That was Fujiwara no Mokou's father, Fujiwara no Fusahito. The reason he was looking this way naturally could not have been because of Fujiwara no Mokou. To him, unless he scrutinized his memories carefully, he could not even remember that he had a daughter named Mokou.
To a great noble like Fujiwara no Fusahito, a daughter born to a maidservant had only one use: when he happened to remember her, he could marry her off to another noble family or bestow her upon a retainer as a wife or concubine.
Naturally, what caught his attention was Tsukuyomi's beauty!
Having returned from business, he was riding home across the bridge as usual. Bored, he gazed at the scenery beyond the bridge to pass the time, only for Tsukuyomi, radiant as the moon, to seize his gaze in an instant. He immediately ordered his servants to stop and remained there watching her.
Only after Tsukuyomi was about to leave did he come to his senses. He hurriedly summoned a retainer and ordered him to follow her, to find out where she lived and whose daughter she was.
Before long, the retainer sent to track Tsukuyomi returned with his head lowered. Naturally, there was no way an ordinary human could truly keep up with Tsukuyomi's speed.
It was like Mei back then, who could only watch Mo Yi, possessing the Power of Mo Paopao, vanish from before her eyes.
Hearing that his most capable subordinate had failed to catch even a young girl, Fujiwara no Fusahito—who had been filled with anticipation and was even thinking about how to get rid of the wife he had married for political reasons so he could marry her—instantly flew into a rage and was about to berate him loudly.
However, he was, after all, one of the