Two Worlds, Starting with Kaguya of Penglai Mountain

The beautiful princess nudged Kurokawa Kazuya's back, urging him on.

In reality, she never hid her abnormality from Kurokawa Kazuya; there were just some things she couldn't say.

Seeing this, Kurokawa and Yami reluctantly started playing the game as the other party suggested.

The princess in the moon had just given her some hints.

My gaze returned to the screen in front of me.

The story of the game "Tales of Kaguya" consists of three main chapters, excluding the initial prologue.

Chapter 1: Exploration of the Lunar Capital

The game is mainly set on the outskirts of the Moon Capital, and the main enemies include the Moon Rabbit, strange oxcarts, flying feathered robes, and so on.

The goal of the game is to enter the interior of the Lunar Capital.

The ending CG shows the protagonist, after defeating those who block his way, infiltrating the City of the Moon.

Chapter Two: Internal Alliances

The game takes place in the inner ring of the Lunar Capital, where the Lunarians live. In addition to the armed Moon Rabbits, the enemies include Lunarians who are equipped with various magical attacks.

The game's objective is to forge alliances, locate and find the princess's prison, and collect companions along the way.

The ending CG shows the protagonist finally breaking into the princess's cell, only to find it completely empty, or more precisely...

The so-called location where the princess was imprisoned was actually the same location where the protagonist first appeared in the Moon Capital.

The Moon Mind, with whom she had forged a friendship along the way, told her that if she wanted to know the truth, she should go to the distant castle to search for it, where perhaps the princess in his heart was.

Chapter Three: Castle Raid

The game's setting is the castle at the very center of the Lunar Capital, which is also Tsukiyomi's residence.

The protagonist will defeat the most elite guardians, as well as two other minor bosses who are the Moon Princesses.

Finally, the protagonist steps into the innermost room of the castle.

There sat a girl sitting quietly, a girl who looked exactly like the Moon Princess that the protagonist knew.

When the other party met the protagonist, they casually recounted everything the protagonist had experienced, claiming it was all a lie.

The so-called Princess of the Moon never existed.

The game *Tales of Kaguya* retains the traditional feature of interludes in its storyline.

After several battles, the protagonist will take a break. During each break, he can meet the princess in his dream, and they will resume their warm life on the ground and have some conversations about the plot.

And in the final boss battle.

The Moonlit Mirror will show the protagonist what she did in her dreams each time the protagonist fell asleep, things that the protagonist didn't notice, and tell the protagonist about them.

She was actually the princess in his dreams.

The princess on the ground is a fantasy of the protagonist who is the subject of the experiment.

The princess who appears in the protagonist's dream is played by herself.

Bringing him into the Lunar Capital was merely an experiment conducted by the Lunar Capital itself; he himself was the experimental subject of the power of eternity and fleeting moments.

All the protagonist needs to do is return his power to her, and she will let him see the princess in his heart again.

There are three ending CGs, which are also the final CGs of the game.

Two normal endings:

One is that the protagonist is immersed in an eternal dream, in which he is reunited with the princess.

One scenario involves the protagonist killing Tsukiyo, the ruler of the Moon Capital, and witnessing the gradual collapse of the entire Moon Capital on the vast moon.

A hidden ending:

After achieving perfect scores on all levels, the protagonist gained the approval of everyone in the Moon City, took control of the city, and became its new master. Using the power of the Moon City and his own abilities, he reversed time and returned to the past.

And in the past that he saw.

On the land, in the village where the game begins, the princess and the protagonist truly exist.

They are not illusions; they truly exist.

The delighted protagonist, upon the arrival of the lunar beings from the sky, immediately stops them. He then places himself in place of the original protagonist of this timeline and enters the city on the moon.

The game begins its second playthrough, and in this playthrough, when the player completes the game again, they will become the master of the moon, making all the NPCs in the game, especially the other two moon princesses, kneel at their feet.

……

The current point in Kurokawa and Yayu's journey is at the end of Chapter Two, where they are trying to pass each level as perfectly as possible in order to hide the ending.

Because he set a higher level of difficulty for himself, he didn't find the game as boring as Kaguya did.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "No matter how many times I play this game, I always have something to complain about about the ending, especially the final kneeling scene. It looks like Kaguya, you're just throwing in your own personal bias."

As Kurokawa Kazuya pressed the controller and completed the game once again, he made sarcastic remarks to the princess beside him.

However, just as he was about to enter the final stage...

The girl's delicate fragrance lingered around my nose.

At that moment, the beautiful princess suddenly reached out from behind him and grabbed his hand and the handle in his hand.

Kurokawa and Miyako could clearly feel the girl's body trembling slightly, and at the same time, they could hear the princess's soft breathing caused by her emotional excitement.

When Kurokawa Kazuya turned around, he saw the princess's unusually bright, almost distorted smile.

Princess Kazuya leaned forward, supporting herself with both hands.

The girl's black hair slid down due to gravity, brushing against her skin and causing a ticklish sensation.

A soft touch came from behind, proving that Her Highness was not as small as she appeared.

Kaguya Houraisan: "I've seen through your act. That's how it was going to be. How could we let such a massive faith slip through our fingers? Hey, are you still going to pretend in front of me?"

Suppressed excitement escaped from the girl's lips.

Like some kind of fireworks about to burst into bloom.

Kaguya Houraisan: "How does it feel to have to play this kind of role? Heh~ I feel like you're all kneeling before me, begging for mercy."

Following the direction the princess pointed, Kurokawa and Miya looked and could easily see some scenes on the game screen that shouldn't be in the game.

When Kaguya spoke, the scene that had initially only made Kurokawa Kazuya realize something was wrong underwent a complete transformation.

The appearance of the NPCs on the screen has changed, and the past rewind option that originally corresponded to the hidden ending has become an unselectable option when entering a plot node.

On the screen, a large number of moon rabbits began to crash into the game character in a near-suicidal manner.

Chapter 83 The Moon God Playing His Role

A world where any monster can manipulate concepts to some extent.

The concept is obviously a very important proposition.

The Hakurei Shrine Maiden gains control over the power of everyone in a city by occupying it.

Kazuya Kurokawa is someone who possesses the game's source code.

The faith that flowed from the real world to the other world was naturally drawn to it, converging on the location of the game machine he specified.

Then the question comes-

The game "Tales of Kaguya" mentions concepts such as moonlit nights, Princess Kaguya, and the lunar capital.

Where will the beliefs or directional emotions that people in the real world, including Kurokawa Kazuya, have about these things ultimately point to in "Tales of Kaguya"?

The answer is still the game that Kurokawa Kazuya is in.

A name is just a label; a full name is only one part of a concept.

Essentially, the faith that points to Tsukiyomi and Princess Kaguya in "Tales of Kaguya" does not belong to them.

They only share the same name, but have different experiences and personalities, and can be seen as two different individuals.

but--

Because they share the same name, and because they have similar experiences.

It is not impossible to acquire the corresponding assets by playing a role.

Kaguya Houraisan: "The most typical example of this kind of thing in the Lunar Capital is the Wataru sisters, who are nominally the princesses of the moon."

"The two sisters, Watatsuki Yorihime and Watatsuki Toyohime, correspond to the myths of the earthly people, namely 'Toyotama-hime' and 'Tama-yohime'."

"Therefore, in order to conform to the myths of the earthly people and absorb their beliefs, the younger sister, Watatsuki Yorihime, must marry the son of her older sister, Watatsuki Toyohime, in the future, so that she can truly and completely conform to the concept pointed to by the myths."

As she spoke, the princess turned to look at Kurokawa Kazuya, her face full of sarcasm.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "What if they don't do that?"

Kaguya Houraisan: "Then the two of them will lose their respective identities in mythology and will no longer be the concepts that faith points to."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Those two gods would rather accept this than lose their faith?"

Kaguya Houraisan: "Oh, this is actually a joint decision made by the decision-making body composed of Tsukiyomi and the Moon's Mind within the Lunar Capital, and it is also one of the unchangeable directions for the entire Lunar Capital."

"The Tsukiyomi, who are preparing to build a pantheon on the moon, cannot allow their plans to go awry. As the elders of Emperor Monmu, the first emperor of Japan in mythology, the worship of 'Toyotama-hime' and 'Tamayori-hime' is quite important in the pantheon."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "..."

At that moment, he suddenly gained a sense of understanding for Kaguya Houraisan's strangely awkward personality.

Living in such an environment, you're bound to get sick even if you don't want to.

The two women, who call each other sisters, clearly did not want to do this, but because of a myth of unknown origin, they were forced to do such a twisted thing.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "So, Kaguya, what's your situation?"

Kaguya Houraisan: "My position is far more central than theirs, Kurokawa, didn't you already guess that?"

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Are you Tsukiyomi?"

Kaguya Houraisan: "To be precise, is it human nature or a spare body? In terms of status, it's quite similar to the relationship between Arcueid and Crimson Moon in 'Tsukihime.' If the conditions are right, I can become the other person whenever I return to the moon. Even in normal times, some of my actions will be restricted."

A nonchalant smile appeared on his face.

There are more than one person in the Lunar Capital who is revered as a princess, but everyone knows that among these princesses, only Kaguya Houraisan has ever truly been called a princess.

Princess waved her hand at Kurokawa Kazuya: "You don't need to worry about me. After all, didn't I say that I have already betrayed everything I once had?"

After she finished speaking, she grabbed Kurokawa Kazuya's hand and showed a slightly excited expression on her face.

Kaguya Houraisan: "Compared to this, Kurokawa, don't you think you should pay more attention to the rats that are stealing your food right now?"

The princess in the moon pointed ahead.

The moment Kaguya of Houraisan noticed something amiss, the Moon Rabbit, who had been acting like a dull NPC on the screen, launched a suicide attack on them.

During this process, those who entered the game to try to play as and occupy a portion of the game's faith in the moon god seized the opportunity to escape without hesitation.

The only thing left at the scene is a moon rabbit that seems to have refrained from launching a suicide attack for some reason.

Seemingly aware of what was happening off-screen, the moon rabbit, which had suddenly appeared on the screen as a monster with purple hair, was hiding in a corner, trembling with fear.

Kaguya Houraisan: "It's very much in line with the way the Lunar Capital operates. They've occupied the Moon Rabbit's home on the moon, yet they always use the Moon Rabbit as cannon fodder."

The beautiful girl, still holding Kurokawa Kazuya's hand, began to control the game character using his hand.

And have this game character continuously swing a samurai sword in the air in front of this character to intimidate them.

Kaguya Houraisan: "From the perspective of the Moon People, this rabbit in front of us should be considered a deserter or something similar."

If you don't self-destruct when you should, aren't you just a deserter?

Kaguya Houraisan turned to look at Kazuya Kurokawa beside her and asked, "Kurokawa, do you think we should kill her next?"

At this moment, the princess said something rather cruel.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "..."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Does someone you kill in a game actually die in real life? I'm not a novice in this area anymore. Kaguya, are you sure you want to fool me like this?"

He started complaining to the girl next to him.

The latter, on the other hand, wore a smile, revealing an expression that showed no shame despite being seen through.

"I'm so beautiful, any lie I tell should be forgiven."