At noon, the exhausted Reisen Yuzukain returned from the human village to the Eternal Pavilion.

After putting down the medicine basket and changing into the girl's daily casual clothes, she sat down on the porch and fanned the wind with her palms.

"Well, eat watermelon. ”

The emperor, who quietly appeared at some point, pinched a piece of watermelon that had bitten out of the gap in his left hand, and pasted another piece of his right hand on Lingxian's face.

"Oh, it's so cool!" Reizen shuddered and quickly came back to his senses, "Where did you get the watermelon?"

"The witch brought a thank you gift. ”

"Witch, Miss Alice of the Forest of Magic?"

"No, Pache from the Red Devil Pavilion. ”

"Hey, this is a rare guest," Ling Xian thought for a moment and took the watermelon from the emperor's hand, "Oh, today is the day that the man in the white coat is discharged from the hospital." ”

Speaking of which, what's the name of the man who claims to be a scientist? It seems to be written in the infirmary's register, but I don't remember it.

Take a gentle bite of the sharp corners, and there is no unusual taste.

Well, it looks like the emperor didn't do anything about the watermelon. So I took a big bite, and the cold and sweet water vapor instantly moistened my heart and lungs, and the fatigue of a morning of running was swept away.

Reisen sighed contentedly.

"Do you have work to do in the afternoon?"

"Don't mention the afternoon at this time, right?" Lingxian's head grew again, "And you, why can you eat watermelon here so well, don't you have a lot of things to do at home?"

"Yes, I've already sent the bunnies to do that. ”

"He's really good at commanding people, but he's my subordinate, but he never comes to help me. ”

"What are you talking about, Reizen, your work was entrusted to you by the master craftsman himself—full of trust that only Reisen can accomplish these things, I can't envy it. ”

"Obviously, it was you who said in front of the master that you couldn't do a good job of selling medicinal herbs among people, so the master entrusted me!"

"Eh, after all, I used to be the leader of the rabbits in the bamboo forest, and the simple physical work of going to the village to sell medicinal herbs is not suitable for me. ”

"It's rude to say such a thing," Lingxian said after biting the last piece of watermelon, "Is there still a watermelon?"

"Yes, Her Royal Highness doesn't have anything to eat, so there's still a lot left. The emperor brought out a plate full of watermelon slices from the room and sat side by side with Reisen on the hallway.

So Reizen picked up another piece of watermelon: "Speaking of which, what is His Royal Highness Kaguya doing here?"

"I don't know, maybe it's taking a nap, maybe it's playing a game console. ”

"Oh, ordinary. ”

"To put it mildly, Her Royal Highness the princess is inevitably too idle. The emperor also picked up a new piece of watermelon.

"Eh? Today's emperor is really rude, why would he say such a thing? His Royal Highness Kaguya doesn't take good care of you on weekdays, and the game handheld is lent to you to play. ”

"Ahh......h That, one yard to one yard, you can't pretend you can't see it just because you borrow my game console to play. ”

"What do you say now, the emperor has also been in the Eternal Pavilion for many years, right?" Lingxian took a big bite of the watermelon and said incomprehensibly, "His Royal Highness Kaguya hasn't been like this since recently, it's better to say that this kind of idleness has never changed, right?"

"Hmph, don't you dare to say it, if you want to say faux pas, you can't let it go," the emperor finished eating the last piece of watermelon and sucked his fingers stained with watermelon juice, "I'm different from Lingxian, although I can say bad things, but even in front of those two, I still dare to say it......"

"Are you saying that only I will whisper behind my back?" said Reizen, angry.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about this, I've always had a question—why would Lord Yonglin be so accommodating to Her Royal Highness the Princess?

"If you're so curious, why don't you just ask Master Craftsman or His Highness?"

"You don't have to ask, you know you can only get perfunctory answers. ”

"Eh, wouldn't it be perfunctory to ask me?"

"Because Reisen is the most upright child here!"

"No, no matter how upright you are, you can't speak when you're tired...... Hey, my shoulders are so sore. ”

Reisen scratched her head and rubbed her neck.

"I didn't expect that I would also be coerced by you Lingxian one day, this hateful ** monster," the emperor wiped his hands, knelt on the entrance and moved his position, and pinched Lingxian's shoulder, "Hey, but I still have a lot of work to do in the afternoon......"

"Alright, alright, I'll ask the rabbit men to help...... Reizen, you now, are despicable. ”

"Hehe, it's a rare opportunity," Ling Xian said with a smile, "It's strange, why would the emperor suddenly care so much about His Highness Kaguya?"

"Don't you think Her Royal Highness has become very strange this year?"

"Yes...... Reizen thought seriously.

Although she wanted to say that Her Royal Highness the Princess had always been strange in her own eyes, this may be because of the essential difference between herself as a handyman and Her Highness Kaguya, who was born to be a superior person, in terms of pattern and vision.

"Of course, in the past, Her Royal Highness the princess stayed in the room all year round and quietly did nothing. ”

"Isn't it the same now?"

"Don't you know what happened a while ago? That day, Her Royal Highness the princess came back from outside with a bloody sword on the hem of her skirt and a solemn face......

"How can you not know that the rabbits have been talking quietly for a long time. ”

"I used to think that Lord Yonglin and Her Royal Highness the Princess may be the relationship between elders and juniors...... But lately, it seems that the relationship between the two may be much more complicated than I thought. ”

"Emperor, do you also have a time to look away?" Lingxian shook her head, "The master craftsman is very strict, with her character, if Kaguya-sama is really a junior, how can she be so arrogant and indulgent?"

"That's right, Lingxian, you and the two adults have been together much longer than me, what is their relationship?"

"It's just an ordinary master and waiter. ”

"Don't lie to me, I don't know, Your Highness the Princess, but I have learned about Lord Yonglin - it's a god-level figure. ”

"yes, but so what?"

"That is to say, how can a person like Lord Yonglin grovel for a noble princess? Even if it is an old acquaintance, it is unlikely, no matter how you think about it, you feel that there is something else hidden!"

"Emperor, what they didn't tell you, it means that you don't need to know. ”

"Hey, isn't this still treating me as an outsider. ”

"No, Emperor, there are some things I don't know, but it's easier to get along with, and there will be no pressure. ”

"What kind of pressure will I have? Do you mean that the two adults have a lot of background...... How powerful can it be, is it really a god?"

"Ahem, if you want to know this, ask the two of them yourself. ”

"Hey, forget it, I'm not that interested in their true identities, but I just think that the performance of both of them has been a little abnormal recently. ”

"Hey, you said that I still understand His Highness Kaguya, after all, that man has just been here before, but what about the master craftsman?"

"Haven't you read the newspaper lately?"

"Eh, are you talking about Tengu's daily newspaper? I've been busy with various things lately, so I haven't ...... yet."

The emperor took out the latest issue of Wenwen News and shook it in front of Ling Xian's eyes.

"Shocked! Forever Pavilion Clinic recently launched an emotional counseling column! Love is like a battlefield - the famous teacher and holy hand Bayi Yonglin will personally guide you and solve your emotional troubles!"

The eye-catching title directly made Reisen dumbfounded, what kind of mess is this? The impression left by the rigorous and cold master craftsman on Reisen seems to be completely incompatible with the business related to emotional counseling.

Looking at the content carefully, it seems that there is also a dialogue between Lord Yayi Yonglin and Miss Tengu's interview:

"Actually, the reason why this column is set up is to solve the emotional distress for everyone is only one aspect. 』

"Personally, I am very interested in the relationship between humans and non-human species, and I want to collect information and intelligence on this side, which is also one of the purposes. 』

"Therefore, all human and non-human love can come to the Eternal Pavilion for consultation! As long as the conditions are met, we will provide you with unconditional material and spiritual support!"

"Are you still worried about the difference in lifespan between humans and immortals?"

"Do you still feel that you can't understand each other because of the difference between human and non-human habits?"

"Come to the Eternal Pavilion, there are the most advanced medical theories and resource facilities here, and they will definitely solve your problems!"

"What is this...... It's not at all like what a master would. ”

The style of the newspaper was as ostentatious as ever, but Reisen couldn't accept that Shisho would cooperate with Miss Tengu in using such wording.

"I think it's probably true, but when I was passing by Eirin-sama's room a while ago, I vaguely heard her saying something like 'find a chance to practice your hands'......"

"What do you mean by practicing hands? Emperor, did you hear it wrong? How could the character of the master and craftsman talk to himself?"

"Who knows, maybe I heard it wrong, but think about it...... This human, who claimed to be a scientist in a white coat, said that he had come to Yongting for medical treatment because of a work injury, but he came by himself. ”

"Are you trying to say that work-related injuries are fake and emotional counseling is real?"

"Maybe Miss Pache who just came here can give me an answer. ”

"Forget it, it's a hassle to think about. ”

......

......

The work that originally belonged to Lingxian was shared by the rabbit subordinates sent by the emperor.

Rarely, Reisen was able to sit leisurely on the porch and look up at the sky.

"What is Kaguya-sama doing now?"

"What else can I do? It's just maybe a game, right?"

"Don't speculate, Kaguya-sama's speed of time is different from ours...... Maybe we've been here for a few days and nights, and she's only been there for a moment. ”

"I'm not guessing," the emperor clasped his hands to his chest and said proudly, "I'm different from you who have 0 action, if I have any questions, I will always verify them myself." ”

"I've put a dark hole in front of Her Royal Highness's window, but I've peeked in more than once. ”

"W-what! If you do something like this, you'll be discovered! Now go to His Highness Kaguya and apologize!"

"No way, I'm very careful...... Her Royal Highness the princess is very powerful, but she is not a god, how can she know everything. ”

"Woo, that, in short, it will definitely make His Highness Kaguya unhappy, I can't hide it from her!"

"Forget it, take a step back, even if Her Royal Highness the princess knows, but she doesn't speak, it means that she doesn't care. Since I don't care anymore, it's okay to satisfy my curiosity, anyway, everyone is a female ......."

"How can you not care! His Royal Highness Kaguya is ...... there"

"Eh, what do you want to say?" the emperor smiled ill-intentionedly, "Was it a matter of Her Royal Highness the princess living with that human named Mo Ming a while ago?"

"Woo ......" seemed to be guessed as if the center was thinking, and Reisen let out an unwilling cry.

"I'm very concerned, although Her Royal Highness doesn't usually let us in, but I can notice it when I clean it a few times-"

"Her Royal Highness Princess's room is not small, but there is only one bed in it. ”

"Lingxian, aren't you curious?

"Uh......h I'm not curious at all!"

"I was very curious, so on the first night I peeked through the dark compartment of the window, and I saw two people ...... there by the faint light of the candle."

"......!" Reizen's eyes widened, waiting for the next step.

"Unexpectedly, those two people were actually ......"

"......" Reisen swallowed.

"Ahh The emperor also sat on the porch, scratching his head and rubbing the back of his neck.

"Uh......h Emperor, you have a bad heart!"

"Hmph, retribution is coming so quickly. ”

Reizen was helpless, got up and knelt behind the emperor, and began to knead his shoulders.

"Ah, Reizen's technique is really powerful, and she is worthy of being a professional nurse who often massages Yonglin-sama's body. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, but what did you see?"

"Aren't you completely uninterested in knowing?"

"Uh......h That, that, it's not completely without ...... A little, a little bit......"

"Haha, it's nothing," the emperor shook his head, "I saw two people playing games there with controllers...... It hurts, it hurts!

"What's the matter, I'm serious about massage!"

"Stop, stop! Okay, there's a follow-up, don't push so hard, you're going to die!"

“......”

"Well, I was in the same mood as you at that time, so I went to the window again the next night to peek. ”

“...... I'm curious why you haven't been killed by His Highness Kaguya yet. ”

"Hey, Her Royal Highness has never cared about this kind of thing. ”

"So, what did you see the next day? Or was you playing a game?"

"No, it's ...... next day," the emperor took a deep breath and seemed to adjust his mood, "the game console and the TV are turned off. Her Royal Highness turned off the lights in the room, and the two were not playing games, but ......"

"And what?"

"Lingxian, can you give me the kind of full body massage you gave to Lord Yonglin?"

"Okay, okay, it's not impossible, it's up to you to perform next. "But" what? What do you see?"

"Rather, there wasn't even a ghost in the room. ”

"Full Body Massage Service - Split Muscle Wrong Version, Want to Try It?"

"I'd like to see something funny, but no! You can't blame me!"

Reisen fell into deep thought.

It's true that every once in a while, the master will bring Kaguya-sama a new game console or game disc from the outside world, and it can be guessed that there must be other ways to enter and exit the Hakurei Great Enchantment.

"Could it be that Kaguya-sama went on vacation with that person?"

"But it's only a few days......"

"But that's Kaguya-sama. ”

"It makes sense, maybe one day I will suddenly bring back a young master. Emperor pondered.

"Don't think about rudeness! Kaguya-sama is very dignified!"

"Hey, Reizen, you're still too tender. ”

"What's the matter, what do you know, the emperor doesn't know what Kaguya-sama used to be!"

"I don't know, but facts speak louder than words," the emperor rolled his eyes and said, "Why don't we go and take a sneak peek, what is Her Royal Highness the princess doing now?"

"Eh, isn't that right?"

"Reizen, the moment you waver, your heart can't wait!"

"How could it be ......?"

......

......

In the backyard of the Eternal Pavilion, by the side window of the room of Penglai Mountain, Lingxian and the emperor were crouching there sneakily.

The emperor is obviously familiar with it, and he sent his rabbit subordinates to the nearby wind, and as soon as there is a wind and grass, they will immediately leave.

"That's not good...... Kaguya-sama is really going to be angry!"

"Shhhh ”

The emperor quietly leaned out and slowly pushed open the small dark compartment under the window with a slight movement that he could not detect.

Outside the small gap, the emperor and Lingxian squeezed and peeked inside.

The curtains were drawn, and even during the day, the room was pitch black, and the faint candlelight reflected the princess's posture and appeared quietly in the hall.

Penglai Mountain Hui Ye is sitting on the futon with his eyes closed, his skirt is scattered, and his long hair is sprinkled at will.

"Look, I said Kaguya-sama is very dignified. ”

"Well, it doesn't look like luck was very good today. ”

After that, Kaguyahime in the house seemed to think of something, and suddenly opened her eyes, picked up the remote control at hand, and turned on the TV.

Suddenly, loud music sounded, and cartoons of cartoon villains were shown on TV.

"So, what's that?"

"I don't understand.,This is what the outside world calls a new TV show.。 ”

"Whoa, whoa, what I just saw seemed to be...... A word that said 'Kaguya-sama' flashed!" Reisen exclaimed.

"Are you mistaken?" the emperor was also a little surprised.

Then, the cartoon starts playing.

Penglai Shan Kaguya was sitting motionless, watching the cartoon on TV. The expressionless face is completely indiscerning.

"I said Emperor, should we go?" Lingxian tugged at the Emperor's clothes.

"Don't pull me, I'll see again, what the hell is going on on TV......"

"Let's go, I'm scared ......"

"Shhhh......hh

"Drop" - Penglai Mountain Huiye picked up the remote control and pressed the pause button.

"Lingxian, Emperor, where are you?"

"It's over, it's over!" Reizen squatted on the ground with his head in his hands.

"Ah, Kaguya-sama, we're here, just passing by......"

"Come in the room, I just have something to ask you. ”

"Okay. ”

The emperor dragged Lingxian, who seemed to have given up on himself, turned a corner and pushed the door through the main entrance.

Her Royal Highness's room was still poorly lit, but the TV was turned on and I could barely see the layout inside.

The sharp-eyed emperor saw a book with "×× Practice Guide" on the cover in the corner stacked with game discs and old-fashioned game consoles—it was obscured so that he couldn't see the full picture of the title.

"Emperor, Reisen, do you two have any human friends?"

"It's impossible to have a deep friendship with humans, isn't that our common sense?"

"Human friends......" but Rezusen fell silent, "I—I don't know how much I can count as a friend. ”

"Forget it, let's ask another question," Kaguya tilted his head and thought about it, "How do you think you can get along with humans in order to make each other feel relaxed and treated equally?"

"Huh......? Is it necessary to be so thoughtful? When you get along with open-minded human beings, you usually do what you want, okay?"

For a moment, the emperor seemed to think of the emotional counseling column recently opened by Lord Yonglin...... It seems that there is some connection between the two, but it seems that Her Royal Highness has not taken the initiative to have a conversation with Lord Yonglin for a long time, and it is not clear what they think.

"It's not okay to do what you want, restraint is the first step to equality. ”

"However, if it is a generous human being, as long as you don't go too far, you shouldn't be too disgusted by our wanton behavior, right?" the emperor thought about the human named Mo Ming, who had only appeared a few times in the Eternal Pavilion, and said, "If it was a human who likes to drill the tip of the horns, we wouldn't be willing to approach that kind of person at all, right?"

That being said, trying to get tolerance and understanding from others is not the way to get along as equals. ”

"For a long time, I have been trying to restrain the use of power in various situations. ”

"In order to eliminate all the occasions where you are greedy for convenience, you have to ask yourself when you have to use your ability. ”

"Even so, I still feel that I haven't done it thoroughly enough. ”

"If it is lovers who get along day and night, there must be estrangement due to different abilities. ”

"For example, if a man who has worked so hard to earn money to support his family finds that a woman can easily change a hundredfold or a thousand times the wealth of the family, such a family will break up in an instant. ”

"Even if it's an ordinary relationship, there will be a difference in 'degree'......"

"Recently, I've been thinking about what is the 'degree' and what is the right degree to achieve?"

Reizen was speechless, while the emperor was watching TV.

Kaguya followed her gaze and returned her gaze to the TV show.

Pick up the remote control and press play.

The cartoon of the romantic comedy continues to move.

"The two children were locked up in a gymnasium because of an accident. ”

"It's funny that both of them suspect that this is a trap set by the other to push the relationship further. ”

"But what if one of these two is a non-human? ”

"Both boys and girls know that there is no room for two people. ”

"All the suspicions and tastes that came with it will disappear without a trace. ”

"I see," the emperor seemed to understand, "Does Her Royal Highness the Princess feel that it is not interesting enough?"

"Well, that's a problem. ”

"This point may be solved with Lord Yonglin. ”

"I don't want to see her. ”

"It's a bit of a headache, let's put it bluntly, it's just a monster rabbit...... I have limited contact with humans, so I don't have much experience to refer to. ”

"Also, I'm sick and rushed to the doctor," Penglai Shan Huiye pressed the pause button and threw the remote control aside, "Now that I think about it, maybe losing all my power and completely turning into an ordinary person is already the only choice." ”

Reisen and the emperor were silent.

This is no longer a topic for the two of them to put their beaks on.

......

......

"Yo, it's so lively. ”

At this moment, in the gap that suddenly opened, the monster sage leaned out a leisurely half of his body.

"Yakumo Purple, shouldn't you go to Yonglin, right? ”

"Your Majesty Kaguya is angry, I'm just here to convey a message. ”

"What?"

"Mo Ming and Miss Reimu seem to be planning to go to that 'other world'. ”

"So what?"

"The speed of time in that world is different from that in this world, and there may be unexpected changes at that time. ”

"Mo Ming asked you to deliver the letter?"

"No, he didn't mean to say it. ”

"In that case, selfishness will not act. ”

"I see, but I'm a mere memoir. Your Majesty Kaguya, I will retire below. ”

The gap opened, and Yakumo purple disappeared without a trace.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty?" the emperor chewed on the attitude and words of this old acquaintance, the Gensokyo Youkai Sage, and looked at the princess in front of him in disbelief.

"Lingxian, Emperor, tell Yonglin for me that I am going to leave Gensokyo for a while. ”

Penglai Shan Huiye walked to the bed, picked up the long sword that was hanging, and pushed the door out of the door regardless of the two people behind him.