"How could I possibly be a beauty who brings calamity? Calling beautiful women calamities is nothing more than those men being incompetent themselves." Kaguya disagreed somewhat with Fu Hua's description. Though "beauty who brings calamity" could be considered praise for her looks, the calamity part was going too far.
"Yes, yes, not a calamity..."
Fu Hua did not argue with Kaguya. There was simply no need.
"We can't stay here long. Master, Junior Sister, come with me!" Minamoto Mitsuyori held her tachi as she surveyed the suitors waiting expectantly for Kaguya to appear, and a hint of pride rose in her heart...
The goddess who haunted these men's dreams and kept them awake at night was right beside her now. These people could not even catch a glimpse of Princess Kaguya, while she not only got to see her every day, but would now even soak in hot springs with her.
The comparison filled Minamoto Mitsuyori with an exceptional sense of satisfaction.
As the young lord of the Minamoto Clan and the future ruler of this place, Minamoto Mitsuyori could not possibly travel without attendants by her side... especially since there were people here who wanted her dead.
Thus, while Minamoto Mitsuyori traveled with Fu Hua and the other two, she was also accompanied by seven or eight sword-bearing guards. None of them looked weak; all possessed a certain degree of skill.
With these guards clearing the way, no one dared block their path. Everyone moved aside from afar and made way for them.
And so, the group arrived at the foot of the back mountain. Though this was still within the city, it was already an outlying area. The reason the hot spring inn had been built in this small mountain was that a natural hot spring lay