I Was Adopted by Kaguya?!!

Su Ye felt as though he had had a nightmare.

In it, he had somehow ended up in the world of Naruto.

Then, right off the bat, he had crashed into the final boss, Princess Kaguya's face.

He had thought death was inevitable.

But then three mysterious options had appeared.

He had thought his luck was finally turning around.

Little had he known that those three options were just another joke fate had played on him.

What a joke. There seemed to be three choices, but he couldn't actually pick a single one!

Su Ye jolted awake, drenched in cold sweat.

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's vicious grin still seemed to loom before his eyes.

Thank goodness, thank goodness. It was just a dream...

Still shaken, Su Ye opened his eyes and looked around.

Huh? A delicate chin, long silver hair, rosy lips practically right in my face... Her sweet breath is brushing against me.

Huh? Why is this beauty so close? Who are you?

Having just woken up, Su Ye was still groggy and couldn't process what was happening. The beauty hovering before him nearly gave him a fright.

Who is this gorgeous woman? Why is she in my house? She looks kind of familiar, too.

Su Ye blinked, wondering whether his eyes were playing tricks on him.

He opened them again for a closer look... White clothes, white hair... A face of breathtaking beauty, and strange, pupil-less white eyes studying him oddly.

Huh? Wait... Is this...?

P-Princess Kaguya?

Su Ye nearly blurted out a curse.

What... happened earlier...

It... it wasn't a dream?

Does that mean I survived?

Then wait, where's Ōtsutsuki Isshiki?

After a moment's thought, Su Ye understood.

He had arrived right before Kaguya Otsutsuki's surprise attack on Isshiki.

Now only Princess Kaguya remained. Did that mean she had succeeded?

What will she do with me, then?

The stunning Princess Kaguya before him was looking at him with a peculiar expression.

"You seem quite lively."

Apparently oblivious to Su Ye's strange reaction, Princess Kaguya murmured to herself,

"I owe you for this."

Princess Kaguya's expression relaxed, and she let out a soft breath. A complicated mix of emotions seemed to flicker through her eyes.

There was liberation, acceptance, and a trace of helpless resignation.

What does she mean, she owes me?

Does she mean my arrival helped Princess Kaguya successfully kill Isshiki?

Su Ye had a few guesses, though he didn't know the reason.

Still, I must have helped her... So she should spare me, right?

"I'm finally free... Aren't I?"

The moon shone bright amid sparse stars, and a gentle breeze stirred.

A smile curved Princess Kaguya's lovely lips, wild and unrestrained.

At that moment, she seemed to have shed her guise as the final boss, along with the shackles of being the Ōtsutsuki Clan's princess.

She seemed like an ordinary young woman.

A faint air of freedom mingled with traces of helplessness.

Princess Kaguya felt both familiar and unfamiliar.

It made Su Ye feel as though he was only just getting to know her.

When he really thought about it,

she, Kaguya Otsutsuki,

the princess of the Ōtsutsuki Clan,

the possessor of the God Tree Fruit,

the Rabbit Goddess who ruled over countless subjects-had she truly been happy?

No, those were all appearances!

Given the choice, I think she would rather have been an ordinary person living an ordinary life!

Rather than being pushed by fate into becoming Naruto's ultimate final boss!

Su Ye quietly breathed another sigh of relief as he watched Princess Kaguya, who seemed to be in a good mood.

Considering that he might have helped her just now,

she probably won't do anything to me, right?

Besides, she did just say she owed me.

Surely she couldn't be that heartless toward someone who helped her, especially an adorable little baby like me?

Maybe I'll even get some mysterious reward!

Ahem.

"There seems to be a great deal that is strange about you. To prevent future trouble, I had better kill you."

Princess Kaguya's airy voice reached him.

A glimmer seemed to move through her beautiful, pupil-less white eyes, but neither anger nor joy showed on her face.

Su Ye: "..."

Fuck! Not a single one of you Ōtsutsuki is any good!

I must have been blind!

Just as Su Ye was overcome with grief and fury,

three options appeared before his eyes again.

[Option 1: Tell Kaguya Otsutsuki that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki is not truly dead in exchange for your life. Reward: Rinnegan]

[Option 2: Wail, throw a tantrum, and beg to be spared. Reward: Jōgan]

[Option 3: Use your looks and give her a pure, innocent smile to awaken the love deep within Princess Kaguya's heart. Reward: Charm +1]

Again?

Are you sure you're not messing with me this time?

At a glance, the first of these three options once again seemed most likely to keep him alive!

Prove his value in exchange for his life!

But the problem is, I can't talk!

So that option was immediately ruled out!

As for option two, wailing and throwing a tantrum...

Trying to win sympathy that way would depend entirely on Princess Kaguya's mood!

Who knew whether Princess Kaguya would find all that crying annoying?

If she slapped him dead, who could he cry to then?

And what the hell is option three?

Will smiling really help?

Is this supposed to be "a smile dissolves all grudges"?

What a joke. If a smile could solve everything, why did everyone in Naruto fight to the death?

He didn't have Naruto's Talk no Jutsu. Wasn't this nonsense?

And you're actually asking a proud transmigrator like me to use my looks?

I'm still a baby! What looks am I supposed to use? Are you kidding me?

Su Ye grew desperately anxious, unable to make up his mind.

By then, Princess Kaguya had enveloped him in the Byakugan's repulsive force, lifting his tiny body into the air.

His eyes were now level with Princess Kaguya's.

Su Ye could clearly see the bulging veins around her eyes and her activated Byakugan, which made her look sinister and frightening.

Yikes! You're not pretty at all when you look like that!

"Don't blame me. Blame all the strange things about you."

Princess Kaguya spoke without expression.

Eliminate every destabilizing factor, steal Earth's natural energy, and harvest the God Tree's fruit.

That had always been her mission.

Although nothing about the baby before her could hide from her Byakugan,

his constitution was pitifully weak, and he possessed no special energy. Aside from being surprisingly good-looking, he seemed like a completely ordinary native child.

But his inexplicable fall from an immense height was itself a warning sign.

Besides, if he really was just an ordinary native child, how had he avoided being crushed to powder by the tremendous pressure of that fall?

How had he landed before her without a sound, without her even noticing?

Ōtsutsuki Isshiki's downfall was still fresh in her mind.

If she was going to do this, she would become the strongest being on the planet and eliminate anything that could threaten her.

She considered herself a competent boss, so she would never allow unforeseen events beyond her control!

Boom!

Putting those thoughts aside, Princess Kaguya gathered a tremendous amount of chakra in her hands.

The oppressive threat of death descended instantly.

Like the chains of the grim reaper, Princess Kaguya's hands inched toward Su Ye.

Am... am I going to die...?

Su Ye's eyes narrowed, his heart leaping into his throat. Watching those chakra-coated arms draw closer, he instinctively swallowed, sweat pouring off him.

Su Ye had never been so close to death.

Under its crushing pressure, his thoughts raced. He steeled himself and made his decision in an instant.

He chose...

"Abba~ Ah~ Heeheehee~"

Su Ye reached out his tiny hands, clumsily opening his arms.

Faced with Princess Kaguya's deadly outstretched hands, he moved toward them rather than retreating, as though he had mistaken her gesture for an offer to hold him.

So he spread his arms without the slightest wariness, welcoming Princess Kaguya's embrace.

His plump little mouth opened and closed as he giggled.

He seemed delighted that Princess Kaguya was willing to hold him.

His adorable, wide eyes shone with the purity and luster unique to children, strangely infectious and full of boundless affection for Princess Kaguya.

The baby lunged toward her without a trace of caution, his exquisitely cute little face lit up with a happy smile.

He seemed utterly unaware that death awaited him!

Princess Kaguya's pupils contracted, and her heart trembled violently.

If the baby had struggled, tried to flee, or cried, she would have eliminated the threat without hesitation.

But faced with such unconditional, unguarded trust, she could no longer bring herself to act so easily...

Just as her hands were about to close around the baby, at that critical instant,

for reasons she herself could not explain, Princess Kaguya let the chakra coating her hands dissipate and actually took the baby into her arms...

Phew~ Thank goodness... That scared the hell out of me...

The terrifying pressure abruptly vanished, and he truly fell into Princess Kaguya's embrace.

A faint fragrance reached his nose, along with an unbelievably soft touch.

Su Ye let out a long breath. He had finally survived... It seemed she had dispersed her chakra at the last moment...

For now, she had abandoned the idea of killing him...

He had cleared this hurdle, but he wasn't entirely in the clear yet...

"Little one, do you know what you were about to face? I was going to kill you. Why did you still trust me so much?"

Feeling the warmth in her arms, Princess Kaguya fumbled a little. She had never held a child before.

At the same time, her expression was extraordinarily complicated.

She looked at the tiny child before her, whose limpid eyes were filled with unconditional dependence and trust.

His impossibly delicate little face wore a pure, innocent smile brimming with affection.

A feeling she had never experienced gently rippled through Princess Kaguya's heart.

She had never felt so needed by anyone before...

If betraying Isshiki and the Ōtsutsuki had left her lost and bewildered, suddenly stripped of her purpose and reason for existing,

with nothing ahead but the day the Ōtsutsuki came to settle the score,

then at this very moment, she seemed to have found another reason to live... Another source of worth...

At least... the child before her needed her very much...

At that moment... something that had never existed in the Ōtsutsuki's genes, something called love... arose spontaneously in her heart.

Hmm... And he's fairly cute, too... Hmm... Very easy on the eyes...

After deactivating her Byakugan, Princess Kaguya gazed unblinkingly at Su Ye before her and secretly added that thought to herself.

What Su Ye did not know was this.

When his charm had increased by one point earlier, his entire body had undergone a transformation, becoming exquisitely delicate and flawless.

He had already been incredibly cute, with big eyes, fair, tender skin, and long eyelashes.

And now, that single point of charm had brought about a complete qualitative change!

An indescribable charm and presence radiated naturally from Su Ye.

It inspired affection that was hard to resist! Especially in women!

People were visual creatures-suckers for a pretty face, as the saying went!

Princess Kaguya was no exception.

"Little one... you're quite pleasing to the eye... but you have plenty of secrets, so you'll have to stay by my side... From now on... I'll have your back."

The corners of Princess Kaguya's delicate lips lifted as she spoke softly.

Yet her words brooked no refusal, and she positively glowed.

All that left Su Ye utterly bewildered.

Did Princess Kaguya just adopt me?

Did the ultimate big boss of Naruto just adopt me, just like that?!

She decided to keep me?!

Was this for real?

It seemed pretty unlikely, but that really did seem to be what had happened.

But what about the future? Was he really going to throw in his lot with this villain?

Fuck, wouldn't the protagonists end up sealing me away too?!

At that thought, Su Ye suddenly felt that his future looked rather bleak again.

You'll have my back? Deal with those two wonderfully "filial" sons of yours first. Their filial devotion could kill a person.

Su Ye's thoughts were a tangled mess, filled with worry over what fate had in store for him.

He completely failed to notice the tender smile lifting the corners of Princess Kaguya's lips.