Uchiha Madara naturally noticed the disdainful looks from those women, but he said indifferently, "We didn't come here looking for them anyway."
However, after hearing Uchiha Madara and Harinod talk, the guard leading them forward nearly burst out laughing.
"What do you mean?" Harinod said to the guard. "Are you mocking the two of us?"
"No, no," the guard hurriedly said. "I just suddenly heard you two call each other brothers and found it interesting."
"I always thought that term was used for young people. This is the first time I've seen it used on the two of you," the guard said.
"Then what do you think we should call ourselves?" Uchiha Madara asked the guard with a smile.
The guard thought for a moment and said, "I think you two should call yourselves old brothers."
"That works too," Uchiha Madara said with a smile. "We really are different from you young people now. I truly envy you young people."
"What's there for you to envy about us? We're the ones who truly envy you, Lord Kaguolet," the guard said.
"How could young people envy old people? We're already nearing the age where we can barely walk. What is there to envy?" Uchiha Madara said.
"But being revered by countless people across the Elzeran Continent—such an achievement isn't something ordinary people can accomplish," the guard said.
"Some people can never achieve something like that in their entire lives. That alone is already enough to make people envious," the guard said with a smile.
"Young man," Harinod said after taking a sip of water from his cup, "do you know what people your age possess?"
"Every one of you has the ability to change the entire Elzeran Continent. That is your strength," Harinod said.
"Youth is hope, and youth is opportunity."