Princess Kaguya is a well-known yokai in the land of cherry blossoms. No, perhaps she shouldn't be called a yokai, but rather a fairy!
But none of that matters. The important thing is, why is she here?
This is the waters off Cyprus, a hundred and eight thousand miles away from Japan!
“Perhaps we fell into a misconception from the beginning, thinking we were still in Cypriot waters.” Huda raised her hand to her forehead, then leaned out to feel the surroundings before finally turning to Song Mengmeng and the others: “What if we were in Japanese waters right now?!”
“But…” Isabella instinctively wanted to retort, but thinking of the incident their cruise ship had just encountered while sailing, she swallowed back the rebuttal that was on the tip of her tongue.
She couldn't help but think of what Song Mengmeng had said earlier, about the seven seas being interconnected.
So, that tremor just now actually sent them to the seas of the Sakura Kingdom, thousands of miles away?!
If that's really the case...
The person who orchestrated all of this behind the scenes is truly terrifying!
"The ship is still sailing; let's see where our final destination is!"
Faced with this situation, Song Mengmeng actually calmed down.
In her words, since there's no way to change it, it's better to just wait and see.
“I noticed you seemed a little nervous when you realized we’d stumbled into what might be Kaguya-hime’s territory!” Song Mengmeng suddenly turned her head and looked at Shuten-dōji, who was sitting to the side lost in thought, with a smile on her face. The excitement and elation in her eyes were impossible to hide.
Shuten-dōji was somewhat helpless. He looked up at the little girl who was waiting to see a good show. Considering that they were still cooperating, he didn't hide anything and simply asked, taking advantage of Song Mengmeng's amused attitude, "I just heard you call Kaguya-hime a yokai."
But you should understand that Princess Kaguya is not actually a yokai; to be precise, she should be a celestial being from Takamagahara.
Because of a mistake, he was banished to the mortal world, where he was born from bamboo and adopted by someone!
It is precisely because of this that she was mistakenly identified as a monster in later generations.
Both Song Mengmeng and Hu Da were familiar with these events, and although Isabella was confused, she could roughly understand what they meant.
However, Shuten-dōji then abruptly changed the subject, and the entire story about Princess Kaguya took a dramatic turn, completely different from the "Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" they remembered.
"The image of Princess Kaguya in the legend is very gentle and harmless."
But in reality, her power is extremely terrifying! Even though she is a fallen god, she is still a god!
How could she bear to call an ordinary human couple her parents?!
Therefore, her adoptive parents were naturally the first victims she eliminated. Afterwards, countless people and demons, upon learning of her beauty, flocked to her Moon Pavilion like moths to a flame, ultimately becoming sacrifices for her to regain her power and become stronger.
As Shuten thought about everything he had experienced, he felt an uncontrollable tremor from the depths of his soul.
"You were one of those monsters who went there back then, weren't you?!" Song Mengmeng squinted, scrutinizing Shuten-dōji in front of her, not missing any expression on his face.
So judging from his awkward and evasive manner, her guess should be correct. The person in front of her should have really met the legendary princess Kaguya from the moon palace.
His past had been dug up like this, and Shuten-dōji's face still showed some embarrassment. He turned his head away, hesitated for a while, and then reluctantly said, "Yes."
As the Ghost King, I only decided to go and investigate after hearing about the disappearances of many of my subordinates!
However, to my shame, I was no match for her.
As Shuten-dōji spoke, his thoughts drifted back to that encounter thousands of years ago.
Whether human or demon, any man with great strength will inevitably have a longing for women, especially beautiful women.
He was no exception.
At that time, he had only recently unified the demons of Mount Ooe and desperately needed more to demonstrate his power and extraordinary abilities!
It was around that time that news of Princess Kaguya reached his ears.
At first, he naturally scoffed at such legends.
In his eyes, no matter how beautiful she was, no matter how mysterious her origins, she was nothing more than a banshee! Although she had some gimmicks that others didn't have, it didn't change her true identity.
However, his view was completely changed by what happened next.
None of the suitors who went to the Moon Pavilion ever returned, nor have we heard any news of them since!
But people in this world are just that strange.
The more it was proven that the place was fraught with danger, the more people were willing to rush there to find out!
Perhaps, in the end, their purpose was no longer entirely for the beauty of the princess who was rumored to be like the moon descended to earth, a pearl-like figure.
They just wanted proof, proof of being strong and different.
"In the end, I still chose to go to the Moon Pavilion to find out what was going on." Shuten raised his hand and rubbed his temples. Having said all that, there was no need for him to hide it anymore, so he simply revealed this dark history of his.
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