In the courtyard, a black-haired young man was practicing Kido.
Beside him, a boldly dressed woman was training alongside him.
The Kido they were practicing was none other than Hadō #63: Lightning Roar Cannon.
Ailin knew both of them.
They were Kaien Shiba, the current head of the Shiba Clan's main family, and Kaien Shiba's younger sister, Kukaku Shiba.
It seemed that although the Shiba Clan had declined, its inheritance still remained.
However, after watching them train for a while, Ailin understood that perhaps Kido was all that remained of the Shiba Clan's inheritance.
Throughout most of the day, the man and woman had done nothing but practice Kido. They had not trained in anything else at all.
"Hmm? Who are you? Why are you in my home?"
Just as Ailin was considering whether to make contact with the present-day Shiba Clan, a boy's voice rang out behind him.
Ailin turned around and immediately saw a chubby little boy riding a small wild boar as he slowly ambled in from outside.
The Shiba Clan's third child, Ganju Shiba!
However, Ganju Shiba currently looked like no more than a six- or seven-year-old child.
"Hm?"
Ganju Shiba's words startled the siblings who had been training.
Without drawing attention to it, Kaien Shiba shielded his younger brother and sister behind him as he stared gravely at Ailin.
As the head of the Shiba Clan's main family in this generation, Kaien Shiba clearly knew far more than his younger siblings.
He had seen Ailin's attire on his uncle, Isshin Shiba.
It was the captain's haori worn by the thirteen division captains—the strongest representatives of the Gotei 13—in the Seireitei.
Given the relationship between the Shiba Clan and the Seireitei's nobles, Kaien Shiba feared that Ailin was a noble who had come to settle accounts