"Ugh~ That Aida Maki really looks down on people. It's only a C-rank escort mission, and she's already complaining about this and that."
"Damn it, how dare she not take me seriously!"
On the street, the boy behind Uchiha Itachi walked with his hands clasped behind his head, grumbling as he went. Having grown up in Konoha, he had no reverence for the high-ranking officials in the Daimyo Mansion.
"Tenma, don't say that. They're just taking the mission seriously."
Beside the boy, a girl with gray twin ponytails tried to placate him. She nodded toward the young man at the front of the group, hinting at the reason.
Beside the two children, the old man with the pot on his back wore a beaming smile and said nothing. Up ahead, Uchiha Itachi walked alongside a young man, chatting with him now and then.
The young man was one of Aida Maki's subordinates, assigned to take them to the storeroom. The girl had reminded Tenma to watch what he said so he wouldn't offend the man and cause a conflict.
"Shinji, why can't I say it?"
"You saw how he acted. He clearly looks down on us!"
Tenma pursed his lips and said irritably. At the front of the group, Uchiha Itachi gave the young man beside him an apologetic smile, then turned to Tenma and said:
"Tenma, go buy some supplies first. We're leaving tomorrow, so we need to get ready in advance."
"Shinji, go with Tenma."
Then he turned to the old man with the pot on his back and said:
"Uncle Kosuke, come with me to take a look at the storeroom."
Uchiha Itachi was clever. He didn't embarrass Tenma in front of an outsider; he simply gave him a simple task to get him out of the