Name: Falling in Love with a Water Breather
Author: Nine-Branch Cat

Synopsis

Your father is the town’s physician. Though you are frail and often sick because you suffer from night blindness, life is reasonably comfortable thanks to the pharmacy your father runs. One night, a creature known as a “demon” attacks your home.

Your father is pierced by the demon’s claws as he protects you.

He has little time left.

As he nears death, his mind already clouded, your father is still consumed with worry for you. He feebly reaches out with both hands, entrusting your future to the young man who came to slay the demon. The young man has a scar on his cheek and long, flesh-colored hair. As he lowers his eyes to your father’s face, now fading of life, a look of pity crosses his features.

So your father can pass on in peace.

...He agrees.

His junior disciple, a black-haired boy with his hair tied in a low ponytail, crouches silently nearby.

His wrist.

Your father, already lifeless, is still clutching it tightly.

*The main story is told in third person.

*OOC warning.

*The heroine is not strong, not a strong female lead, and this is not a wish-fulfillment story.

*Comments that derail the discussion will be deleted.

*The heroine’s father is on the verge of death and has lost his sight. He thinks there is only one person who came to slay the demon, but in reality there are two, a senior and junior disciple. He grabs Giyu and entrusts you to him as he dies, but Giyu is unable to speak, so Sabito agrees to look after your future.

Theme: Life is beautiful.

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