"..."
Otsutsuki Hagoromo and Otsutsuki Hamura looked at the wedding invitation in their hands. Even though they were souls, both of them somehow felt like their teeth hurt.
Neither of them had expected that, despite already being dead and even going to the Pure Land together just to stay out of sight, Aoba would still manage to send them a wedding invitation through Mount Myoboku.
And, their mother was only one insignificant name in that long list.
Both brothers found it hard to believe.
Meanwhile, the giant Great Toad Sage sat there watching the show.
It had been many years since he had seen the two brothers make expressions like this.
"Nii-san, what do you think?"
Hamura looked at his older brother.
"Sigh..."
Hagoromo could only let out a long sigh.
The invitation had already reached them. If they didn't go and he decided they were disrespecting him, what if he came over and beat them up?
The power of the Sage's talisman had long since run out. If he really wanted to hit them, they could only take it.
"Let's go. Besides, didn't that guy mention before that we have another younger brother or something? We can ask about that while we're there."
"You two have another younger brother?"
Now it was the Great Toad Sage's turn to be surprised.
"That's what Aoba said. It should be one of the backup plans she left behind."
Hagoromo gave a brief explanation, then turned to Hamura.
"When the time comes, let's go to Konoha early. We can ask about it then."
"Sounds good."
Hamura nodded.
———
In just two or three days, Aoba had finished renovating the new home.
The detached houses that had originally stood in this area had gradually become a large estate through Aoba's imagination manifestation dojutsu.
The front gate remained the same, and the main building of the estate was still Aoba's original house.
He had simply adjusted Tsunade's, Karin's, and the others' houses, connected them to the main house, and removed the walls between them.
Most of Aoba's work had gone into the interior layout and the changes outside.
Although the original houses had different heights and designs, after his adjustments, the estate had a very balanced layout.
"Wow! Is this the new home my sister is going to live in? It's so big!"
Since Hinata had told Hanabi that a room had been prepared for her as well, Hanabi didn't go home after school. Instead, she secretly came over with Fu and Uchiha Hikari to have a look.
Of course, there was something else she wanted to confirm with Aoba.
She happened to arrive just after Aoba had finished working on the house and was chatting with Kaguya and the others.
Fu immediately pulled Uchiha Hikari and Kaguya inside to look around.
Kaguya had wanted to ask Aoba if he wanted a foot massage later, but Fu was too enthusiastic, so she could only wait until later.
Yugito and Kin saw that Hanabi had only just arrived and was already clinging to Aoba like a sloth, so they simply went inside as well.
Aoba helplessly pinched the girl's cheek, "I prepared a room for you too. If you miss your sister later on, you can come stay here."
"Mhm!"
Hanabi nodded happily.
"My sister already told me. Father and Mother also agreed to let me stay here for two days every week."
"Really?"
Even Aoba was surprised, 'Staying here two days every week... Hiashi-san is quite open-minded.'
"Of course it's true."
Hanabi put her hands on her hips, then blinked and looked at him cutely.
"Then, Aoba-nii, can I stay here tonight?"
"Of course..."
Aoba smiled, then suddenly changed his answer.
"No!"
"Huh?"
Hanabi's eyes immediately filled with tears. She puffed out her cheeks and asked sadly, "Why not?"
Without reacting at all, Aoba flicked her forehead.
"The room is ready, but there's nothing in it yet. Do you want to sleep on the floor?"
"Alright..."
Hanabi actually wanted to say that sleeping on the floor wasn't a big deal. After all, the Hyuga Clan was a traditional noble clan. What they normally slept on was basically the floor anyway.
Hanabi cheered up quickly. She looked around and asked curiously, "Isn't my sister coming today?"
"They all went to buy new furniture. They'll be back a little later."
The number of people living here would double, so they needed a new set of furniture.
Aoba held Hanabi around the waist, trying to put her down.
But Hanabi wrapped her arms tightly around his neck and refused to let go.
She gave him another pitiful look.
"..."
This time, Aoba didn't say anything and carried her inside.
After all, he could still carry Hanabi around while she was little. In another couple of years, after she grew up, it wouldn't be appropriate.
Inside the house, Yugito and Kin were already preparing dinner, while Fu, Uchiha Hikari, and Kaguya were still wandering through the maze-like house.
They naturally didn't enter the rooms with nameplates on them, but Aoba had also made rooms such as a movie room, a hot spring room, and a game room.
All of them found those interesting.
Seeing this, Aoba carried Hanabi and followed them.
Fu and Uchiha Hikari already knew how attached Hanabi was to Aoba, so they didn't pay much attention to it.
Only Kaguya looked a couple more times.
Just then...
"Aoba-nii, I already read the wedding invitation you gave me."
While they were looking around, Hanabi suddenly brought up the invitation.
"Hm? Is there a problem?"
Aoba paused, thinking there was some mistake on the invitation.
"No."
Hanabi shook her head, but her expression became serious, "I just saw Lady Tsunade's name on it too... Aoba-nii, is it true?"
"Uh..."
Aoba hadn't expected Hanabi to care about that. Still, Tsunade's name appearing there would surprise a lot of people. He had already expected that, so he nodded.
"It's true."
But once again, Hanabi's reaction caught him off guard. Her eyes lit up and sparkled.
"Then that means, Aoba-nii, you don't mind the relationship between a master and disciple."
"..."
Aoba opened his mouth. He felt like he already knew what this little girl was about to say.
Hanabi blinked, tilted her head, and said with an innocent smile, "In that case, Aoba-nii is Lady Tsunade's disciple, and Hanabi is Aoba-nii's disciple. What a coincidence."
"..."