"Father, I've decided to travel the world with my wife. This world is so vast—I don't want to remain confined to Konoha. I'll leave Nawaki and Tsunade in your care."
"I'll come back to see you regularly in the future."
Hashirama folded the letter again, put it away in his ring, then shook his head.
"You brat, you really are heartless. Your father raised you all these years, and you just left without ever coming back."
"Who knows what exactly you saw that made you so reluctant to leave it behind. But at your age, you've probably been dead for ages."
"But you probably never expected that your old man would still be alive. Forget it. Having a son like you has really been nothing but bad luck in this life."
A gust of wind swept through the courtyard, lifting the fallen leaves and carrying them out of it.
Hashirama merely smiled at the sight.
"You were never meant to belong to the Senju Clan. Fine, then. May you be born into a free body in your next life."
With that, Hashirama stood, pushed open the door, and slowly walked inside.
From then on, Hashirama put away the ecstatic joy he had shown before the wedding.
He returned to spending his days playing games and bickering with Tobirama Senju.
After Nawaki's wedding, there was nothing left for him to worry about as a grandfather. As for children, Nawaki could work hard on that himself.
Even Tsunade was planning to have children. How could Nawaki possibly run away from it? Hashirama was not worried in the slightest.
"Tobirama, I heard from Tsunade that Torikaze seems to be planning to make Dan a Six Paths Level ninja."
Tobirama was somewhat surprised upon hearing that, but after thinking it over, he did not