"How?"

As Itachi had thought before, when he walked into the study, he saw a dignified and leisurely figure.

"Did it work out?"

Artoria asked without looking up, immersed in the book in her hand.

Itachi can sense her presence, and she can sense the presence of itachi as well.

"Sister...... Sister! ”

However, it was not the voice of the Itachi that responded to her, but the voice of a child, who was too young to distinguish between male and female.

"Oh, Xiao Zuosuke woke up?"

Artoria's pitch rose sharply.

I saw her raise her head, and on her delicate face, her calm demeanor changed at a speed visible to the naked eye, becoming gentle and delicate.

"You let it go, I'll hold me."

Artoria put down the book in her hand, stepped up to Itachi's side, stretched out her arm, and snatched the left suke from his arms.

While hugging, she also teased him with the unintelligible language in Zuosuke's mouth.

Its posture is a little less mature and a little more childlike naughty.

Itachi looked at this warm scene, and the nerves that had been tense in his mind relaxed a little, and he gently held the doorknob and closed the door of the study.

"Wait a minute, your father may come over, you be careful."

He sat down on the chair opposite the desk and picked up the book she had just snapped on the desk - 'History of the Warring States'

It seems that Artoria is very interested in the ninja world during the Warring States period.

"How?"

Soon, though, Artoria asked again, "What ......is the matter?" Did it go well? ”

After a pause, she took her eyes off Zuosuke and looked at Itachi, "I know you've been deliberately avoiding me lately, using all sorts of excuses to keep me from getting involved in some clan affairs. ”

"I can probably guess why, but I want to warn you that I can only follow you."

"So if you need to leave the village, I have to leave."

It's a fact.

Itachi fell silent.

He had a kind of 'her previous words were actually foreshadowing for the sake of these words', and she was reminding herself not to make random decisions for her?

Could it be that compared to the daily time, the leisurely self,

Does she prefer to indulge in government affairs and become the lonely and arrogant king on the throne?

"After a while, we need to leave Konoha for a while."

After a long time, Itachi slowly spoke, confirming the matter.

Although my father didn't say it explicitly just now, he agreed with his plan, but the meaning was obvious.

After talking about so many ideas without reservation, and analyzing various chains of relations, he no longer objected.

"It's a shame."

Artoria withdrew her gaze from Itachi's body, looked at Zuosuke who was sitting on the table, licking his fingers, and said helplessly, "Little Zuosuke, it looks like I haven't been able to see you for a while." ”

And to this, Zuosuke responded with a "hey, hey, hey" smirk.

That fat little face, Itachi couldn't help but pinch it.

It's smooth to start, just like touching a porcelain piece, but the porcelain piece is a little warmer.

Looking at the silly and happy younger brother in front of him, who didn't know anything, Itachi asked softly, "Between the complicated and contentious life and the calm and comfortable daily life, which one do you prefer?" ”

Artoria muttered for a moment, "The latter. ”

Undoubtedly, as I thought.

Itachi knew it in his heart.

Standing on the opposite side of his own plan, it is not advisable to make himself an enemy of Konoha.

The reason for Artoria's opposition is not only because Konoha is loved, but also because she is on the opposite side of peace.

There will be many people who will die because of their own plans.

There may even be innocent people among them, and Itachi is well aware of all this, but makes such a choice anyway.

It's selfish.

But from an emotional point of view, Itachi had to choose so.

Since you choose to stand on the side of the family, you need to bear this consequence.

After all, there are very few things that can be done, and it's absolutely the best of both worlds.

Artoria was against this.

Therefore, in this situation, she should prefer a leisurely life in daily life.

"I'm sorry, you shouldn't have been with me through this."

Itachi struggled to speak, "You shouldn't...... Go through these things again. ”

"And in a way you don't like."

"Itachi ......"

Artoria chuckled at his apologetic voice, as if she had made some decision, "As your friend, I am glad that you can think of me." ”

"But also as your friend, I hope to be able to fight alongside you, even if ...... I'm only a verbal advisor at the moment. ”

"As for whether I like this kind of life or not."

Speaking of this, she paused, and the expression on her face was extremely complicated, including relief, joy, heaviness, and seriousness......

"I've spent most of my life living for Britain."

"I sometimes ask, do I like it? Do I regret it? I...... Should it be continued? ”

"Honestly, of course."

Artoria continued, the content of her words that made Itachi unconsciously stop thinking, "I have regretted when I faced all kinds of pressures alone, I had very, very much hoped to return to the original village and be an innocent and lively village girl, and I also thought about giving up. ”

"After all, in the eyes of my courtiers, I am like a ruthless god, and in fact only I know that I am just a human being who constantly chooses and renounces between the majority and the minority."

"But unfortunately, there are some things that have to be done, and I am the one who is chosen."

"So...... From an intellectual point of view, I think you should be an absolutely calm and ruthless king, and only in this way can you lead your family to success. ”

"But from an emotional point of view, I want to be able to stand next to you, and I want you to accommodate more people around you, because I've experienced what it's like to go alone, so I don't want you to repeat that mistake."

It's as if Artoria had apologized a few hours earlier, admitting her mistakes in guidance.

Once again, she made a decision that Itachi couldn't understand.

It's about thinking from an emotional point of view.

Itachi looked at her stunned, as if ...... Looking at a dignified and elegant person, he spoke vulgar words.

As a decision-maker, you can't be influenced by too many emotions, which Artoria has been emphasizing since the beginning of her coaching.

And now, she has broken her mind again and again.

Even, she herself slowly got out of that state of 'absolute sanity' in her life and returned to that human Artoria.

The queen named Artoria is stepping down from that throne, there is no doubt about it.

Dong Dong Dong Dong –

And at this moment, before Itachi could speak, breaking the silence in the room.

Suddenly, there was a soft sound at the door of the study.

Almost instantly, Artoria put the left suke in her hand into Itachi's arms, while herself, disappeared into the room.

"Father, let's go outside and talk about the strength of the ape flying sun."

Itachi gently shrugged his nose and sniffed deeply into the air in the study.

Soon, he chose to stand up with Zuosuke in his arms, open the door of the study, and walk out.