"My lady, can you see any specific information about that ninja's origins?" Pine bowed slightly, careful not to look directly at the woman before him.
The woman stood with her back to Pine, leaving only an elegant silhouette behind her. She gazed at the clear, churning lake before her.
She said calmly, "Konoha's rogue ninja."
"What? A rogue ninja from Konoha?" Pine was greatly shocked by her answer. "My lady, Miss Shion..."
"Shion can distinguish good from evil. That rogue ninja does not harbor any ill intent. Even if he did, Shion would sense it." The woman's expression did not change. Her eyes remained fixed on the lake and the fish within it.
"But... he is still a rogue ninja from Konoha. This could cause a great deal of trouble."
"He will not stay for long."
"But it is still a problem." Pine understood that rogue ninjas would not only be hunted down by the villages they had defected from; there were also ninjas who lived off bounties. For a family like theirs, it was best not to provoke them.
Pine felt a trace of regret. If he had known from the beginning that Mirai was a rogue ninja, he would never have allowed him inside.
"Making friends with an S-rank rogue ninja would also benefit us." For the first time, the woman turned around, revealing an inscrutable expression. She looked at Pine in alarm, then smiled faintly. "Perhaps this is a turning point."
There was something mysterious in the woman's words, but Pine understood. A thought flashed through his mind, and he could not help nodding heavily. "I hope nothing unexpected happens."
"At least, I have not foreseen any of us dying." The woman smiled like a snow lotus blooming atop an iceberg.
"La, la, la, la."
Shion skipped