At the dinner table, Kushina and Satsuki were the only two who did not know the true identities of these two guests. They could not understand why their family's private matter had provoked such an intense reaction from two strangers.
In truth, both Sasuke and Boruto were involved. After a brief shock, Boruto was the first to recover. He stammered as he sought confirmation.
"Um! A childhood betrothal... what does that mean? We haven't misunderstood this, have we?"
Boruto still clung to a sliver of hope, hoping he had misunderstood. But Mikoto merely continued explaining patiently.
"It means exactly what it sounds like. More specifically, it is a marriage arrangement made by the parents when the boy and girl are still very young. If neither child objects in the future, they can become husband and wife directly."
"Mom...!"
Hearing her mother explain her marriage arrangement to outsiders in such detail, Satsuki's face flushed red. Embarrassed, she tugged at Mikoto's arm, trying to stop her from continuing.
"Now that it's out in the open," Mikoto said, maintaining her elegant smile, "what does everyone think?"
She was the first to state her position. "I like Naruto very much. So, I would be very happy to become Naruto's other mother."
"Mm-hm! Me too!" Kushina immediately chimed in brightly. "It was such a good thing that we made this arrangement back then! I approve with both hands!"
Fugaku Uchiha was silent for a moment before saying blandly,
"I have no objections."
Second Pillar had originally believed that the shock he had suffered today had already reached its limit—discovering that he existed as a woman in this parallel universe filled him with such intense humiliation that he wished he could immediately crawl into a crack in the ground.
Throughout his turbulent life, he had experienced