The appearance of such an omen meant that a noble Moon Person was coming down to Earth.
But that was precisely what left Kaguya confused and grave. Princess Kaguya did the math—no matter how she calculated it... she had been in the Human World for less than a year, hadn't she?
Not even a few years?
Hourai Elixir was taboo. To the ageless Moon People, its immortality was filth. Since the immortality granted by Hourai Elixir meant reviving after death, one still had to die when it was time to die—only to immediately come back to life.
Yet that was something the Moon People could not accept. They lived far from Earth, on the moon, precisely to avoid emotions like death. To them, such things were poison.
Developing Hourai Elixir already made one a criminal, and Princess Kaguya had even consumed it. If she had been an ordinary Moon Person, her punishment would certainly have been severe. But Kaguya was a Moon People princess, so even after committing such a grave mistake, she had merely been exiled from the Moon Capital to the filth-ridden Human World, where she would serve a few years before being allowed to return.
But it had been less than a year. Why was a noble Moon Messenger already descending?
Could it be unrelated to her? Was there some other reason?
But for those lofty Moon People, what possible reason could make them descend to this filthy Earth?
"Kaguya, what's wrong? Why did you suddenly become so serious?"
Fu Hua looked at Kaguya, who was suddenly staring solemnly at the moon, and asked in confusion.
"Immortal Mother, if... if someone came to take me away, what would you do?"
Kaguya withdrew her gaze from the moon and looked at Fu Hua instead. Rather than answering, she