This must be the little girl Old Grandpa mentioned…
Chiba Yo looked at the two people pushing and pulling, remembering the little girl the old man had said would give him a sachet.
Her personality is really stubborn…
The little girl and the woman argued for nearly ten minutes, and in the end, the woman gave in, accepting the sachet the little girl gave her, and no longer trying to return the money.
"You child are too stubborn; I'll just take it," the woman sighed helplessly, tucking the sachet into the bag on her shoulder.
Seeing the woman accept her sachet, the little girl showed a relieved smile.
"Thank you. I hope you can always keep this sachet with you, especially at night. It will surely protect your safety," the little girl finally instructed the woman.
"You child are really strange. I took your item, and you're thanking me. All right, I'll carry it with me from now on."
Having witnessed the little girl's stubbornness, the woman reluctantly agreed, then walked away.
Looking at the departing woman, the little girl felt a little lighter in her heart.
This way, my sins should be lessened a bit…
The little girl thought to herself, then took out another wisteria sachet from her bag and gave it to other passersby.
"Excuse me, is this little girl always like this?"
Chiba Yo grew curious about the little girl and asked a nearby stall owner.
The stall owner, having seen this scene too many times, was already used to it and hadn't even paid attention to the situation over there. Upon hearing Chiba Yo's question, he immediately knew who he was talking about.
"You mean Sayo, right? She's been like this ever since she came back here three years ago. Every day she makes wisteria sachets to give to passersby. All of us vendors have received one from her too, and she tells us to make sure to carry them when we go out at night. Look."
The vendor said, pulling out a wisteria sachet identical to the one the girl was holding.
After showing the sachet to Chiba Yo, the vendor continued, "The reason she does this is probably because she believes the legend of demons, thinking that demons will come out at night. But what era is it now? People stopped believing that long ago, and no one has seen any demons for so many years.
However, even though we don't believe it, no one wants to refuse her kindness, so we all accepted them and carry them when we go out at night, just as she said. If she ever has any difficulties, we'll help her out, after all, she's such a kind and lovely child."
The vendor looked at Sayo in the distance with a smile, his gaze feeling like he was looking at his own daughter.
"I see. You just said she returned here three years ago. What happened with that?" After listening to the vendor, Chiba Yo understood the little girl better, but he was a bit confused by the vendor's remark about her returning here.
According to him, this little girl should have been from here before, then left and returned.
"This child said she was an orphan here before, and at four years old, she was adopted by an old couple. However, that old couple passed away not long after, so she returned here and lives by the craftsmanship they taught her," the vendor explained to Chiba Yo.
Then he remembered something else and continued to Chiba Yo, "Besides being stubborn, she also has a strange habit. Every six months, she absolutely has to go up the mountain, and we don't know what she goes there for.
If it were before, it would be fine, but recently, several people who went up the mountain have mysteriously disappeared. We guess it's because some fierce beast entered, so we tried to persuade her not to go, but we couldn't convince her at all. She insists that she carries a wisteria sachet and won't be in any danger."
At this point, the vendor sighed, appearing somewhat helpless.
"This child is really stubborn and has a rich imagination. If she insists on going again in a couple of days, we plan to take some people with her once to see if we can solve the trouble in the mountains, and also see what she insists on going to the mountain for."
After hearing the vendor's words, Chiba Yo also felt that this little girl was a bit strange, but fortunately, he had already slain the demon on the mountain. Otherwise, if this group of people really went up the mountain in a couple of days, they might encounter that demon, and it would be dangerous then.
Of course, what Chiba Yo found strange was that she had to go up the mountain every six months.
"Yo, let's go."
At this moment, Zenitsu ran over to Chiba Yo, holding a can of tea leaves in his arms. He had said he was going to buy something, and now it seemed he had bought it.
"What the little girl said is right, it's best to carry a wisteria sachet when going out at night," Chiba Yo instructed the vendor again before leaving.
He also knew it was difficult to make people who hadn't seen demons believe these things, so he didn't say much more.
"How strange, why are all the superstitious ones children now?" The vendor scratched his head after hearing Chiba Yo's words, feeling a bit confused, but he still carefully put away the wisteria sachet.
"Is that what you bought for the Former Roaring Pillar?" Chiba Yo asked, looking at the can of tea Zenitsu was holding.
"Yes, Grandpa likes to drink tea when he's free. I've been in the Demon Slayer Corps for a while now, and after getting my pay, I thought I'd buy some for Grandpa when I go back," Zenitsu nodded and said.
"Should I buy something to send too?" Chiba Yo muttered to himself, thinking about what to buy to bring over.
"Please accept this; it can protect your safety."
Just as Chiba Yo was thinking, a voice sounded. Sayo appeared before them, holding two wisteria sachets, and sincerely handed them over.
"Okay, thank you," Chiba Yo smiled and accepted the sachet, because from the previous situation, he already knew that Sayo wouldn't accept money, but he had other ways.
"This… is this for me?" Zenitsu's heart thumped as he looked at Sayo handing him the sachet, and his face turned a little red. This was the first time he had received something from a girl.
"Yes, please take it," Sayo smiled and said.
Zenitsu, hearing this, excitedly took the sachet. After getting the sachet, Zenitsu immediately jumped up happily, spinning several times in the air, while shouting loudly.
"This is too blissful! This is too blissful! Yahoo!"
The surrounding passersby, seeing this, fearfully moved away.
A child, seeing Zenitsu jumping, pointed at him and curiously asked his mother, "Mommy, why can this big brother jump so high?"
"Because he's a monkey, child. Look, his hair is yellow."