"I really envy you. Every day, you have something of your own to do, and every day you can be out on the road. Unlike me, muddling through each day without even knowing what I should do," Helunaixing said enviously.
"This isn't as comfortable as you imagine. If you really traded places with me, you'd understand. If there were even the slightest possibility, I wouldn't want to do this either, but there's no choice," Uchiha Madara said.
"Some things are just like that. Even if I don't want to do them, I still have to. This kind of life is exhausting. Every day, I feel completely drained," Uchiha Madara said.
"I also think it would be wonderful if people could trade lives. The life I dream of most right now is Xing En's—wandering everywhere and seeing more of the world," Helunaixing said.
"There's no benefit to it at all." Xing En shook his head and said to Helunaixing with a smile, "Even as a man, I find the lifestyle I chose very troublesome. For a girl like you, being alone on the road would be even more inconvenient."
"Besides, with your current position and status, if you left, wouldn't your country collapse? How could you possibly have nothing to do every day? I think you might be run ragged tomorrow," Uchiha Madara said with a smile.
"Troublesome matters never come to me. Those old men handle them themselves, so keeping them around isn't necessarily a bad thing," Helunaixing said.
"When there's an elder in the family, it's like having a treasure. You mustn't underestimate those old men," Uchiha Madara said with a smile.
The little boy came out of the room, and Uchiha Madara saw that he was holding something red in his hand.
"This is what you wanted. You