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Although chatting makes people feel happy, when Kushina invites Mami to go shopping or attend a party of the same age next time, she is unexpectedly rejected.

For the lively and outgoing Kushina, this may be a little incomprehensible.Obviously they are people with the same personality and have common topics, but unexpectedly they are not so easy to get in touch with.

For Mami, she is just having a headache about human social problems.True, she likes to tell messy stories, but the thought of the human connection she needs after befriending Kushina is a hassle for her.

If you become a good friend, Kushina should be very sad when "Mami" dies, which is very embarrassing.If it's not going to make great friends - well, why get close?

Instead of participating in the frolicking gatherings of girls her age, Mami lives alone in the empty ninja school after the holidays.Next to her are two employees who also live on campus.One is responsible for repairing circuits, and the other is responsible for psychological counseling.The days passed by like this, and the severe cold of winter was getting deeper and deeper.

The air was dry and the nearby trees were bare.Although the weather will become fine, the distant sunlight will not be able to dispel the pervasive chill.Before the arrival of the new year, the first snow of this winter will fall leisurely.Tiny snowdrops floated slowly in the air, turning the sky into a gray color.Although the snow is not heavy, it is expected that the surrounding area will be covered with snow after midnight.

The thick ninja vest is finally in season.It's just that the lighting in the bungalow is not good, and the clothes that are hung out to dry can't be dried in time.Mami is afraid that she will run out of clothes soon.

After it snowed for half an afternoon, someone knocked on her door, and it was a guest who confused Mami a little.

A black-haired woman in her twenties, gentle and beautiful, dressed at home, and carrying a wide-mouthed backpack, with some puffy snow on her black hair, is Mr. Fuyue's wife, Mikoto.

"Mikoto... madam? Miss...?" Mami was a little hesitant about how to address this young mother.

"You can just call me Miqin." Miqin nodded and threw her hands behind her.Uchiha Itachi poked his head out from behind her, tilted his head, and smiled at Mami.

"Is something wrong?" Mami asked.

"...I just came back from the hospital. I thought Mami-sensei lived alone in the school, so I came to disturb you. This semester, thank you for taking care of Itachi." Mikoto put her hand on Itachi's head and said: "This child doesn't matter Anyway, I have to see the teacher."

"Ahaha, that's it..." Mami tried hard to think about what to answer: "Hey. Hospital? Miss Mikoto needs to rest well. Although young mothers are very busy, it is also important to take care of your body."

Seeing that Mami was about to give a long speech on how to take care of her body, Mikoto quickly interrupted Mami with a smile.She put her hands on her belly, lowered her head with a gentle smile on her face, stroked her belly up and down, and said, "It's not like that... Well, it's just that I'm going to have a second child soon."

second child...

What Itachi once said, "If I have a younger brother or younger sister", has come true.

"That's really congratulations." Mami said, "Would it be a boy or a girl? Presumably Mr. Fugaku and Itachi are very happy."

Mikoto raised her head and said, "Itachi said this would be a younger brother. Then I will treat it as a boy for the time being. By the way, I heard from Kushina that Mami-sensei is not married yet. I am still looking forward to when we can see each other again." To Mami-sensei's child."

Such a question made Mami feel a little overwhelmed.She wrapped her fingers around the red hair hanging in front of her shoulders, and could only say: "Probably...in the future. Hey. Actually, I don't want to get married, I like to live alone."

"I see." Mikoto nodded, expressing her understanding.She took Itachi's hand and sent it forward, saying, "Itachi, say hello to the teacher. You are the one who wants to visit the teacher on a snowy day."

Uchiha Itachi raised his head, glanced at Mami, and quickly lowered his head: "...I just thought that the teacher must be very lonely living here alone, so I wanted to take a look."

Seeing the snow falling in the sky getting bigger and bigger, many snow spots landed on Mikoto's arm.Asami turned her head and glanced at her messy room, hesitating whether to invite them into the room to appreciate the messy bedding and wet clothes that haven't dried yet.The empathetic Miqin noticed her embarrassment, so she grabbed Itachi's little hand again and said, "The snow is too heavy, so we won't bother you any more."

Although she doesn't like socializing, she seems to have accidentally become friends with Kushina and Mikoto.

Mami was a little troubled.

However, in the following winter, she did not see those two young women again.Whether it's snowing or harvesting, whether it's sunny or cloudy, she lives alone.The ninja school was very quiet, without the hustle and bustle of the past and the noise of the children, this kind of silence made Mami a little unaccustomed to it.

Occasionally she would wander to the open space in front of the teaching building. In the past, she used to sit on the swing and watch the group of children compete with each other for who could throw the shuriken farther, or stand under the big tree to guide The gymnastics of this group of children.How to raise your legs beautifully, how to hit the enemy's weak point with your elbows, or how to stand with a standard posture.

Once the new year is over, Konoha's age will be one year older.This village, which has a history of nearly 50 years since its establishment, has rapidly risen and prospered at an unimaginable speed.Such a rapid progress is probably due to the special military system in this world - the importance of "ninjas", which goes without saying.

The severe winter cold is still lingering, and even though spring has arrived, the cold air still wraps the village surrounded by dense forests.Ninja schools started when the villagers were still wearing long sleeves.The campus, which has been silent for a long time, once again ushered in the noisy footsteps and overlapping figures of children.

"How's your new year going? Mami. What? Living alone...isn't it a bit lonely?"

"Mami, do you really not consider going on a blind date? This way you don't have to fix the broken fluorescent lamp yourself, how convenient it is."

"You seem to be at ease even when you're alone, Mami."

The greetings and conversations of colleagues also came back to my ears.Asami was busy collecting the student change list for the new semester, while casually responding to the greetings from her colleagues.

Of course, in addition to greetings from colleagues, there are troublesome children.

The two naughtiest boys in the class couldn't wait to run and fight in the corridor before the gymnastics class started.It must have been a vacation, and they played even more frantically. Like a whirlwind, they brushed past Mami's face straightly, and smashed a dozen documents in her hand to the ground, and Mami's glasses fell directly on the ground on the ground.

The white papers scattered all over the floor made the two poor boys stop running in an instant, and they froze in place.

"Oops, it's Aunt Glasses...It's over, it's over..."

Mami rubbed her eyes, the bridge of her nose, which had been wearing glasses for a long time, lost something, and she was not used to it.While groping for the paper on the ground, she said, "I know I made a mistake, why don't you come here and save it?"

The two boys who made a mistake quickly knelt on the ground and began to pack up the scattered documents.While Mami was groping to sort out the scattered documents, someone picked up a stack of documents and handed them to her, and held her palm very smoothly by the way.

"I am very happy to help the beautiful and lovely lady. It is my luck to be able to serve you."

The voice sounds like an adult male who is not serious and slightly exaggerated.Mami pulled back her hand straightly, raised her eyes slightly, and stared at the person who suddenly appeared in front of her eyes—a tall, white-haired man with long and slightly frizzed hair, with clogs on her feet, and a scroll on her back. bit ninja.It's just that his slightly unscrupulous eyes make him look not so majestic.

"Thank you." Mami thanked her, wondering why such a person appeared on campus, so she asked, "Are you also a newly transferred teacher this year?"

"Ah, it would be great if I could work with a beautiful lady like you. Unfortunately, I'm not here. I just came here to take a look at the start of school on behalf of my students." The white-haired man replied like this, his words were full of It's a pity.

"Hey. Who is your student?"

"Namikaze Minato." The white-haired man looked a little proud.

"Ah, then this is Jiraiya-sama." Asami said, she knelt down to pick up her glasses.The lens is cracked and looks like it needs some repairs.The two children who did something wrong were still waiting tremblingly, and Mami stood aside regardless of Zilai, and said bluntly and ruthlessly: "Punish the blackboard for punishment."

"Huh?" Jiraiya raised a finger, pointed at his surprised face, and said, "Me, me? Am I going to wipe the blackboard? Beautiful lady."

"You can do it if you like." Mami stuffed the broken glasses into the ninja bag and walked towards her classroom: "I still have class, so I'll leave first."

"I can really clean the blackboard—" Jiraiya nodded seriously, and followed behind Mami.As he walked, he took out a booklet, wrote something on the paper with a pen, and muttered something in a low voice.

"No.70 second time, the beautiful teacher I met on campus. When I put on my glasses, I was strict and gentle, but when I took them off, I was like a hot red pepper. I was punished to wipe the blackboard. This is a sweet and terrible punishment. .”