No? Not for a long time.

The eldest daughter who was staying with someone else held the cleaned jar and gently knocked on the paper partition door of the room. She shouted in a low voice: "Guest, the jar has been washed..." As she spoke, she felt a little uneasy.

I took a closer look at the jar in my pocket again, as if I was afraid that I had made some mistakes in my previous work, and it was not clean enough.

Uchiha Madara looked at the little girl who was sitting there motionless, not wanting to move, and said helplessly: "Leave it at the door."

"...Okay." The girl standing outside the door seemed to hesitate for a moment, then slowly put down the jar in her hand, turned around and left.

After a while, Uchiha Madara stood up and walked to the door, opened the paper partition door, leaned down to pick up the washed jar filled with clean water on the ground, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw the door of the next room open.

The girl and her two sisters were cautiously sticking their heads out of the door to peek at him.

"..." He frowned slightly, pretending not to notice this, picked up the jar and closed the door.

He strode back into the house and hung the jar on the stove again, and then unexpectedly found that the jar seemed to be much brighter than before. It can be seen how much effort the girl put into cleaning it. It can also be seen that

, someone is somewhat perfunctory when washing it.

So he looked at a certain little black cat.

"What, what are you doing?" The little black cat who was secretly nibbling a piece of red bean cake suddenly became hairy when he saw it. He hid the snack behind his back with both hands - this is an after-dinner dessert, and it is reasonable to eat it.

Yes! No? It’s because I’m greedy and secretly eating it!

Uchiha Madara raised his chin and motioned for her to look at the jar: "It's much cleaner than before."

"..." After the little girl was silent for a moment, she turned her head with a "hum" and said, "You dislike me? Isn't it clean? Then why don't you find someone who is clean to travel with?" Aren't you picky men?

What a good man! Moreover, she usually works hard at washing, so she is not lazy!

Uchiha Madara said "Oh" in a good mood, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you jealous?"

"Tch~" The little girl pouted, stuffed the red bean cake hidden behind her into her mouth, chewed and chewed, pretending not to hear this.

"Come here-" He stretched out his hand towards her.

The little black cat's ears twitched, its tail flicked, and it continued to pretend not to hear.

"Don't let me? Say it a second time." Uchiha Madara slowly raised his finger at the person.

So she nuzzled over obediently, and then

Then he was picked up and hugged again.

He looked down at the top of her hair and the beautiful back of her neck looming under the hair, and his mind moved slightly. For some reason, he suddenly wanted to kiss that exposed skin, so this man who was quite loyal to his own desires suddenly wanted to kiss the exposed skin.

He kissed her very obediently. Then he felt that the place where his lips touched was extremely warm and moist, like fine warm jade. He couldn't help but linger a little, and even felt a little lost.

"!" The startled little girl struggled - she had been bitten before, but was it the first time she was kissed like this? She was startled, as if she was bitten occasionally.

The little black cat was suddenly licked and felt a little overwhelmed.

Then he held her tightly with both hands and forcibly "pressed" her down.

"Be good." He left the back of her neck and whispered hoarsely in her ear, "No moving around, no running. Oh, no, I'm taking others with me, only you."

"...Oh." Having received the promise in disguise, she felt a little uncomfortable and moved her body a little, but she didn't run away obediently.

Uchiha Madara did not continue to bully such a well-behaved kitten with bad intentions, and then he rarely put his forehead on her shoulder, took a deep breath, and vaguely felt that the smell of the little girl was like the grass and trees beside the spring, a little bit...

It smells good and makes people feel cool and comfortable, but also makes people feel hot and boiling.

Sure enough, this is a strange girl in every aspect.

That's right, Uchiha Madara, who is obviously in his early thirties but has no experience in certain things, attributes everything to-the little girl is too weird.

A completely inexperienced man and a girl with absolutely no common sense finally came up with such a weird way of getting along. What's even more amazing is that, at least so far, they don't think there is any problem with it.

Then...no problem...right?

The water in the jar soon boiled again.

The door to the room was knocked again.

"Guest, the hot water is ready."

"Leave it at the door."

"OK."

After some slight noises, the door returned to silence.

The two of them walked to the door together and discovered that the hot water prepared by the owner was not two buckets but three buckets. It was quite real.

Uchiha Madara asked: "Do you want to wash your hair?"

"No?, forget it today." The little girl who just washed her hair two days ago shook her head and asked, "Brother Ban, do you wash it?"

"Me? I don't need it for the time being." He asked again, "How about taking a bath?"

"Yeah, yes." She nodded.

As long as conditions permit

, she takes a bath almost every day.

Uchiha Madara then threw the scroll containing her bathing supplies to her. The little girl took it and released the seal. Then, she put up a screen to block it, set up her own bathtub, and put some clean snow in it. Finally,

, Lift the wooden bucket and pour the hot water inside.

After feeling the water temperature of the large tub with her hands, she released the transformation spell, took off her kimono and put it on the screen. While sitting like this, she asked: "Brother Madara, do you want to wash it?"

"Well, let's wait until you finish washing." Uchiha Madara replied - most of the men in the Uchiha family also have mysophobia, and they will work hard to keep themselves clean if conditions permit.

"Let's go together." She said in a very natural tone, "Anyway, there is a screen to block it, and the water in the barrel will cool down quickly in winter."

Uchiha Madara thought about it for a moment, but he didn't feel too entangled. Instead, he easily unsealed the scroll containing his toiletries, and then made exactly the same action as she did just now. After all, when she was soaking in the hot spring before,

That's it, there is a small wall created by Earth Escape between the two of them. How much difference is there between now and before?

The sound of water came from the other side of the screen. He, who had also released his transformation skills, casually put his coat on the screen. His eyes scanned the slender back of a girl with her hair tied up sitting in a basin reflected on the screen.

He quickly looked away, turned around, and started cleaning his body seriously without any distractions.

For the same thing, women are somewhat slower than men, so they both get out of the bath almost at the same time.

After that, the little girl naturally started to clean up the "mess" made by the two of them, such as pouring water, cleaning and sealing. After finishing everything, she found that "some kind person" had helped to lay the seal for her to take with her.

She had put on her pajamas just now, so all she had to do was take off her hair and take off her coat, and she could quickly burrow into the wall like a scurrying little black cat.

Bedding rolls on the side.

As for why it is laid on the wall...

Seeing his little devil getting into the quilt, Uchiha Madara also walked to the wall and sat down against it, with one leg crossed and the other bent as usual - he fell asleep in this posture every night, ever since they met.

, until now, it has always been like this.

When she got into bed, she felt extremely warm. It turned out that he had already placed the reinstalled charcoal heater at her feet.

So she used her little feet to hook around in the quilt.

, pulled the warm stove to his hand, then skillfully lifted the quilt to cover his feet, and then gently placed the stove at his feet.

After that, she gently pulled on his trouser legs and slowly closed her eyes.

"Brother Ban, good night."

"...Well, good night."

Uchiha Madara quietly stared at the sleeping face of his little girl. She had always looked innocent, and now she was even more unprepared and pure. I don’t know since when, he got used to being so quiet before going to bed.

After watching quietly for a while, the blood and shadows in my sleep gradually dissipated without even realizing it.

He wasn't sure whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

It is certainly a good thing to be able to sleep peacefully, but? If he can sleep peacefully, then... what are the people who died because of him? Those people who are gradually forgotten... If there is knowledge in the Pure Land, they will be because of this

Are you feeling relieved, or are you feeling resentful?

Even as powerful as Madara Uchiha, there are things he can't figure out.

But, even so, he could not push away and let go of this simple and peaceful sleeping face.

This is his only treasure now.

his.

Uchiha Madara slowly closed his eyes.

When I opened it again, it was already dark.

He stretched out his hand wearing black leather gloves, pushed open the window lattice slightly, and observed the situation outside - and found that the wind and snow were still there, with no sign of stopping at all. Moreover, it probably didn't stop much last night, and the snow accumulated even thicker.

In this case, the caravan should not be able to set off. They should not have expected such a situation in advance, otherwise they would not take advantage of these few days to set off. After all, human observation of the weather is never 100%

Absolutely accurate.

A gust of cold wind blew.

Uchiha Madara immediately closed the window, took off the gloves on his hands, and touched the little black cat's face with his warm hands. After confirming that it was indeed warm and not cooled by the cold wind, he felt relieved and

After rubbing it twice, he retracted his hand, and helped her straighten the quilt again.
To be continued...