"Really, Uncle-in-law?"
Hisana Kuchiki covered her eyes. Upon hearing Ailin's words, she could not help but be overjoyed.
Just moments ago, after learning news of her younger sister, Hisana Kuchiki had been planning to ask Lord Byakuya to look after her sister after her death.
But if she did that, Hisana felt as though she would be forcing Lord Byakuya.
Although her life was nearing its end, Hisana felt that forcing Lord Byakuya for her sister's sake could count as atonement for abandoning her sister more than ten years ago.
But if possible, she still hoped that, in Lord Byakuya's heart, she would forever remain that flawless white moonlight.
Now that Uncle-in-law Ailin had said this, she was completely reassured.
Even without her sheltering her sister beneath an umbrella, as Uncle-in-law Ailin's disciple, her sister's future would surely be far more wonderful than her own.
"Thank you, thank you, Uncle-in-law..."
"Don't thank me so quickly."
Ailin shook his head. "After all, I have a few selfish motives of my own in taking Rukia as my disciple."
"You know perfectly well how Byakuya feels about you."
Hisana Kuchiki lowered her head amid the glow of the Void Bandage, a blissful smile appearing on her lips. "To receive Lord Byakuya's love is Hisana's honor."
"Your time is short, but Byakuya still has a long road ahead of him."
"And Byakuya is not merely himself. He is also the twenty-eighth Head of the Kuchiki Clan, and bears the responsibility of carrying on the Kuchiki Clan."
At Ailin's final words, the smile on Hisana Kuchiki's face dimmed slightly.
That was right. Lord Byakuya was the Head of the Kuchiki Clan, yet in the twelve years she had served as the Kuchiki Clan's mistress, she had never borne him any children.
In that case, for