"Snap~"
As the sliding door was closed, Lancer couldn't help but let out a breath.
After all, the atmosphere in the room wasn't great, especially when Fujiwara no Fuhito saw Mokou looking like that; Lancer could clearly perceive the other party's body trembling. It's likely that Mokou, who inherited the Phoenix's power, couldn't have failed to notice.
'Next, it can only be left to themselves.'
While Lancer was sighing, a woman wearing a red and blue nurse uniform walked up to him, curled her lip, and then left without a word.
An ordinary person would probably be completely baffled, but Lancer followed behind her with a smile.
As for why he smiled?
As the victor, when facing the loser, if one doesn't smile, should they cry? Compared to those fake comforts, Lancer felt that he was actually showing more respect to his opponent this way; after all, he also hated those hypocritical opponents.
The two walked for a short while before arriving at a room. At this time, Kaguya Houraisan was looking at the moon in the sky with a complex expression.
Different from the gaze full of expectations and memories during the first meeting, her gaze now was more one of conflict. Because according to Yukari Yakumo, after that batch of Lunar Capital soldiers left, no one had broken into that space again. In other words, she and her Shishō had both been "abandoned."
Although compared to her family members, she liked her Master more, it was only "more." She and her family didn't have those boring deep-seated hatreds; at most, the relationship was relatively cold. But no matter how cold, it couldn't change the fact that they were family.
However, when she saw Lancer, she immediately put away her previous melancholy expression and instead showed a "perfect smile." Undoubtedly, in private, Kaguya Houraisan was a shut-in, but this could not hide her "princess" side. But after seeing that "perfect smile," Lancer, instead of saying a word, walked directly to her side and suddenly pinched her face.
This sudden action not only caught Eirin Yagokoro, who was originally standing in front of Lancer, off guard, but even Kaguya Houraisan herself as the involved party didn't react.
"To be honest, I've wanted to try this for a long time. Clearly you're a child, so why always show such a 'mature' expression? It makes me very jealous."
He said he was jealous, but the movement of his hands didn't slow down at all. Kaguya Houraisan face turned into various strange shapes in Lancer hands. But before she could resist, Lancer let go of his hands and instead reached out to take off the hairpin that had always been stuck in her head, then directly messed up her hairstyle.
"Smile when you're happy, cry when you're not. The 'Princess Kaguya' I know is the one who holds a controller and plays games with me. This 'mature' look right now doesn't suit you."
Lancer nonsensical words made Kaguya Houraisan not know what to say for a moment. Should she say he's meddling in other people's business? Or say he speaks without logic at all?
But for some reason, she, who had been feeling some self-loathing since just now, suddenly realized that perhaps in this world, besides Master, there was someone who cared about her because of the simple existence of being "Kaguya Houraisan."
"Don't touch my head! My age is much older than yours!"
Normally, women would care a lot about their age, like a certain someone who is often teased by Lancer about her age... now it's two ladies. But for her "dignity," Kaguya Houraisan still used this "kill a thousand enemies, lose eight hundred" move.
But unfortunately, Lancer didn't seem to care about this; instead, he showed an excited expression.
"That's why bullying someone older than yourself is more fun~"
The unfeigned smile on Lancer face made Kaguya Houraisan want to give him a punch, but in the end, she endured it because she knew he was doing it on purpose.
In her impression, Lancer was not a person who would do such things.
'This idiot doesn't even know how to comfort people!'
But no matter what, her originally low mood recovered a lot. Although she couldn't brush off the right hand messing around on her head, at least the expression on her face became much more serious.
"Lancer, were you serious before?"
Seeing Kaguya Houraisan expression, Lancer also retracted his right hand and simultaneously nodded.
"Of course!"
At this time, Eirin Yagokoro, who was standing behind Lancer, had originally wanted to skin Lancer alive upon seeing him being "handsy" with Kaguya Houraisan, but after hearing Lancer words, she fell into a strange silence.
Different from what some people imagined, Eirin Yagokoro's concern for Kaguya Houraisan was not the kind of emotion generated by hormones, but truly heartfelt concern for her. Therefore, Eirin Yagokoro was not preventing Kaguya Houraisan from associating with others; what she truly cared about was whether the people associating with Kaguya Houraisan were "qualified."
In her eyes, the person who wants to be with Kaguya Houraisan must be stronger than her, because only then can they protect Kaguya; they must be able to make Kaguya Houraisan happy, because she doesn't want to see this child show a sad expression again; and of course, they must love her from the bottom of their heart—this is the foundation of everything. And recently, there was one more requirement: they must live long enough, because Kaguya Houraisan took the "Hourai Elixir." If they don't live long enough, how can they accompany her?
In her previous view, Lancer belonged to the standard "no great ambitions," "simple-minded," and "mysterious women always appearing around him." It could be said he was completely excluded from her sight. But the change in all of this came from several hours ago.
While Fujiwara no Fuhito was unconscious, the youkai were extinguishing the fire, and Yukari helped Fujiwara no Mokou clean her body, Lancer, Kaguya Houraisan, and Eirin Yagokoro were finally able to be alone. At that time, Eirin Yagokoro could be described as being as unruly as a wild horse.
"'Tsukuyomi' might be able to tolerate his daughter staying on the ground forever, but he will absolutely not allow a person who defies his orders to exist. Even if you let Kaguya stay on the ground, you will only bring endless trouble upon yourself..."
When Eirin Yagokoro said these words, although her gaze was fierce, her tone was incomparably flat, as if she were speaking of an "ordinary" matter. But precisely because of this, it was even more persuasive.
Kaguya Houraisan herself had no understanding of this; after all, as the youngest of his three daughters, her impression of him actually only spanned the last few decades. But Eirin Yagokoro was different; as an existence who lived on the lunar surface even earlier than him, she knew the distorted form he took after losing to Amaterasu back then.
But what she didn't expect was that when her "narration" ended, Lancer showed a look of disdain.
"Let him come if he has the ability! (Anyway, I'll run away in a few months)"
Looking for trouble? Heh, by then the other party won't even be able to find his shadow!