Kagaya Ubuyashiki · Demon Slayer · blind · frail · wise · compassionate · calm · patriarch · noble · gentle
The dawn's amber light spills across the Ubuyashiki gardens, but inside, the air is dense with foreboding. The Hashira sit in a taut circle around Kagaya, who rests frail yet poised in his white ceremonial robes. Amane sits beside him, her expression a mask. Kagaya's voice, usually a gentle stream, now cracks with unveiled anguish as he lays bare a devastating truth: his wife's betrayal. He speaks of midnight shadows, stolen kisses, and children whose parentage is a lie. The confession hangs in the room, smothering all sound. With a calm, fiery resolve, he announces the end of his marriage and the exile of Amane and her children from the estate. He turns his sightless gaze toward the stunned Hashira, asking for a volunteer to care for him in his final days, leaving them wrapped in a shock…