"Not exactly..."
Moon People's Attack
Time passed without ever stopping. The years were so fair, never giving anyone an extra second, nor taking a second away from anyone.
Though it felt like she had done nothing at all, several days had already passed. A lot had happened during those days, yet not much either—just things that could be glossed over in a few words.
At the moment, Fu Hua was on her way back to Fujiwara Capital from a small town with Kaguya. Over the past two days... a rumor had somehow begun spreading nearby, a rumor about the Bonding Tree.
They said that if you confessed to someone you liked beneath the tree, you would definitely succeed. And if the love was sincere, you might even receive a painting from the spirit of the Bonding Tree. It was said to be imbued with divine power and could bless whoever saw it with a successful union!
A few days earlier, Fu Hua and Kaguya had had nothing much to do in Fujiwara Capital, aside from Fu Hua occasionally going to see Fujiwara no Mei Hong.
With nothing to do, Kaguya had become terribly bored. Boredom was something Kaguya particularly hated. She had hated the dull, desolate boredom of the Moon Capital, and if life on the ground was just as boring, she would be very unhappy.
After learning about the rumor surrounding the Bonding Tree, she urgently dragged Fu Hua along and asked her to take her to find it.
Only after arriving did they learn that the so-called Bonding Tree... was merely a rumor concocted by the God of Marriage.
The Bonding Tree itself was actually an ordinary ancient tree spirit. It spent every day resting in the forest, drawing and writing whenever it had nothing else to do,