Undoubtedly, it wasn't just Fujiwara no Fuhito and the Onmyōryō who were interested in 'Kaguya-hime'; others were also interested in Kaguya-hime, only their reasons for being interested were completely opposite ——————
'The liver of the legendary Celestial Maiden, I really want to taste it. It should make us stronger, right?'
There were quite a few Youkai with similar thoughts, which led to many Youkai gathering near 'Bamboo Mountain'. However, because the Onmyōryō had deployed personnel in the vicinity, these Youkai dared not approach. But with the extreme shortage of manpower due to the 'Oni Clan' incident, the Onmyōryō simply withdrew the personnel from that area.
Naturally, some Youkai couldn't hold back, and their end was very simple —————— being nailed to a pillar.
Yagokoro Eirin workload has increased significantly recently. Although she could crush these minor Youkai with just a flick of her finger, the problem was that she couldn't expose her presence, so she could only use the simplest method, 'arrows'.
And one day when she resolved more than ten minor Youkai and returned near the bamboo forest, she found some bamboo cutters walking on the road, and some words they spoke caught Yagokoro Eirin attention.
'I heard that 'Red Oni' has appeared nearby recently. That's great.'
'Of course you're happy, you have a son, but I have a daughter... Sigh.'
'What, are you afraid of with your daughter looks?'
'Bastard, what did you say...'
With the bickering, the two bamboo cutters gradually walked away, and Yagokoro Eirin expression, following behind them, was extremely subtle. She followed them for a while and generally heard what was going on.
Simply put, a 'Red Oni' was constantly attacking other Youkai, and strangely, he would not attack humans, but with his appearance, there were sometimes 'Kamikakushi' (spirit away) of young women. According to rumors, that Red Oni was a powerful and extremely lustful Oni.
Of course, this was not the case in reality. Some of it was because some Youkai used Lancer name to do things, and some were simply women eloping with others. Those who did things in Lancer name were naturally dragged out and dealt with directly by Lancer in the end. As for those who eloped in his name, Lancer was too lazy to manage them.
However, it was obvious that Yagokoro Eirin didn't know these things. In her opinion, if that 'Red Oni' was really as strong as the rumors said, then it would be troublesome.
Of course, the so-called trouble did not mean that she couldn't deal with the other party. After all, she had lived for ????? years and it was not in vain. She was even slightly stronger than some so-called 'Gods' with her own strength. But the problem was that she definitely couldn't use her full power in order not to attract attention, and that might mean she wouldn't instantly kill the opponent. Who knew if that 'Red Oni' would leave any traces during his fight with her? And if she used her full power to kill instantly, the traces left by her action would be too obvious. If Tsukuyomi discovered it, it would cause some trouble.
'Never mind. Let's see what the other party is like first. No matter what, I absolutely cannot let Kaguya face any threat.'
Yagokoro Eirin was very fond of Kaguya Houraisan, otherwise, she wouldn't have secretly come down from the moon to the ground.
And just as Yagokoro Eirin was debating whether to make a move, a luxurious motorcade appeared on the main road. Seeing this team flying various banners, the originally conflicted Yagokoro Eirin instantly showed a displeased expression and looked at the few people in the motorcade with contempt.
'You think you can marry Kaguya with that?'
It was no wonder Yagokoro Eirin thought this way. Although those guys below were all high-ranking officials of the current court, compared to Kaguya Houraisan identity as 'Tsukuyomi's daughter', they were a world apart. So she was not worried at all. As for them daring to use force on Kaguya-hime? Heh heh, when that time came, she had ways to make those guys wish they were dead. They would be perfect test subjects for her experiments.
However, her contemptuous gaze soon became a little unhappy, because she saw a man in the motorcade.
It was the man who secretly ran into Kaguya-hime room in the middle of the night half a month ago.
Although, according to her 'monitoring', the other party did not do anything strange to Kaguya Houraisan, the fact that the other party could enter Kaguya room twice and that he had a way to temporarily isolate the effect of her potion undoubtedly caught her attention. In her opinion, this guy might pose a threat to Kaguya Houraisan, and might even contaminate Kaguya with the 'filth' of the ground.
'Should I find an opportunity to eliminate that guy?'
Yagokoro Eirin couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
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Lancer, riding on horseback, suddenly shivered. Although he didn't know what happened, his intuition told him that he seemed to have encountered some 'strange' thing again.
But after using 'Eagle Eye' to sense the surroundings and finding no enemies, he shook his head.
'It seems that I am just a little paranoid near Kaguya-hime house because I considered knocking out the Moon Emissaries and forcibly snatching Kaguya-hime before, right?'
Undoubtedly, Lancer had already abandoned this idea. No matter how he thought about it, it was unreliable. First, he might not be able to defeat the other party. Even if he won, it might cause a lot of trouble... No, with his luck, it wasn't 'might', it was definitely 'will'. He was quite confident about this.
'That quest should just be taken one step at a time.'
In the end, Lancer could only make this decision. After all, he thought about it all night and couldn't figure out the result with his mind, so continuing to think would probably not yield any result. So he simply decided to go and see that 'Kaguya-hime' again.
The last time the two met was half a month ago, but because 'Mission ②' had not been triggered, he hadn't paid too much attention. Now was a good opportunity to try his luck.
Soon, the motorcade stopped again at the place where they were stationed last time. Everyone quickly packed up their things, and Lancer went up the mountain with them as their guard.
However, Lancer was not happy at all.
Lancer was actually sitting in the carriage at first. Although these five people were all proposing marriage to Kaguya-hime, after losing that strange charm, everyone returned to their normal judgment ability. Although they were extremely eager to marry Kaguya-hime, they would not show it on the surface. Everyone was chatting and laughing.
And Lancer, the guard, was naturally in the carriage protecting them, and they habitually tried to win Lancer over. After that, needless to say, Lancer, who was covered in goosebumps, simply demanded a horse and followed alongside the carriage.
Just as Lancer was silently complaining behind the five people, everyone finally arrived at Kaguya-hime house.
The person who opened the door was the old man, as expected, but he looked very tired at this moment. However, this couldn't be blamed on him. After all, these big figures who could make the entire Japan tremble with a stomp often visited, so who wouldn't be tired?
After another round of greetings, the five people finally arrived in front of Kaguya-hime room...