Moon Lineage

The next day, when the sun was already high,

Gigue stepped outside in a long robe and immediately saw Otsutsuki Tsukishiki standing in the middle of the courtyard.

The chin Tsukishiki always held high was lowered for once. She stared at the ground, her eyes vacant, looking utterly dazed.

Gigue had not expected last night to hit Tsukishiki so hard. And she called herself an Otsutsuki elder? Her nerves were embarrassingly weak.

Remembering how stubbornly Otsutsuki Tsukishiki had insisted on watching, Gigue shook his head and sighed.

"All that enthusiasm, and you couldn't handle it."

At the sound of Gigue's voice, Tsukishiki trembled. The light slowly returned to her eyes, and she spun toward him, her face as red as a ripe apple.

She raised a shaking hand and pointed at Gigue, stammering,

"Y-you... You've already reached this level, and you still use such a primitive way to reproduce?!"

Gigue put a hand on his hip and raised an eyebrow.

"Primitive? What would a kid like you know? Eating a fruit and creating a person out of thin air, like you people do, is just manufacturing. Besides, it's an important way to build intimacy. It isn't only about reproduction."

"What intimacy? It's completely meaningless!"

"Heh. You've never tried it, have you? Of course you'd say it's meaningless."

With that, Gigue used the Body Flicker Technique to appear right in front of Tsukishiki. Looking down at her, he said,

"You're the one who insisted on watching. And don't forget what you promised. Thinking of backing out?"

Tsukishiki froze for a moment, then snapped,

"I keep my word! I'll never go back on it! Don't look down on me!"

A black spatial portal appeared behind Tsukishiki. She turned to enter it, but Gigue grabbed her by the back of her collar.

"Hey!