"If we really wait until then, the daylilies will have gone cold. Besides, we're already this old—what dreams do we need?" Belaque said.
"Precisely because we're this old, we need to work even harder and fulfill our dreams before we end up in a coffin," Uchiha Madara said.
"You really don't act like an old man at all. You've lived to this age, yet you've probably never even enjoyed life," Belaque said.
Uchiha Madara took a sip of the hot water in his hand. "This is the first time I've experienced such a comfortable life, but I don't find it particularly interesting. It feels like I'm just wasting away."
"We may be quite free right now, but being this idle makes me uneasy. It always feels like there are so many things left to do, yet I've stopped moving forward," Uchiha Madara said.
"It seems like you've spent your entire life living for other people. Wouldn't it be nice to live for yourself sometimes? Look at the scenery, eat some good food," Belaque said.
"What meaning would that kind of life have?" Uchiha Madara looked at Belaque and asked. "I don't think a person like that has much value either. They'd be nothing more than a walking corpse."
"Your understanding of value is a little different from mine. Isn't it enough to live happily? Why must life have an ideal? Why must there be something you want to accomplish?" Belaque said.
"Don't you have your own ideals too? You're a thief, after all. You still get inexplicably excited over treasures," Uchiha Madara said with a smile.
"I don't have that many desires anymore. That was something from my youth. My greatest dream now is simply to live well," Belaque said.
"But it seems that whether I live or die isn't