Chapter 387: The Wedding Night of Flowers and Candles
As night fell, the Senju mansion descended into chaos.
Before all the guests had dispersed, Kawakaze and the others, led by Mito, gathered around another table. The drinks had been replaced with hangover remedies, and everyone had eaten and drunk their fill.
"You've all worked hard these past few days," Mito said, her face glowing with a faint drunkenness. It was evident that she was genuinely happy tonight, as if she had achieved something she had long desired.
"You're too kind. No one here is a stranger," Orochimaru replied first, while Kawakaze and Tsunade showed no intention of joining the conversation.
"Haha, then I must be acting pretentious as an old woman," Mito said with a light laugh. "In the future, I hope Nawaki can count on you all."
Mito kept her smile as she lifted her glass and took a sip instead of making a toast.
"Grandma~" Nawaki muttered, feeling a strange sense of discomfort at her words.
"Did I say something wrong?" Mito asked, her expression unchanged but her tone sharper.
"Even though you're married, who here isn't your senior? Even Minato, that kid, is smarter than you," she said with a teasing glare at Nawaki, before seeming to realize that she might have said something inappropriate.
"Don't worry, Grandma," Kawakaze interjected calmly,"No matter what happens, Tsunade and I will always be here for him."
Kawakaze knew exactly what Mito meant by her earlier words, and while his response reassured her, it also tempered the celebratory mood.