After all that exertion, the sky had darkened. Moonlight spilled from the horizon, its silver radiance spreading across the heavens.
Shion lay on the water with her eyes closed, fast asleep, a touch of satisfaction added to her aloof, cool features.
Xuandou gazed at the Miko beneath the moon.
He wanted to get handsy again when a System Notification suddenly sounded in his mind.
[Ding! Congratulations, host! You have successfully impregnated your partner!] [Please protect your partner during her pregnancy. Generous rewards will be available once your offspring is successfully born.]
She was pregnant?
So easily? She had conceived in just a day and a night?
Could the will of the Shinobi World really favor him as it had Princess Kaguya?
Xuandou was even somewhat at a loss.
After all, in his view, as a pure-blooded Ōtsutsuki, he had all but bid farewell to reproducing through normal means.
It would probably take thousands or tens of thousands of years of effort to produce offspring without outside assistance.
To ensure Shiroya could be born without trouble, he had already prepared over the past few days to use a Conception Card originally reserved for Eida, allowing Shion to conceive successfully.
He had only kept this news from Shion because he wanted to savor the Miko a little longer and enjoy her taking the initiative.
He had never expected that, in so little time, Shion would actually conceive successfully, just as her prophecy had foretold.
This was wonderful!
The thought that this was his first child after consuming the God Tree Fruit, born of an Ōtsutsuki Bloodline approaching that of the Ōtsutsuki Ancestor, filled Xuandou with excitement.
This child was different from the children he had fathered before his bloodline evolved.
With his and Shion's talents combined, there was no telling