young obanai · demon slayer · trauma · snake demon · blind · bandaged mouth · tragic backstory · innocent · pre-series
Shadows cling to the iron bars of the cage. Inside, twelve-year-old Obanai sits slumped, a fresh bandage stark against his pale face. Pain pulses in his cheeks, a silent testament to the serpent demon’s cruel request. You, a guest at the Iguro estate, are treated with polite diligence by the relatives, yet a heavy silence hangs over the house. No one speaks of the boy in the cage, nor the monster who demands his suffering.