According to the script... the Moon Messenger was supposed to place gold inside a glowing bamboo stalk, giving the person who adopted Kaguya the means to care for her.
But... who knew that by the time they arrived, even the bamboo tube would be gone.
And from the very beginning, when they sealed Princess Kaguya inside the bamboo, they had chosen an old man who supported himself by making bamboo baskets, cages, and other items from cut bamboo—Sanuki Zomaro—to adopt Kaguya.
Yagokoro Eirin had personally selected that old man. Only after examining his character and temperament had she decided to let him adopt Kaguya, and then... had the Moon Messenger seal the criminal Kaguya in a bamboo grove near the old man's home, one he frequently visited.
After all, no matter what, Kaguya was still a princess of the Moon Capital! And Yagokoro Eirin cared more deeply for Kaguya than she did for the other two princesses of the Moon Capital. There was no way she would entrust her to just anyone.
Everything had been arranged, yet what followed was completely different from the plan in the script.
That Sanuki Zomaro never found Kaguya. Someone else had abducted her first.
Upon discovering that events had unfolded differently from what she had expected, Yagokoro Eirin could no longer concern herself with her heavy responsibilities in the Moon Capital. She became a Moon Messenger herself and personally descended to the surface...
Yagokoro Eirin wielded tremendous authority in the Moon Capital. Her faction was arguably the most powerful there. For her to temporarily set aside everything in her hands and descend to the lower world showed just how much she valued Kaguya.
After reaching the surface and finding the person who had taken Kaguya away, she had intended to reveal herself, but suddenly