"Uh, Grandma, I..."
"Hmph, don't think I'm being a nuisance. As a grandmother, I just want to see all my grandchildren settled down before I pass on. That way, I can rest easy. Tsunade has Dan Katō, Nawaki has Michiko, and now you're the one I worry about most."
Hearing Uzumaki Mito's words, Hyuga Shinichi could not help but feel a touch moved, though he was also deeply embarrassed.
He knew that Grandma Mito still held onto the mindset of the old Warring States Period. And as she grew older, she loved urging them to start families early.
In her eyes, only after starting a family would a person truly mature. In the future, they would have a partner by their side to care for them, supporting each other. Only then could people of her generation leave in peace.
Nawaki had been standing to the side, chuckling as he watched Hyuga Shinichi get lectured, but he had not expected Grandma to bring him up too.
"Grandma, Michiko and I getting... getting married is still too early."
Uzumaki Mito shot Nawaki a look and said, "You're already seventeen. If we go by Shinichi's claim that eighteen counts as adulthood, then you only have one year left. Michiko was born in the same year as you, so it's time to start considering the two of you getting married.
"I suggest that you get married once you both come of age. Then perhaps I'll still get to hold a great-grandchild before I pass on. When I reach the Pure Land, I'll be able to answer to your father, mother, and grandfathers."
Hyuga Shinichi had previously used the excuse that one only became an adult at eighteen to try and avoid Uzumaki Mito introducing girls his age to him.
Even Tsunade, with her superb