The little girl smiled. "Yes, Sister Scherazard taught me. But she's a good person! And she's your apprentice, Dad. Are you really going to bully even your own apprentice?"
"All right, all right, no bullying, no bullying. I'll listen to my good little Estelle, okay?"
As Uchiha Madara listened to the father and daughter's conversation, a warmth suddenly welled up in his heart. "I say, you two are really noisy."
The little girl immediately said, "I almost forgot about you! My name is Estelle. What's yours?"
"My... my name...?"
Stars filled the sky, the bright moon dreamy as a trance.
A poem last night slipped into my heart.
A gentle vow made my heart suddenly stir.
The beautiful night sky within this young boy's heart...
Listen to my poem, O boy beneath that desolate night sky.
Where the stars are lies your dream.
Listen to my poem, O boy beneath that desolate night sky.
Where the stars are, will dreams come true...?
Stars filled the sky, the bright moon dreamy as a trance.
A poem last night slipped into my heart.
A gentle vow made my heart suddenly stir.
The beautiful night sky within this young boy's heart...
On a beautiful morning, Estelle heard the mellow, lovely sound of a harmonica.
That was already five years later. Sixteen-year-old Estelle had been living with Uchiha Madara for five years.
"Hehe, morning, Joshua."
Hearing Estelle's greeting, Uchiha Madara stopped playing, and the mellow harmonica melody came to an end.
"Joshua, you look so cool when you play the harmonica! And this song is so lovely. What was it called again?"
Uchiha Madara smiled faintly. "Whereabouts of Stars. It's probably the most popular song in the Erebonian Empire."
"Yes, yes, Whereabouts of Stars!" Estelle laughed. "Haha, I love this kind