Two Worlds, Starting with Kaguya of Penglai Mountain

The rhythmic striking of two drumsticks guided the beat of the music, and a brand new piece belonging to the closing band began to play at this moment.

Neither Reimu Hakurei, Kazuya Kurokawa, nor Kaguya Houraisan engaged in any further discussion when the music began.

After the band finishes writing a song, wouldn't it be a shame not to listen carefully at this point?

At this moment, Reimu Hakurei even held two more light sticks in her hands, supporting the band's songs on behalf of Kazuya Kurokawa and Kaguya Houraisan, who were unable to engage with reality.

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Chapter 137 Ends: The Band's Future Stance

Backstage after the performance, a performer wiped the sweat off his body with a towel.

"how do you feel?"

A clear, girlish voice rang in Kurokawa and Miya's ears.

The blonde girl walked towards Kurokawa Kazuya, her distinctive triangular ahoge swaying from side to side.

It was clear that the girl was a little nervous.

"The band looked exactly like a rock band on stage. But after they left the stage, they didn't seem to have changed at all."

Kurokawa Kazuya looked at the four girls on the stage and began to make sarcastic remarks.

His gaze inevitably drifted to his surroundings.

Yamada Ryo, oblivious to everything else, wandered aimlessly around the newly arrived Reimu.

Kita Ikuyo looked at Houraisan Kaguya's hair with envy and sighed.

Goto Ichiri carefully moved her feet, shifting to Kurokawa Kazuya's side, and secretly sniffed twice.

When Ichi Nijika asked Kurokawa Kazuya a question, my gaze involuntarily followed her.

Nijika Ichi: "Kurokawa, you know that's not what I'm asking, right? I'm saying, what do you think of our new song? The lyrics were written by Pochi-chan herself."

—From "When Fantasy Becomes Reality"

This is the name of the song the band just finished performing.

The lyrics mainly describe Cinderella being led into a fairy tale world by a prince, where she encounters all sorts of fantastical things and completely escapes her worries about life.

As usual, the song was arranged by Ryo Yamada, and the melody has a relaxed and pleasant feel to it.

When you listen to it, you get a feeling of leisurely contentment with this life.

Even with lyrics written by Boqi Jiang, describing Cinderella and the prince, the overall style of the song is not one that strongly expresses love.

Instead, it evokes a sense of celebration for life at this moment, gratitude for those who provide a stable and secure life, and a desire for everything to continue forever.

Lazy, listless, inactive, and lacking ambition.

This song doesn't sound rock or unrestrained at all.

However, placed within the context of modern society's culture of involution, this song does indeed embody a rebellious spirit of rock and roll.

After the song ended, Kurokawa Kazuya heard many people in the audience give it high praise.

And those who are the same as them—

"I am quite satisfied with this kind of life."

He nodded seriously to Hongxia, which was a response to what the girls in the band had expressed.

After hearing Kurokawa Kazumi's words, the blonde girl subconsciously turned her head away and scratched her cheek a little embarrassedly.

Nijika Ichi: "That's not what I meant. I meant whether the song is good or not."

It seems that the current topic is making her feel a strange sense of helplessness.

After speaking, Hongxia immediately changed the subject.

"During the time we were away, did anything special happen in the city? I heard from Kaguya that you, Kurokawa, have temporarily suspended all your music activities."

The girl turned her head and looked at Kurokawa Kazuya again as she spoke.

As the city of technology continues to expand, the band's performances within the city have also continued.

The earliest forms of entertainment always bring different meanings to people, and band performances have long since become a unique symbol of the city.

They even spurred the development of the local music industry as a result.

Many locals who admire them are now trying to follow in their footsteps, practicing the legacy of the singing saints, and embarking on the path of becoming band girls.

However, due to the recent attack on the Lunar Capital, Kurokawa Kazuya has temporarily suspended the band's plans to travel to another world for a performance in order to avoid any accidents.

According to the Moon Rabbits, the law enforcement mailbox has been receiving letters every few days from young people pursuing their dreams, inquiring about the current status of the band.

"I am extremely grateful to Ryo for letting us publicly share the legacy of the Singing Saint."

The blonde girl nodded seriously to Kurokawa Kazuya.

"This choice was originally beneficial to the development of the town at that time. Having more bands would give everyone a better boost. I was more looking forward to it than you were."

Kurokawa Kazuya gave a casual reply.

He glanced at the blonde girl beside him with her head down, and at Kaguya's mocking gaze not far away, and pondered for a moment.

"Actually, besides visiting you, the main purpose of this visit is to discuss matters related to whether or not you want to enter the realm of the extraordinary."

Kurokawa Kazuya pointed to Hakurei Reimu, who was being pulled along by Yamada Ryo to learn about musical knowledge.

"With the successful creation of the Reimu Barrier, although I can't make you as invincible as the youkai from another world, I should be able to keep you forever young."

Kurokawa nodded and shared some of his thoughts with Miyuki.

As he spoke, everyone around him, whether it was Kita Ikuyo chatting with Kaguya on social media or Yamada Ryo trying to get Reimu hooked, all turned their attention to Kurokawa Kazuya in an instant.

These girls were just singing "When Fantasy Becomes Reality," expressing their complete satisfaction with the status quo.

His eyes blazed with intense light.

The allure of staying young forever for a woman is beyond words.

Even Pochi-chan, who always kept her head down and dared not look Kurokawa Kazuya in the eye, was now looking at Kurokawa Kazuya seriously.

During their interactions with various people in the other world after the band ended, the four members had long coveted the longevity and youthfulness of the cultivators in that world.

Some of the more extreme members of the band are like Ryo Yamada.

They even openly proclaimed that once they turned 20, they would immediately abandon their real bodies and travel to another world to start a brand new beautiful girl life.

She is imperfect after growing up and becoming an old woman; she must stay young forever.

Incidentally, this declaration received strong approval from Bochi-chan, and she and Yamada Ryo reached an agreement to completely run off to another world after they turn 20.

"Liang, you're being a bit too impolite."

"It's okay, you can owe Kazumi for now, and you can repay her with your body later. Anyway, Kazumi seems very generous."

After the blue-haired girl gave her best friend a thumbs-up and said the above words.

She immediately ran over to Kurokawa Kazuya and started nagging her about turning her into an eternally beautiful girl.

As for how to repay Kurokawa and Miya in this regard?

Didn't Yamada Ryo just say that himself?

She intended to repay him with her body.

The blue-haired girl didn't really care much about romance.

She doesn't dislike Kurokawa Kazuya, and her best friend, Ijichi Nikka, also has feelings for Kurokawa Kazuya.

Then we might as well marry into the same household together. That way, we won't have to worry about forming our own families in the future, and Hongxia can take care of us forever.

Who knows, once we're in bed, we might even help each other push each other around.

The blue-haired girl nodded earnestly.

"Right now, in the band, only Kita's feelings for you haven't reached the point of wanting to marry you. I can help you devise a plan to win Kita over."

Muttering to himself, Yamada Ryo began to flatter Kurokawa Kazuya in front of Kita Ikuyo.

To be honest, looking at the person in front of him, Kurokawa Kazuya had a momentary feeling that he was seeing Kaguya.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "So Ryo, you and Kaguya really get along."

Yamada Ryo: "Oh, Kaguya? Of course we get along very well, it's a pity the princess's taste in music is a bit too bad. Last time I recommended her..."

The talkative blue-haired girl wanted to say something more.

She was grabbed by the back of her neck and dragged backward.

Kaguya Houraisan: "Last time she played some strange music for me, and then I threw her out of the room."

The princess in the moon reminisces about her interactions with Yamada Ryo.

Kaguya listens to music, but she doesn't have the habit of immersing herself in it.

No matter how you look at it, that thing doesn't seem to have any intention of coming.

Thinking of this, Her Highness turned to look at Yamada Ryo.

Instead, other questions began to pop into my mind.

"I think my game can add more players."

She waved to Kurokawa Kazuya and ran off towards Yamada Ryo and Ijichi Nijika.

Soon only Goto Ichiri, Kita Ikuyo, and Hakurei Reimu remained in place.

The girl, dressed in a red and white shrine maiden outfit, who had just been constantly recommended music by Yamada Ryo, observed the band's current situation.

Reimu Hakurei: "So you're planning to have them use that method to stay young? I think the reincarnation plan is better than staying young forever, at least that way it won't cause any trouble."

Glancing at Kurokawa Kazuya, the shrine maiden brought up what Kurokawa Kazuya hadn't finished saying earlier: the plan to keep everyone young.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "How could you say something like that, Reimu, that you'd send such a group of young girls into reincarnation?"

Reimu Hakurei: "Immortality is a painful thing."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "That's the kind of suffering that comes from immortality and not being able to find your way. In the modern world, if you're not short of money, immortality can make you so happy you'll lose your bearings."

He refuted the witch's words almost without thinking.

This point itself is a genuine statement from Kurokawa Kazuya.

Which emperor throughout history didn't pursue immortality? After becoming emperor, enjoying the highest power in the world, wanting to live longer was commonplace.

Kurokawa Kazuya felt that his current life was something even an ancient emperor would never change, or rather... he was probably even more comfortable than an ancient emperor.

Only someone with a screw loose would think immortality is a bad thing.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Look at Kaguya, isn't she pretty happy right now?"

Pointing ahead, Kurokawa Kazuya saw Kita Ikuyo chatting away with Ijichi Nijika and Yamada Ryo, and once again cited a real-life example.

Hakurei Reimu: "..."

With her gaze fixed on the boy in front of her, the girl in the red and white shrine maiden outfit felt something was particularly unpleasant about him.

Even though the other person didn't say anything, Reimu always had the feeling that Kurokawa Kazuya was actually mocking her.

The only people who have had enough of living and don't want to live are those like the Hakurei Shrine Maiden, who are always burdened with responsibilities and bound by them, right?

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Reimu, aren't you free from your duties as a shrine maiden now?"

Kurokawa and Miya were quite concerned about the shrine maiden's condition.

Reimu Hakurei: "I've been freed from my duties as a shrine maiden, and then my true form is sent to you as a tool for a marriage alliance. If you think about it that way, it doesn't seem to be any different from before."

Reimu glanced at Kurokawa Kazuya and, snapping out of her reverie, responded.

She herself didn't particularly dislike the current situation, and the experience of traveling to another world was actually quite novel for her.

And they probably felt that continuing to exchange ideas on this topic might change their course of action.

Reimu then pointed to the side and changed the subject: "I think you should pay more attention to the two people next to you right now. Kita Ikuyo seems to have something to say to you."

At that moment, as Reimu spoke, Kurokawa Kazuya turned his head and was somewhat dazed to find that a red-haired girl named Kita Ikuyo was looking at him with a very serious gaze.

Kita Ikuyo, compared to when we first met.