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Chapter 830 A Perfect Journey to the Netherworld

Yes, extra emotions.

Long could not deny that those seemingly useless emotions that did not help her work and study efficiency at all had been growing in her heart.

Why does this happen?

And when did it start?

For these questions, Oboro himself seemed to have a vague answer -

Perhaps it was when she first met Kamiyagawa.

At that time, Oboro was still the chief priest of Tsuki Castle, noble and proud, pure-hearted and detached from the world. But the appearance of Kamiya Kawa seemed to tear all of this apart, and he oppressed Oboro with an almost barbaric attitude.

When Oboro was strangled by Kamiya and pressed roughly to the ground, her heart was filled with emotions.

Humiliation, unwillingness... or something else.

Long himself couldn't explain it.

But that experience might be the former priest’s “first experience” of emotion. Whenever he thinks back on it, his body will feel strangely restless, as if a tingling electric current is running through his spine.

Perhaps from that time on, the seeds of those useless emotions had been planted in Long's heart.

After arriving in the underworld and obtaining a suitable "growth environment", the seed naturally began to take root and sprout.

"Sister Long?"

Seeing that Oboro standing by the window suddenly fell into deep thought, Kaguya called her hesitantly.

"Ok?"

Long's body trembled slightly, and then he finally came to his senses.

The innocent Kaguya thought that Oboro was just immersed in the beautiful scene of ghosts and goblins outside the window. She blinked her distinct black and white eyes and said, "Sister Oboro, I think it's better to let some things take their own course."

"Let nature take its course?"

"Yes, you just said that. Even you yourself are not sure whether the influence of the underworld on you is good or bad."

Princess Kaguya is quite open-minded.

And she knew the nature of the Moon People too well.

The Moon People may seem to have a rigid mindset, but they are the group of people who value "correctness" the most.

How could they not be able to tell whether something is right or wrong, whether it has advantages or disadvantages?

So, in a sense, "I don't know" is also an answer.

An answer that Long himself cannot accept for the time being.

In short, Kaguya thinks the current situation is fine.

Whether it was the fact that Sister Oboro actually took the time to savor the Iyo tea from the lower world; or the fact that Sister Oboro twisted her little face, grasped her little hands, and said, "An unnecessary emotion has sprouted in my heart."

It doesn’t feel like a bad thing!

Sister Long has become more lively than before.

"Just like if you want to know what Iyo's tea tastes like, you have to taste it yourself... Anyway, you are here, Sister Long, you have plenty of time to use your ears and eyes to listen. Whether the underworld is a filthy place or not, I think you will definitely come up with an answer that can convince yourself in the future."

Kaguya continued.

This little princess is indeed a little naive, but she is not stupid at all.

Even compared to her rigid Moon People, she is probably the one with the most flexible brain.

"Master Kaguya..."

When Oboro was still the chief priest of Tsukishiro, Kaguya-hime, who was then a "fixed target for expulsion", had to obey her arrangements.

But now, Oboro is no longer the chief priest. Kaguya has resumed her role as the "Guardian of the Dark Side of the Moon" and "Kaguyabi's loyal heir", and the relationship between the two has completely reversed.

However, Kaguya came to see Oboro today specifically, not to lecture him as a superior.

She just felt that Sister Long was staying alone in the lower world, and since she had come all the way here, wouldn't it be too pitiful if she didn't visit her?

Although, in theory, the Moon People, who are indifferent to desires, do not seem to need sympathy because they live in seclusion.

But that's exactly what Kaguya thought.

And, in fact, her idea seems to be correct.

At this moment--

Tuk-tuk-tuk.

There was a knock on the office door.

Afu's voice came from outside the door: "Lord Kaguya?"

"I'm here, you can come in."

The door was opened a crack, and first a pair of trembling raccoon ears poked in, followed by Ah Fu's furry little head: "Lady Kaguya, the movie is about to start. Shall we go to the square?"

Just as he said this, Ah Fu let out a light cry, his body leaned back, and his head retracted.

It seemed like someone pulled her from behind.

Xiao Jiu's whispers came from outside the door: "Afu, don't be like this, Lady Kaguya is still talking to Miss Oboro."

"Eh? But I knocked on the door, and Kaguya-sama said we could go in... Besides, it would be a shame to miss the movie, right? Kaguya-sama just said she really wanted to see it."

See a movie.

This is the last activity of Princess Kaguya's journey to the underworld today.

Kaguya-sama didn't really understand what a movie was. She just heard from Afuku and Kou that it was a kind of storytelling format with pictures that could be interpreted by itself.

Recently, many busy areas in Takamagahara have set up electronic screens collected from various places, and then used the abilities of electronic ghosts to start showing outdoor movies. For example, the electronic screen on the square outside the Haiguo Administrative Building is also used for this purpose.

The current movies are completely free of charge and are simply used to enrich the leisure time of the ghost story tellers in the Takama-ga-hara territory after get off work.

The movie to be screened is called "The Whale on the Beach".

A monster animation movie produced by the current GENIE studio.

Currently, "The Whale on the Beach" has been released in the real world cinema, and the initial response is good. Changshi is just showing it simultaneously.

"Sister Long, Ah Fu, Xiao Jiu and I have already made an appointment to watch a movie together. So, I'm going to the square."

Kaguya said goodbye to Oboro, walked out happily, and met her new beastgirl friends again.

As for the souvenirs she bought from the paradise market, she left them in the office for the time being and would come back to get them later.

……

in the office.

Long was still standing by the window, and she pushed it open.

The evening breeze with a slightly damp smell blew towards me. I don’t know if the air here was affected by the bonfire on the other side of the square, but it felt a little warm when it blew on my face.

In front of the main entrance of the administrative building, three small figures appeared and trotted towards the square.

"It seems that Lady Kaguya is getting along very well with the little tanuki and the little fox."

Thinking this, Long raised his hand and smoothed the black hair hanging by his ears.

Not only with Afu and Xiaojiu, Kaguya-hime is very adaptable to the environment of the entire lower realm.

Because after a while, Kaguya-hime's originally conspicuous figure was completely integrated into the ghost stories in the square and into the cheerful atmosphere, and could not be found at all.

Over at the square, the movie finally started and soothing music could be heard coming over.

Long stood by the window for a long time before finally closing the window and restoring silence to his office.

She returned to her desk and sat down. There were still a lot of documents on the desk that needed to be reviewed.

To be honest, Long doesn't hate his current job.

Long found Kamiyagawa and his subordinates' experience and methods of managing the territory very novel and there were many things worth learning.

For example, a document at hand——

"Proposal on the arrangement of the New Takamagahara faction's holiday"

Yes.

Takamagahara recently plans to clearly establish a holiday system for festivals.

Having been in the underworld for some time, Long had long realized that these monsters and ghosts in Kamiya Palace's underworld territory were extremely lazy and idle.

After work, they actually need so-called rest.

Festival holidays are created to meet this demand.

In addition, festivals also have functions such as increasing happiness and enhancing cultural identity.

The people of the Moon don't have complicated minds and they don't really need these things. So when he first saw the document, Long couldn't understand the so-called meaning of the holiday.

They are all irrational demands brought about by useless emotions.

However, another point mentioned by Isohime in her proposal gave Long a sudden enlightenment.

Isohime mentioned——

The holiday system can greatly promote consumption growth in each territory.

This is a cold and rational analysis, which is very much in line with Yue Min’s way of thinking.

As the former leader of Yezhihuoyuan, Long also has experience and insights in management. After coming to the Sea Country to perform administrative offices, he also began to learn knowledge such as economics.

This knowledge of the netherworld is...interesting, isn't it?

Well, this feeling should be called "interesting".

"Just let it be."

Long muttered this to himself as he picked up the golden fox mask on the desk.

No matter how you look at it, it's still a useless little gadget.

Kelong did not dispose of the gift from Kaguya casually. Instead, she carefully put the fox mask into a drawer near her desk.

Afterwards, the former chief priest changed into a comfortable sitting position in his office chair, picked up the cold Iyo tea on the table, and drank it slowly and carefully.

During this process, she felt...

peaceful.

As a citizen of the moon who never slacked off in his work, Long actually took a break during breaks in his work.

“I seem to have become lazy.”

She thought this with self-mockery, but also breathed a sigh of relief, no longer feeling confused and frightened by these "unnecessary emotions".

After putting down the teacup, Long picked up the documents on the desk again.

The night is long tonight and there is still a lot of work to be done.

Even though he is "lazy", due to his nature, Hajime's work enthusiasm is still the strongest in Takamagahara.

Perhaps she should be awarded the Takama-ga-hara Award for Love of Work and Dedication next year.

……

The night's eclipse, the dark side of the moon.

After a successful journey to the underworld, Kaguya returned to her post.

The little tapir was still sleeping in the same position as when Kaguya left. He just shrugged his head slightly as a greeting.

Kaguya felt that, she was like this... probably not having slept yet?

Maybe he's waiting for me to come back!

The little tapir really has me in his heart!

"Little Tapir, Little Tapir! The lower world is really interesting!" Kaguya, who was still in high spirits, began to share her experiences of the whole day with Little Tapir. "Let me tell you, that movie was super, super good! It was the first time I saw a story that moved, and it was very, very exciting!"

The last movie Kaguya watched in the lower world of the world was "The Whale on the Seaside"——

The story is set against the backdrop of the magically transformed Industrial Revolution and the Age of Discovery.

At this time, the human population grew due to technological innovation. In order to meet and fill the gap in internal demand, humans turned their attention to the sea and began to try to conquer the sea to obtain rich marine resources.

The powerful ships and guns that emerged from industrial development brought chaos to the originally calm ocean.

The story begins with the little prince of the Sea Kingdom turning into a whale. He gets into distress during a conflict between humans and sea monsters and drifts alone to a remote fishing village, where he is rescued by a fishing village girl named "Reina".

During the time that the melancholy monster boy and the cheerful human girl were together, although their respective ideologies and positions were not the same, they understood and influenced each other, and finally embarked on a difficult road together to seek reconciliation between humans and monsters.

The script for GENIE Studio's first animated feature film is still written by Chiaki Miyake.

The film explores the relationship between humans and nature, and the conflicts between humans and sea monsters are not portrayed in a monotonous way.

In addition to the leaders of human organizations who are eager to conquer the sea, there are also fishing villagers like the people of Lingna Village who are also oppressed by industrial development and hope to restore the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.

Among the monster forces, there are also radical forces headed by Kanibozu who attempt to take full revenge on humans.

Like the words of the leader of a human organization——

"Because I am a human being, I only consider the interests of mankind. If this is the only way for all my men to fill their stomachs and survive, then no matter how many times I am allowed to choose again, the result will be the same. I will fire at the god in the sea without hesitation."

And the words of Crab Master——

"They obviously already own the entire land... Human beings live by constantly taking from nature."

In their respective plot monologues, they all have very good expressiveness.

And because of the complex portrayal of conflicts and contradictions, the adventure of the hero and heroine becomes more interesting.

I love Princess Kaguya after watching it!

So naturally I talk about it endlessly.

“Puff—”

The little tapir was somewhat helpless after being disturbed by Kaguya, and finally sat up from the ground, exuding the power of dreams, and transformed into a beautiful human form again. However, that charming face was still sleepy and confused.

When talking to Kaguya, the only responses she got were "hmmmm", "yes yes yes", and "great, great".

In fact, "The Whale on the Beach" is the first film produced by GENIE. It is also a cultural product that further spreads and consolidates the power of faith in reality. Xiao Mo had seen the movie before it was officially released in theaters.

After dealing with Kaguya for a while, the little princess finally got enough of her story. She then hummed the theme song of "The Whale on the Seashore" and sat aside to write today's diary.

I still write all my true feelings in my diary.

There are so many things to record today!

Seeing that Kaguya finally stopped pestering her, Xiao Mo rested her chin on one hand and was about to fall asleep again. However, before falling asleep, she glanced at Kaguya's diary.

The little princess was writing on a piece of paper in a serious manner.

[Afu and Xiaojiu feel so good to touch, their furry ears and tails are the best! I will definitely touch them again next time we meet!]

"call?"

The little tapir felt less sleepy.

What kind of Furuikong statement is this?

Could it be that arranging Kaguya to go to the underworld made her even more strange? (End of this chapter)