Demon Slayer: I Level Up Alone

Chapter 19

That afternoon, Akito was practicing his sword swings in front of the wooden house.

"Dingling~"

"Dingling"

Akito heard the sound of bells approaching. Turning his head, he saw a man wearing a bamboo hat and a red flame mask walking slowly towards him.

"Is that Hotaru Haganezuka? … Then that means my Nichirin sword has arrived…"

Akito felt a bit excited inside; after waiting for so many days, his own Nichirin sword had finally come.

In his previous life, he couldn't understand the feeling when Tanjiro received his sword and its color changed, but experiencing it first hand made him realise that excitement was overwhelming.

Akito wanted to know what color his Nichirin sword would be.

He knew that in this world, color represented a person's breathing style.

At this moment, he possessed the Water Breathing technique and the yet-to-be-mastered Light Breathing technique, and he had no idea what color would appear...

"Hello, how may I help you?" Akito calmed his excited heart and pretended not to know him.

"My name is Hotaru. I forged the sword for Nakagawa Akito and brought it for him."

Hotaru said.

"Um... Thank you. I am Nakagawa Akito. My master, Urokodaki Sakonji, is inside. Please come in."

Akito invited him into the house, but...

"This is the Nichirin sword, which I forged. The materials for the Nichirin sword are sourced from the mountains closest to the sun, using crimson sand iron and crimson ore. The iron that absorbs sunlight is forged from them…"

Hotaru continued pointing at the sun.

"The Sunlight Mountain is sunny all year round, with no rain…"

Akito facepalmed.

"How do these people have such personalities…"

Inside the house, Urokodaki Sakonji listened to Hotaru's introduction of the Nichirin blade and thought, "He's still the same, not listening to others…"

"Mr. Hotaru, in short, please come inside."

Akito interrupted him.

Suddenly, Hotaru leaned in closely to examine Akito's appearance.

"Black hair, relatively tall… unremarkable, no distinctive features…"

Looking at the Flame Mask just a fist's distance away, Akito couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"There are really so many strange little masks…"

Akito thought to himself.

Meanwhile, Tanjiro passed by, attracting Hotaru's attention.

"Hmm? You are? are you relative of flame hashira?"

"Um… hello, I am Kamado Tanjiro ."

Tanjiro said sincerely.

"i see. Your hair and eyes are both red so i was confused."

Hotaru poked Tanjiro's face with his finger.

Tanjiro, however, was confused and could only cast a pleading look towards Akito.

Akito noticed his plea but turned his face away, feeling a strange sense of satisfaction…

"Oh, is that so? I didn't know…"

Tanjiro forced a smile.

"Kid, I look forward to delivering the sword to you personally after you pass the final trial. Perhaps then I can see what color the crimson blade is, right, Urokodaki?"

Hotaru shouted towards the house.

Then everyone finally entered the house and sat cross-legged.

"Congratulations, Urokodaki, on accepting another talented disciples. I heard that Nakagawa Akito has already slain a large number of demons in the entire Fujisakane Mountain. Now the entire headquarters is sending members to catch new demons in the mountains…"

"And this child too…"

Hotaru slowly took out the Nichirin blade from the wooden box and handed it to Akito.

The hilt was adorned with red, and the black sheath made Akito eager to draw the sword.

"Come on, quickly draw it out. Let me see what color a genius swordsman like you that can greatly affect the final trial is."

Hotaru gestured with his hands for Akito to hurry and draw the sword.

"The Nichirin sword, also known as the color-changing sword, can change color depending on its owner…"

Akito nodded and drew the sword.

The originally silver blade slowly turned green.

"This…"

Akito didn't know what to say; the color was somewhat awkward.

"Could it really be that to live well, one must carry a bit of green…"

"Green? What a pure green color..."

Sword-smith said with disappointment.

Akito also felt a bit helpless; he thought his sword would be blue, but it surprisingly turned green.

"Could it be that the blue mixed with yellow, turning it green?" Akito thought.

Sakonji didn't show much expression, but sword-smith looked extremely disappointed.

Then he glanced at Tanjiro, who was still immersed in the magical sight before him, his mouth wide open, unable to calm down for a long time.

"It really changed color! Akito is so amazing..."

Tanjiro didn't quite understand what it meant for the sword to turn green; he was just genuinely happy for Akito.

"When will I have my own Nichirin sword..."

Tanjiro sighed.

Seeing Tanjiro's envious gaze, swordsmith angrily said, "Kid, you must pass the final trial; I will personally deliver the sword to you!"

"Ah... um, thank you, Mr. Swordsmith. I will definitely work hard."

Tanjiro replied.

Then Swordsmith turned to Akito and shouted, "Hey, Nakagawa Gaki, if I find that your Nichirin sword is damaged, I won't let you off easily; remember that!"

"Yes, I'll be careful," Akito responded.

Just like that, after Swordsmith and Sakonji exchanged a few cold words, they left.

Before leaving, they specifically reminded Tanjiro to pass the final trial.

At this moment, Tanjiro was a bit scared of him.

"Akito, I feel like this person is really strange..."

Tanjiro sighed.

"But I am also looking forward to what color my Nichirin sword will be..."

As the sun set, everyone bid farewell to Swordsmith. Tanjiro went to train as usual, while Akito carefully examined his green Nichirin sword.

"To be honest, this green Nichirin sword is quite beautiful; I guess I'm the only one with this green Nichirin sword..."

"Not bad..."

"Woo woo woo."

Ritoruho sensed Akito's feelings and began to feel happy as well.

At this time, Ritoruho had already mastered the skill of controlling the divine form skillfully.

Under the twilight, the figures of one person and one fox touched Sakonji's heart a bit.

"Sigh, if those children hadn't perished, perhaps their Nichirin swords would also have the same stunning colours..."

There seemed to be sand blown into Sakonji's eyes, making them a bit moist.