Chapter 18: The Monster's Bazaar (Part II)
"Give me a copy of this, this, and that." Heiankyo's nights belong to youkai, and apart from the occasional parade such as the Hyakki Night Walk, most of the time it is a large market that mimics the behavior of humans during the day.
Youkai who like to be lively will fill the streets with all kinds of colorful lanterns, accompanied by countless cries and all kinds of strange and strange stalls, so that the night that should be quiet suddenly becomes noisy, which is a carnival of the aliens.
Of course, there are very few powerful monsters participating in such a market, let alone those big monsters who live in seclusion, after all, the things sold on the stalls are of little value to them, and after getting used to the ups and downs of the world, few people can accept this kind of prosperity in their eyes that is no different from fireworks, anyway, it is just a passing cloud and smoke to participate in it, if it is just for a moment of happiness, then what's the point?
That's why the big monsters are a bunch of boring guys, and it's no wonder that most of these guys who are hard to die end up with self-destruction in the end. After all, when there are no more fetters and attachments in the world, then life is just living.
But apparently a little princess on the moon has no such troubles at all, in her eyes that control the power of the moment and eternity, no matter how eternal things are, they are just fleeting, and those things that are loved by her as long as they are liked by her can be preserved for a long time, I have to say that this is really a capricious ability to the extreme.
And now for her, this noisy bazaar was naturally loved by her, she hated loneliness, otherwise how could she hate the home on the moon so much, so she felt that the situation was much better after being exiled to this ground, at least like this, there were many snacks for sale and all kinds of interesting things gathered in a place that she had never heard of before...... Of course, it would be great if you could receive all kinds of novel information without leaving home, but now it seems that this is really difficult for a strong man.
"Maybe the old man once said that the thing called computers and networks is very suitable for me. But what kind of thing is that? Kaguya didn't understand why when she heard these novelties, her first reaction was that she felt that they were extremely commensurate with her, and she hadn't even heard of their names before...... And it's not everything that interests her, like the strange machine called the camera.
Kaguya, who was so cranky, walked on the crowded street without anyone else, but the miraculous thing was that she didn't hit a single pedestrian from beginning to end, and it felt as if everyone was subconsciously avoiding her...... Obviously, in order to make this journey not so boring. She also deliberately changed into a more ordinary dress and wore a mask on her face.
It's just that what she didn't take into account was that all her family's clothes were printed with the unique red leaf ornament of Dye Ye Xuan, as long as she saw that, it was not difficult to guess her identity...... After all, there is such a beautiful long black hair in Ye Yu's house, and it is only this Miss Kaguya who will come out for a night tour.
"Well, forget it~~" Kaguya, who was swallowing the octopus whole without any image, threw away the bamboo skewer in his hand indifferently, "Anyway, it's still more comfortable here, the group of people at home don't know what they're busy with all day long, and even the old man went to reply to his students...... God knows where he got so many students? ”
Kaguya won't admit that she's just out on the street because she's bored, and if there's nothing to do to pass the time, life is really hard enough, and Kaguya really doesn't know what to do. Calligraphy, flower arrangement, tea ceremony, etc., she was already proficient enough when she was on the moon. After all, it's not her hobby to drink tea every day or something, it's just that she has nothing to do and stares at the moon in a daze...... If you change the moon to the sun, it's a bit too dazzling, isn't it?
"Forget it, let's go eat some roasted eight-eyed eels and go home and sleep, so that today is over." Kaguya was also hesitant to find something to do, but she really didn't know anything about this kind of thing. Life on the moon has long left an indelible imprint on her, and in the end, she is just a lonely girl in Penglai Mountain.
But she was always very happy when Ye Yu was there, and those stories and unbelievable stories heard from other worlds seemed to open a door to a new world for Kaguya, such as the pure love story called "Crossdays", the daily life of Akizuki Izo and his daughters. And the epic of the royal road of good and evil wars like the Black Beast made Kaguya extremely intoxicated, but it was a shame that she couldn't play these games with her own hands......
By the way, Alice was also present when Ye Yu told her these stories. But she didn't seem to understand their greatness, and she wasn't interested at all...... Hawkers, sure enough, Maxima often has it, but Bole doesn't often have this sentence, which is a wise saying!
Thinking like this, Kaguya walked forward unhurriedly.,The stall that runs the roasted eight-eyed eel is a night sparrow monster.,This kind of timid monster is not too good at mixing in crowded places.,But her family's craft of roasting eight-eyed eels is quite good.,It's said to be an ancestral heirloom~~
It's just that compared to the eight-eyed eel. Kaguya sometimes wants to try the roast bird meat, but the thought that it is full of small broken bones and something makes me retreat, after all, it is too much trouble to eat like that!
Walking out of the hustle and bustle of the market is only a few dozen meters, the surroundings suddenly return to the quiet of the night, obviously only a little distance from each other. It's like you've been in another world. Fortunately, Kazuya doesn't hate this feeling at all, on the contrary, as long as it is a moonlit night, she can always feel comfortable.
The small stall of the night sparrow is not far away, and even standing here can see the lights coming from there, along the way, Kaguya swallowed all the snacks he bought back before, and from the point of view that he will not get fat no matter how he eats, it is still good to be a monster~~
Kaguya maintained his usual elegance and paced slowly outside, just the beauty under the moon is enough to form a beautiful picture, not to mention the natural nobility of Kaguya, if there is a poet or painter, he will definitely be able to create an immortal masterpiece, but unfortunately it is a little reckless little girl who appears here at this moment......
"Woo!" Kaguya, who was startled by the little guy who suddenly jumped out of the nearby grass, snorted softly, and the other party had obviously just noticed Kaguya's figure. But at this moment, it is too late to stop the pace...... Just like the not-so-beautiful encounters depicted in countless works, the two bumped into each other at once, but fortunately, Kabaya was also a big youkai, and this collision only made her body shake slightly, but because of this, the mask she had been wearing on her head fell off.
"It's beautiful!" Just at the first sight, Mei Hong knew that she was deeply fascinated by the beauty in front of her...... It's not the so-called infatuation between men and women, but the purer pursuit of beauty, and she bets that she will probably never see such a beauty again in her life! (To be continued......)