The girl took a step back, refusing to let Fu Hua pat her head.
"You're so young, yet you call yourself 'I' in that archaic way. Don't you think that's strange?" Listening to the girl's... tsundere tone, tinged with the bearing of a refined young lady, Fu Hua wanted to pinch her adorable cheeks.
However, little Kaguya seemed to know what Fu Hua was thinking and hurriedly took another three steps back.
"Hmm..." Being treated like a child, Princess Kaguya could not be bothered to explain. After all, she really did look like a child now.
"By the way, you're growing so fast. Won't that cause any problems?" Fu Hua curiously looked at the little girl before her. Although she had been prepared, she was still extremely surprised.
In The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, Princess Kaguya's foster father brought her home, and after only three months of raising her, she grew into a graceful young woman.
It had been nearly a month since Fu Hua first met little Kaguya. She had clearly been a tiny Thumbelina before, yet now she was the size of a five- or six-year-old human child. The speed was so fast that Fu Hua still had trouble adjusting to it.
At first, it had been quite fun to raise her like a little pet, but before Fu Hua had even had her fill of it... she had turned into a little girl.
What a shame. Fu Hua would not be able to hold her in her palm and play with her anymore...
Fu Hua looked at Princess Kaguya before her with regretful eyes.
"If I didn't grow faster, were you planning to keep treating me like a toy?!" Just thinking about the past month made Princess Kaguya feel that it was too unbearable to look