Chapter 3. Yoriichi's filter is even thicker than that of the First Generation...
After exchanging names, I brought Yoriichi Tsugikuni home, and our cohabitation officially began.
Fortunately, Yoriichi and I were both seven years old at the time, otherwise, living together before marriage would have been too incongruous.
Uta's house was very small, with only one room. A platform made of wooden strips, about 30 centimeters above the ground, took up most of the space. On it was a two-layered wooden cabinet for storing clothes and bedding. Yoriichi and I would eat and sleep on that platform, which we used as tatami mats.
Besides the raised platform, a stove for cooking was built on the left side of the entrance, with neatly chopped wood placed beside it. Other items in the house included rough pottery, wooden buckets, and other daily necessities. Although the house looked simple, it was perfectly adequate for basic living.
When I heard Yoriichi's stomach rumbling, I realized that he had been running for a whole day and night after leaving home before appearing in front of me, without even stopping because of exhaustion.
No wonder his brother, Kokushibo, was so jealous. Is he even human? I couldn't do that when I was seven years old, back when I was a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki with half of the Uzumaki physique!
Seeing Yuan Yi's stomach growling with hunger but still looking blank, I quickly prepared food for him. This feeling of feeding small animals gave me a lot of motivation. Unfortunately, I lacked ingredients, and in the end, I could only serve millet rice and pickled radishes, which were hard to swallow.
Yoriichi was used to such simple meals and ate his dinner with impeccable manners. During the meal, I tried to make conversation with him, and Yoriichi, who seemed like a clueless kid, kept responding to me earnestly. Even though he didn't show much expression, you could still feel his gentleness.
My heart suddenly started pounding. Of course, this wasn't the feeling of being attracted to someone. I'm not a pervert, so how could I possibly be attracted to a seven-year-old?
The main reason is that I feel I might be able to consider Yoriichi as a potential husband.
As a time traveler, given that I don't want to break up the official Naruto couple and I don't want to just settle for some random random person, I don't have many options for a boyfriend/husband.
I used to consider Neji and Gaara as potential partners. Both of them are my brother's best friends, and given my resemblance to my brother and the natural affinity I have as his sister, I would have a very good chance of dating them.
Unfortunately, I couldn't save Neji during the Fourth Shinobi World War, and the Byakugan boy in my memory has finally vanished with the wind.
After the Fourth Shinobi World War, I thought about dating Gaara. The red-haired boy, who was once fierce but now calm and gentle, also expressed his feelings for me. However, the thought of marrying him and becoming the Kazekage's wife meant leaving Konoha, where I grew up, and living in Sunagakure. In the end, I regretfully gave up on the idea.
At this point, I really felt like I was destined to be single forever. I couldn't possibly put my hands on Kakashi-sensei, could I?
Now that I've met Yoriichi, I suddenly feel that this is an opportunity.
This Demon Slayer powerhouse was adorable as a child, and grew up to be a noble, upright, and extremely handsome man. He's also a good husband, making him an absolutely perfect marriage candidate.
Now that I've transmigrated into Yoriichi's official partner, it wouldn't be unreasonable for me to marry him in the future.
As for the age issue, it's not a problem at all. By the time he kills Muzan, he will be at least twenty years old, which is older than my original body. Therefore, there is no suspicion of an old cow eating young grass when we get together.
Even if I did end up with a younger man, Yoriichi would definitely be the one who benefits the most. And when he becomes an eighty-year-old man with the Yin Seal, I will be young, beautiful and gorgeous. What does that age difference matter?
I think I can take the "raising" route with Yoriichi in the future and cultivate our relationship. If we both feel it's right for each other when we grow up, I can take him back to Konoha and get married after I defeat Muzan. Maybe I can even crash my brother's wedding and take care of my own life's big day at the same time!
Of course, these thoughts were fleeting and quickly faded from my mind. Yoriichi is still a child, so we should just get along normally. Thinking too much about certain things would really lower my character.
Opening the Transparent World not only allows you to see the enemy's muscles, bones, and internal organs, but also gives you ultimate perception, enabling you to fully predict the enemy's actions and discover their weaknesses, thus elevating your combat skills to the pinnacle.
This makes me realize once again that there's a reason why his brother is so jealous. This is clearly a weakened and combined version of the Byakugan and Sharingan. I'm so jealous!
Unfortunately, she couldn't bring herself to talk about her origins. Otherwise, she really wanted to tell Yoriichi that many people in her village with white eyes could see through the bodies of living beings, and that if Yoriichi went to Konoha, he would never be ostracized because of this precious ability.
Yoriichi realized that he saw the world differently from others, and although he still had a blank expression, his mood was clearly low.
I held his hand and laughed, "Yoichi's eyes are really amazing! I'm so envious! I wish I had them too."
Yoriichi looked over with his beautiful eyes, and after a long while said "I'm sorry," probably apologizing for not being able to give me eyes like his. What a gentle child.
After dinner, seeing that Yoriichi looked travel-worn, I went to the stove and boiled a bucket of hot water for him to wash up and prepare for bed.
Yoriichi obediently agreed. He first took a cloth bag out of his pocket and put it aside, then took off his clothes and took my towel to wipe his body. During this time, his round eyes kept looking at the cloth bag, as if he was afraid of losing it if he looked away.
I sighed, turned around and laid out the bedding on the platform, then took a clean yukata and handed it to Yoriichi.
After washing up, Yoriichi took the yukata and put it on, then carefully put the cloth bag back into his bosom as if it were a precious treasure.
I watched his actions with a complicated expression. When Yoriichi saw me looking over, he took out the cloth bag again, opened it to reveal a roughly made flute, and his usually expressionless face showed a rare, wistful smile. He explained in a low voice, "This is a flute that my elder brother gave me. It is my most precious treasure."
This was the first time Yoriichi had smiled since they met; it was a pure and beautiful smile that warmed everyone's heart.
The thought that Kokushibo is disgusted by Yoriichi's smile makes me want to go into my dream and beat him up. He hates such a cute little angel; he's absolutely awful.
"My elder brother is a very gentle person."
Yoriichi's soft words made me want to complain that his bias was even stronger than that of the First Hokage from our village. Hashirama also said his best friend was a gentle person; I'm really curious what the First Hokage was thinking when he said that, after being turned into a hedgehog by his best friend's black rod.
“He always cared about me and made this flute by hand for me, telling me, ‘If you need help, just blow it and your brother will come to help you right away, so don’t worry about anything.’ My brother smiled with his bruised and swollen cheeks and said that those were the injuries he got the day before when he ignored our father’s strict orders to come and play with me.”
Yoriichi's gaze as he looked at the flute was filled with longing; it was clear he was missing his older brother, the only one in the family besides his mother who had been kind to him.
I want to sigh again. At that time, Kokushibo genuinely wanted to protect his younger brother who had never been able to speak since birth. Unfortunately, everything changed after he discovered Yoriichi's godlike talent, which far surpassed his own.
He was so jealous of Yoriichi that he went mad. In the end, he realized that he could never surpass his younger brother and even abandoned his pride and dignity, becoming a complete idiot. He was truly hateful, pathetic, and pitiful.
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