Book 7: Chapter 50: The Missing Celestial Maiden

Book 7: Chapter 50: The Missing Celestial Maiden

Lily turned the paper fan upside down. It was white on one side, but there was a black character, bi (毘), written in the corner. This small black character emitted a fierce and extraordinary aura, and Lily could sense a high level of sword intent from the strokes.

‘Bi (毘)’ was an ancient character that Lily had read in an ancient book.

“Isn’t this ‘bi1’ character the representation of Bishamonten?”

After a moment, Lily remembered what was recorded in the ancient book.

“This encircled celestial maiden was actually Bishamonten?!”

It suddenly dawned on her.

It’s just that the portrait of the celestial maiden in the mine was so incredibly old that it was difficult to distinguish its age even with Lily’s insight, but this terrible battle only happened a decade or two ago.

Did this celestial battle maiden called Bishamonten stay in the Heian Dynasty for so many years? With her superior strength, why was she hunted down?

In ancient books such as the Records of Ancient Events2, there were various accounts of Bishamonten, but most of them were ugly images of Buddha. Some said he was the God of Fortune, others said he was the God of War. The folklore surrounding him varied, and was often vague and fragmented.

Could it be that the real Bishamonten is this beautiful celestial maiden?

Lily turned over the fan, wondering who the little girl painted on it was.

It bore some resemblance to the mural portrait of Bishamonten. Since Bishamonten carried this fan with her at such a dangerous time, it must be someone very important to her.

Moreover, everything in this jewelry box was very old, but this fan was made by the noble craftsmanship of the modern Heian Dynasty.

“Has this celestial maiden really been in this word all this time?”

“Why was such a god-like existence never recorded in history?” Neew updates at novel/bin(.)com

Lily put the fan back into the jewelry box and closed it.

Looking at the box that used to belong to that beautiful celestial maiden, Lily couldn’t help but feel a sense of sadness— a sadness that seemed to come from a long, long time ago— a time when she was far from this world...

“Why do I feel so sad?”

She clasped her hands in reverence, “Your Highness, although I don’t know where you went, if you leave such an important thing here and it is discovered by monsters and got desecrated, Lily would feel that it is a pity, so Lily will temporarily take care of this jewelry box on behalf of Your Highness until the day I have the predestined fate to meet you and return it.”

“Your Highness, that mine extends in all directions. It is extremely complex and spiritual probes cannot penetrate the walls of the cave. I don’t think Kagami Lily had enough time to take away all the treasures in the mine. Maybe whatever was in that mine was taken away by the celestial battle maidens back in ancient times3.”

“Shut up!!!”

Shuten Doji scolded, “You still dare to underestimate that woman even now? I have a feeling this Kagami Lily must have taken away the treasure inside4!”

As soon as he said Lily’s name, Shuten’s eyes changed from being furious to devilish, “Hmph...well, let her keep it safe for me first. Before long, even she herself will become my treasure... Hahahahaha!

“Ibaraki! Your failure this time has disappointed me, but this also proves that Lily is an extraordinary woman. She may be the only person in the world who is truly worthy of being my, Shuten Doji’s, woman! I heard that the imperial army is attacking Kameyama Castle, and since Lily has escaped, the location of Kameyama Castle will definitely be known by the imperial army. But now, Kameyama Castle has no meaning to me. Lay a trap at Kameyama Castle and destroy the imperial army there! This time, I definitely don’t want to hear about failure again, understand?”

“Yes, Your Highness...” Ibaraki replied, drenched in cold sweat.

...

Lily hid in that pit for several days until she found that there was not a single vengeful spirit remaining outside, meaning that Ibaraki Doji had given up searching for her.

But she didn’t dare to be careless. When she came out of the pit and headed in the direction of the imperial army, she released the six raccoons who vigilantly scouted in a radius of 50 meters around her. Meanwhile, she concealed her aura and moved forward cautiously.

Four days later, one of Lily’s raccoons discovered the leading army of the imperial court.

It was Minamoto no Hiromasa’s army.

Lily felt relieved and increased her speed, rushing towards the army.

“Lord Hiromasa!” Lily felt especially happy when she saw Minamoto no Hiromasa at this time.

“Miss Kagami?” Hiromasa’s face turned red. Lily kept rushing all the way here and she was wearing a loose kimono with a short skirt. She looked flushed and was panting, causing people’s thoughts to stray.

“Lord Hiromasa, where is the chief commander now?”

“The army is marching towards Kameyama City according to the information sent by you, Miss Kagami, and the chief commander is in the central army a few miles away. Although, at that time, many commanders expressed their opposition to following a scribbled map sent by a demon hound...”

“Thank you, Lord Hiromasa.” Lily hurried towards the central army.

“Kagami, Kagami Lily...” Hiromasa wanted to say a few more words to Lily, but she had already run far away5.

毘 is a character in the Japanese spelling of Bishamonten’s name.古事记. Also called the Kojiki, is the earliest history book in Japan.Robinxen: There’s actually some common sense among them!Robinxen: And more common sense, despite them being in conflict!Robinxen: Uh oh.