No matter how she thought about it, Kaguya should not have been within these people's reach...
Still, Minamoto Hikari was somewhat worried. She had heard that several noble sons of Heian-kyō had come after hearing of Kaguya's beauty. They were all rivals in love.
Faced with Minamoto Hikari's order, no one present dared disobey. Though reluctant, they pretended to disperse.
Why pretend? Because none of them had actually gone far; they were secretly watching from the corners.
Seeing this, Minamoto Hikari had no choice. She could not possibly kill everyone here. After all, quite a few of them were of distinguished status. Though none could compare to him, he still could not simply start killing people.
However, with Fu Hua's magic, Minamoto Hikari successfully led her Master, junior sister... and an Armed Doll openly out of the place.
"Kaguya, don't you think you're a femme fatale?"
Fu Hua took Kaguya's hand and looked at the pursuers surrounding them, gaining an even deeper understanding of Princess Kaguya's charm.
Many people here had never even seen Kaguya. They had merely heard others speak of her and had been utterly captivated. It seemed unreal, yet that was exactly how it was.
Princess Kaguya possessed a kind of magic that could make every man in the world obsess over her, unable to eat or sleep... And once they had seen Princess Kaguya, it became even harder to forget her.
According to the tale's records...
People from all across Japan, and even several other countries, would travel thousands of miles to propose to Princess Kaguya, only to receive nothing in return. They sent letters, yet received no reply.
Some claimed they had fallen ill from lovesickness and sent Kaguya poems of heartbreak, but still received no answer.
They knew full well that no method