To Get a Happy Ending with the Water Hashira

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Lianzi only wanted revenge on the courtesan who had tormented her, but instead she drew the attention of a swordsman who drew his blade to slay demons.

She quickly made a daring decision and followed him when he left.

Being a courtesan, becoming a geisha, even becoming the top-ranked courtesan in the pleasure district: these were all just titles meant to disguise the misery of that filthy den.

She would use this cold-faced swordsman to escape the fate whose end she could already see.

Lianzi won her gamble.

But the swordsman did not seem very interested in her. She felt a little defeated, thinking to herself that he really was an odd man.

Lianzi did not lose heart. She promptly turned her attention to someone else.

Before she could figure out what to do, the cold-faced swordsman came looking for her.

"Stay at the Butterfly Mansion."

"...Wait for me another three years."

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A young geisha lures a demon on a rainy night to avenge her enemy.

A cold swordsman swings his blade, slaying demons and saving a woman of the pleasure quarters.

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1. The heroine is a delicate beauty with a mind full of schemes, a geisha in training. All she wants is to live well and with dignity. Her acting skills are impeccable.

2. Pairing: Giyu.

3. The story will not cover too many plotlines. It opens with the Mugen Train arc, then becomes a short story of under 30,000 words. From Chapter 7 onward, the chapters are extras, and the timeline will jump around. This lazy author only writes what they feel like writing.

Check out my new story, pairing Sanemi: What Do I Do If My Husband Is the Moon Pillar?

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You are a jujutsu sorcerer.

You transmigrate.

The good news: You're the legitimate daughter of a great clan, betrothed to the young lord of the ruling family since childhood, with plenty of time to grow closer.

The bad news: The young lord ran away when he turned twenty.

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In pursuit of the supreme swordsmanship and the title of the world's strongest swordsman, he decided on a whim to abandon his family.

He had barely gone half a mile when his wife caught up with him and slapped him hard across the back. Kokushibo let out a muffled groan, while Yoriichi's eyes widened beside him.

Tachibana Haru sneered. "Husband, where do you think you're going, leaving home all by yourself?"

Kokushibo: "..."

Yoriichi: Σ(￣□￣;)

The Lady of the Tsugikuni family was decisive and formidable, a rarity in those days. Before marrying, she had been a renowned young lady of good reputation. Less than a year after marrying Kokushibo, she had taken charge of the entire Tsugikuni household.

Kokushibo indulged her, too.

Torn between supreme swordsmanship and his wife, Kokushibo agonized over the choice. In the end, he removed his head's token of authority and handed it to Tachibana Haru.

Tachibana Haru's face instantly lit up. She slipped a bag of money into her husband's hand and gazed at him tenderly. "I understand that you're going away to study, dear. Please take this gold with you. Don't let yourself go without."

Then she looked at Yoriichi. "You must be my younger brother-in-law. You really are a fine, impressive young man."

Yoriichi stiffened and did not dare say a word. He could see that his elder brother's back was about to swell up...

His sister-in-law's strength was terrifying!

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The Moon Pillar was always popular among the Demon Slayer Corps.

Every month, the Moon Pillar would bid the Master farewell and make the slow journey back and forth between home and the Corps.

Perhaps because he showed up from time to time, Tachibana Haru was not given much trouble by the Tsugikuni family's retainers. And less than half a month after Kokushibo left home, she became pregnant.

With the family head's only son in her hands, who would dare talk back to her?

Tachibana Haru lived a charmed life. Her husband grew more handsome by the day, gave her money, power, and a son, stayed out of the limelight, had a mild temper, and unlike other men of the era, did not take a string of concubines.

At twenty-five, Kokushibo returned home, dejected.

Tachibana Haru thought her husband had finally gone mad from slaying demons. For once, she put on a tender, gentle act, and after finally prying the truth out of him, her face changed dramatically.

She took her husband's hand and said earnestly, "Demons are so ugly. If you turn into one, don't come back to see me."

Kokushibo: "..."

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From one day onward, Tachibana Haru kept dreaming of Kokushibo, from the time he was her fiance to the time he was her husband.

She never told her husband about it.

Until one time, she dreamed of Kokushibo again and saw him kneeling alone beneath the moon. The moment she appeared, he turned his head. Six eyes gazed at her, seeming to hold resentment.

"My wife isn't you."

"You broke your promise."

Waking from the dream, Tachibana Haru looked around the empty bedroom, relieved that her husband had gone out to slay demons. It had all been a dream.

The next day, her husband came home. When Tachibana Haru learned that he wanted to become a demon: ...?

1. One-on-one romance, childhood sweethearts, devoted true love. No breaking up Kokushibo's pairing.

2. No cursed spirits in this world, only man-eating demons. The heroine's cursed technique has not been unlocked yet.

3. Scatterbrained x grumpy.

4. Content warning: pregnancy and painless childbirth.

Theme: Hard work always pays off.