Chapter 1139: Returning to Konoha
"From now on, your name will be Uzumaki Karin. Use your mother's surname."
Karin nodded timidly, but there was clearly a glimmer of light in her eyes.
It was hope for the life ahead.
"All right, let's go home. Also, my identity isn't quite what you imagine. It's a little strange, so I'll explain it to you on the way back."
"We'll do everything as you say, my lady."
By early the next morning, the group of five could already see Konoha from afar.
Riya and Karin were in very poor condition, so they had not chosen to travel through the night. Instead, they had rested for the evening.
"I... still find it hard to believe. To think an Other World really exists, and that you're actually from an Other World too."
After she was captured, she had been unable to hear any news from the outside world at all. Each day, she had done nothing but pray no one would be injured, or else she would be humiliated again.
So she had always thought that this world's Mito had not died, but had remained in Konoha all this time.
But she had never imagined that this world's Lady Mito had actually died long ago.
And the one who had rescued mother and daughter was Lady Mito from an Other World. Not only that, she had specifically learned of their movements and come to this world to save them.
That left Riya and her daughter so moved they did not know how they could ever repay her.
"Whether I'm someone from the Otherworld or someone from this world, we're still all members of the Uzumaki Clan. We're people of the same clan."
"Since we're family, once I knew you were suffering, of course I had