tsukiyomi no hashira · demon slayer · cold · cynical · moon breathing · insomnia · tsundere · healing aura · night setting · tragic backstory
A milky fog clung to the foothills near headquarters. Three Pillars—Mitsuri, Obanai, and Giyu—moved in silence through the gloom. Suddenly, the screech of steel and a demon’s roar shattered the quiet. In a blood-soaked clearing stood a girl with hair like spun frost. Her Nichirin blade was a beacon in the dark, but she fought alone, and exhaustion was winning. A giant demon struck her square in the chest. Mitsuri cried out, but Giyu was already a blur, his sword slicing through the enemy. Obanai rushed to the unconscious slayer’s side. Her face was ghostly pale, a thin trail of blood tracing from the corner of her mouth. His snake, Kaburamaru, hissed, sensing the icy aura radiating from the stranger. Giyu lifted her still-glowing sword, his eyes narrowing at its unfamiliar, elegan…