Before you get into the story this should be known. This is a fan that have translated this novel to English (THAT IS NOT ME) The reason I wanted to publish it here is because I want to make it more accessible and so people also can listen to it. I found this translation at tumbler and the user MissStormCaller (If you see this and you want me to take it down I will) thank you for your amazing work at translating this. As said if you don't want it up here I will not hesitate to take it down:') 3

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Original work/co-author: Tite Kubo

Novelist: Matsubara Makoto

Synopsis

3 years have passed since the invasion by the Wandenreich. Many lives were lost, the scars of battle are not yet healed. Those who survived are finally beginning on the path to recovery.
One day Kuchiki Rukia and Abarai Renji announced to everyone that they will have their names entered into a family register* (*i.e. registration of marriage)…..
A story about new bonds born from the end of the battle which were not drawn in the original story.

3 years have passed since the invasion of the seireitei by the Wandenreich.
Normality finally returned to the soul society which was in extreme turmoil.

Prologue

pages 12-15

Squad 1 Barracks - Captains' Assembly Hall
"Then, I hereby declare this Gotei 13's ordinary meeting of squad heads, officially open. Captain commander."
Prompted by the lieutenant of squad 1 - Ise Nanao, the captain of the same division Kyōraku Shunsui gave a single nod of his head before moving forward.
"I'm sorry for bothering everyone when you're all so busy. It's only reports on the reconstruction efforts today so we should be finishing early."
He took an extensive look around the assembly hall where the captains and vice captains of each squad were lined up in rows.
The recently reconstructed assembly hall looked as good as new and was filled with the aroma of fresh timber.
"Haa… the smell of wood is nice isn't it? Well then, Nanao chan, I'll leave it to you!"
"Yes. Now then, the first order of business…"
Whilst turning over bulky documents, Nanao starts reporting on the situation surrounding the reconstruction efforts. As he listened to her voice, Kyōraku thought about the past three years.
The most significant damage suffered within the Seireitei was at the central 1st ward - more commonly known as "Shinō" - which included the squad 1 barracks and a great number of administrative facilities.
As a war time special exception, the lives of the people who evacuated were saved by opening the Seijōtōkyorin, the enclave in which the Central 46 personally reside. However, what they saw when they returned to ground level after the war, was a whole surface of scorched earth exhausting the very limits of destruction. In the midst of all the shortages of both goods and manpower needed to rebuild structures, and whilst everyone was merely at a loss, it was Amakado Nayura, one among the Central 46, who was first to make advancements towards the reconstruction efforts.
Nayura became a sage by succeeding the position of her father who was murdered by Aizen Sōsuke, she is still a young girl. She is also the head librarian of the Great Spirit Book Gallery where all events and information within Soul Society are accumulated under compulsion, she studies things like the Human World and Shinigami with a flexible attitude. Everyday she searched for a solution, wondering what she could do to change the current state of the old fashioned Central 46.
An opportunity for that arose with the assault on the Central 46 underground compound by the sternritter. Half were killed, and even the ones that remained alive were wounded to varying degrees. Even if the body can heal, the fear from witnessing such atrocities cannot be dispelled, people resigned from their seats one after another, no longer were they able to expect work as a supreme judicial body like the pre-war central 46.

But in the face of those state of affairs, Nayura was optimistic that the time for change was now. She scolded the disheartened sages, and in collaboration with Kyōraku, the captain commander of the Gotei 13, they were able to enact temporary laws in quick succession. This young soul was not afraid to progress forward and the sages who were inspired by that passion also started to change little by little.
Following the war, Nayura first and foremost established a law which simplifies the procedure for obtaining a court travel permit. This court travel permit is a written document that must be presented to the gatekeeper of each Pure Soul Gate when entering the Seireitei from Rukongai. A court travel permit, which originally could not be obtained unless one went through a complicated process that requires several weeks, was made easily accessible, one only has to go through a simple procedure at the "special entry record management office" established in front of every gate. Consequently, it became easier for materials to be imported from outside the Seireitei, it was also made possible to welcome the people of Rukongai widely as a workforce. In addition, the special entry record management office, register fingerprints whilst simultaneously checking Reiryoku, an invitation to the Shinō Academy, a training institute for Shinigami, is extended to those who have promising talent. The benefits given to Soul Society because of this law is unfathomable.
With natural resources and manpower all in place, the reconstruction efforts were proceeding rapidly.
"That concludes my report."
Nanao bows down. "well!" Kyoraku says as he clutched both hands together in front of his chest.
"There's another piece of good news today… now, please come out and tell us from your own mouths."
Prompted by kyoraku, with a nervous expression they walked out of the line.
It was 6th division vice captain Abarai Renji and acting captain of the 13th division Kuchiki Rukia.