Chapter 36: Asakusa City
'So this is Asakusa? What an interesting city! Even though it's 2 a.m. There are still a lot of people here.' he thought looking around.
El's eyes were blinded by the bright lights and the energetic atmosphere of the city. Even at night, Asakusa was still bustling with people.
After a few hours passed, El finally arrived at the city of Asakusa by traveling about 90 km from the area near the Demon Slayer Headquarters.
The journey was long enough that El had to run to arrive as quickly as possible. Finally, El arrived in the city of Asakusa after 6 hours of exhausting travel.
El can use the white owl like Map Application, to find out the address of Asakusa city. That's why, even though El is a newcomer to this world, he can go to Asakusa city.
"I didn't want to rush too much. But, due to forceful circumstances, I must quickly complete the main mission." El said, stepping his feet to see that the surrounding buildings and shops were brightly lit.
While walking around, El accidentally saw a small booth on the side of the road selling accessories nearby. This made El stop walking because he was interested in the accessories being sold.
The vendor froze when she saw the handsome man standing in front of has booth. Incidentally, the vendor was a young girls. She has long black hair, blue irises and was wearing a green dress.
'Who is this handsome man. Is he married?' the woman thought.
In the woman's point of view, the world seemed to stop. Imaginations wildly entered the woman's brain, making out with the handsome man in front of her under the moon, marrying him and having 10 children took place in 1 second.
As for El, he was currently looking at the lineup of accessories for sale. There, El saw a pair of Hanafuda earrings that the booth was selling. "Miss, how much is that earings?" El stuck out his index finger.
However, El didn't get any answer because the accessories seller stood there, staring at El's good looks. Astonished, El looked at the vendor and found the woman's face beaming like spring.
El smiled softly and cleared his throat. "Ahem! Excuse me Miss, how much are the accessories you sell?" El asked again.
"Ah!" The woman realized. "I-it's, uh, only 5 Yen." the woman said nervously.
"Alright, give me this pair of Hanafuda earrings." El put in his right hand and took out his money to give to the woman.
The woman extended her right hand and grasped El's right palm. Very tightly, the woman seemed to never let go of El.
"Sir, are you married? Even if you have a wife, I am willing to be your mistress or your second wife!" The woman said that without stammering.
"Eh?" Suddenly El was surprised and astonished. Because of this unusual thing cold sweat suddenly broke out when she received the seller's gaze like a hungry wolf.
'Damn, this is the first time!' Sensing danger, El immediately picked up Hanafuda's pair of earrings and gently released the woman's hand, then quickly ran away from her.
"Sir, don't leave! Make me your wife!" Not wanting to allow El to leave, the woman immediately ran away from the booth and chased after El from behind.
On the bustling streets of Asakusa, El ran at the speed of a normal person, avoiding the catch of a woman who chased him like a hungry wolf and hunted down her prey.
As a result, due to the commotion caused by the two of them, a misunderstanding ensued. People passing by on the streets of Asakusa misunderstood El as a thief or a pervert.
They ended up calling the police, and some went after El with a woman who was like a hungry wolf. The police really didn't know what was wrong.
That's why, some of the policemen started chasing El like a fugitive from prison.
"WTF! What's with the misunderstanding?" El ran, so slightly looked back and saw a very absurd misunderstanding going on.
"Hey, stop right there!" the policemen said in unison, raising their batons high.
Immediately, El accelerated his footsteps slightly. However, the security guards and a young woman chasing after him did not give up even though they were out of breath and lagging behind.
"Why aren't they giving up? Should I stop and explain it's just a misunderstanding?" Suddenly a troublesome thought came to mind, the woman got what she wanted, which was El alone.
El immediately shook her head, dismissing the thought. "No, I can feel something far more troublesome happening!"
Not long into the run, El saw a turn in a narrow alley. An idea came to his mind when he saw the turn of the narrow alley. Quickly, El ran over to the narrow alley and immediately turned.
As soon as she made the turn, El used all of her original speed. "Gen'nichi Kō." With one high-speed footstep, El's figure distorted and disappeared without a trace.
The policeman and the woman also turned after El. Happy smiles were clearly painted on their faces that were exhausted from having to chase a man.
As people who lived in Asakusa city for a long time, they were very familiar with the intricacies and lanes of the city. The narrow alley that El turned into was one of the dead ends.
However, once they turned the corner they found nothing but a dark deserted alley with some trash in it.
"Eh? Where is that man?" said one of the Asakusa city security officers.
"Should we contact the center?" said one of the other security guards.
"Damn, my future husband got away!" grumbled the woman in annoyance.
Suddenly, the security guards were shocked by the young woman's words.Cold sweat ran down their faces. Finally, they realized that it was just a misunderstanding, El was not a thief.
For a moment, the police and citizens glanced at each other. Then unanimously nodded their heads. With quick movements they left the woman without complaint and pleasantries.
Meanwhile, on top of the building El could only sigh and shake his head. "Finally they realized too! How could there be a misunderstanding, anyway? There seems to be something wrong with the timeline of this kimetsu no yaiba world!"
El turned his body around, with one stomp of his foot, his figure was lost in space. At that moment, El moved very quickly because he used the Hi no Kokyu movement.
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In a room, like an office with shelves full of books neatly arranged around. In the room, there was a young woman who looked about 19 years old, writing something in a book with a serious expression on her face.
The woman had a very attractive facial appearance. She had large, soft eyes, no pupils, only a lavender haze that faded into deep purple the higher up she went and red lips that contrasted with her pale skin.
The woman had a petite body with long, dark brown hair, parted in the middle and braided back into a large, low bun, which was secured with a floral tama-kanzashi hairpin.
The woman was wearing a medium-sized dark purple hōmongi kimono decorated with pale purple wavy tree branches and red flowers, as well as a cream-colored taiko musubi obi to tie around her waist, as well as plain white socks and purple zōri sandals.
Besides the young woman who was writing seriously, there was a young man who looked 14 years old reading a book.
Occasionally, the young man would secretly glance at the young woman nearby with a smile on his face bright as the spring sun.
The young man is of medium build with pale skin and sharp lavender eyes. He had short hair that was neatly styled and vertically shaded from mint green to black.
'Tamayo-sama looks very beautiful when she has a serious expression!' the man said with a smile.
Shortly after, Tamayo closed her notebook and looked at the young man nearby with a sad gaze. Instantly, the man's heart trembled, as if it were filled with flowers scattered in spring.
"Yushiro, you don't need to accompany me, because it might take a long time. If you get bored, you can go and do something else." Tamayo said that gently.
Yushiro gasped. "Yes, Tamayo-sama! But, I won't get bored watching you write something with a serious expression!" Yushiro said that firmly.
Tamayo's expression was very dumbfounded upon hearing Yushiro's extraordinary words. Yushiro quickly replied to his words. "Just kidding Tamayo-sama!"
Then, Yushiro reorganized the book in his hand to the original place when he took the book. After that, Yushiro excused himself from the room leaving Tamayo alone in his room.
Just as they were about to close the door, Tamayo and Yushiro suddenly heard a knock on the door coming from outside their house. Tamayo and Yushiro's facial expressions stiffened, cold sweat running down their faces and backs.
"Excuse me, is anyone home?" A man's voice sounded from outside the house just as the door was knocked.
"Tamayo-sama, it is!" said Yushiro in a low voice looking at Tamayo.
Tamayo nodded slowly, closed his notebook and stood up from the bench. Walking to the window not far from her, Tamayo checked who the unknown visitor was from inside her house.
Yushiro, who felt panicked and worried that something bad might happen to her and Tamayo, quickly walked to the side where Tamayo was, checking out the window.