Volume 5: Demon Slayer Chapter 10: Joining the Family
At noon, in Hestia's territory, the girls' feast restaurant.
Second floor, private room.
There was a large round table in the middle of the room, with ten seats.
Emiya and Hephaestus sat together, while Tanjiro Kamado sat on the other side with a restrained look on his face, two empty seats between him and Emiya.
His eyes looked towards the door from time to time, as if he was waiting for the time.
After a while, the door of the private room was pushed open with a creak, and Hestia strode in. "I'm here. I've brought the person you're looking for."
As she spoke, she took a step to the left, leaving the door to the private room.
A tall god walked in from outside. This male god had beautiful facial features and a hearty smile on his face, giving people the feeling of a typical nobleman.
Even the grey robe he wore could not conceal his elegant temperament that was different from that of humans or demihumans.
This is the protagonist that Emiya invited today.
Mih.
"Oh, Hephaestus, you are here too." Mihe shook his ultramarine hair, and a look of surprise appeared on his jade-like face.
"What do you and Hestia want from me?"
Hephaestus put down the cup in her hand, pointed at Emiya and said, "You are wrong, Mihe. The person who is looking for you this time is not me, but this person, my business partner. Hestia and I are just a middleman."
Mihe became more and more surprised and looked back at Hestia.
Hestia closed the door to the private room, "I'm sorry, Mihe, for inviting you in this way."
Mih shook his head. "I don't care, but I don't know who this person is..."
Emiya quickly introduced himself, "Hello, God Mihe, my name is Emiya, and I am Hephaestus' business partner."
"Of course he's also my benefactor." Hestia added, "If it weren't for Emiya, I wouldn't be able to build a restaurant like this."
Mihe's eyes flickered a few times before returning to a smiling expression, "So, what do you want to talk to me about, Emiya?"
Emiya looked at Tanjiro Kamado, who stood up in a flash, "I am very sorry to trouble you, Lord Kami, but the reason I invited you here today is because of my sister."
"Your sister?" Mih was a little confused.
Tanjiro Kamado quickly closed the curtains in the private room to block out the sunlight, then opened the box next to him. Inside was a girl with long hair, wearing a pink kimono and a black haori, and holding a bamboo tube in her mouth.
The girl is sleeping.
Mihe's eyes suddenly became strange when he looked at Tanjiro Kamado. He actually dressed his sister like this and put her in an airtight box.
For a moment, Tanjiro Kamado seemed to have turned into some large, incombustible garbage in Mihe's eyes.
"No, it's a misunderstanding!"
Although Tanjiro Kamado was stubborn, he still saw the contempt in Mihe's eyes and quickly explained: "I don't want to do this, but Nezuko, Nezuko..."
All in all, after some explanation, Mih finally understood.
The sister of the young boy Tanjiro Kamado was attacked by a monster called an oni. The oni's blood entered her body and she changed from a human to a oni that was afraid of sunlight and fed on humans.
In order to prevent his sister from eating people, the boy put a bamboo tube on his sister.
Because the girl's sister did not eat anyone, she fell into a deep sleep and used sleep to maintain her life characteristics.
After understanding what happened, Mihe couldn't help but look at Tanjiro Kamado with new eyes, and his favorable impression increased greatly, "You are a very qualified brother."
Tanjiro Kamado lowered his head and said with great trepidation, "Thank you for your compliment, Master Shinrei."
Mih smiled and said, "Bring your sister out so I can check her."
Tanjiro Kamado nodded quickly, lifted his sister Nezuko out of the box and placed her on the chair.
Mih starts checking.
Tanjiro Kamado looked at Mihe with a nervous face, afraid that the other party would say that he was powerless.
After a few minutes, Mihe put down Nezuko Kamado's arm, nodded and said, "It shouldn't be a problem."
He is still confident in his medical skills.
Tanjiro Kamado was surprised and delighted . He knelt on the ground with a plop and knelt down again. "Please, Lord God, please save my sister."
Mihe helped Tanjiro Kamado up, "Don't worry, I will help."
Emiya said at the right time: "Since God Mihe can heal Nezuko Kamado, let's talk about the reward."
Mihe sat on the chair, looked at Emiya, and asked, "Are you going to pay for the reward this time?"
"No." Emiya shook his head and said, "I haven't known Tanjiro Kamado for long. The reason I am willing to bring him to see you is because he is a good brother, but that's all. I won't pay him."
Tanjiro Kamado nodded and said loudly: "Yes, Lord Kami, although I don't have much money, I will definitely try my best to raise enough money for treatment."
Mi He said with a headache: "The cost of this treatment is actually not cheap. You also know that my family is just a small family, so can you think of a way to compensate me?"
In fact, the Mih clan was once a clan with moderate strength, and was a competitor of the Dean Kate clan, which also ran a pharmaceutical business.
However, there was an adventurer named Naza Iris in the Mihe clan. During an adventure to a dungeon, she lost her right arm. From then on, she developed a fear of monsters and could no longer continue to be an adventurer.
After the god Mih bought a prosthetic limb for his injured and arm-lost follower Naza Irisis, he owed a huge amount of debt. After seeing this astronomical figure, the other followers chose to leave the Mih clan, and the size of the clan has been sharply reduced since then.
The current Mihe clan is just a small clan of gods and adventurers.
"That's easy." Emiya said, "I actually have a good idea."
Mih asked, "What's the idea?"
Emiya turned his head and looked at the stubborn boy, "Tanjiro Kamado."
"exist!!!"
"From today on, you will join the Mihe clan, go on adventures in the dungeon every day, and hand over all the magic stones you collect to God Mihe, except for daily expenses."
"What?" Tanjiro Kamado was confused. Dungeons, magic stones, what are those?
"Why, you don't want to?"
"No, if this is really possible, I'm willing." Tanjiro Kamado said quickly. He felt that Emiya should have no reason to harm him.
Emiya nodded in satisfaction, "God Mihe, do you think this is okay? Although Tanjiro Kamado is not an adventurer, he has good swordsmanship and is proficient in Water Breathing and Sun Breathing. If he is serious, it is not impossible for him to defeat even a LV.2 adventurer."
Tanjiro Kamado denied it when he heard it, "I did learn water breathing, but I never learned sun breathing."
Emiya said calmly, "The God of Fire, Kagura, is the Breathing of the Sun."
"Eh, is that so?"
Emiya ignored him and looked at the Mihe God, "A newcomer who is no less than LV.2 should be able to solve some of the financial problems of the Mihe clan."
Mih smiled bitterly and said, "You really know how to ask difficult questions."
Emiya did not force him and said, "If God Mihe is unwilling, we can think of other ways."
Hephaestus interrupted at this time, "If you are unwilling to accept this condition, Mihe, I can pay for the medical expenses on behalf of Tanjiro Kamado, but you must join my family."
Tanjiro Kamado was surprised and happy.
Mih pondered for a moment, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I agree."
If Tanjiro Kamado's strength can really match that of a LV.2 adventurer, then after he joins his own clan, he will be able to grow up quickly, which will indeed be of great help in alleviating the finances of his own clan.
Emiya said, "Congratulations, Tanjiro Kamado. From now on, you are a member of the Mihe clan."
Tanjiro Kamado bowed deeply to Mihe, "Thank you, Master Mihe."
Mihe smiled slightly and helped Tanjiro Kamado up.
Emiya said, "Michal, Tanjiro Kamado comes from a small place. He is not familiar with Orario or God's Grace. You may need to teach him some basic knowledge."
Mih said cheerfully, “No problem.”
Hestia said impatiently, "Now that the important things are over, should we start serving the dishes? My child just learned a very interesting dish. Would you like to try it?"
Hephaestus smiled and said, "Then let me have a taste."
Mih said, "The reputation of the Goddess's Feast in Orario has risen so quickly that it's staggering, but due to financial reasons, I dare not come here to eat. Today, I must take this opportunity to taste it."
Hestia gave the order, and in less than ten minutes the table was filled with delicious food.
And the very interesting dish she was talking about was none other than...Magic Mapo Tofu!
Emiya couldn't help but laugh. It seemed that the dish made by Fairy Bei that day really brought a huge impact to Dojima Gin and the others.
So much so that people couldn't stop thinking about it and even tried to recreate this dish.
After everyone started eating, Emiya picked up a piece of tofu and took a bite. He immediately realized that he was wrong. "I thought they would recreate the magical mapo tofu of Fairy Bei, but I didn't expect them to take a different approach. This is quite interesting."
Although this plate of Mapo Tofu looks very similar to the Magic Mapo Tofu, when you put it in your mouth, the taste is quite different from the Magic Mapo Tofu with six flavors in one.
Although they are both Mapo Tofu, the texture and taste are completely different.
