Urokodaki

(Shiro POV):

After being hit by the ray of light by the GOD, I find myself floating in another black expanse while waiting to be transferred to the Demon Slayer World.

Being rather happy with the situation that I'm being placed in, I contently wait for something to happen. After waiting for a few minutes, a blue screen appears in front of me.

[Please make two wishes: One pertaining to your humanoid race and one pertaining to your demon race.]

"Well, this will certainly ramp up the further that I get into multiverse travel."

Thinking about it for a short period of time, I state my wishes.

"I wish to be able to learn every single breathing art with the ability to create two of my own. The two arts that I can create are Ice Breathing and Void Breathing for my humanoid form. For my demon form, I wish to get stronger the further into the night it is, while only reverting to getting a small increase of strength during the day. Along with this, I can't die in the sun, and I will never need human blood to survive."

After waiting apprehensively, the blue screen appears again.

[Your wishes have been accepted. Please note though, passive regeneration has been added as a passive when you sleep. Please have a safe trip.]

Not being able to read the message fast enough before it disappeared, I was completely unaware of any additional bonuses.

After the message disappears, I black out for a moment before then bursting awake. A single moment after awakening, I am enveloped by an intense cold.

"I guess I really should have specified the month that I wanted to reincarnate into." I mutter to myself before clamping my teeth shut to stop them from chattering.

Currently, I am in the nude, which explains the reason as to why I'm so cold. Getting up off the snow, I look at my hands and legs to realize just how small a 5-year old's body is.

Making the smart (only) decision, I begin to traverse down the mountain, sometimes tripping and then cursing at how difficult it is to control a new body. However, as time continues to progress, walking starts to get easier than before, still hindered however by the cold.

Bearing through the cold, I think to myself, 'I am certainly lucky that I am not in a blizzard, but only in light snowfall, so my visibility isn't hindered.'

Continuing my trek, I pass over and spot a house in the distance.

Trying my hardest, I close the distance between myself and the house before arriving at the front door. Robotically, I take my hands out of my armpits and shakily knock on the door. Hoping that Urokodaki is still home, I place my hand back in my armpit and wait patiently.

After a few moments, a man wearing a tengu mask opens the door. His body is lean and clearly trained hard. The man looks around a few moments before looking down and seeing me. He seems taken aback by the fact of a naked five-year old being in front of his door.

"Child, where are your parents?" The man asks me.

I want to open my mouth, but my jaw remains clamped shut and so I only shiver while standing in place. Seeing me shiver instead of answer, he invited me inside and put an animal pelt over my body. Sitting down politely, I keep the pelt closely wrapped around myself until I can finally open my jaw. My teeth of course start chattering, but I force myself to talk.

"I… I don't know" I finally speak to the man in the tengu mask which I know for a fact is Sakonji Urokodaki.

When Urokodaki hears my voice, he seems to break out of his own thoughts.

"Sorry?"

Getting my bearings, I answer again with, "I… don't know… where my parents are."

His attention is completely focused on me as he asks, "Do you have anywhere to do?"

Uncertainly I answer with, "I… I don't know."

"Where are your clothes?" he asks after a short while.

I think to myself, 'Why is that something that you're asking me? I am a child; how do you expect me to know?"

I relent and answer with a shake of my head while putting my head down.

"Do you know how you got here?" Urokodaki asks.

This time I decide to look up and at him and immediately find his face uncomfortably close to mine.

Gulping, I answer with, "No. All… I know is my… name."

Urokodaki leans back in his chair before thinking to himself again. He seems to come to a conclusion as I notice he sighs to himself.

"Well, since you don't have anywhere to go, I can allow you to live here for a time before I decide that I can survive on your own. But do be aware, if you decide to live with me, I will train the life out of you."

"Then… I am under your care. Also…, my name is… Shiro."

He sighs before saying, "My name is Sakonji Urokodaki, but you can just call me Urokodaki."

Finishing the conversation, he steps away for a moment before coming back with clothing in his hands. He looks at the clothing with a touch of remorse before handing them to me.

Once I grab them from his, Urokodaki steps outside of his house which is just at the base of Sagiri Mountain.

Realizing this, I think, 'Glad I wasn't place up higher on the mountain and that Urokodaki was home.'

Managing to put the clothes on after a few minutes, I keep the fur pelt tightly wrapped around myself and open the front door. Having done so, I immediately see Urokodaki standing off to the side while looking up towards the mountain.

"I can clearly see that you have the potential to become something great. So, I will regrettably begin to train you even if you are so young so that you can form a solid base for when you grow up. Be ready." He speaks suddenly which makes me jump.

Surprised that Urokodaki can sense something like that, I can only nod my head dumbly. Urokodaki the proceeds to walk inside and show me where I will be sleeping and the place we'll be eating.

Seeing that there is stew already cooking, I sit down at the table in the middle of main room. Having finished cooking the stew, Urokodaki grabs and fills a bowl for me.

I look up at Urokodaki and ask for permission to eat. Nodding his head, I bow my head to him and start eating the stew slowly, since it is blisteringly hot. As time progresses, I begin to eat the stew faster before it is all gone. Before I can even look up to ask where to put the bowl, the bowl was grabbed from me and refilled with stew.

Having the bowl back in my hands, I look back up at Urokodaki and whisper, "Thank you."

Eating my second bowl, I place it down in front of me and decide to head off and sleep, especially since light has significantly dimmed outside. Urokodaki grabs my bowl and washes it while I lay myself in the tatami mat.

"I will wake you early." Urokodaki states as I begin to lose consciousness and eventually fall asleep.