My personal opinion on Gensokyo

"...?! How come you didn't make me angry?!"

Seeing that Shang Yang actually wanted to ask her why she was angry, Her Royal Highness the Forever Princess suddenly felt even angrier.

A certain otaku princess raised her slender white index finger and pointed at the young man with gray hair and a strange expression, and said with confidence.

"Your maid sisters stopped me from crossing the Bone-Eating Well to go to the Tokyo Big Sight five hundred years from now to participate in the sacred winter festival!"

"The maid sisters only listen to you, so you're the one who made me angry!"

"……Hey."

Hearing the righteous and irrelevant accusations from the otaku princess in front of him, even Shang Yang, who was no longer surprised by the otaku princess's willful behavior, was speechless and complained.

"Princess, please don't give these two sisters identities that don't exist. They are not maids at the Cloud Courtyard Hot Spring Villa... Anyway, do you actually want to go through the Bone-Eating Well and travel to five hundred years later?"

After complaining, the young man with gray hair looked in astonishment at the beautiful princess in front of him who looked as if it was a matter of course.

"If that's the case, it's only natural for the sisters to hinder you."

Shang Yang, who knew the reason why the Tsukumogami sisters stopped Kaguya, frankly explained to the angry Kaguya.

"The Bone-Eating Well's ability to travel through time is achieved through the power of the Age Tree. The Age Tree not only connects the Warring States Period to the modern era five hundred years later, but may also connect to other eras."

"The reason why Higurashi Kagome can freely travel between the two eras, in addition to the fragments of the Four Souls Jade that serve as the historical coordinates of the Warring States Period, there is another important reason. The fact that Higurashi Kagome travels between the Warring States Period and the present is also a destined 'established history'."

"This fact is similar to Inuyasha. Haunted by fate and karma, he is destined to travel to the future five hundred years later several times to complete the established 'history'."

"In the 'plot', five hundred years from now, several incidents related to monsters will occur in the modern era, and Inuyasha will need to go back five hundred years to solve these incidents."

After explaining the reason why Kagome Higurashi and Inuyasha could pass through the Bone-Eating Well and travel between the two eras, Shang Yang casually glanced at Kaguya, who still looked angry, and slowly explained.

"Kaguya, you are the Eternal Princess who has taken the elixir of Penglai. The flow of the long river of time will not affect you. Your body will refuse the passage of time."

"The Eternal Power that refuses the passage of time will be repelled by the Time Tree that connects all eras. When you pass through the Bone-Eating Well, you might be thrown into another era due to the Time Tree's rejection."

"Even if we were protected by the Eternal Barrier and arrived at the time five hundred years from now intact, we would be like Kagome Higurashi, who had previously lost the fragment of the Four Souls Jewel, the coordinate of the past. It would be difficult for us to return to the five hundred years before our time."

"...If you, Kaguya, are trapped five hundred years from now and it's difficult for you to come back, then Ai, Jue, and I will have to wait five hundred years before we can see you again."

Facing a certain princess who was still angry, the young man with gray hair rubbed his hair and decided to say some nice words to coax his princess.

"Even if you run away from home, it wouldn't take that long, right? I'd miss you terribly if we didn't see each other for five hundred years."

"...Well, it's rare for you to say something nice to me."

Hearing that her husband actually coaxed her, which was rare, the princess, who had originally puffed up her cheeks and was as cute as a little squirrel, snorted softly. Although her mood seemed to have improved a little, she rolled her eyes at the young man with gray hair.

"Forget it. Since you, my lord husband, have said such kind words, I will not care about this matter for now. But it won't be five hundred years before you can see me. Even if my power cannot affect the barriers of the long river of time, my lord husband, your yin and yang power can still find me in the flow of the long river of time, unless..."

Having said this, Kaguya's voice gradually softened a little, but suddenly her eyebrows slightly frowned, and her tone was full of interrogation.

"...Unless you, Shangyang, find me an eyesore and throw me into the future five hundred years without looking for me."

"Tell me, my lord husband, do you have this plan? Once I'm trapped alone at the other end of the Bone-Eating Well, do you intend to bring that witch home and have her take my place?"

The princess seemed to be angry again, pouting her lips and speaking in a resentful tone.

"...Anyway, in your eyes, I'm just willful and always causing trouble for you. I've also caused you a lot of suffering. I'm completely unlike that innocent-looking miko, who's so simple, kind, and considerate. You're much more trustworthy than me."

"I know this. My dear husband, you've been keeping a lock of that miko's hair for fifty years. For fifty years, you've been obsessed with her. None of the other people at the hot spring resort have had this privilege, not even your closest friend, Xiao Ai."

"If I marry her, based on her personality, she will definitely be a gentle and generous wife... Woohoo, my husband doesn't want me anymore, I'm crying..."

"...It's okay. You still know that you are only capable of being willful and causing trouble..."

Shang Yang was speechless. He looked at a certain otaku princess who seemed to be thinking of something sad, raising her sleeves to cover her beautiful face and "crying", and said helplessly.

"That's enough... Kaguya, you always say that. I've been led astray by you to think that I think the same way."

"...?! How dare you?!"

Upon hearing this, a certain princess was immediately enraged and no longer cared about her performance. She rushed forward, grabbed the collar of the young man with gray hair with her slender white hands, and approached the unsuspecting young man with her beautiful face. Her clear and beautiful pupils were filled with rejection, and her tone was resentful.

"No! Even goddess Kikyo can't forcefully overtake me! How can I become the most favored concubine of my husband just by marrying in? I'm still Kaguya-hime of the Bamboo Cutter! She's a goddess, and I'm also a goddess. I won't give in to her! I disagree!"

"Pfft...cough cough cough..."

The young man with gray hair was so irritated by the princess's angry and terrifying words that he choked and started coughing non-stop...

Volume 6: Thoughts Across Time and Space: Chapter 417: Kaguya's Theory

"...It's not what you think."

The princess, who was very annoyed by being approached, grabbed the collar of her clothes with her slender white hands. Shang Yang, who was leaning against the back of a broad tree, felt helpless.

"You were the one who taught Saya that way of talking, right? Also, how did you know about Kikyo's hair, Kaguya? Only your second sister should know about this... Jue hasn't even read her mind yet."

"...My second sister told me. What's so strange about that?"

Hearing this, Kaguya Houraisan, the younger sister of the Moon Princesses who had seemed very angry just now, looked at her husband with some strangeness.

"Second sister promised you not to tell anyone else, but I am not your 'other'. Second sister was worried that my husband would be seduced by other women, so she told me in advance so that I could be on guard."

"As a caring and loving older sister, Second Sister didn't do anything wrong, did she?"

Hearing Kaguya's indifferent question, the owner of the Cloud Courtyard twitched his mouth.

"...It seems to be true. I actually find it hard to blame Yiji for playing word games and not keeping her promise..."

Thinking of this, Shang Yang reacted and spoke speechlessly.

"...Wait a minute, this wasn't something that needed to be concealed, right? I was almost misled by your explanation. I only kept Kikyo's hair to make a temporary body. My clothes have your eternal barrier, so I just casually put her hair in my pocket fifty years ago. I didn't notice it later and it has been there ever since. It's not like I'm obsessed with her..."

"There's no point in saying this now..."

Faced with Shang Yang's helpless explanation, Kaguya didn't seem to care much about it.

"Anyway, my dear husband, you've already been fascinated by her... Well, you've also brought me to other topics! Let me tell you, my dear husband, I don't care which beautiful woman you fall in love with, but you are not allowed to ignore me, and I do not agree to let that witch replace me! Otherwise, otherwise..."

Halfway through her words, Kaguya realized that she had been "intentionally" diverted from the topic of concern by her husband. She grabbed Shang Yang's collar with her slender white hand a little harder, and her beautiful face, filled with anger and irritation, moved closer to the cheek of the slightly helpless young man with gray hair.

After repeating "otherwise..." twice, the majestic princess was also troubled about how to make her husband make a promise.

"Otherwise! I'll start crying, making a scene, and then going all the way... Well, for me, even the third step doesn't seem to have any deterrent effect..."

...I shouldn't have said that.

Looking at Kaguya who seemed to be a little dissatisfied with the words he had just said unintentionally, the owner of Yunzhongting rubbed his gray hair helplessly.

Having lived with Kaguya for thousands of years and being familiar with her character, Shang Yang could still sense the slight dissatisfaction that the princess unintentionally revealed.

The young man with gray and white hair raised his hand and naturally grasped the fair and tender hand of the Moon Princess.

The Moon Princess's hands are white and soft.

Kaguya was still a little angry, but when her husband slowly held her hand, Princess Princess didn't feel shy, but just felt a little strange.

The Moon Princess, who had long regarded the intimacy with her husband as normal, was simply a little puzzled as to why her husband suddenly held her hand.

"...I told you before, if you, Kaguya, were to be repelled by the power of the Tree of Ages and trapped at the other end of the Bone-Eating Well for five hundred years, I would miss you very much."

Holding Kaguya's soft white hands, Shang Yang comforted her helplessly.

"If that's the case, I will certainly use the power of Liang Yi to search for traces of your time coordinates in the flow of time, and try to bring you back."

For Princess Forever, who controls Forever and Suzerain, even if she loses her past time coordinates after five hundred years due to the power of the Tree of Ages, it is not a big deal.

Kaguya Houraisan, who possesses eternal power and has taken the Hourai medicine, will not be affected by the flow of time.

In the flow of the long river of time, Kaguya Houraisan, who maintains an eternal posture and refuses the passage of time, will always be an extremely conspicuous existence in the flow of the long river of time no matter which historical era she is in.

Even if Kaguya arrived in modern Japan 500 years later through the Bone-Eating Well, she temporarily lost her time coordinates in the past and found it difficult to return to the Warring States Period 500 years ago. However, Shang Yang's yin-yang power that distorted everything could find traces of Kaguya's eternal power in the flow of time, distort the time at both ends of the flow of time, and bring Kaguya, who was trapped in the future 500 years later, back to the Warring States Period 500 years ago.

Even if Kaguya passed through the Bone-Eating Well and was trapped in the future five hundred years later, Shang Yang would just need more time to search for the traces of Kaguya's existence that were extremely conspicuous in the flow of time.

For a certain eternal princess, this was indeed just an intimate act similar to playing hide-and-seek with her husband.

Holding Kaguya's soft hand, Shang Yang made a promise to Kaguya before the distressed princess could think about how to make her make a promise.

"Don't worry, I won't leave you trapped alone five hundred years from now."

"...Well, my husband only speaks so nicely when he wants to coax me."

Kaguya was a little dissatisfied with her husband's previous attitude and really wanted to take this opportunity to throw a tantrum. Although she felt a little regretful that she couldn't throw a tantrum, she just pouted her cherry lips and complained in a low voice with some dissatisfaction.

"It's rare that I want to have a good 'fight' with you..."

"...I'm not mad at you, so why would I argue?"

Upon hearing this, Shang Yang, who could sense the princess's regret, felt a little helpless.

"Having a fight once in a while might actually be beneficial."

After hearing Shang Yang's helpless reply, Her Royal Highness Princess Yongyuan didn't seem to care about the quarrel with her husband, and seemed to be looking forward to it.

"...There's a saying, isn't it? Any fight that's not aimed at breaking up is just a show of affection."

"I remember that my dear husband, it was because you once made Xiao Ai angry that you both let go of your deepest grievances. That's when you 'ate' Xiao Ai, right?"

Facing the gray-haired young man who looked a little embarrassed after hearing what she said, a certain princess chuckled in a relaxed tone.

"Perhaps, the time when my husband 'eats' me will be similar."

"After all, when we first met a thousand years ago, my husband told me that you wanted to 'eat' me."

PS1: The chapter I owed yesterday will be made up tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

PS2: The princess and I agree that any quarrels that are not aimed at breaking up are just men and women showing off their affection (I’m sure of it).

PS3: Although Kaguya’s role in this book is “girlfriend”, the character image of this kind of cute girlfriend who likes to play around is really difficult to write (sigh).

Volume 6: Longing Across Time and Space: Chapter 418: Shang Yang's "Axis in the Heart"

“…You can’t get over this.”

Shang Yang's mouth twitched at the princess's cheerful teasing.

"Thousands of years ago, when I met her, why did I mention that consuming the liver of a Penglai person would grant immortality? And now Kaguya is bringing it up again."

"However, Kaguya seems to be...hiding some of her emotions. She's not as completely indifferent as she appears to be."

Looking at the beautiful face of the Moon Princess in front of him with a sweet smile, Shang Yang noticed something strange.

Although the princess had been showing her usual playful personality since they first met, Shang Yang, who was familiar with her, could sense that she seemed to be hiding a subtle emotion that was hardly noticeable.

It wasn't a recent emotion, but a subtle feeling that seemed to have been there for a long time.

"It's somewhat similar to the emotion I felt for her."

This is Shang Yang’s judgment.

If the gray-haired young man who is the owner of Yunzhongting said that he was unaware of the feelings of the girls who had lived in the hot spring villa for many years, he would definitely be deceiving himself.

As for the beautiful Moon Princess who is now by his side, the young man with gray hair has naturally had feelings for her over the past thousand years.

Just like Shang Yang's admiration for the eldest daughter of the Gu Mingdi family who has always been in his heart.

It is also like Shang Yang's love for the "Miss Lord God" who has always been with him.

When faced with a beautiful girl, every gentleman in the world would want to win her love.

This is not something bad that is difficult to talk about or that makes you feel ashamed or embarrassed.

……

The young man with gray and messy hair, the owner of Yunzhongting, lived in his hometown thousands of years ago, which is now a modern society with advanced science and civilization.

As a human being in the modern society of his home country, he was once a young man who was born and raised in that home country with a long history, stability and peace, and spent twenty years of an ordinary life without any waves.

The young human from a thousand years ago also loved these women, who were merely imaginary characters created as fictional works in his home country.

Afterwards, like all the people in their hometown who like to imagine them, the young people who have completed their studies may also step into modern society and perform their duties conscientiously in their work.

Perhaps he would also meet the girl he loved in his native country, get to know her, and marry her.

Afterwards, perhaps, it is because of the young people’s own beliefs and abilities, or perhaps, it is because of the right opportunities.

In a certain field, the youth will fulfill their obligations and make unique contributions to the hometown where they were born and raised, and together with the historical figures in the long history of their hometown, they will become a part of the civilization history of their hometown.

Young people may have such a future, and will unknowingly pursue such a future.