"?"
Kaguya tilted her head, not quite understanding what Aoba meant. Looking at him blankly, she asked, "What do you want me to help you with?"
"...", Aoba fell silent.
He wasn't sure whether Kaguya was pretending not to understand or if she really didn't get what he meant.
But he let it go in less than half a second.
After all, it would be difficult for Kaguya to act that convincingly.
'Still, when it comes to this kind of thing...'
Aoba couldn't help coughing lightly as a reminder.
"You've read so many books. You even memorized the process for this kind of thing. Don't tell me you still don't know that guys can have a hard time in situations like this?"
"?"
Kaguya blinked.
After her mind stalled for a few seconds, she suddenly understood.
She only glanced once before the redness on her cheeks spread all the way down to her neck.
The main reason was that the blush from before hadn't completely faded yet. Now that she was being confronted with this again, it naturally became even more obvious.
Combined with her fair skin, it stood out even more.
Aoba could only say there was nothing he could do about it.
He considered his self-control fairly good, but in a situation like that, there was no way he could sit there like a block of wood unless he actually was one.
Fortunately, Kaguya didn't avoid her responsibility just because she was embarrassed.
Although she looked away, she still clenched her small fists and asked, "Wh-what should I do?"
Kaguya really didn't know.
After all, the books definitely wouldn't describe things too directly.
In a situation like this, forget knowing what to do, she still hadn't even seen what it actually looked like.
But Aoba was also quite experienced when it came to teaching.
"Do you remember what I did just now?"
"J-just now?"
Kaguya froze again.
'What did Aoba do just now?'
After thinking about it, it seemed like he had only been giving her a massage.
But at the time, her whole head had been spinning. Everything felt unclear, and she couldn't remember any details.
'Or does it just need...'
Kaguya didn't really understand, so she simply followed his instructions.
'Aoba...'
Kaguya was indeed a little too inexperienced.
"Let me teach you instead..."
———
"Ah!"
Not long afterward, Kaguya let out a cry of disbelief.
"Th-this can't be right?"
Kaguya looked completely shocked.
"Isn't this supposed to be..."
"It's fine. Look, doesn't this work?"
"No, this is too strange!"
"What does it matter? If I remember correctly, your ninjutsu can control your hair, right?"
"Mmm~"
———
"..."
In just half an hour, Kaguya could be said to have used every method she had.
Now she only felt exhausted, no less than after a major battle.
Back when she fought Hagoromo and Hamura, she might not even have used this many ninjutsu.
But all she could do now was give Aoba, who still seemed somewhat absent-minded, a resentful look.
Aoba hadn't expected Kaguya to be willing to try so many things with him.
Maybe she simply didn't have any concept of boundaries.
So she just kept cooperating with him.
Many times, it even made Aoba feel a little guilty.
'It feels like I am teasing a fool...'
'Ahem! I can't really put it that way.'
Aoba quickly stopped that train of thought and looked again at Kaguya, who was pursing her lips and clearly still a little annoyed.
Although she had cooperated, it had indeed been difficult for her.
He directly picked her up in his arms, "Y-you... what are you going to do now?"
Kaguya quickly wrapped her arms around his neck.
Aoba lightly tapped her face.
"First I'll help you clean up, then we'll go eat."
"Oh~"
Realizing she had misunderstood, Kaguya answered softly.
Aoba only smiled, then carried her to the bathroom and carefully cleaned her up.
Afterward, he still carried her back out.
Kaguya felt like she didn't really want to walk for a while.
"Are we continuing tomorrow?", Before taking Kaguya to eat, Aoba asked another question.
"..."
Kaguya was silent for a moment.
Then she quietly turned her face away, leaving only half of her flushed profile visible.
She answered with a soft nasal sound.
"Mhm~"
"As you wish, my lady."
Seeing her reaction, Aoba naturally agreed.
———
Several more days passed like that.
Kaguya was clearly becoming more and more skilled.
At the same time, both of them came to understand each other more deeply.
However, Aoba hadn't been idle during this time either.
Now that Kurenai was pregnant, the wedding naturally needed to be arranged as soon as possible.
If it were delayed another two or three months, even if her belly wasn't very large, it would still start to show.
So the wedding was scheduled directly for one month later.
Aoba didn't know anything about auspicious dates, birth charts, or similar things.
Besides, with so many people getting married together, who would care about that?
So he simply set the date.
This was what Aoba had mostly been busy with recently.
He was now the only Daimyo in the ninja world.
Naturally, his wedding had to be announced to everyone.
Although he still mainly lived in Konoha.
The main reason was that he simply wasn't used to living in the Capital of Fire. People tended to miss familiar places, and he didn't want to leave the place where he had lived before.
As for the daily court meetings in the Land of Fire, one use of Flying Thunder God and he was there.
Nor did he have to worry about people in the Capital of Fire trying anything while he was absent.
This was a ninja world. Naturally, its methods of rule were different.
So he only needed to control the overall direction.
And... Konoha had also been steadily expanding outward during this period.
Even the walls around the village had already been removed.
In a few years, surpassing the Capital of Fire would probably not be a problem.
When that time came, he could gradually move the center there.
As for announcing it to the whole world, that was simple enough.
It was just a matter of issuing a public notice.
The main work was arranging the wedding venue afterward, preparing the guest list, and making invitations.
Of course, although he participated, most of the work was taken over by Shizune, Konan, and the others.
Especially Tenten, Ino, and the rest. They were extremely enthusiastic about the wedding.
It got to the point where Aoba could hardly even talk with them during the day. Whenever they had free time, they gathered together to discuss it.
Of course, Aoba had his own task as well.
That was expanding the house.
First, a room large enough for everyone to sleep in.
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