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"Ghost Mother is about to give birth?"

Guy froze for a moment.

Ninkame nodded, blinking his tiny mung-bean-like eyes.

"Mm, I kept forgetting to tell you. Lady Ghost Mother is about to give birth. It should be within the next day or two."

So he was going to have more little brothers and sisters...

Guy's expression turned a little strange.

He had known about it for a long time, but the thought of welcoming new members into the Might Clan still felt oddly unfamiliar.

"Even if I can't make it back as their big brother, I should at least buy them some gifts."

With that thought, Guy no longer had any interest in soaking in the hot springs.

He got up, planning to look around the Land of Hot Water and buy some local specialties to bring back as gifts.

"Let's go, Ninkame," Guy called.

"Ah, that hit the spot~"

Ninkame lazily crawled out of the water and shook the droplets from his shell.

"Sir, are we leaving?"

Uzumaki Yui's nervous voice came from behind the curtain next door.

Guy paused, then said through the curtain, "I'm going to look around. Keep soaking if you want. I'll be back in a while."

"I'll get dressed right away and go with you!"

Yui immediately replied, her voice full of obvious panic, as though she feared Guy would refuse.

Guy answered helplessly, "...All right. Get dressed first and wait in the lobby."

After changing into an ordinary gray cloth robe, he took Ninkame to the hot spring inn's lobby first.

Before long, Uzumaki Yui hurried out with the already sleeping Karin in her arms.

She had changed into an ordinary cotton dress common in the Land of Hot Water, and she had barely even dried her hair.

It clung wetly to her