Kaguya Houraisan, the rumored 'Celestial Maiden', and in fact, she was. She was expelled from the moon and had her powers sealed because she asked her Shishō to make the 'Elixir of Hourai' and secretly consumed it.
Now, existing as 'Kaguya-hime born from bamboo' was her punishment.
At first, she didn't dislike it too much. After all, she could leave that boring moon, and the old man who found her was indeed very good to her.
Although the two old people lived a poor life, the seemingly meticulous care made her rarely feel the warmth of family, after all, her family...
Whenever she thought of this mentality of seemingly escaping, she couldn't help but mock herself, yet she couldn't help but indulge in it.
However, Kaguya-hime seemed to have forgotten one thing: the ground was not the moon. Here, she was not the once noble Princess of the Moon, and trouble followed. Among them were countless men captured by her charm.
Although her power was sealed when she was exiled to the ground, this did not mean she was truly empty-handed, such as her natural face and the temperament that came with being a 'Goddess'.
As long as a man had the slightest bit of interest in her, he would be captured by her, and this had nothing to do with her own will.
Although this ability allowed her to avoid some trouble, it also brought her other troubles, such as the endless stream of suitors.
She could say that she hated those suitors, but in order not to cause trouble for the two old people who found her, she couldn't even refuse them too harshly.
'The ground... is really troublesome.'
More than once, Kaguya expressed such emotion, but thinking that this might be her punishment (although it was not), she could only choose to accept it helplessly.
But what she didn't expect was that she actually met a strange man today. After seeing her, he not only didn't show the slightest change, but even his muscles were tensed up, like a beast facing its prey.
Although her power was sealed, she still had good eyesight.
However, she was not too worried about her safety. After all, she had consumed the 'Elixir of Hourai', which meant she had a completely 'immortal' body.
But what she didn't expect was that the man came again in the middle of the night, and judging by his appearance, he seemed to have ill intentions?
After all, no matter how one looked at it, a person wearing armor and holding a spear did not look like he was here to 'propose marriage'.
But perhaps the men's uniform reactions were simply too annoying to her. Seeing Lancer appear here, she was instead interested.
"You've come?"
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Looking at Kaguya-hime with a faint smile on her face in the room, Lancer unconsciously tightened his grip on the Gáe Bolg in his hand.
Lancer had some self-awareness. He knew that he looked no different from a 'Moonlight Killer' wearing this outfit, but the woman in front of him, who exuded no sense of threat, showed no fear of his arrival and was even smiling, which was enough to show her abnormality.
"Apologies for the disturbance late at night. It is truly because if I had come during the day, there would probably be a lot of trouble."
"Heh heh~"
Facing Lancer words, the other party only covered her mouth with her sleeve and chuckled softly.
"You could solve everyone at the foot of the mountain in an instant with your strength, yet you are troubled?"
The other party's words made Lancer narrow his eyes. His guess was indeed correct. The woman in front of him was definitely not an ordinary person. The other party could see through his strength.
Then, was the reason he couldn't see through the other party because the other party was too strong? (But it was not)
Lancer tightened his grip on his weapon again. It was clear that although the other party had no presence, she gave him immense pressure, but he still answered the other party's question.
"Yes, although my strength is strong enough, humans are social creatures. Unless I want to live alone, I must consider the thoughts of others..."
"You are afraid of loneliness?"
Before Lancer could finish speaking, the other party immediately asked a strange question, and Lancer expression became even more unpleasant after hearing the other party's words.
"Has no one ever told you that your words are very annoying?"
"Heh heh~ Apologies. You are the first."
Perhaps because Lancer straightforward attitude meant she no longer needed to pretend as she did when facing ordinary people, Kaguya Houraisan felt quite good at this moment, but then she sighed as if she thought of something else.
"Clearly, 'loneliness' is also quite good."
After saying that, she looked up at the moonlit sky again, wondering what she was thinking...
Lancer, standing at the door, was somewhat at a loss at this moment.
His original plan was to confirm whether this 'Kaguya-hime' could control people's hearts like a Youkai. After all, he couldn't even hate this ability that could twist human will. But what he didn't expect was that the other party's strange attitude instead led them to 'chat', only that the other party's strange attitude made him feel a little strange.
'Am I also being affected by the other party's ability?'
Lancer couldn't help but glance at the 'System'. Undoubtedly, no prompt appeared.
And for some reason, looking at 'Kaguya-hime' who was sitting by the window, staring at the sky, Lancer couldn't help but sigh.
This sudden sigh made Kaguya Houraisan, who was originally staring blankly at the sky, turn around curiously.
"Sighing, are you? Are you hoping for something?"
It was clearly a normal sentence, but in this strange environment, it carried a strange suggestive nature. He didn't know whether the other party was intentional or unintentional, but unfortunately, Lancer was not interested in that.
He placed the Gáe Bolg in his hand horizontally on the floor, and he sat cross-legged directly at the doorway, resting his left hand on his chin.
"More or less. I was originally only interested in the rumored 'Kaguya-hime', so I came to take a look, but I didn't expect it to be just a little girl. Later, I realized that Fujiwara no Fuhito had become a little strange because of you, so I wanted to come and see. I didn't expect it to be just a little girl who is afraid of loneliness..."
"Hey! Who is a little girl! I am... Hmph!"
Lancer words immediately made Kaguya Houraisan feel very displeased. Although she was not as good as her sisters, what was this about being a little girl?! The most crucial thing was, when was she afraid of loneliness!
But just as she wanted to refute, she remembered that her identity as a 'Moon Dweller' could not be exposed, so she just snorted and turned her head away.
However, just at this moment, Lancer received a strange task.
"Side Quest · Kaguya-hime Trouble ①"
"Task Requirement: Solve Kaguya-hime abnormal charm/attraction"
"Task Reward: Kaguya-hime Favorability +5"
(Current Favorability: 30 ———— A Strange Man)