"But you'll get used to it. Sometimes, you'll find that being on your own feels freer and more comfortable," Uchiha Madara said.
"How many days would it take to get over that feeling?" Ximaida asked, looking at Uchiha Madara.
"I honestly don't know!" Uchiha Madara replied with a smile. "I've been alone from the very beginning, so I got used to it long ago."
"What does being alone feel like? Doesn't it feel free and carefree?" Ximaida continued asking.
"Freedom is only one part of it," Uchiha Madara said.
"If there were a choice, I don't think anyone in this world would choose to be alone over having friends and family," Uchiha Madara said after some thought.
"So you're like this because you had no choice, right?" Ximaida said.
"You want friends too, and you want family too, but right now, you have nothing," Ximaida said.
"Maybe your feelings are the same as mine," Ximaida said with a smile.
"Who knows?" Uchiha Madara shook his head.
"It's almost dawn. The two of us have been walking for a long time," Uchiha Madara said with a smile.
"I wonder what it'll be like traveling across the Elzeran Continent. It seems like I'll always feel this lonely," Ximaida said.
"That feeling won't last long," Uchiha Madara said.
"I think young people like you are more capable of accepting new things," Uchiha Madara said.
"That lonely feeling in your heart will probably be gone in two or three days at most," Uchiha Madara said with a smile.
"And aren't you not alone at all right now? You still have me," Uchiha Madara said.
"Let's keep moving. It'll be dawn soon anyway," Ximaida said to Uchiha Madara.
The two rode their magical beasts forward at high speed.
Dawn had broken.
At that moment, Uchiha