Konoha's Memorial Stone, the Princess Mausoleum.
Muye and Silver Moon sat facing each other.
"Junlin sent the latest news. He said Mother was planning to teach the Ninja Academy graduates herself soon."
Silver Moon looked at the letter in his hands.
Junlin had asked the ghost servants at home to deliver it at top speed.
Going out of his way to please his family was a habit ingrained in Junlin's bones.
Although Muye disliked how Junlin acted one way to people's faces and another behind their backs, Junlin had genuinely wanted to become part of this family over the years, so Muye had turned a blind eye.
No one in this world was perfect.
He could count that two-faced behavior as Junlin's flaw.
As long as they had not fallen out, they were still brothers.
Muye and Silver Moon reciprocated, often sending Junlin gifts.
On the surface, they truly seemed no different from biological brothers.
Muye remained silent for a long while before saying, "Few of those naive kids at school will be able to withstand Mother's loving lash."
Smiling, Silver Moon carefully folded Junlin's letter again and tucked it into an exquisite box reserved for his letters.
Muye watched him and said flatly, "Have you felt anything strange about Father's world lately?"
"Oh... it isn't strange. Father just went to another country in that world. Apparently, it's a nation ruled by the Thunder God." Only after putting the letter away did Silver Moon sit back down opposite Muye, continuing, "I heard the Thunder God is a shut-in who wants her people to stay shut in just like her, so she issued a decree closing the nation's borders. Father had to go to some trouble to set foot there."
Muye said nothing, but his brows remained knitted, as though he