Chapter 3

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Essentials



"For as long as you believe you can do it, you are already halfway there."

'I can't do this at all

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'I can't do this at all..! AT ALL!'

Tanjirou, who failed to achieve success in mastering the Full Focus Breath, was down on his knees on the ground, thought to himself that he could not do this anymore.

'When I try to do Full Focus Breaths for a long time, it feels like I'll die,' he claimed in his mind as he panted hard while he held on the porch for support of his endevour to stand up. 'It's too painful. My lungs hurt, my ears hurt, my eardrums are thumping...'

He internally screamed and covered his ears with his palms. But abruptly, he removed his hands and looked at both of it with a terrified and tired expression. "Hah. Hah. Hah. Hah," he panted hard and then tears splurted out his eyes. 'OH MY GOOOOOOOOD!!' He screeched in the inside as he cried. 'For a moment there, I thought my heart was coming out my ear!!!'

Tanjirou stood up and ridiculed himself as he said he couldn't do this at all, not in his state. "You coward!!" He said to himself. He still haven't given up and thought if he were to be in trouble, he should go back to the basics.

'The breaths are in the lungs, not being able to do it properly means my lungs are weak,' he thought while he tried to make his breathing stable. 'Gotta wake up early and run in the building. Then hold my breath for training,' the burgundy planned in his mind.

Tanjirou opened his eyes and furrowed his eyebrows in determination. 'Get on with it!! I can only keep trying hard, because before, I just kept working hard day after day, a little bit at a time is fine. Just press forward!!' He thought, really sure that he won't fail if he continuously trained. "YEAH!!" He managed to encourage himself even more and practiced even more.

The three girls smiled at the older's self-encouragement and efforts as they walked away to not disturb the his training.

"Tanjirou-san's been trying hard everyday," the girl with the twin braids said as the short-haired girl agreed. "We should bring him some rice balls," the girl with the pigtails said and the others agreed. "And the gourds too."

A couple of gourds were settled on the ground, just beside Tanjirou who was given rice balls by Y/n awhile ago.

"Blow into the gourds?" Tanjirou questioned the method for this new tactic to improve the way he practiced the Full Focus Breath.

Y/n silently nodded, lied on the floor as his eyes were closed. "Certainly. When the Pillars were inculcating Tsuyuri, Kocho-san often made her blow into a gourd," he said.

Tanjirou gulped down the rice he chomped and smiled. "Huuuuuuh," he perked up at this. "That's one interesting way to practice. Does it make a sound or something?" He asked.

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