Kaguya Houraisan
Kaguya Houraisan's Fantasy Rebirth Story
Kaguya
Where did you go?!
Kaguya
Hey, come on out. I'm going home.
Kaguya
Did she leave me here...?!
Yukari
Did you call me?
Kaguya
No, I didn't.
Yukari
I asked Mokou to go home and assured her that I would guide people in her place.
Kaguya
Out of all the people, I can't believe she entrusted you.
Yukari
I forcibly asked, though.
Kaguya
I can imagine.
Yukari
You haven't immediately asked why I am here. I suppose such composure is to be expected from a person of Hourai.
Kaguya
You're exactly right. And I can guess why you are here.
Kaguya
I can easily guess the thoughts of a young Earth youkai.
Yukari
Well, I also assumed that. You are none other than a former moon princess.
Kaguya
I guess you're right.
Kaguya
As a sage of Gensokyo, it is inevitable that you sense me going in and out of the Human Village.
Yukari
Why are you saying such things? It's not like back then...
Yukari
...you are now a person of the surface. So that is not a problem.
Kaguya
That is also true.
Kaguya
...So, what brings you here? Did you bring any interesting stories?
Kaguya
And you also brought PLAYER instead of that shrine maiden.
Hello, Miss Kaguya.
(Was that some advanced information battle...?)
Kaguya
Hello, it would be best if you also thought before helping someone out.
("Also"...?)
Kaguya
Putting that aside.
Kaguya
I'm busy, but I'll listen to what you have to say on the way back. Is that fine with you, Yukari Yakumo?
Yukari
Yes, that would be fine, thank you.
Kaguya
...I see what you're concerned about.
Kaguya
So, Yukari Yakumo. What you are trying to say is...
Kaguya
...that you don't understand what us aliens are thinking, but since we're in Gensokyo, we must follow Gensokyo's rules.
Yukari
I never said anything so impolite.
Yukari
Besides, since you, the people of Eientei, have entered Gensokyo, we have overcome many things together.
Kaguya
I don't recall you sages welcoming us.
Yukari
I am sad to hear that. We have already given you a grand welcome.
Kaguya
Ooh―
Kaguya
―So that was your intention.
Yukari
You are jesting. You already knew about it, right?
Kaguya
Well, yes. Now, I am longer hounded by moon emissaries.
Yukari
Teehee.
Kaguya
...Even if we are allies. That doesn't mean that we understand each other.
Kaguya
That said, not all of our interests match.
Yukari
So then, what does that mean?
Kaguya
It's nothing complicated. It's just being a human. Here in Gensokyo, Eirin and I are both... human beings.
Kaguya
Am I right? Gensokyo's youkai sage, Yukari Yakumo.
Kaguya
As a person of Hourai, destined to live forever, life is an endless series of questions that I ask myself.
Kaguya
It passes the time. It's like writing history on eternally blank paper and putting possibilities in the gaps between instances.
Kaguya
In other words, I don't stay in one place.
Kaguya
This is what we realized after that incident.
Yukari
So are you saying that is what it means to be human here in Gensokyo?
Kaguya
Yes. And I suppose since humans are like this, youkai and every other being in Gensokyo are the same.
Kaguya
Both Eirin and I have lived since the distant past, meaning we each hold an entire age's worth of culture.
Kaguya
Whether you are a youkai or a god, if you live long enough, you see long periods of time as a repetition of patterns...
Kaguya
...and everything becomes filled with boredom. You only become interested in big changes, a world full of calamities.
Kaguya
I used to look down on the Earth from the moon. I just observed like all the other people on the moon.
Kaguya
I would've been bored even if I didn't become a person of Hourai.
Yukari
Did anything change coming down to Earth? Did you gain anything?
Kaguya
Hmm, something that I only have now...
Kaguya
...the joy of living?
Yukari
...What?
Kaguya
No, I'm not joking.
Kaguya
Eirin and I are like nations. We are not on the same scale as ordinary people.
Kaguya
It is hard to establish an emotional connection with a single individual. Even the Emperor was not my equal.
Kaguya
You cannot feel joy when living in such a situation. You, as a youkai, should understand that.
Yukari
Perhaps.
Kaguya
Therefore, I had to become smaller. Fortunately, entering Gensokyo must have accomplished this.
Kaguya
I could finally perceive things on the scale of an average human.
Yukari
So that is why you sneak into the village?
Kaguya
Yes. That is now my joy of living.
(That was a very long and difficult conversation, but...)
(...Miss Kaguya seems to love humans and the Earth.)
Kaguya
This is an ordinary folk tale. I'm sure you think so too, Yukari Yakumo.
Yukari
You are right. But, it is important to hear it in words.
Yukari
Because, unlike us, human beings are ephemeral.
Kaguya
That's why you brought PLAYER.
Yukari
You are perceptive.
...
Kaguya
Anyway...
Kaguya
I'm almost home now. That's enough speaking about folk tales.
Kaguya
Maybe we should host a Lunar Capital Expo again. There's actually a lot more I want to show off.
Yukari
Oh, that is intriguing.
Kaguya
I'll talk to Eirin about it.
Kaguya
Oh, so that girl was waiting for me.
Kaguya
I will need her help to return without Eirin, Inaba, and the others noticing.
Kaguya
Well, I'm going to excuse myself.
Yukari
I forgot to give this to you.
Kaguya
This is...
Kaguya
...Ooh. Inaba and the others were talking about this. I also heard about it in the village.
Kaguya
You are visiting people to give them costumes.
Yukari
That is correct.
Yukari
I hope this will also be a reminder for you.
Kaguya
A reminder?
Kaguya
This is...
Kaguya
It looks like the costume in my folk tale. However, the story is set in a much earlier time.
Kaguya
Maybe this was the kind of costume those two wanted me to wear.
Kaguya
...Okina, Ouna.
Yukari
(OK, PLAYER. Let's take our leave.)
Yukari
(What we see now does not belong to an alien, Lunarian, or person of Hourai...)
Yukari
(It's an emotion only Kaguya Houraisan has.)
(...OK.)
Costume Presentation
Kaguya Houraisan
Since you are human, you will surely die before me. But I will never forget you. So I have a request... Please live as long as you can. Even if it's only an instant more, my memories of my time with you will shine brighter throughout my eternal life.
