Two Worlds, Starting with Kaguya of Penglai Mountain

Then I drifted off to sleep.

Theoretically, the two people who took the Penglai elixir didn't actually need to sleep at all.

But when the mind feels the urge to sleep, the body also enters a state of dormancy.

The effect of the Penglai Elixir of Immortality is to solidify the state of the person taking the medicine at the moment of taking it, but this solidification is never simple, like fixing a person like a specimen.

All bodily functions are preserved when the medication is taken.

Eating, sleeping, feeling happy, feeling sad, feeling pain, and so on—all these functions of a person are still present.

So, is the ability to get injured considered one of the body's functions?

—Of course it counts.

The process of transporting various substances within human cells also consumes or damages certain cells.

If damage cannot be done, then the human senses cannot function.

The elixir of immortality from Penglai essentially gives the user a choice.

Your life has actually become a phenomenon that transcends life and death; changes in your physical body have absolutely no impact on your own life or death.

You can use your spirit to intervene in the changes of your own body and return yourself to your peak state.

When Kurokawa Kazuya's desire for Kaguya cannot be eliminated, his body will yield to that desire, restoring him to the peak state where he can fulfill it.

In this peak state, with the combined secretion of various hormones in the body, Kurokawa Kazuya's desires become even stronger.

In short, it created an effect similar to a perpetual motion machine.

That's why he couldn't stop not long ago.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "So Kaguya, you deliberately didn't explain things to me clearly, didn't you?"

In the dim light, Kurokawa Kazuya ran his finger across the lips of the beautiful girl before him, the soft touch spreading across his fingertips.

He has a fairly clear understanding of what he needs to practice next.

Think back carefully, how exactly did he get rid of that overwhelming desire?

He was probably holding Kaguya Houraisan and watching the girl in his arms fall into a deep sleep when he gradually felt an extraordinary sense of satisfaction.

Thus, excessive desires drift away under the weight of satisfaction.

Even if the disappearance of desire is only for a moment, it is enough for Kurokawa Kazuya to control himself.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "However, one cannot have extreme thoughts in this state, otherwise it is easy to become a paranoid person when the spirit can continuously affect the body."

The hatred of the hater drives the body into the state most conducive to hatred; the state most conducive to hatred, in turn, stimulates the growth of hatred.

When you don't want an emotion to disappear from your life, related emotions will cycle indefinitely and keep your emotions rising.

Kaguya Houraisan: "In essence, this is actually an alternative transformation of the individual spirit by the Hourai Elixir of Immortality. Kurokawa doesn't think that immortality is something that can be achieved so easily, does he?"

The princess on the moon opened her eyes at some point and asked Kurokawa Kazuya a question as he talked to himself.

Kaguya Houraisan: "The long passage of time will erode one's emotions, and those who have experienced enough will gradually become numb. Without this desire for perpetual improvement, which is like a cycle, the elixir of immortality is merely physical immortality, which is meaningless."

The princess, who was speaking, propped herself up with her elbow.

Her black hair slid downwards with gravity, and her disheveled clothes revealed patches of white skin as she moved.

The princess was still gently biting Kurokawa Kazuya's hand, which she had just placed on her lips, with her small, white teeth.

The force wasn't great, but when she saw the expected reaction from Kurokawa and Miyako, a pleased smile of triumph spread across her face.

Kurokawa Kazuya looked at the princess in front of him with a helpless expression.

Kaguya Houraisan: "If we're a couple, then my little jokes are fine, right?"

Kazuya Kurokawa: "There really isn't a problem."

Nodding, he didn't pull his left hand fingers out of the princess's mouth, but instead raised his right hand to tidy up her slightly messy hair and clothes, who had just gotten up that morning.

Kaguya of Mount Penglai: "..."

Kaguya Houraisan: "Hey, hey, hey, Kurokawa, I'm a little unaccustomed to your sudden change of heart, okay?"

The beautiful princess released her mouth, sprang up from the bed, and took two steps back.

Although Kurokawa Kazuya had been quite lenient with her in the past, to provoke her like this today and then still cut her hair was definitely an act of indulgence.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Uh, that's normal, right? I've seen everything I wanted to see and touched everything I wanted to touch. It's no problem for me to treat Kaguya as my girlfriend now."

As he spoke, he looked at Kaguya in front of him with a somewhat strange gaze.

After all that was done last night, it's perfectly normal for his attitude to change.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Kaguya, you reject this kind of thing?"

Kaguya Houraisan: "I don't reject it, but I'm a little surprised that Kurokawa, who is usually the one who is passive, has taken the initiative this time."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Your Highness, are you sure you weren't just a little shy?"

Kaguya Houraisan: "Huh? Kurokawa, do you think I'm that kind of person? Although it's quite interesting that someone like you, who was originally passive, suddenly becomes proactive, I've seen more people than you've eaten rice."

The princess wore a smug smile.

Kurokawa Kazuya nodded in agreement: "Yes, yes, yes."

He extended his hand towards Kaguya Houraisan in front of him: "Next, we're going to see Merry. Princess, aren't you looking forward to having feelings for yourself?"

Kaguya Houraisan: "Oh, this one!"

The beautiful princess nodded quickly, her scattered thoughts gradually coming together.

Human emotions...

She was, of course, extremely looking forward to this, and now, after what happened last night, she had finally let go of her last bit of nervousness.

He reached out and shook hands with Kurokawa Kazuya in front of him.

Her long black hair swayed, and a beautiful smile appeared on the princess's face.

Kaguya Houraisan: "Speaking of which, if I go out like this with you now, other people will definitely see us. I wonder what those girls who are interested in you, Kurokawa, will think."

The princess on the moon grinned mischievously.

She turned her head to look at Kurokawa Kazuya: "Kurokawa, what do you think about me showing off in front of them?"

Kaguya Houraisan: "Hehehe~ Your men have already been captured by me. That's what I'll say when the time comes."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "..."

He looked at the princess beside him with a helpless expression.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Don't pull this stunt before we meet in Hana."

Upon hearing his words, the princess followed with an even brighter smile, as if she had avenged herself for being frightened by Kurokawa Kazuya earlier.

Kaguya Houraisan: "I told you long ago, Kurokawa, you don't need to worry. I'm very supportive of you building a harem."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Let's wait until Kaguya develops human emotions before saying that..."

Kaguya Houraisan: "Just because I have human emotions doesn't mean I'll immediately become human. Kurokawa, you can gradually cultivate my support for building a harem for you~"

The princess on the moon wore a radiant smile:

"Kurokawa, you, like me, yearn for eternal love, don't you? But then..."

"...Kurokawa, you don't really think that these people gathered in the town now will stay and help you build the town in the future after they have other bonds with you. To put it more bluntly, do you want to see them leave?"

Looking at the boy holding her hand beside her, the princess's smile remained radiant.

"Flowers wither, girls grow old, the sunset is fleeting, the morning sun is ephemeral; beautiful things are always short-lived and easily vanished. I have stepped into taboo, endowing something that should not be eternal with eternity."

“They say it’s a sin, something that must never be allowed. I know it’s wrong, but I just don’t want what I have to disappear… Kurokawa, you must help me preserve everything in this town, so that it can stay with me forever. Not only must it stay, but it must stay with even more vitality than before.”

She expressed her thoughts in a solemn tone.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Can I refuse?"

Kaguya Houraisan: "It's possible, but if you're the only one by my side, Kurokawa, I might get tired of you one day."

The princess on the moon uttered cruel words.

He maintained his smile, but his calm voice held no hint of joking.

Even though Kurokawa and Mi had touched her all over last night, she now seemed even more indifferent than before.

Or perhaps, this is how Kaguya Houraisan reveals her true thoughts?

Princess Kaguya had unparalleled confidence in her beauty, but she never had confidence in her own soul.

Princess Kaguya Houraisan of the Moon was originally a traitor to the Moon Capital.

She had always loved that city on the moon.

Sensing the increasingly decaying surroundings, disgusted by the Lunarians who have gradually lost their individuality and become boring over thousands of years, they gradually become numb and bored.

Boredom leads to willfulness, and willfulness ultimately results in exile.

This is the story of Kaguya Houraisan, the princess who should have been high above everyone else, now reduced to the ground.

Before taking the "elixir of immortality from Hourai," how could Kaguya not have foreseen the consequences?

She was willful from beginning to end.

In addition, there is something quite important: Kaguya has only ever promised to stay with Kurokawa Kazuya forever, but she has never said that she will love him forever.

Her long, black hair, reaching her waist, swayed as she walked.

The two of them had already gotten up and were walking towards the door together.

The princess on the moon slightly raised the hand that was holding Kurokawa Kazuya's and looked down at the palm lines on his hand.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Kaguya is afraid?"

Kaguya Houraisan: "Who knows? Maybe she's just afraid for you, Kurokawa."

She took Kurokawa Kazuya's fingers and began to play with them in her own hand.

Bring your fingers together one by one, then release them one by one.

The princess on the moon seems to be engaging in her own reflections in this way.

The process went on and on, over and over again, for more than a dozen rounds during the silent walking of the two.

Although Kaguya Houraisan kept conveying the message that she didn't really care about the intimate contact she had last night.

However, from Kurokawa and Mi's perspective, the other party has actually changed quite a bit.

For example, this kind of emotion, which Kaguya usually expressed to Kurokawa Kazuya in the past, was basically in a fleeting form.

Even if they have any negative emotions or thoughts, they won't show them for too long in Kurokawa and Miyako.

Willfulness and fun are the hallmarks of a princess.

But now, she doesn't seem to realize that she's spending more time thinking about other things in front of Kurokawa and Miya.

Princess Yue Shang, in a sense, has very deep emotions.

The closer you get, the more you can appreciate the unique qualities in the other person.

But for Kurokawa Kazuya, this wasn't something to be rejected; in fact, the heavier the emotions, the more reassuring they were.

Kaguya Houraisan: "Kurokawa, you know your smile is weird."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "This shows that I take you, Princess, quite seriously."

Kaguya Houraisan: "No, I'm getting a little mushy. Men are so strange, you've been acting strange since this morning."

Raising her arm, the princess in the moonlight gently rubbed the non-existent hairs on her arm.

The two then walked through the town, exchanging casual greetings with familiar faces as they passed by.

There's a strange feeling, like you're declaring your relationship to everyone around you.

Until the two walked out of the small woods outside the town.

Kaguya Houraisan: "Speaking of which, Kurokawa, after you fully unlock my CGs, will your life afterward be a bit like playing a galgame, where you have to conquer everyone in this town? When I'm helping you out, I can even imagine you as the male protagonist and play it like a live-action galgame."

Kaguya Houraisan: "Would you like me to help you design the strategy? I can even discuss this with them directly."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "..."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "So why has this topic come up again?"