Reincarnation as Lower Rank Five in Demon Slayer

Chapter 109: One Request, Two Fulfilled

Upon hearing Ten'i Moka quietly nod in agreement, Li Lei's heart skipped a beat.

"Great! A little wish of mine from my childhood is about to come true!" Li Lei felt a surge of hope for life. His love for the world increased by one.

Amako agreed, carefully lifted Li Lei's head, removed the pillow, knelt down, placed the head on her thigh, and finally gently laid Li Lei's head on her lap.

Feeling the back of his head resting in the narrow, soft canyon, Li Lei felt as if his head was resting on cotton, experiencing immense comfort and tranquility.

The unique fragrance of a young girl wafted from Tianyi Mengxiang's body, creeping down Li Lei's cheeks and into his nose, making him feel relaxed and intoxicated.

"How tired do you feel?" Ten'i Moka asked softly, looking down.

"Hmm—Moka-nee, I feel like my head doesn't hurt anymore, it's amazing! Is this the power of a lap pillow?!"

Li Lei gently closed his eyes and answered Tianyi Mengxiang's question with a look of enjoyment.

Upon hearing Li Lei say that her headache was gone, a satisfied smile appeared on Tianyi Mengxiang's beautiful face, which was still flushed.

"If you're tired but happy, that's fine. I'm happy that this helps your sister."

Speaking of Ten'i Moka, she raised her hand and gently rubbed Li Lei's cheek, her eyes full of tenderness.

Looking at her face, unchanged for over a decade, Ten'i Moeka felt a surge of emotion. Even after all these years, she's still so endearing.

Looking at this face that she liked more and more each time she looked at it, Ten'i Moka finally lowered her head slowly and gently touched Li Lei's lips.

Feeling the soft touch on his lips, Li Lei knew what it was and his heart was pounding. However, afraid of startling Tianyi Mengxiang, Li Lei suppressed the urge to open his eyes and slowly savored this unexpected surprise.

Sunlight streamed through the tall trees outside, shining vertically onto the earth, and the ground began to warm up.

The little crow on the tree looked at the several Kasugai Crows of the Demon Slayer Corps, bound hand and foot and hanging upside down, and didn't know what to do. If it were to kill them, firstly, it was something it couldn't do; secondly, its master wouldn't do it; and thirdly, it wasn't worth it at all.

“Brother, you’ve kept us hanging all night. We know we were wrong. It was wrong of us to trespass on your territory.”

"You're a crow too. Why are you making things difficult for other crows? Let us go for the sake of us being crows."

Among the Demon Slayer Corps Kasugai Crows hanging upside down, the lead crow, which looked slightly larger than the ordinary crows, spoke to the little crow.

Little Crow glanced at the lead crow, who wasn't even half its height. "You can't even flatter properly, and you expect me to let you go? Your awareness is far from high."

Unlike when I was first caught by my master, I was all over him, flattering him and being incredibly conscious of my actions.

"You, the leader, are not sincere at all. You want me to let you go? You can hang here a little longer."

Xiao Wu replied coldly.

"But I'm stuck with you now, and I don't have anything to give you."

"How about this, brother, you release me first so I can go back and get some things to exchange for my brothers. Is that alright?"

Little Crow listened to the leader crow's thoughts without saying a word, showing no intention of responding.

"Big brother, are you listening? Big brother, I'll let my brother go get it..."

Suddenly, the door of the wooden cabin in the tall forest opened, and a figure ran out and ran away at a fast pace.

"Sister Mengxiang, I didn't mean to, don't run away."

Watching Ten'i Moka run further and further away, Li Lei, whose pursuit was thwarted by the sunlight, stood at the door looking frustrated. Looking at Ten'i Moka, whose face was flushed as she ran away, Li Lei licked his lips and thought to himself what a pity.

Here's what happened: Just now, when Amako carefully kissed Li Lei's lips while he was pretending to be asleep with his eyes closed, Li Lei unconsciously stuck out his tongue.

When Ten'i Moka felt the foreign object in her mouth, she was instantly startled by Li Lei's actions, and then, blushing, she rushed out the door.

"Sigh—you were the one who started it with your words, I only retaliated slightly, why are you running away now, making it seem like I did something to you." Li Lei shook his head.

Looking at the sunlight outside the door, Li Lei pondered for a moment, then impulsively stretched out his right hand.

In a flash, Li Lei's right hand, which was exposed to sunlight, burst into flames.

"Ah—it hurts, it hurts, it hurts so much."

Li Lei hurriedly withdrew his burning right hand and extinguished the flames.

Looking at the sunlight streaming through the doorway, I took a few steps back with lingering fear; this sunlight was anything but fun.

Looking at his recovered right hand, Li Lei couldn't help but sigh that being a ghost was perfect in every way except for the inability to see sunlight. He had regenerative abilities, immense power, and immortality. Aside from his fear of sunlight, he was practically the ultimate life form.

Li Lei's resolve to overcome the sunlight and become the ultimate life form grew even stronger.

"Master, how should we deal with the crows of those ten Demon Slayer Corps members from last night?"

The little crow flew to Li Lei and pointed with its wing at the several ravens hanging in the tree in front of the house, asking him a question.

"Huh—the Demon Slayer Corps' Kasugai Crows? No? Logically speaking, they shouldn't be around during normal battles!"

Why is it here?

The appearance of the Kasugai Crow surprised Li Lei, because Kasugai Crows usually only deliver information and missions to Demon Slayer Corps members and do not participate in combat.

"Forget it, whatever. Just erase their memories like the intruders from the Demon Slayer Corps last night."

Too lazy to think about the reason, Li Lei ordered Xiao Wu to bring over all the crows of the Demon Slayer Corps to alter their memories.

Seeing the Demon Slayer Corps member Kasugai Crow bound on the ground, Li Lei's eyes widened, and he immediately activated the Blood Demon Art: Memory-Changing Demon Eye, instantly erasing the information about Natagumo Mountain from Kasugai Crow's mind.

"Little Crow, throw these Demon Slayer Corps crows out of Mount Natagumo." Li Lei gave Little Crow the task of throwing the birds.

Little Crow: "Yes, Master."

"Little Wu, remember to throw it far away."

"Yes, my master, Little Wu will definitely throw it far away."

Still feeling uneasy, Li Lei reiterated to Xiao Wu the Demon Slayer Corps' practice of throwing crows far away, prioritizing safety above all else.

Watching Xiao Wu lead the Demon Slayer Corps' Kasugai Crows away, Li Lei felt much calmer.

Fortunately, I encountered a demon who can alter memories; otherwise, I would have had to use force to coerce these Demon Slayer Corps members today.

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As the sun set and the moon rose into the night sky, bathed in its afterglow, Ten'i Moka lay flat in her courtyard, where a large wisteria tree grew.

Lying under the wisteria tree, looking at the clusters of deep purple wisteria blossoms, Ten'i Moka reflected on everything that had happened that day.

Thinking about what happened between her and Li Lei, a smile involuntarily appeared on the face of the lying-down Tianyi Mengxiang, followed by her face turning red and her temperature rising.

"Ten-i Moka, Ten-i Moka, why did you run away at noon today? You wasted such a good opportunity. It will be hard to get such an opportunity in the future."

Lying down, Ten'i Moka began to blame herself.

"Bang, bang, bang."

"Sister Mengxiang, could you open the door? It's me, Lei. I need to talk to you." Li Lei's knocking voice came from outside the courtyard.