Princess Kaguya

(Sure enough, the baby is not an ordinary person)

Still in the same place, Ars narrowed his eyes, observing the baby's movements as if she was worried.

(Reincarnator? Transmigrator? Regressor? Returnee? I don't think so... Let's see your future)

After pondering for a moment, he stopped guessing. He mastered the Fate Scriptures, for him nothing could be hidden from him if he really wanted to know.

"[Reading Fate]" Ars said in his mind.

Instantly, he saw the baby's life journey until it grew into an incomparable beauty that would be fought over by men throughout this nation.

A stream of information flowed into his brain. If an ordinary person were in the Ars position, the person would become vegetative because he could not receive large amounts of information at once.

It took him three minutes to digest the information.

(So that's how it is... Princess Kaguya... Emperor Murakami... Five impossible conditions... The Moon... And the Elixir of Immortality!)

Ars looked at the baby Princess Kaguya with a burning gaze.

Previously he still doubted whether he was in the right world. After seeing Kaguya's future, Ars was relieved that he didn't make a mistake when using the ability of the Fate Scripture.

The Fate Scripture guided him here because this world had something he yearned for the most.

Elixir of Immortality!

(Hurry up and grow up, Kaguya. Don't disappoint me)

Calming down his enthusiasm, Ars glanced at Kaguya one last time before leaving.

(I've been looking for the Elixir of Immortality for thousands of years, waiting a few years is no big deal)

With that mindset, he returned to the shop in a good mood.

.....

Time passed so quickly without realizing it.

3 months later!

The Destiny Trading Club stood strong without showing any signs of weathering.

Sitting in a rocking chair, Ars read a book with Est asleep on his lap.

Carrying a cake tray, Restia walked in with an apron that had not been removed.

"Try these cookies, fresh from the oven."

Ars opened his mouth, letting Restia feed him, his gaze not moving from the page of the book.

"Rea, there's no need to do that. I told you, there's no dust on the shelves."

"I do it because I like it, let me do it. If I don't do this, I feel like I haven't fulfilled my obligations."

Wearing a maid's uniform, Rea cleaned the shelves with a duster in her right hand.

"Do what you want." Ars said while turning the page of the book.

There is a cleaning array that automatically cleans dust and dirt in the shop. Actually, Rea is not needed as a maid. It's just that Ars doesn't accept lazy people.

"Thank you boss."

While humming a song, Rea cleaned the dust-free shelves.

"Hey, Ars, are you sure you have business talent? It's been 3 months, but apart from Rea, no customers have come." Restia said helplessly.

Hearing that, Ars' eyes twitched, and replied: "I also want to know why no customers have come yet. Is there something wrong with Destiny Alteration Token?"

His goal in opening the Destiny Trading Club was just a hobby to fill his free time. According to him, it would be interesting to change other people's destiny. However, as time passed, not a single customer came. Ars even considered closing the Destiny Trading Club.

After all, once his goal of obtaining the Elixir of Immortality was complete, he would continue his journey to another world.

He doesn't like staying in one world for too long.

"When I was shopping, I heard many people talking about Kaguya's beauty." Restia said suddenly, then glanced at Ars with a meaningful look and asked: "Isn't that the girl you were after when she was a baby? Aren't you worried about her being taken by another man?"

"Watch your words, Restia. It makes me look like an immoral bastard who preys on women since they are babies."

Ars massaged his forehead, feeling a headache facing her dirty joke.

In three months, The baby girl grew into a very beautiful girl. Kaguya's beauty is indeed difficult to match.

Kaguya's growth is definitely abnormal! However, no one felt strange, except for Ars and the girls in the Destiny Trading Club.

Ars suspects that there is a force that manipulates the common sense of everyone in Heian-kyo, so as not to question Kaguya's unnatural growth.

"Fufufu~ but what I said wasn't completely wrong, right?" Restia chuckled.

"Stay calm. Kaguya will not marry anyone. Besides, you know the reason I'm watching her isn't because of her beauty."

Ignoring her teasing, Ars continued reading at a constant pace, without being distracted by reading and chatting at the same time.

"Ars, which do you think is prettier, me or Kaguya?"

Restia fluffed her long hair, showing off her curves that had atrophied.

"Why are you asking that?" Ars glanced at Restia briefly, then continued reading.

"You know, news of Kaguya's beauty spread throughout the country. Men from various circles, from nobles to ordinary people, all want to marry Kaguya. They came successively to Kaguya's house to ask for her hand in marriage, but were continually rejected by her. With this incident, Kaguya was mass recognized as the most beautiful woman in this country."

"So?"

"Is Ars not captivated by Kaguya's beauty or are you so used to having beautiful women around you that you are immune to her charms? So I want to know your opinion. Who is the prettiest of the two of us?"

Restia looked directly into Ars' eyes with full confidence.

"You two are both beautiful."

"That wasn't the answer I wanted at all."

"Well, I just answered honestly."

Even though she was disappointed not to hear the answer she expected, Restia fed Ars as before.

She is not an unreasonable woman who will sulk like modern women, who demand that men apologize even though it was not his fault.

"Speaking of Kaguya, does the boss think there is someone who can meet those requirements?" Rea joined in the discussion.

After living here for three months, she understood her boss's character and could be chatted with without needing to be formal.

"Impossible. No mortal can fulfill Kaguya's requirements." Ars answered without hesitation.

"I think so too." Rea nodded in agreement.

The men who want to marry Kaguya continue to hang around her house. One by one they finally surrendered, and only 5 men remained, all of whom were prince and high-ranking officials.

They still insisted on marrying Kaguya, so Grandpa Okina persuaded Kaguya. Again, in the feudal era, there weren't many things women could do other than marry and have children.

Under Grandpa Okina's persuasion, Kaguya agrees to accept a marriage proposal from a man who can bring her impossible to obtain items, namely a sacred Buddha bowl, a golden tree branch bearing sparkling fruit, a white rat skin from a volcanic crater, a dragon pearl, and a glowing seashell belonging to a bird swallow.

"Boss, do those items really exist, or are they just made up by Princess Kaguya so that she doesn't accept the marriage proposal?" Rea asked curiously.

The boss was a mysterious entity that possessed powers beyond human reason, so she did not directly veto the authenticity of the five items.

"It is real. Kaguya didn't just give conditions carelessly. All these items are on Horai Island (Penglai Island)."

"So it really is..."

Rea did not doubt Ars's claims at all.

"Ars knows the location of Horai Island?" Restia asked.

"Know." Ars answered briefly.

"Isn't it easy for you to collect these five items? You can easily marry Kaguya~"

"Stop joking, Kaguya is only 3 months old. Although her growth caused her to appear like a 16 year old girl, it did not change the fact of her true age. Even a pedophile's conscience would feel guilty if he targeted a 3-month-old girl."

In response to Restia's teasing, Ars flicked his finger on her forehead.

"Ouch, you are so cruel, Ars." Restia complained while covering her forehead.

*Ding*

Suddenly the doorbell sounded, and a young man in his 20s entered hesitantly.

Seeing the second customer arrive, Ars' eyes lit up.