Might Duy Joins the Konoha Orphanage

"Guy..."

Nonō looked at Guy uncertainly.

A faint blush still lingered on her cheeks.

But once she realized she had misunderstood him, she quickly composed herself.

She gave Might Duy's proposal serious thought.

And she liked it!

The Konoha Orphanage had grown quite large.

But one serious problem had long troubled Nonō.

There were no men among the adults caring for the children.

Not a single one.

The orphanage had few adults to begin with.

Including herself, there were only five.

And every one of them was a woman.

Guy had just brought back four more adults from the Land of Rice Fields.

They were women too. Still no men.

That wasn't necessarily good for the children's development.

Children needed both parents in their lives.

The women filled the role of "mother."

And the only one who filled the role of "father"

was Might Guy, who was always away "working hard" and only came back now and then.

But Guy was only thirteen, after all.

Calling him a father

felt less fitting than calling him a big brother.

It was only because Kabuto filled the role of older brother

that Guy's role as a father seemed at all natural.

Nonō had long wanted to find a dependable man to work at the orphanage.

A gatekeeper, a physical education teacher—

either would do.

At the very least, she wanted the children to feel they could rely on both a "mother" and a "father."

Unfortunately, she had never found the right person.

Now that man had arrived!

Might Duy, Might Guy's father.

Everyone might call him the "Eternal Genin,"

but their brief meeting had been enough for Nonō to decide

that he was a truly dependable man!

His heartfelt enthusiasm for the children and his genuine affection for them

put her completely