The next day, at Shiro's house, the girl woke groggily on the sofa. She startled at first, and at the same time a kunai slipped instinctively from her right sleeve as she looked around in wary alertness.
Once she saw her surroundings clearly, her taut nerves loosened. She let out a long breath and put the kunai away.
She still had trouble adjusting to Konoha's safe environment.
On the other side, after seeing the girl lower her guard, Shiro came over with milk and bread. Clearly, he knew a little about the girl's instinctive defensiveness.
"Relax. Here, no one will give you trouble. Eat something first." As he spoke, he handed her the milk and bread while activating a technique to give the girl a simple wash and tidy-up.
Feeling the strange movement on her face, the girl looked at Shiro in confusion.
"It's almost noon already. I'll just take care of it quickly, then show you around Konoha. After all, this will be your home from now on."
Looking at the smiling Shiro, the girl froze for a moment, not knowing how to respond, so she could only silently lower her head and eat the bread.
At that moment, waves of warmth seemed to follow the bread she kept swallowing, slowly seeping into her body, trying to melt her cold heart.
Shiro and the girl walked one behind the other down an ordinary street in Konoha. There were no merchants or peddlers on the street, only a normal residential alley. The liveliest thing there was nothing more than a few children playing ninja games.
Because of that, the girl looked at Shiro walking ahead of her in confusion, not quite understanding why he had brought her here.
Although she had only just arrived in Konoha, under Kushina's guidance over