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"Tch! What a coward!" Sasuke, who was seeing Murata's attitude, could not help but snort in disdain. The person who defeated him was actually a coward hiding behind those rules, which made him ashamed.

"Sasuke-kun! Instead of mocking your good friendly attitude, you should learn from him! Go clean the toilet, now!" Iruka suddenly burst out of anger. He was angry at Sasuke, who treated Murata, who just apologized to him in a very polite manner that even touched his heart.

This left Sasuke, who, still irritated by his loss, glared at Iruka and Murata for a moment before slamming the door shut. "A mere Chunin dare to advise me, hmph!" as soon he left, Sasuke shouted from outside the room.

Iruka, who just realized what he did he do, sighed and sat in exhausted, leaning against his chair while looking at the blue sky.

"You know, Murata-kun. Although you just joined the academy, from all of these students, only you that I regarded as my real students."

From the discouraged and sad expression on his teacher's face, Murata could tell he was disappointed and was hurt by seeing Sasuke's attitude toward him.

"Thank you, Iruka-sensei," Murata just smiled and stayed silent for the entire moment when they conflicted.

That was not he did not want to interfere or make the two sides in peace. It was better to leave them alone, solving their own problem while he still had a tone of problems.

My clan still could be in danger at any moment because we have not posed a threat or huge benefit to the village, which was we could live until now, he thought silently while looking at Iruka back in a daze for a moment.

The Konohagakure symbol was embedded on his vest, but to Murata, that symbol had no significant value to him or his clan. Only a temporary place for them to shelter.

"Hehe, even with your sweet compliment, don't dare to escape your responsibility, Murata-kun," Iruka laughed dryly. He was now more open with this student of his regardless of the command he got from the third Hokage after only chatting with him for a couple of moments.

...

The warm orange light slowly shone upon the village while the black crows started to fill the sky. As the sun kept sinking downward, Murata was seen standing in front of the academy door and staring at the girl who was standing below the tree.

"What are you doing here, Fukui?" Murata, who had just finished the punishment he got from his teacher, saw Fukui leaning against the tree while constantly glancing in his direction.

Her long blue hair was already drenched with sweat while her beautiful green eyes immediately caught the figure of him.

"Murata-sama," She bowed and then approached Murata, checking all over his body. When she found there was nothing wrong or he was fine, only then she could let out a breath of relief, " Thank god, you alright."

When Murata saw how she reacted and how worried she was, he realized she was still his servant after all. Yet the treatment he got was a bit exaggerated for him. He did not order her to stay or wait for him.

"Let's go. You must be tired. Lemme carry you in the back," Looking at her exhausted and wrinkles on her face, Murata noticed how trembled her legs was when he just casually lifted her body and placed on his back.

"Kya! Murata-sama!" Fukui was shocked and could not help but scream. Her cheeks were red, but after seeing the gaze from him, she chose to stay silent and lean against his back.


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