A meal, Weasel ate quite satisfied.

As Rin said, the meal was arranged entirely according to his taste.

Although he is not a picky eater, liking and being able to eat are two different things.

After finishing the meal, Zuo helped them, the 'children', to learn from each other and fight with each other in the courtyard.

However, the Itachi and the others did not have the interest in playing together, and they preferred to set up deck chairs in the courtyard rather than take advantage of the time of the party to play, and chatted while leisurely basking in the warm afternoon sun.

Now, although it is winter, the winter in the Land of Fire is no colder than in the Land of Snow.

In particular, Kyoto Castle, which is the center of the country, does not even have a few snowfalls.

This sunny day out of the sun, in terms of outdoor temperature, will not affect those of them who exercise regularly on weekdays.

"It feels like it's been ...... lately It's very laid-back, life. ”

Suddenly, Itachi heard the emotional voice of someone next to him, it was Uchiha Hui.

"What's the matter, after you are free, you are not used to it?"

Soon, someone else continued, "Me too, in my previous impression, when I grow up, I will have to shoulder the burden of the family and family. ”

"If you don't have a position in the family, you have to take over the tasks to support the family, and if you take over the affairs of the family, you will have all kinds of busy affairs every day, just like your fathers."

"But now that these pressures are suddenly gone, it seems to be an extremely incredible and difficult thing to get used to to being able to settle down and practice and enjoy life."

The person who accosted this was Uchiha Zen.

'Is it hard to get used to?' ’

Itachi's mind was thoughtful.

The two of them were originally responsible for the cooperation with Chunyu Building.

Perhaps, they originally thought that when the family stabilized, as long as they accumulated some seniority in the clan, they would have the opportunity to become the senior of the clan's intelligence department.

As a result, he left suddenly and has nothing to do with the intelligence department.

Therefore, it is difficult to get used to this comfortable life.

And with their words, the 'adults' in the courtyard slowly quieted down.

Especially Uchiha Teru.

He had experienced a cruel past, so much so that after he evolved the Sharingan to the Three Hooks, it was almost hard to imagine that he would be able to live such a leisurely life one day.

But next to him, Izumi and the others, who were comparing shurikens with each other, didn't feel anything.

After all, several of them are still 'children' who have not even officially graduated.

As children, they have a relatively good and comfortable life, just like the original ferret.

It's just that the ferrets ended early, and they continued.

"Maybe ......"

Artoria suddenly spoke, giving voice to the quiet atmosphere, "Is this what life should be like as a human being?" ”

"Is worrying about life and death all day long, and not being able to live in peace is the life we should have?"

"It may not be that we are not used to this kind of life, but that the way we live and the attitude we have in the beginning is wrong."

Itachi, who had been sitting next to her, was about to sit up and speak, paused.

The words that were intended to comfort them and to slowly get used to this peaceful life stopped on their lips and were not uttered in the end.

He slowly lay down again, looking out at the endless blue sky.

Artoria had already said what he wanted to say for him.

“…… Probably. ”

After a long time, Uchiha Teru's voice sounded again, "I just think it's a little unreal. ”

Not real?

Who isn't.

Konoha 55 years, a lot has happened in this year.

Since the beginning of the year, after the Uchiha's team returned from the thunder country, the situation in the entire ninja world has changed as if it is related to Uchiha everywhere, but it seems that it has nothing to do with Uchiha at all.

Because, before any force moves, you must take care of the attitude of the Uchiha.

Whether it is a relatively stable action, such as the country of Tian or the country of snow who pay tribute to the country of fire, they will first ask the attitude of the Uchiha.

After receiving the tribute from the Uchiha side and never stopping it, he handed over the tribute items to the Daimyo Mansion and Konoha side.

Of course, there are also more drastic actions, such as the war waged by the combined forces led by the Land of Thunder and the village of Takishinobi.

Although they have been mostly small frictions in the border range based on the balance of combat power until now, they are also worried about the attitude of the Uchiha.

They were all afraid that in this war, the Uchiha would end up again.

After all, from the past history, the Uchiha seems to be an extremely good and ruthless family.

But in fact, when many forces in the outside world are worried about the Uchiha, the Uchiha has always been like a ...... inside Staying out of the way, not as a party, but as a bystander.

No matter how chaotic the sea of the ninja world is, the Uchiha is like a majestic mountain, occupying a place in this sea, and no matter how the other forces change, there is no new action.

This kind of unreal feeling is actually shared by every Uchiha clan.

Is it messy outside?

Of course it's messy.

Every day, the intelligence services harvest a wide variety of content related to disputes.

Even Konoha is now a little complicated because of Orochimaru's selfish research.

But......

It doesn't seem to have anything to do with us.

"Let's hope this stability can be maintained."

Rin also sighed with emotion.

But soon, when she glanced at the weasel next to her, she asked casually, "Speaking of which, Itachi, what do you think of me?" ”

“…… Well? ”

Itachi let out a blank questioning voice, not understanding what she meant.

Rin suppressed the panic in her heart, didn't dare to look at the gazes of the other people next to her, and asked softly, "I mean, as a girl, do you have any shortcomings that you think are inappropriate?" ”

And after she asked these words, Hui and the others, who had sat up from the recliner and looked at her, were a little strange in their eyes.

Immediately after, they all looked at Artoria, who was sitting on the other side of the ferret.

Later, they noticed that Artoria was also looking at Itachi, and for a moment, they all held their breath.

This is...... What's the situation?

"Inappropriate disadvantages?"

Itachi sat up from the recliner strangely and looked at the short-haired girl with a serious face sitting next to her, "There are no shortcomings......

"It is impossible for people to be without flaws."

A look of joy appeared on Rin's face, "I'm usually bad-tempered and impulsive and irritable. ”

"Also, I'm very rude sometimes, completely different from you."

"No matter what you do, you are very polite and look very elegant, a girl like me should have a lot of shortcomings in your eyes that you don't like, right?"

When she asked, her tone was extremely cautious.

And next to him, the gazes of Hui and the others were even more strange.

kept lingering on Artoria and Rin and Itachi, but they didn't dare to interject, and even their breathing slowed down.