"By the way, little brother, where's my grandnephew?"
"Grandnephew?" Uchiha Gen froze for a moment, turning it over in his head before frowning. "What grandnephew?"
Izuna's eyes shrank to pinpricks, as though he had seen something unbelievable. He opened his mouth wide and said exaggeratedly:
"Don't tell me you're still single!?"
"...?"
A huge question mark seemed to float above Uchiha Gen's head. Weren't the three Tajima brothers all the same? Why did Izuna have the impression that he was already married?
"Although I'm not married, I have a granddaughter."
"Huh?"
"Don't misunderstand. I took in many disciples, and one pair of them got married and had a daughter. I liked her, so I took her as my granddaughter."
"So that kind of granddaughter..."
Uchiha Gen could not help rolling his eyes. Both of you brothers were single, so why did you think he would have gotten married?
Walking a step behind them, Uchiha Haru listened to their conversation, her thoughts stirring. Izuna's words did not seem so simple.
She could not help looking up at Izuna, only to notice that one of his hands behind his back was making a gesture.
Uchiha Haru's face immediately reddened. That gesture was an ancient Uchiha secret code, long abandoned by the clan. Few people knew it, but she happened to be one of them.
"What's wrong?" Uchiha Gen suddenly stopped and touched Haru's forehead. "Why is your face suddenly so red?"
"...N-No, it's nothing."
Although Uchiha Gen heard her answer, he still spread out his senses to examine her. He found that she was perfectly healthy and that there was no danger nearby, so he gave up in confusion.
Having returned to the human world, the two of them found everything in reality precious. Only after losing something did one understand how