Chapter 15: INAZ - 14
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Seeming to feel Uchiha Mikoto's gaze, Izumi instinctively ducked her head. This was just... meeting the parents so suddenly?
"Mother, this is all my business, it has nothing to do with Izumi." Seemingly sensing the change in the air, he quickly stepped between Izumi and Uchiha Mikoto, separating the two of them.
Although he was only five years old, Itachi had read many books, some of which recorded the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, something that existed even longer than the Ninshū.
Therefore, subconsciously, Itachi thought that Uchiha Mikoto was going to scold Izumi, so he quickly stepped between them.
"Ah? What's wrong?" Uchiha Mikoto, who was a bit confused by Itachi's sudden action, was completely baffled. What was her son talking about?
However, unbeknownst to Uchiha Mikoto, in Itachi's mind, her image had been associated with those mothers-in-law who persecuted their daughters-in-law in historical records.
"Greetings, Madam Mikoto, I'm Uchiha Izumi." Unlike Itachi's thoughts, Izumi directly introduced herself to Uchiha Mikoto.
"I know, hello, Uchiha Izumi, I'm Itachi-kun's mother, Uchiha Mikoto." In front of her future daughter-in-law, Uchiha Mikoto still had to maintain her image.
"Hello, is this the little brother Itachi-kun always talks about, Sasuke-kun?" Izumi saw that Uchiha Mikoto wasn't angry as she had imagined, but instead looked amicable.
Gathering her courage, she walked forward, came to Sasuke, and curiously asked.