Takamagahara, Sanctuary. Within a silver-white hall, the walls were carved with the Ōtsutsuki clan crest and reliefs of divine deer.
Leaning against the throne was a woman with a flawless, fair oval face and exquisitely picturesque features. A pair of brown antlers resembling those of an elk rose from her head. The curled ends of her silver twin-tails hung to her waist. Her wide-sleeved white robe differed from Kaguya's later large lapels, instead featuring a symmetrical front closure.
She was the current Main Family's second princess, the incomparably revered Ōtsutsuki Huiyue, consumer of the Divine Tree's Chakra Fruit!
Below the throne, Kokusho and Shōtan had returned, both carrying injuries.
Huiyue asked lazily, "How were you injured?"
Kokusho and Shōtan both looked guardedly at Ryushiki behind them!
Huiyue frowned. "Didn't I tell you to invite him politely? You must have acted rudely on your own."
"This subordinate is ashamed!" Kokusho and Shōtan bowed and fell to their knees.
Huiyue said coldly, "Wait outside!"
"Yes..."
Kokusho and Shōtan hurriedly withdrew with utmost caution. Ranked thirty-first and thirty-second within the Main Family, they were already among the foremost figures outside the Original Main Family. Yet before Huiyue, they did not even dare breathe loudly.
After the two withdrew, only Huiyue and Ryushiki remained in the vast hall.
"Come here. Let me have a good look at you..." Behind the curtain, her gentle voice was utterly unlike that of the lofty princess from before.
Ryushiki stepped forward.
The slit on Huiyue's forehead remained tightly shut, while the pair of Tenseigan beneath it shimmered with flowing light.
In truth, more than a century ago, she had already seen Ryushiki through the eyes of her own Ten-Tails, leaving a rather deep impression of him.
Huiyue said with satisfaction, "You truly deserve to consume my Ten-Tails. Ryushiki,