"Who are you, then? What is this place?"
Stopping Yunyou, who was getting a little restless, Shiwa's expression shifted. His gaze settled on the female prisoner as he began thinking of gathering some information.
"This is Rōran, the country with the longest history and deepest heritage in the Shinobi World!"
She ignored the first question.
The dark-red-haired female prisoner, bound spread-eagled on a stone bed, turned her head with difficulty, revealing her full, rounded cheeks, and smiled slightly.
"Although the circumstances aren't particularly suitable right now, welcome to Rōran, both of you!"
Rōran?
A country whose name they had never heard.
Yunyou and Shiwa looked at each other.
They had taken Xuanyin's formal basic courses and had even heard of the Land of Sky, which Konoha had destroyed during the Second Shinobi World War.
Yet they had never heard the name Rōran in class. Not once.
That shouldn't have been the case!
Xuanyin's school was the best in the Shinobi World.
Did a country called Rōran really exist?
The female prisoner glanced over them, her gaze lingering briefly on Shiwa as her expression changed several times.
"What? Neither of you has heard the name Rōran?"
"Never," Shiwa said, shaking his head.
Yunyou raised his right hand high, then said solemnly, "Yunyou hasn't heard of it either."
"I see!"
The female prisoner let out a long breath and said in disappointment:
"So Mother was lying to me all along. Rōran isn't famous in the Shinobi World at all. What does it matter if Rōran has the longest history of any country in the Shinobi World?"
"People outside haven't even heard its name!"
"That's not true, big sister." Yunyou beamed. "Your mother wasn't lying to you."
"Rōran must only be unknown because it hasn't had a world-famous literary giant like the 'Toad