Two Worlds, Starting with Kaguya of Penglai Mountain

Is this what is called love?

That's absolutely terrifying.

However, it was precisely when she made her instinctive defensive move that...

The princess opposite her had already let out a clear, bell-like laugh.

The nervous rabbit looked at the smiling princess and unconsciously relaxed.

She figured the other person was probably joking.

Kaguya Houraisan: "How come I never realized before that teasing rabbits is such a fun thing to do?"

He took two steps back and casually sat down on his bed.

The princess on the moon continued to smile as she looked at the moon rabbit standing in front of her.

Kaguya Houraisan: "I ask you, if I let you go, what do you plan to do afterward?"

Reisen: "Once my consciousness is no longer bound, I can return directly to my body in the Lunar Capital."

Kaguya Houraisan: "And then, after returning to the Lunar Capital, you're thrown back into battle?"

Reisen: "..."

The rabbit on the moon suddenly didn't know how to answer.

Reisen's various qualities are quite outstanding among the Moon Rabbits.

This can be seen from the fact that she was able to stand out among countless moon rabbits and be taken as a pet by the other two moon princesses on the moon, who also gave her a name.

During the training phase, this rabbit held records in various events, including swimming, cycling, running, weightlifting, and long jump.

Because it stands out, it is conspicuous; because it is conspicuous, there is absolutely no way it can escape.

But she hated war, and all she wanted was to live her old life quietly and peacefully.

Kaguya Houraisan: "Hmph~ It seems you've already figured out the problem. Once you're released, you, who hate war, are destined to join the Lunar Capital's conquest of the Earth. Come to think of it, it all seems to have started with me."

The princess squinted as she watched the conflicted rabbit and smiled happily.

Kaguya Houraisan: "So, from the strange rabbit on the moon..."

She reached out and grabbed the rabbit's ear in front of her: "Make a choice. Do you choose to go back and continue fighting, or abandon your compatriots and secretly stay on the ground, cover your head and pretend to live a peaceful life?"

A wicked smile appeared on the princess's face.

The timid rabbit, at this moment, falls into instinctive defense and resistance.

"The ability to manipulate wavelengths"

This is a basic ability belonging to the Moon Rabbit clan.

Reisen is using this ability to control her consciousness so that it doesn't reveal her thoughts to the outside world.

Reisen has been different from other moon rabbits since birth.

She is more eager to be number one than other rabbits; she thinks about the meaning of commands that other rabbits don't; she discovers that her own death is insignificant.

While other rabbits obey orders and forge ahead, she chooses to run away and hide.

Strange thoughts, thoughts that shouldn't belong to a moon rabbit.

The Moon Rabbit is a monster that lives on the moon and was born from the beliefs of scattered humans in the world regarding the moon.

The moon itself has always been a symbol of selflessness and dedication.

Those scattered beliefs are generally those that the moon goddess is unwilling to absorb or emulate, and they point to selflessness and dedication.

Therefore, selflessness and dedication are the most fundamental characteristics of all Moon Rabbits.

The prototype of the personality of people in the moon today is actually partly derived from the moon rabbit.

If the Moon Rabbits, as yokai, weren't unable to generate faith like humans, the Moon Capital wouldn't be inhabited by Lunarians but by Moon Rabbits.

This actually shows that—

Reisen, the moon rabbit, is quite strange; she's an anomaly among moon rabbits.

While she is a moon rabbit in both appearance and soul, she possesses an emotion called "selfishness" that does not belong to the moon rabbit.

Outcasts are always good at hiding themselves, and outcasts always find it difficult to integrate into a group.

From the moment she became conscious, Reisen's heart rejected the entry of anyone else and guarded against everything from the outside world.

Because of her low social status and her efforts to hide it, Reisen's true feelings have remained undiscovered.

But that's just how the world is.

The strong can always bully the weak at will.

Even when they don't care, the aftermath of their struggles can cause pain to the weak.

Her true feelings were easily and completely exposed to the other party amidst the conflict between the Moon Princess and the Moon Capital.

Even now, if the other party is willing, they can still force her to stop manipulating her emotional wavelengths and once again reveal all her psychological state to them.

Reisen: "I choose to stay."

The rabbit lowered its head and murmured softly.

Kaguya Houraisan smiled again as she looked at the other person, thinking that she would probably have some things to do in the next few days.

Kaguya Houraisan: "Alright then, you can go and work for Kurokawa from now on. If you do a good job, I can give you some rewards. The ability to manipulate wavelengths... I remember those signals are also wavelengths."

After some thought, the princess gave her own plan.

While the ability to manipulate wavelengths sounds like a good match for Kazuya Kurokawa's Infinite Signal, the truly important aspect of the "Infinite Signal" ability is actually the information carried within the signal itself.

Reisen can change the direction of waves and can also manipulate wavelength, phase, and amplitude.

Just as a yokai in a boundary can see the other side of things from the perspective of the boundary.

Reisen can also understand everything in the world from the perspective of waves.

Logically speaking, given that matter has wave-like properties, being able to directly manipulate wavelength is essentially manipulating the uncertainty of matter.

Destroying everything, traversing everything, altering possibilities—the things that can be done are simply countless.

However, it didn't work.

The power of a monster depends not only on the concept it corresponds to, but also on its own growth.

The definition of the dividing line corresponding to the boundary demons—good and evil, light and darkness, humans and demons—and all emotions related to the boundaries of all things can become the direction of her faith, allowing her to grow.

However, people of this era had almost no particular feelings about the wavelengths corresponding to Reisen, or rather, all the moon rabbits.

Not to mention that the Boundary Demon essentially enjoys this faith alone, while Reisen shares it with the entire Moon Rabbit race.

The growth of the moon rabbit has almost stagnated.

Kaguya didn't know if the rabbit in front of her was hiding.

But as far as she knew, the Moon Rabbits of the Lunar Capital possessed only basic abilities such as "lowering their own presence", "manipulating the emotions of others", and "using waves for remote communication".

Kaguya Houraisan: "The future is promising, but there is nothing of particular value at present."

Her Highness commented on this.

There are countless beings in this world with considerable abilities, but only a small fraction of them ultimately succeed.

Regarding the fact that the Moon Rabbit hasn't grown much, it's hard to say that there wasn't some deliberate manipulation by the Lunar Capital.

After all, the emergence of a powerful figure among the Moon Rabbits is not good news for them.

Thinking about it this way, standing in front of the other person...

Kaguya Houraisan: "The villain is me? No, I'm not the villain anymore. I betrayed the Lunar Capital a long time ago."

She muttered to herself, just as Kaguya Houraisan was about to say something more.

Dongdongdong~Dongdongdongdong~

Someone knocked on the door of the young girl's room.

Kaguya Houraisan stepped forward and opened the door.

Then she met her adoptive parents on the ground, the old man and his wife, who were over sixty years old.

"Kaguya, Prince Kuramachi has sent someone to say that he has found the jade branch you requested, and his marriage proposal is already at our doorstep."

The aged old man looked at Kaguya and spoke earnestly.

Chapter Ninety-Three: Princess Kaguya's Proposer

Prince Charioteer, what is that?

After the old man who plucked bamboo spoke, the princess on the moon subconsciously pondered who he was referring to.

The scene in front of the door even fell into a brief silence.

It wasn't until the old man who took the bamboo cutter reminded Kaguya that she realized what was going on.

Prince Kurumachi was one of the five nobles who came to propose marriage to her on the day she met Kurokawa Kazuya.

However, after he publicly went out with Kurokawa Kazuya, the guy on the other side should have backed down.

I never expected they would dare to come to my door so openly.

"What was it called again? Never mind, it doesn't matter if I forget. This must be what the Lunar Capital is thinking. Knowing full well that it's impossible, is this trying to sow discord or deliberately trying to annoy me?"

The princess smiled brightly.

That wasn't a laugh when you were happy, but a laugh that came out of extreme bad mood.

Of course, when she was in a bad mood, Kaguya didn't actively think about anything fun.

For example, you could go to Kurokawa Kazuya and directly ask him how he feels.

Of course, one could find some amusement in this process, but what about the suitor who comes knocking at this time?

Since they have ulterior motives, they need to be prepared.

"Kaguya, what are your thoughts?"

Seeing their daughter's smile, the two elderly people at the door asked a question.

The Taketori couple, who have no children and whose lives are nearing their end.

They truly have a very open-minded view of many things, and they genuinely regard Kaguya, whom they have raised for many years, as their own child.

That's why there's no hesitation in asking at this time.

"Oh, yes, Father and Mother know that I already have a lover I'm about to marry. I'll find a way to deal with such a shameless person, so you don't need to worry."

She spoke to the two people in front of her, taking the initiative to take full responsibility for the matter.

"Alright then." The couple exchanged a glance.

Because of Kurokawa Kazuya's appearance, Houraisan Kaguya didn't actually hide her abilities much.

Since the other party had said so, the bamboo-harvesting couple weren't too worried about her safety, so—

"Kaguya, now that you already have a lover, your mother and I won't say anything."

"Yes, we both know of your noble status, Kaguya. Your father and I had the greatest wish before we died: to see you get married. Can you tell us when you two are planning to get married?"

The two men looked at their "daughter" and spoke in this way.

In a sense, that was actually their real purpose in coming to find Kaguya.

In the eyes of the elderly couple, Kaguya's frequent outings were acceptable due to her unique circumstances.

But now that you've found your Mr. Right, you should get married and start a family as soon as possible.

The elderly couple actually came today to urge each other to get married.

Kaguya of Mount Penglai: "..."

This left the princess, who had been scheming about how to deal with the suitor, somewhat bewildered.

Even for Kaguya, the word "marriage" is usually something that only appears in jokes.

However, faced with the old man's earnest gaze, Kaguya Houraisan couldn't bring herself to say anything against it.