The God of Marriage looked at the weather outside. It was a sunny day, one that put people in a very good mood.
But...
"And you? Why are you here? Did those two elderly people get their bond of fate tied?" Fu Hua asked the young goddess before her calmly, holding Kaguya's hand as she looked around curiously.
"Don't mention it. There was originally a slight chance, but that old man's son stopped it. So although there has been some progress, the results haven't been very significant."
At Fu Hua's mention of it, the God of Marriage felt utterly helpless. Only after approaching those two elderly people again did she learn... that the two of them had made a promise before her shrine when they were young. They had hoped the God of Marriage would bless them so they would never leave each other for the rest of their lives.
However... not long afterward, the young woman was promised by her family to another man. But neither of them gave up. They agreed to leave together, to walk through life hand in hand, holding each other's hands until they grew old together!
Yet life was unpredictable. On the day they had agreed upon, a torrential rain fell.
The young woman waited on the other side of the river for the equally young old man to arrive, but... by the time he reached their meeting place, it was already too late!
The river, swollen by the torrential rain, had washed away the wooden bridge, and the girl he loved was nowhere to be seen.
That disappearance lasted for decades... When the two met again, they had both become old.
Fortunately, a faint thread of fate still remained between them.
Back then, the God of Marriage had failed to fulfill their