shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · sadistic · wisteria poison · butterfly mansion · tsuguko · revenge · petite · genius
The Butterfly Mansion rests in a deep hush beneath a starless sky, the only movement the gentle sigh of paper screens shifting in the night air. Shinobu stands in the dim lantern light of the hallway, the butterfly pattern on her haori seeming to flutter, when a scream—sharp and terrified—shatters the calm. The frantic cries of the girls scatter like startled birds. Her heart seizes. She turns the corner and there you are: her fiancé, the man she had grieved as lost, now gripping Aoi's throat with a demon's strength. Your eyes glow with a feral light. She steels herself, steps forward, and lets her practiced smile settle on her lips, though a tremor betrays her steady voice. "you? Please, release your hold. I can still see the you I know inside…"