Sara's senses suddenly went from unconscious to fully overwhelmed. The amount of powerful demons standing right next to her was big. To make matters worse, her nichirin blade was gone. Not that she could have defended herself too much against all of the upper rank demons anyway, but at least she could have tried.
Suddenly, as if out of nowhere, there was a guy in front of her face, standing. Sara looked up to meet his red cat-like eyes. His skin was pale in a sickly way, and his hair was black and wavy.
"So you're the one I've been looking for" His voice was gentle and calming. But something about his aura felt very wrong.
"Wha" Sara looked at him, dumbfounded. She thought she was in a nightmare, given how truly unrealistic that scenario was.
The black-haired man tilted his head, seemingly confused by her answer. He kneeled down to be at a face to face level with her. "Aren't you the latest Moon Breath user?" he asked, as if to confirm that she was indeed the latest Moon Breath user.
She looked at him, perplexed. "Well I- I don't know, man. There could be a newer one I don't know about".
Her careless attitude slightly confused the man. "I mean, my demons have been observing you. It is just lucky that you came close enough to us. We didn't even have to give you chase" He smirked, with a hint of superiority in his voice.
"Wait- you've been stalking me?" She could not believe what she was hearing.
The man laughed. "Sure, you can put it that way. Though I'd rather call it surveillance-".
Sara interrupted him. "No, Sir. That is called stalking. It's stalking 101. You are a literal stalker"
All of the present demons looked at her, baffled by her attitude. The man in front of her was no exception, his left eyebrow was starting to twitch and she could see the veins on his neck growing.
"Do you even know who you're talking to?" His voice, though still gentle, had a hint of anger in it.
Sara was highly confused as, no, she didn't recognise the man in front of her. "Honestly, sir, I have no idea".
"It shows" he smiled, though Sara could tell he was not happy at all behind that tensed-up smile.
The man grinned with superiority as he introduced himself. "I am Kibutsuji Muzan, creator and king of all Demons".
It took a couple of seconds for Sara to open her eyes widely in realisation. "OH. OOOOH. So you're the Big Bad Boss!"
Muzan smiled, proudly, since being perceived as big and bad stroked his already overfed ego "Exactly, that is who I am. I see you are well-informed, little demon slayer".
"Ok, cool. So, when can I leave?" Sara asked, smiling innocently.
All of the demons in the room looked at her in disbelief. Muzan chuckled.
"Moon Breath user. You are not leaving this place. Ever" he smirked.
"...huh? What do you mean by 'not leaving'?"
"It means, you'reneverleaving" Muzan retorted. He could not believe it, was she reallythatslow?
Sara took a few seconds to process the information. She didn't want to accept it, but it was undeniable... she had been, indeed, abducted.
"So, like... I live here now...? Do I have to like... choose a roommate like in those stories? Um... let me see..." She scanned the whole room quickly and pointed to the one who captured her. "I will be his roommate".
The 6-eyed demon looked at her, unimpressed, after being mentioned.
"No, you are not sharing a room with Kokushibo" Muzan grunted and rolled his eyes lightly. "You don't have a room-"
Sara stopped him from talking by interrupting. "How am I supposed to live here without a room? Where will I sleep? Also, where's the bathroom? I haven't gone in a while and Ireallyneed to use it".
"Just list-"
"It's an emergency, I'm not even joking, I will pee on the tatami"
"Fine-"
"BRO, I'M SERIOUSLY GOING TO PEE MYSELF"
"I SAID FINE, WE'LL SHOW YOU THE FUCKING BATHROOM, SHUT THE FUCK UP FOR A FUCKING SECOND. GOD FUCKING DAMN IT"
Muzan's sudden rage explosion startled Sara. She took a defensive stance, covering her head "Jeez, daddy chille" She then crossed her arms, looking at him as if he was insane.
"The fuck did you just call me? " He grunted. "Never mind" Muzan just couldn't believe his eyes or ears anymore. What was wrong with this woman?
All of the demons in the room were absolutely scared crapless except for maybe Kokushibo.
"So where is the-"
"Someone take this human to the nearest fucking toilet before she spoils my mood even more" Sara felt that Muzan's veins were about to explode and leave his body.
Kokushibo effortlessly lifted Sara from the floor, carrying her with one arm. He said no words as he headed to the bathroom. Even if Sara tried to speak to him, he would remain silent as a grave.
Finally, he spoke. "Here" he left Sara on the floor, in front of the bathroom door.
Sara went inside, still processing the fact that she had been kidnapped by the worst people she could have been possibly kidnapped by. Now there was surely no way she could eat Udon noodles with her friends again. Still, she was too shocked to even shed a single tear. Her situation still didn't feel real at all.
After using the toilet and leaving the bathroom, Kokushibo took her once again where Muzan and the other demons awaited. However, this time, the rest of the demons were gone. Only Muzan, Kokushibo and herself remained in that big spacious room.
Muzan scoffed "Listen. You're a rare Moon Breath User. There's not many of you out there aside from Kokushibo". The aforementioned gave a nod of acknowledgment. "In fact, he is the original Moon Breath user and taught the technique to no one. So it is quite the novelty that someone other than him is able to use it".
Sara looked at him, still not understanding exactly what he wanted to get to.
"What I want from you is rather simple. I will bring potential Demon Slayers here and I want you to train them in the art of the Moon Breathing technique. You'll look far more approachable to them, and they will most likely listen to you better than they would listen to him" Muzan pointed at Kokushibo with his head. "That's all you need to know".
"So... What do I get in return for those free lessons?" Sara wiggled her eyebrows. Truth be told, she was starting to feel a bit scared as her body was coming out of shock. She felt like she had to cover her fear up in a hardcore manner.
Muzan laughed heartily at her question. "Moon Breathing human. What you get in return is not dying".
Hiii! I had some time, so I decided to release this chapter a bit early!
What did you think? Please let me know!
Anyway, it seems like the Castle's host is not very... hospitality-oriented. If that's a way to say it.
See you all next week, fellas