Kaguya looked at her senior sister in confusion. What was there to be so excited about?
"Oh, right. When we go out later... junior sister, you should disguise yourself before going out."
After eating, Minamoto Hikari looked at the peerlessly beautiful Princess Kaguya before her, recalling what she had seen and what the servants had said, and could not help reminding her.
"Why? Is it because I cannot be seen by others?"
Princess Kaguya was displeased upon hearing that. She had to disguise herself just to go out?
"That is not what I mean. It is just that a great many people have come from outside, all for your sake, junior sister. Even one of the reasons Father went out was because of you."
"Many people in the city are waiting outside just to catch a glimpse of you, junior sister. There are even quite a few nobles from other regions... and even from Heian-kyō, who came without invitation."
Minamoto Hikari was rather helpless as well. Her junior sister's beauty was simply too overwhelming.
Not long ago, Fu Hua had brought Kaguya to the estate. Along the way, quite a few people had seen her, and every single one who did became a devotee at Princess Kaguya's feet, utterly conquered by Kaguya's beauty.
If the Minamoto clan guards had not been standing watch at the entrance, those people would have barged in long ago.
They had thought that since Kaguya had remained in the courtyard for several days without going out, those people would have dispersed. But who would have thought... not only had they not left, more and more people were wandering outside the estate, all just to see Princess Kaguya once.
Especially after those who had witnessed Princess Kaguya's beauty spread the word from one to ten,