"I picked it up!"
Holding a palm-sized piece of gold, Inaba Ten'i answered cautiously. She had only wanted to slip out for a stroll while Princess Kaguya and the others were still asleep, hoping to find some way to break the immortal spell seal on her body.
She had not expected to be caught by Fu Hua the moment she stepped outside.
"You picked it up?"
Such a huge piece of gold, and she claimed she had simply picked it up?
"Mm, do you want it? I have plenty more."
Inaba Ten'i was not lying to Fu Hua about that. Not only could she grant others good fortune, her own luck was extraordinarily good as well. She often found treasures just lying around while walking.
Whenever she encountered danger, she could always turn disaster into safety.
Still, Fu Hua had caught her this time. She did not suspect that her luck had worsened; after all, even her luck had its limits.
Perhaps surviving Fu Hua's hands without becoming roast rabbit was already her luck at work.
"Keep the gold. I can handle the ingredients myself. You stay home and behave..."
After watching Inaba Ten'i for a few moments, Fu Hua did not question her further. She merely gave her a warning... then turned and left once Inaba Ten'i obediently returned to her room.
At breakfast, Inaba Ten'i knelt beside Princess Kaguya and Cang Xiaoxuan before a low table, staring at the delicious food laid out before them. It was not just Eastern Island—there were no chairs in the Tang Dynasty either. Everyone sat kneeling.
It would not be until the Song Dynasty, several centuries later, that chairs appeared.
Looking at the fragrant, lavish spread before her, Inaba Ten'i realized it was the first time she had ever seen so