The Beginning Of The End

Demon Slayer Headquarters

Lorien could be seen sitting face to face with Kagaya Ubuyashiki

After Observing the leader of the demon slayer corps for a while, Lorien finally spoke

"This is the first time we truly meet, It's nice to meet you!"

"Nice to meet you too! I Have long wanted to meet you ever since I heard about you, but as you could see my health doesn't allow me to"

Hearing this Lorien remembered the curse that fell on the Ubuyashiki family, According to the information he previously got, it acts like a genetic disorder and will only be lifted with the death of Muzan

Feeling curious about how it functions, Lorien couldn't help but ask, his voice full of interest

"May I take a look?"

Hearing this Kagaya understood what he was talking about and agreed without hesitation while also reminding him

"This is a curse inflicted on my family due to us birthing the original demon..."

Holding Kagaya's wrist, Lorien immediately used his ability to analyze its state

But to his surprise, he actually found nothing 'supernatural', Everything actually felt 'Natural', as if, it 'Should be that way'

He wasn't speaking about the current state of Kagaya's body, he was talking about how it came to be

If it was a normal curse or Injury Lorien would easily find signs of outside intervention/influence, but he didn't find any this time

It was as if this curse was a natural occurrence, something that appeared on its own

But after some deep thoughts, Lorien felt that this was actually normal

After all, the 'one' who cursed this family should be the 'World Consciousness', and more precisely, it was an automatic backlash from it

So even though Lorien could spend some time and heal Kagaya, he decided not to

After all, he didn't know if after he was done, will another curse automatically fall on Kagaya again or not, which will render his work completely useless

Lorien also thought about trying to change Kagaya's blood and see if it breaks it or not

But this wasn't actually needed and was just useless additional work as after Muzan's death the curse will fade on its own

Taking back his hand, Lorien then changed the topic

"The attack will happen tomorrow, We should make a more detailed plan"

"I Agree"

"The first one to get attacked will be you, so we should....."

Lorien and Kagaya's discussion lasted for nearly an hour as they went through the plan and talked about some details

Following this, they continued talking about other topics such as the progress of Dream Tree Seed planting which Lorien was very interested in knowing

Finishing their conversation, Lorien then walked out and started wandering curiously around the base

But just after a couple of steps he froze in his tracks as he felt a very familiar feeling originating from under his feet

It was actually the roots of the Tree of Dream spreading everywhere, this Tree wasn't the one which Lorien had at home, it was another one planted in this Headquarters

Following the roots to the center, Lorien found himself in the Butterfly Mansion which is Shinobu's house

This made things clear to him, This Dream Tree should have been planted by Shinobu after she previously asked him for a seed

Feeling the Accumulated Dream Energy inside of it, Lorien couldn't help but feel ecstatic

Even though there aren't many people in this place compared to a real town, the Dream Energy accumulated inside of it is impressive

After all, this tree should have been planted for around a month and the energy inside of it has never absorbed

Not to mention that even though there are not that many people here, everyone is much stronger than a normal person, so what is lost in quantity is gained in quality

Considering this, the accumulation here should be enough to give him another good increase

Not wasting any time, Lorien sat down and put his hand on the Tree trunk, then he started devouring the Dream Energy inside

This caused a slow all-round improvement to begin as his perception range also started increasing at the same time

From 100.5m...101...103...105...106...Until it finally stopped at the 107 meters mark

This may not sound a lot but is actually very good all things considered

Smiling lightly, Lorien stood up and then decided to continue his walk around the Headquarters

'I Wonder where the Hashiras are, I haven't met any of them since I came here...'

'Oh, I also need to see the room where I'll be staying tonight...I hope the bed is comfy...'

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The Next Day

The Night has fallen, dark clouds shrouded the sky, and darkness enveloped the world with the absence of the moon

And in this dark ambiance, Uninvited guests were heading toward different areas

The first was a tall young man with pale skin, golden hair, and rainbow-colored eyes which contained the Kainji for 'Upper-rank' and 'Two' inside of them

This demon was currently standing in front of a huge estate inside 'Yume Town'

'This is the place I suppose...'

Determining this, he scanned the place with his Extrasensory Perception

'Hmm...There are four presences inside'

'Oh, One of them is right behind this wall..'

Discovering this, he didn't waste any time as he jumped over the wall and instantly landed in the backyard

As he did, he immediately looked in the direction of the presence

"Hm?!"

Sitting on the porch, a black-haired girl was looking indifferently in his direction

She wasn't surprised by his sudden appearance, it was as if she was waiting for him

Not realizing the dangerous situation he had just walked into, Doma smiled at her and said

"OH! A Girl! You look young and tasty! Thankfully I was sent here!"

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Meanwhile, at the Demon Slayer Headquarters

Inside a room with its doors open to an inner yard, Kagaya was laying inside of a futon with his wife sitting next to him

But suddenly, the sound of footsteps came from this inner yard where Kagaya's children are currently playing

*Step*

*Step*

Following this, a calm voice sounded

"...Hey, so you're here"

Hearing this sound no one here appeared surprised, even the children continued playing as if nothing was happening

Turning his head slowly towards the direction of the noise, Kagaya responded lightly

"Nice to meet you...Kibutsuji...Muzan"

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