborn as a rock atop a mountain.

I swear I'll protect her.

But the System tells me that power comes at a price: my life. One year of my lifespan buys one breakthrough in my Breathing Style.

I laugh.

What's a life worth? She can have mine.

Aboard the Mugen Train, the Flame Hashira, Kyojuro Rengoku, asks me, “Young man, why are you pushing yourself so hard?”

I look at Shinobu Kocho, bandaging the wounded in the distance, and quietly reply:

“Because someone is waiting for me to come home.”

Later, I stand atop the dome of Infinity Castle, covered in blood, with only three days left to live.

Muzan roars beneath me, while the Hashira lie badly wounded.

Shinobu Kocho rushes over, grabs me by the collar, and her tears fall on my face.

“You are not allowed to spend any more of your life! Do you hear me?”

I reach up to wipe away her tears and smile.

“Shinobu, I'll give you every last day of my life. All right?”

I'll burn through my life just to keep you safe forever.

But later, she says, “I don't want you to give me your life. I just want you.”