"I see. It sounds like you went through a lot of hardship, too..."
Naruto felt a pang of sadness as he listened to Sara.
Though he had none of those memories, hearing that the country his future self and his father from the past had once joined forces to save had ultimately fallen still left him heartsick.
If the Land of Whirlpools had shown him the tragedy of a nation destroyed by war, then the Rōran Sara spoke of was an ending he had never witnessed, yet one that left him feeling just as helpless.
For the first time, twelve-year-old Naruto reflected on the words his father had once spoken to him.
"Naruto, how do you think we can end war?"
"What should we do to bring war to an end? Naruto, try to think of an answer to that question, because my answer might not be right for you."
These were the questions his father had posed to him in his Inner World in this life.
That had been the first time Minato, who had always been teaching him, had not ended their conversation with a smile.
He had not understood back then, but now he was beginning to realize that those questions seemed to concern everyone.
He could even sense the grief deep within Queen Sara's heart as she spoke of it.
A sad expression appeared on Naruto's face as well.
Sara looked at the young Naruto before her and hesitated for a moment.
She could not help thinking of her husband, whose personality was somewhat like Naruto's.
She was sensible. As the queen of a fallen nation and the leader of a caravan, even though she knew she had once fallen for the Naruto from the future, that was already in her past.
Sara had to admit