Early the next morning, Shin Uchiha returned to the Villa with a deeply bashful Uchiha Izumi and Ye.
Quite a few people were already moving about in the first-floor hall.
Tsunade, who had just gotten up, was patiently playing with the energetic Yota and Kana. Her duties as Hokage left her only the mornings and evenings to spend with her children, so she treasured those brief moments.
Shizune and Kurenai Yuhi were bustling back and forth in the kitchen. Since Shin had whisked Uchiha Izumi and Ye away, Shizune and Kurenai, who had volunteered, had taken on the task of making breakfast.
Over the past few years, Kurenai had increasingly developed the air of a gentle, mature beauty. Every movement radiated an alluring charm, and even her ruby-red eyes seemed to hold endless allure.
When she saw Shin return with Uchiha Izumi and Ye, Kurenai gave the two still-blushing women an interested look, then walked straight up to him and lightly kissed his lips. With amusement in her eyes, she teased:
"Shin, thanks for all your hard work last night."
Kurenai had only learned what had happened that morning. She had just returned from a mission and was rather tired, so after putting her son, Ryōta Uchiha, and Uzuki Yugao's daughter, Kōyō Uchiha, to bed, she had gone to sleep herself.
As for Uzuki Yugao, she was the sort who could never sit still. After leaving her child with her close friend, she had accepted a mission and left the village.
Shin Uchiha did not interfere with any of that. Although they were all his women, he did not want to keep them trapped in this space for the rest of their lives. Otherwise, how would it be any different from prison?
Living in the space for long periods suited