The Older Generation's Push for Marriage

Xuanye left the room before Tsunade. As he headed downstairs, he saw Hashirama sitting on the living room sofa, looking delighted.

He was even humming a tune, slowly sipping from a small flask of liquor. He seemed to be in an excellent mood.

Seeing Xuanye, whom he considered the perfect successor, Hashirama immediately called out:

"Grandson-in-law, come sit down. Let's have a heart-to-heart."

Hashirama really was in a good mood. He felt none of the resentment of a man whose precious granddaughter had been stolen away.

Tsunade was getting on in years, after all. It really was time for her to find a partner and have a child to carry on the Senju Family's bloodline.

In another few years, she really would be an old auntie. Wouldn't their Senju bloodline die out then?

He just hadn't expected his granddaughter to prefer younger men, with a particular taste for fresh young things.

People these days!

Despite those sentiments, Hashirama couldn't have been more satisfied with Uchiha Genya as his grandson-in-law.

He was powerful enough to protect Tsunade well, and as the Fifth Hokage, he was far better suited to the job than either Hashirama or Tobirama had been.

He was also young and handsome, with a gentle disposition, and treated the villagers like his own family and friends.

Hashirama simply couldn't have been happier!

It was a shame Madara hadn't lived to see this.

A Hokage from the Uchiha Family had gotten together with the princess of the Senju Clan.

This was exactly what he had longed to see back then. It meant the Uchiha and Senju were truly moving toward reconciliation, rather than being forcibly joined together through his and Madara's strength alone.

He had considered using marriage to resolve the two families' thousand-year blood feud back then. Only that