[Inside the Sealed Space]
Aoba said nothing, focusing entirely on trimming Otsutsuki Kaguya's nails.
He was quite experienced at this as well, so his movents were quick and steady.
His fingers lightly brushed over hers as the crisp "click! click! click!" of the nail clipper echoed. Before long, all of Kaguya's fingernails were neatly trimd.
"Wait, it's not over yet."
Seeing Kaguya already trying to pull her hand back, Aoba quickly held onto it.
"Hm?"
Kaguya tilted her head, "Aren't you done already?"
Aoba smiled and conjured a nail file, "Still need to smooth them out. That way it looks better."
"Alright."
Seeing that, Kaguya could only let him continue fussing over her hand.
This ti, Aoba worked even more carefully.
Kaguya felt a faint ticklish sensation at her fingertips. Watching his serious expression, she pressed her lips together and couldn't help but say,
"You seem very familiar with this."
"?"
Aoba froze slightly at her words.
'What kind of sudden "drama arc" is this?'
First she brought up "vixens," and now she was asking why he was so experienced.
Had Otsutsuki Kaguya, who was originally as pure as a blank sheet of paper, been completely corrupted by the ninja world's novels and manga?
"Mm… maybe because I occasionally help other people trim their nails."
"But aren't you a daimyo? Why would you do sothing like that?", Kaguya looked confused.
To be fair, the daimyo figures in her impression had never been good examples.
Soone like Aoba, young and good-looking, was the first of his kind she had ever seen.
Thinking this, she couldn't help but study him again.
Watching him think, Kaguya told herself she wasn't the type of girl described in those manga as a lovestruck fool, but she did quite like the way Aoba looked.
"Even so, helping occasionally with fingernails or toenails isn't really that strange, is it?", Aoba said calmly.
"Is that normal?"
Kaguya blinked, her expression full of confusion and uncertainty.
'And also… he just said toenails, didn't he?'
'Toenails also need trimming?'
'How strange. Fingernails are for holding hands, but what about toenails?'
'What are those for?'
She couldn't figure it out, but while thinking about it, her legs under her robes shifted slightly. Her toes, hidden in white socks, curled unconsciously.
'If Aoba really insists on trimming my toenails too… what will I do?'
'Accept it?'
'Fingernails are one thing, but toenails…'
'That feels a bit too strange.'
While she was lost in thought, Aoba, who had been calm until now, suddenly paused as he sensed sothing.
He raised an eyebrow and released Kaguya's hand.
"Hm?"
Kaguya snapped back to reality and looked at him in confusion.
"It seems I have to leave for a mont."
Aoba stood up from his seat helplessly, 'Of all tis, soone has to co interrupt now, those two over a thousand-year-old brats.'
"Hm?"
Just as he was about to leave, he noticed Kaguya had grabbed his hand on her own.
"You said… you could stay with a bit longer today."
Kaguya looked at him coldly.
'Wasn't he the one who said he'd only leave for a short while?'
Seeing her expression, clearly telling him to go, Aoba didn't know whether to laugh or sigh.
"Soone outside is looking for . If I don't go et them, they'll probably force out."
"Two people… don't tell …"
After a brief mont of thought, Kaguya imdiately realized that the only ones who could co looking for soone here were those two brats.
"Yeah, it should be those two brothers. I'll go say hello and be right back."
Aoba gently squeezed her slightly stiff hand, reassuring her.
Kaguya pressed her lips together slightly, "They're strong. Are you confident?"
She didn't know the exact strength of the ninja world a thousand years later, but from what Aoba had described, no one should be able to match her two children.
"Don't worry."
Aoba casually ruffled her hair.
While she was still frozen from the gesture, he slipped out of the sealed space.
———
[Outside the Sealed Space]
Otsutsuki Hamura stood quietly, his expression solemn.
This battle was no small matter.
"Brother… will you win?"
"Don't worry. I will win."
Otsutsuki Hagoromo, having just regained part of his strength, spoke with confidence toward his worried brother.
The sensation of power returning to his body filled him with renewed confidence.
Although the Sage's power hadn't fully restored him to his peak, it was enough for him to use most of his abilities from when he was alive.
Aoba might be the strongest in the current ninja world. But he, Otsutsuki Hagoromo, was the strongest in the thousand-year history after Kaguya.
Even if he couldn't use his full power, dealing with a young man not even twenty years old should be more than enough.
This battle of "historical strongest vs modern strongest", he would not lose.
However, Otsutsuki Hamura still looked uneasy.
He had personally witnessed the fight between Aoba and Otsutsuki Toneri, so he had a clear understanding of Aoba's strength.
It was even stronger than his own peak.
Even though Hagoromo was stronger than him, that was referring to Hagoromo at his peak, not his current soul state.
But seeing his brother so confident, he didn't want to dampen the mood.
Hopefully he can hold it together later… otherwise this will be a huge embarrassnt.
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