Though her heart ached, life had to go on.
Ming Nu opened the portal to the Infinity Castle in her room. Daki and Gyutaro, the siblings, exchanged a glance, then jumped in with a sigh, landing on a floating platform.
Then, the entire Infinity Castle began to rotate.
Transporting the siblings before Muzan.
“Muzan-sama.”
Daki and Gyutaro were about to kneel, but Muzan stopped them.
He was just a little cowardly. While his intelligence wasn't high, he wasn't stupid either.
What if Daki met the criteria? Wouldn't she become someone serving the divine?
How could he possibly accept such a grand gesture?
Muzan didn't want to die.
His brother, Gyutaro, also enjoyed the special treatment of not having to kneel.
“Just stand and talk, you don't need to kneel before me.”
Muzan squeezed out a smile, awkwardly, and asked gently, “Daki, you should know why I called you here. Tell me the truth, are you still pure?”
“Yes! Muzan-sama! I remain pure...…Actually, because I was young back then, I mainly did odd jobs at the flower house and never took any guests. Plus, with my brother protecting me, no guest has ever even touched my hand!”
Muzan immediately burst into laughter. As the Demon King, the demons born from him couldn’t lie to him!
In other words, Daki was telling the truth.
“Good! Excellent! Daki, you haven't disappointed me!”
“So...… ”
Seeing that the scum boss seemed to be in a good mood, Daki mustered her courage and asked cautiously, “Muzan-sama, are you going to marry me?”
“Marry you? What would I marry you for?”
Muzan asked in bewilderment, then shook his head and laughed, noticing Gyutaro letting out a sigh of relief. “You're thinking too much. I'm not interested in women.”
“Then why...… ”
“Simple, because only a pure maiden is qualified to be an offering, a sacrifice to the divine!”
Sac...…sacrifice?!
Unconcerned about Daki and Gyutaro’s faces turning pale instantly, Muzan was full of zeal and said to himself, “To have the honor of serving the great divine is the highest honor in your life! Daki, you should feel honored!”
The more excited Muzan became, the more terrified Gyutaro and Daki became!
In the siblings’ minds, sacrifice was never a good word.
Wasn't Upper Rank Two, Douma's Infinite Bliss cult, using a similar excuse to continuously deceive innocent girls into becoming food for Douma?
This is going to kill Daki!
The thought of Daki dying in front of him made Gyutaro feel like he was drenched in cold water, trembling all over.
His three-eyed pupils, which were already quite small, were filled with fear and turned blood red.
Under the fear of losing his sister, Gyutaro overcame his fear of Muzan, stepped forward, and instinctively argued, “Sacrifice my sister? No! Absolutely not!”
“Muzan-sama, why does it have to be Daki? Will anyone else work? I can go catch some human girls. They’ll meet your requirements, they don’t have to look any worse than Daki, I can get as many as you want!”
“Are you questioning my decision?”
A terrifying aura erupted!
It was the malice accumulated over a thousand years, having devoured at least ten thousand people!
Like a predator at the top of the food chain, staring down at a helpless sheep.
Gyutaro was sweating profusely, feeling like he would die the next second!
Muzan, who was quite happy, wanted to kill the ugly thing in front of him directly for being so uncooperative.
But when he saw the terrified Daki, he immediately calmed down.
Forget it, Daki is about to become the divine’s priestess.
It's not a good time to get into a big fight with these siblings right now.
Suppressing his murderous intent, Muzan said coldly, “This time, I’ll let you off with a severed arm for Daki’s sake. If there's another time...… humph, you know what I mean.”
Gyutaro, who escaped death, was like a deflated balloon, having lost all courage.
Before Kibutsuji Muzan, no matter how powerful a demon was, they only had one path to follow: submission.
Gyutaro was no exception.
“Yes, Muzan-sama.”
At this moment, the two siblings lost all thoughts of resistance.
They followed Muzan woodenly, walking towards the altar under construction.
As everyone knows, Muzan is notoriously cowardly.
He was afraid that something might go wrong during the sacrifice, so he even got the design of the altar from Danzo.
He had a perfect replica built by his demons.
Although the demons of the Demon Slayer world are not as proficient in various types of ninjutsu as the ninjas, they are numerous, and there are bound to be some talented demons who are good at construction.
With the help of Blood Demon Art, the altar had been built almost entirely by the time Muzan arrived.
“Muzan-sama!”
Ming Nu, who was overseeing the construction, first bowed, then glanced at the numb Daki siblings behind Muzan, a flicker of pity in her eyes.
After all, they had been colleagues for many years.
Seeing Daki about to be sacrificed, Ming Nu couldn’t help but feel a sense of sadness.
It was Daki this time, but what about next time?
Who would it be next time?
Stopping her wandering thoughts, Ming Nu lowered her head and respectfully said, “The altar is ready, when would you like to start the sacrifice?”
“Let's do it now!”
Muzan had been itching to do this after watching Danzo's live stream!
Through this sacrifice, even if he couldn't become a perfect life form immediately, he could at least increase his strength significantly!
More importantly, if he could gain the favor of the great divine, wouldn't that be a huge win?
Muzan, who had been the Demon King for so many years, had never experienced what it was like to be a divine being!
Thinking about this, he became even more excited and ordered Daki, "Daki, go up!"
“Go stand in the center of the altar!”
To prevent any accidents, and also to stop Gyutaro and the others from violating the divine without knowing any etiquette, Muzan controlled Gyutaro and Ming Nu simultaneously, depriving them of their ability to move.
Along the way, he also killed all the demons who participated in the construction!
With explosions ringing in her ears, Daki's face turned paler with each step she took.
When was the last time she was so close to death?
Oh, it was when she was thirteen, when she almost got burned alive...…
Daki recalled the fear of that day.
She thought she was fearless.
But as death approached again, she realized that she was still the same vulnerable little girl.
Goodbye, brother.
You have to...…
Live well!
Tears rolled down Daki’s cheeks, shattering into a tiny flower as they hit the altar.
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