She was her daughter. Fu Hua would ask for her opinion.
"Of course I'm going with you! You're my mother... You're not thinking of abandoning me, are you? Anyway, don't even think about abandoning me. I'll... keep clinging to you forever..."
As she spoke, Kaguya gripped Fu Hua's hand... even tighter.
"..."
Fu Hua felt comforted, but she was also somewhat worried.
She was comforted that she had not raised her daughter wrong. But she worried that she would eventually leave this world. It was not as though they would never meet again, but the time they could spend together would certainly not be much.
Perhaps she did not need to leave so soon...
Even delaying for a hundred years meant nothing to Fu Hua's eternal lifespan.
Leaving after spending a hundred years together should be about enough. A hundred years was already the length of a human life.
"I'll take you with me to Shenzhou."
It sounded like an answer, but also like a promise...
Not long after, Fu Hua carried Kaguya on her back and approached the noble district. Quite a few soldiers stood guard at its entrance.
Fujiwara Capital had no city walls, nor were there soldiers guarding the entrances into the city. Yet here... soldiers and barriers guarded the boundary between the slums and the noble district. It was rather ironic.
It was as if, other than the nobles within, the commoners and paupers outside were not even human, as if their lives were worthless.
These soldiers would not protect the commoners. They only protected the nobles' safety. Nobles and ordinary people were like beings from two different worlds, two different classes.
Chapter 145: What If Someone Comes to Rob Me? (6)
Fu Hua stood atop a house with Kaguya on her back, looking at