Finally freed from the endless quest "Finding the Lady Daimyo's Pet Cat Torako", Torako was sent back to the Daimyo's Mansion by the guards On the morning of the day, Naruto smiled happily at the entrance of the village and waved vigorously, "Bye-bye!" Bon voyage! Don't come back, wow! ”

However, the joy lasted less than half a day, and at noon, a young man with blond hair comparable to the sun shouted angrily to the sky: "This is also a mission!"

He was standing barefoot in a pond with his trousers rolled up to his knees, clutching a handful of uprooted weeds in each hand, and the water droplets from the roots of the grass were dripping into the water with the sludge, occasionally splashing his trouser legs. Not far from him was a dark-haired boy who didn't complain but was obviously not very happy, and the girl next to the black-haired boy talked to him with a sweet smile despite being in such a muddy environment.

"It's a D-class mission." A silver-haired young man who led his students to pull weeds in the pond lazily answered.

Naruto immediately turned to him and shouted, "Kakashi-sensei, isn't there a more exciting task!"

As he spoke, a slight clatter came from the depths of the corridor in front of the pond, and it rang for a while, but he was stunned and saw no human figure, and when he looked at it, he could only see the deep and deep space that did not know where it extended.

Even though it was broad daylight, Naruto couldn't help but shudder, "This place ...... Isn't it haunted? ”

Sakura leaned over Sasuke in fear. Sasuke Uchiha, who graduated first in the ninja school, groped his way out of the ninja bag with his backhand and held it tightly, looking at the wooden cloister with a wary expression.

Only the first technician, unmoved, drooped the dead fish's eyes, and even took out a small orange book and flipped to the number of pages he had read last time, and the sound of turning the book overshadowed his low self-talk: "You can hear the echo from so far away, the designer of the Daimyo Mansion is really not very professional." ”

The sound of clogs is getting clearer and clearer, and it is getting closer. Finally, two figures emerged from the shadows of the cloister.

And at the same time—

"Ah......hh What the hell!! Naruto Uzumaki didn't even dare to look at it, and immediately covered his eyes with his hands, and a roar resounded through the sky.

Then, the blonde boy, whose nerves were bigger than his arm, lived up to expectations and was beaten. The girl who beat him was still holding her fist, and the word "well" on her forehead was tight, as if she couldn't help but punch again. "Shame on the dead!" The girl said through gritted teeth.

The black-haired boy disdainfully "cut" and put the kunai back into the ninja bag, and the guard was lifted.

"It hurts, Sakura-chan......" Naruto covered the place where he was beaten, and only then did he see the people in the cloister clearly, and he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "What, it turned out to be a princess, don't pretend to be a ghost in broad daylight." ”

Before the words fell, she was beaten again, and the girl was even more ruthless than just now: "Don't be rude to the princess!" ”

Naruto ran away with his head in his hands: "Yes, yes...... Ahh ”

Ryoko beside Rika couldn't help but laugh "poof", compared to the Daimyo's Mansion, the children in Konoha Village were really full of vitality.

After Sakura Haruno taught her teammates that she couldn't teach, she had to salute Rika in a proper manner, even in the pond: "Good day, princess, why did you come here?" ”

There is only a ridiculously large pond and an exaggerated, eerie wooden cloister.

Rika was a little surprised by her question: "This is the pond in the backyard of the palace, didn't Kakashi tell you?" ”

The named first technician was looking at his little yellow book without raising his head: "Don't care about this little thing." ”

Rika smiled and said, "I'm going to plant water lilies in the pond, and you guys have to work hard to remove weeds." ”

Naruto, who never knew how to write "Anfen", shouted again: "You have so many attendants, why do you still entrust us with a mission!" ”

Rika bent her eyebrows, a little smug and a little unflattened: "Because this is what "my gardener-kun" should do, you are just incidental." When she said "my gardener-kun", she said one word at a time, which was very meaningful.

The three future stars of Konoha and the maid Ryoko couldn't understand the meaning of her words.

The first technician's fingertips paused, and as soon as he raised his eyes, he met her overly smiling eyes, and the ends of her silver hair wilted listlessly.

It's been five years ago, how can she still remember?

The rich lady who eloped with the young florist - those days were miserable for the pampered Rika, but every time she thought about it, she couldn't help but turn the corners of her mouth up.

The young florist-kun, the first technician, Kakashi Hagi, resigned himself to putting away the little yellow book, and the dead fish eyes gradually revealed their usual helpless look under the light of those white and starry eyes: "Your memory is really unexpectedly good." ”

Compared with his laziness and helplessness, the girl's eyebrows and eyes were full of smiles, and her eyes were full of energy, and a string of crisp silver bells overflowed between her lips and teeth. As soon as you take a step, the wide sleeves and skirt ripple in the air, and the cherry blossom patterns on the kimono come to life, as if they are ready to fall at any moment. She walked into the shadows of the cloister with considerable pleasure, and the clatter of clogs was now like a light serenade.

Accustomed to her princess being more fickle than the weather, Ryoko thoughtfully said to the four of them who were still stuck in the mud of the pond, "Lord Rika has prepared a sumptuous lunch for you, please come to the front hall to enjoy it later." After finishing speaking, he bowed slightly to the first technician, and followed his master into the shadows.

Naruto, who was already hungry, didn't have time to cheer when he heard a voice from the corridor: "The guy who just said I was a ghost has nothing to eat, hum." ”

"Huh? No way!!! The cheer in the boy's throat turned into a wail.

The First Technician, who pressed his arm heavily on the golden head with his height, said with a bit of insincere sympathy: "Naruto, don't offend women easily, especially women with good memories, remember." ”

Teenage Naruto felt more and more that he, the instructor who could only read the little yellow book, was not very reliable.

At the end of the day's tasks, Rika dragged the first technician for a walk in the sunset with the valid reason of "don't move around after dinner, be careful that you become like your father's figure".

The sunset at the end of spring is like a girl's blush, reflecting on the clouds on the horizon.

"I don't know how the old couple is doing now." Rika suddenly said thoughtlessly.

Kakashi understood. On the way back to the Daimyo's Mansion from Kitano Castle five years ago, when they were very embarrassed, they were fortunate to be taken in by the kind old couple, otherwise the two of them would have suffered a lot if one was injured and the other was weak.

Unfortunately, when he passed by that small village last year, he heard that the two old men had died.

Kakashi glanced at the girl next to him, her beautiful and fair face was the same as before, but her heart had grown a lot. Over the years, she has gradually learned to restrain her brutal willfulness and be considerate of others, and although she still likes to walk around him, he doesn't think it's a big deal, at least she doesn't have to think about how to disappear in an instant like before.

Is this a run-in between people? Time is really wonderful, is it her or him who has been changed? Probably everyone has been being changed by each other.

Kakashi's thoughts turned, and he replied, "Probably the same as before, I hope they don't encounter picky eaters and squeamish imps like you again." ”

Rika turned her head and glared at him with a smile: "You're good, huh?" I don't know who is so injured that he can't get on the road, and he needs someone to take care of it! ”

Yes, yes, at least I didn't deny that I used to be a picky eater and a squeamish little ghost - maybe now I'm a picky eater and a squeamish adult?

"Accident, accident," the first technician tried to save face, "I'm pretty good." ”

Alas, has he been reduced to the point where he wants to boast to ordinary people who don't know ninjutsu? It's really a difficult world~

Speaking of which, Rika should be the person in the entire Fire Country who doesn't care about whether his ninjutsu is good or not.

Even if he doesn't know anything about ninjutsu, if there is an opportunity to meet, Rika thinks she will probably still like him.

The next day, Dazna, a bridge builder from the country of waves, came to Konoha Village and hired ninjas to escort him home. Class 7 began its first outing, and Naruto cheered like a bird out of the cage.

Before leaving, Kakashi stood at the gate of the palace and repeatedly rejected Rika's offer to give them a luxury carriage: "Princess, I hope that when I come back, Konoha won't have any strange buildings." ”

Rika raised her palm and promised: "I will be very peaceful, don't worry." ”

Oh, he didn't believe it.

During the days that Kakashi led the students out of the village, Rika really lived her laid-back and luxurious life as a princess, occasionally eating Wawashi at Konoha's observation deck while watching Akai take the students to walk upside down around Konoha Village, and sometimes going to an izakaya with Azuki for two drinks - there were really only two, and Ryoko was adamant about preventing her from drinking a third.

No wonder Sunset Red said that even if Kakashi is not there, Princess Rika can now live well in Konoha now.

Until one day, a strange letter was sent to the palace. The words on the letter paper are crooked, as if they were deliberately written so that people can't find the handwriting, but the content is quite interesting-

It boils down to asking her when she expects to be able to attack the first technician, Kakashi Hachiki.

The payment is Hanzawa family boy & Yamada family second boy.

Rika stared at the letter for a long time, then burst into a smile that would make Kakashi's left eyelid flutter, called a senior guard, pointed to the letter and said, "You go find these two people and ask them if they want to shoot the second part, I can sponsor it fully." ”

Although the guards did not know what they meant, they were still ordered to leave.

She just promised Kakashi not to build a building, so it's okay to invest in making a movie.