A Taisho-Era Guide to Raising Demons

The CP is most likely Giyu, but I'm also drawn to the others, so I'll just write wherever the story takes me.

One day, the crows' cries rang out across the entire Demon Slayer Corps: Caw! A lonely, helpless girl has traveled a thousand miles to find her husband, but the coldhearted Water Hashira refuses to acknowledge her! Caw, caw!

Onlookers: What a heartless jerk! He abandoned his fiancee and left her to fend for herself. That's unforgivable!

The taciturn Water Hashira couldn't defend himself. Then he seemed to remember something, lowered his eyes, and accepted the accusation, making it seem all the more true.

Meanwhile, I was taking an unconventional route in hopes of meeting the head of the Demon Slayer Corps, completely unaware of what had happened there.

“But there's nothing wrong with asking a childhood friend for help, right? Yeah!”

After convincing myself, I patted down my clothes and stood up, ready to continue on my way. I had to deliver the information to the Demon Slayer Corps as soon as possible.

Defeating Muzan is everyone's responsibility, human and demon alike.

That was the plan, anyway. But the girl standing by the roadside was so beautiful that I couldn't help going over to speak to her.

“Darling, aren't you cold standing here all alone?”

The girl in a peach-pink kimono looked at me with eyes as lovely as snowflakes. As if she'd never expected anyone to approach her, she shrank back like a startled fawn and timidly asked, “Um, excuse me, are you talking to me?”

I was just about to coolly announce that I was simply a good Samaritan who couldn't bear to see a beautiful girl wandering alone in the night, when someone suddenly wrapped their arms around me from behind, filling the air with the scent of flowers.

A long-haired woman wearing a butterfly hairpin held me in an intimate embrace and cheerfully picked up where I left off. “That's right! Tsubaki is such a kindhearted girl. Tell her whatever regrets you have, and she'll help you take care of them!”

What is it with demons showing up again?!

I was on the verge of tears, but the cute, peach-blossom-like girl was crying even harder than I was. All I could do was hold back my tears. “That's right. Whether you want to kill a faithless husband with a sword or beat up a wicked father with your fists, it's all in a day's work.”

The person beside me kept clapping to liven things up, beaming as she said, “Revenge for every grudge, justice for every grievance, regrets laid to rest. Fair treatment for all ages. The demons who've tried it all say it's great!”

Honestly, she was the reason this business had grown so much.

Another ghost had taken up residence in my Spirit-Calling Bell, and my mood grew even heavier.

Where was I supposed to find a husband whose name I didn't even know...?

Also known as: “If Nobody Marries Me When I Grow Up, I'll Marry You”; “The Tyrannical, Overbearing Little Demon King and Her Sidekick”; “The Sidekick Turns into a Handsome Man”; “Your Ghost and My Ghost Don't Seem to Be the Same”; “How Am I Not a Ghost King?”

Theme: Keep hope in your heart