As a traitor, I should raise the banner of rebellion

Could it be that Princess Mako was really imprisoned here?

But the question is, if 'Kaguya-hime' is really Princess Mako, doesn't this mean that in this dimension, she has become his - daughter?

She is my mother, but she calls me dad...

is this correct?

87. I love watching girls fighting the most!

When you meet Princess Mako, the owner of this body, what attitude should you adopt towards her?

...To be honest, Yuanhui hadn't really thought it through at all.

If Princess Mako was someone who abandoned him without hesitation like his parents in his previous life, then Genki would be easier to deal with.

But the thing is, Princess Mako isn't that kind of irresponsible parent.

From the information we have learned so far, she not only loved him deeply, but was willing to abandon her reputation as a princess and even compete with her brother, and insisted on giving birth to him.

Because of this, not only did she lose her noble status, but she was also placed under house arrest by the Sakurajima royal family for violating family rules.

Genki can hate Mizukami Kana.

Because she clearly has the ability to take action, but she always hides behind the scenes.

But he couldn't muster the slightest hatred towards Princess Mako.

As a powerless mother, she has done the best she can.

We really shouldn't make any more excessive demands on her.

In order to rescue Princess Mako, Yuanhui is willing to pay almost any price.

However, when I actually see her, will I be able to say the words "Mom" or "Mother" from my mouth?

Yuanhui actually has no confidence in this.

He had originally planned to slowly build up his mental strength while searching for and rescuing Princess Mako.

But just when Yuanhui arrived at the second space, which is [Kaguya-sama's Dream], Princess Mako appeared in front of him so easily and even abruptly.

Not only that, in this strange space, her and his identities were completely reversed.

He is the Bamboo Cutter who cuts bamboo in "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter", and Princess Mako, on the contrary, becomes Kaguya-hime who lives in the heart of the bamboo and becomes his adopted daughter.

Looking at the sleeping face in the glowing bamboo, Yuanhui's hand holding the axe hesitated a little, and he was reluctant to cut down the bamboo and take Princess Mako out of it.

This hesitation obviously triggered some rules in this space.

A thick black cloud suddenly floated over the originally sunny sky. The sticky cloud seemed to cover the entire sky.

Then——

"Boom!"

A loud thunderclap sounded suddenly out of nowhere.

Yuan Hui narrowed his eyes and looked at the black cloud that was obviously extremely abnormal.

After being transformed by the silver-haired dragon girl, his body is no longer as weak as before.

Although he has not reached the level of a superman, he at least deserves the praise of having "sharp ears and sharp eyes".

In that dark cloud, Yuan Hui seemed to see a huge eye slowly opening...

"I see. If I don't follow the predetermined script, I will be punished?"

A terrifying and resentful aura was brewing in that huge eye tumor, and Yuan Hui's [Omen of Death] was also warning him at this moment that if he delayed any further, he would undoubtedly die.

After receiving such a signal, Yuan Hui did not continue to test it.

He swung the axe in his hand and carefully cut down the section of bamboo where Princess Mako was sleeping.

And when he took action, the thick and sticky black cloud disappeared quietly.

Princess Mako was just a tiny girl, only three inches (about 10 centimeters) long at this time. However, she did not look wrinkled like a newborn baby, but looked about 5 or 6 years old.

She was already wearing an extremely luxurious dress.

That is not a kimono, but a more formal and luxurious garment called "Juniki".

After taking a deep look at Princess Mako who was still soundly asleep, Yuanhui put the bamboo into his arms.

The encounter between 'Bamboo Cutter' and 'Princess Kaguya' has already ended, and the next thing he has to do is to 'go home'.

That mysterious sense of guidance suddenly appeared in Yuanhui's heart again.

This is the hint that this space gives to him as an "actor".

……

……

After passing through a forest path that was obviously trampled by people, Yuanhui saw a village in front of him that fit his stereotype of an "ancient village".

Old, run-down and dirty.

This is not a paradise where the old and the young live happily together, but just a poor and backward village.

The events in "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" probably took place in the Asuka period more than 1400 years ago. Sakurajima at that time was naturally incomparable to the modern times.

Yuanhui secretly tightened the axe in his hand, and observed the people living in this village with a slightly vigilant look.

Fortunately, after he removed it from the bamboo, the bamboo node no longer glowed.

Some modern people may have an unrealistic view of ancient people, thinking that although they were extremely poor both materially and spiritually, they were at least extremely simple in character.

This is undoubtedly a naive and extremely wrong perception.

On average, the conduct of ancient people was far inferior to that of modern people.

If the warehouse is solid, you will know etiquette; if you have enough food and clothing, you will know honor and disgrace.

Generally speaking, only after solving the problem of survival will people begin to pay attention to their own moral cultivation.

However, when Yuan Hui approached the village and saw the villagers, he suddenly realized that his worries seemed unnecessary.

He...did not hear the heartbeats of these villagers.

In other words, these villagers are different from him.

They are not actors played by living people, but just some created NPCs.

A small bloody snake quietly crawled down from Yuanhui's body, and then quickly and swiftly approached a villager who was drawing water from a well.

The villager did not react at all, but continued to concentrate on his work.

The bloody little snake climbed to the villager's neck, and just as it was about to bite its teeth into the man's neck, its slender body suddenly stiffened.

The light of rationality in its eyes quietly disappeared, and the next moment it turned into countless dust particles and dissolved into the void.

At the same time, a number in Yuanhui's mind also quietly decreased by one.

Although he did not take away the monster, Yuanhui did not gain nothing in that space.

The [Blood Field] has accumulated enough souls and blood to create nearly a thousand "minions", and they are the perfect cannon fodder for Yuanhui to test the strange rules.

You can't take 'their' lives without permission...?

Yuanhui said thoughtfully in his heart.

He had no intention of actually attacking these villagers, and the blood snake was supposed to stop at the last moment.

But even so, it is still impossible to escape the punishment of this space.

...In a sense, this is actually good news.

This shows that even though Yuanhui is deeply trapped in this dream space and time, it still cannot see through his thoughts.

Yuanhui looked down at the jade pendant on his chest.

There was no voice of Tamamonomae's thoughts coming from it, as if it was just an ordinary pendant.

When she broke in here, Tamamonomae had told him that this would be very exhausting for her and she would fall asleep for a while.

She also mentioned to Yuanhui that in that dream space, the flow of time is different from that in real space.

Just like no matter how long time passes in the dream, in reality it is only one night.

She didn't actually know the exact ratio, but it was at least several hundred to one.

In other words, even if a year passed in that space, in the real world, only one day had passed.

After using the 'Blood Snake' to test the rules of this space, Yuan Hui walked into the village.

The villagers coming and going were not surprised by his overly young appearance. They even greeted Yuanhui as if they were very familiar with him.

Yuanhui did not ignore such greetings just because they were not human, but pretended to be familiar with them and responded to them.

His own, or rather, 'Bamboo Cutter's' current home is in a somewhat remote corner of the village.

When he came to the crude door and fence, he saw a white-haired old woman coming out of the mud house.

She is the wife of 'Bamboo Cutter' and also the adopted mother of 'Princess Kaguya'.

However, in The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, her name is not revealed.

And the moment he saw her, Yuanhui also knew that she was not an "actor" played by humans, but a creation of this space.

Her chest was also empty.

Could it be that he and Princess Mako are the only two living people in this space?

Suppressing this thought, Yuan Hui said to the nominal "wife" who came forward:

"I am back."

"I need to tell you something, let's go inside and talk."

……

……

In the blink of an eye, it was already night.

Although oil was available in this era, Bamboo Cutter could not afford it due to his current family conditions.

So after dark, I naturally had no choice but to go to bed.

No, there isn't even a bed here, just two thin quilts.

The couple in "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" are both in their seventies, so it is naturally impossible for them to have any nightlife.

This made Yuanhui feel a little relieved.

During this half-day of contact, he discovered that although his 'wife' had no heartbeat, she could respond appropriately to his words and actions. She was not a puppet without any emotions.

However, her reaction was not that of a normal human being.

If Yuanhui had to describe it, this 'old woman' was actually more like a machine without emotions.

All her reactions were not based on thinking, but because similar situations had occurred too many times, so she already knew what reaction was appropriate.

This strange dream has lasted for three hundred years in the outside world.

Converted into the events in this dream, it would be tens of thousands of years.

During this long period of time, the story of "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" has been repeated countless times.

That's why 'she' looks like this.

What if he did something that did not violate the basic rules but had never happened in his previous reincarnations, would this space proceed according to common sense, or would it get stuck directly?

Thinking about this silently in his heart, Yuanhui closed his eyes.

……

The night is deep.

At this moment, a smoke-like shadow suddenly emerged from the jade pendant on Yuanhui's chest.

It rose quietly, finally outlining the outline of a peerless beauty with fox ears, a fluffy tail, and wearing a gorgeous kimono.

She is the [Golden-haired, Jade-faced Nine-tailed Fox].

To be precise, it is the will that resides in the pendant.