Demon Slayer: I Level Up Alone

Chapter 20

It has been fourteen days since Akito passed the final trial.

On this morning,

Akito began to teach Tanjiro swordsmanship.

After all, he knew he would likely be leaving here for a long time to complete the mission assigned by the Demon Slayer Corps.

By then, if he wanted to come back, there probably wouldn't be much time left.

Akito had a good impression of the main character, Tanjiro. Although he sometimes had a bit too much of a saintly heart, everyone has their own personality.

Akito wouldn't delve too deeply into it; he was simply fulfilling his responsibility as a fellow pupil.

It was also a way to share some of the workload with Sakonji Urokodaki.

"Tanjiro, your power application is wrong; it should be like this, hold the sword here..."

"Your stance is also incorrect; your lower body is unstable, and your power is insufficient. Straighten your back..."

"You're too clumsy. Watch me; grab my power point..."

Akito corrected Tanjiro's posture while having him readjust.

While demonstrating for Tanjiro, he pointed out his mistakes.

"I didn't expect teaching to be so tiring..."

"And it really makes me more and more frustrated; I almost want to just hit him myself..."

Seeing Tanjiro make another mistake, Akito's forehead began to bulge with veins, and his expression started to turn fierce.

"Hitting him might not be a bad thing; it could help him remember better. Plus, with the medicine, he would recover quickly..."

"But Master Urokodaki..."

Akito turned to look at Sakonji Urokodaki.

Sakonji Urokodaki knew Akito's thoughts and could only helplessly glance at Tanjiro, sigh, and pretend not to see.

But in his heart, he thought that someone finally understands the hardships of being a mentor...

Seeing this, a gradually fierce expression appeared on Akito's face.

Tanjiro, who was practicing, couldn't help but feel a chill run down his back.

"There's danger..."

Tanjiro cautiously looked around, only to see Akito, holding a stick, smiling as he approached him.

"Ak... Akito, brother... what are you doing..."

Tanjiro seemed to sense Akito's hidden intentions and couldn't help but speak up.

"Tanjiro, brother, you can't blame me. I went through this too, which is why I improved so quickly... hehehe..."

As Akito got closer, Tanjiro shouted, "Master Urokodaki, help! Akito is going to kill me!"

"Hehehe, shout all you want; no one will save you, even if you scream your throat raw. Be good; your brother is doing this for your own good, and this is our family rule..."

Akito felt much better seeing Tanjiro begging for mercy, but he wouldn't easily let go of the punishment.

And so,

For half a day, a whole half a day,

The entire Mount Sagiri could hear Tanjiro's screams.

Sakonji Urokodaki, in the wooden house, simply took a cotton earplug and stuffed it in his ears.

He kept muttering, "I can't hear, I can't see..."

However, after half a day's torment, the effect was very good; it was evident that Tanjiro was focusing more on his practice.

"Mm, that's right! You see, brother, if you had done this earlier, I wouldn't have had to treat you like this. Look at all these purple and red marks on you; even your brother feels a bit heartbroken."

Akito said with a smile.

"Anyway, Master Urokodaki taught you the same way. Only through hardship can one become a genius. You're not like me; I have a cheat that lets me soar. If I didn't have this cheat, I would probably have to endure the same torment you're going through now. But I have no complaints; after all, this is a dangerous world..."

Akito sighed.

Although he had been a bit heavy-handed, the results were excellent. Rather than let Tanjiro face danger during missions in the future, it was better to make him stronger now so he could get through encounters with powerful demons with fewer injuries.

In his previous life, while watching the anime, every time Tanjiro went on a mission, he came back covered in wounds, and he would go on to the next mission without healing, accumulating injuries. Even a great deity would suffer internal injuries from that.

"Tanjiro, do you blame me?"

Akito shouted sternly.

"Brother, I don't blame you. I know you are doing this for my sake..." Tanjiro said, panting.

"Very well, Tanjiro. You must remember that no matter how severe your injuries are here, you will not lose your life. However, once you leave this place, as long as your strength is lower than that of a demon or if you make a single mistake, what awaits you is death!"

"You must think about your sister. What is your hope in your heart?"

Listening to Akito's words, Tanjiro fell into deep thought.

"My hope... my hope is... to restore Nezuko to human form!"

"Yes, my hope is to restore Nezuko to human form!" Tanjiro shouted.

"Very good. You must always remember this hope, but you are still very weak right now. Therefore, you must be strict with yourself and be tough on yourself. Otherwise, you may not see the day your sister returns to human form."

"Do you understand?"

Akito said.

"Understood!" Tanjiro shouted. Since Akito returned these past few days, His attention had been focused on tanjiro, causing him to slack off a bit in training.

At this moment, Tanjiro also felt a bit ashamed and gritted his teeth to practice even harder.

Seeing Tanjiro like this, Akito understood that he had returned to the state of his previous life.

He then entered the room and sat cross-legged beside Sakonji.

"Tanjiro has indeed been a bit lazy these days."

"You did well..." Sakonji spoke up.

"Well, this can be considered something I did for you before going on a mission..." Akito replied.

"Carrying a demon while slaying those demons is bound to be fraught with dangers and unrecognized. Akito, I hope that when that time comes, you can help him and not let this kind-hearted child lose heart..."

"I will, Master Sakonji."

Akito looked at the figure practicing hard outside and nodded.

"That's good, that's good..." Sakonji sighed.

Thus, the two fell into silence.

At that moment,

"Cow... Cow."

The sound of a crow echoed.

Then, the crow, Kuro, flew into the wooden house and called out to Akito: "Nakagawa Akito, orders are now issued to head to the southeastern town, where people have been disappearing every day. Find the demon lurking in the town and slay it. Nakagawa Akito, Slay the demon!"

"This is your first job as a demon slayer!"

Akito nodded and tightened his grip on the Nichirin sword, but Sakonji fell silent.

At this time, Akito's system made a sound.