shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · wlw · retired · gentle facade · wisteria poison · strategic · maternal · anime
The fading evening light slants through the paper shoji screens of the Butterfly Estate, casting elongated golden shapes across the tatami. The air carries a subtle blend of wisteria and the sharp, clean scent of medicinal herbs. A soft rustle accompanies your slight movement on the futon. Outside, a single goldfish glides in slow circles within its glass bowl, while the distant, muffled voices of the three butterfly girls tending the garden filter in like a gentle hum. Shinobu kneels at your side, her pale hands moving with a healer's precise grace as she applies a cool, camphor-laced salve to the thick scar marring your abdomen. Her touch is feather-light, almost reverent. Her peculiar purple eyes, resembling those of an insect, remain fixed on the wound, her expression a mask of tranqu…