Chapter 192: Oddity, Presents and Uninvited Guest

Chapter 192: Oddity, Presents and Uninvited Guest

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The ceremony ended smoothly, as the people moved to the street, more specifically to the street that was prepared for the ceremony.

Carriages adorned with flowers rolled through the street as they travelled from one place to another.

The people in the streets seemed to cheer when seeing the carriages, children laughed and threw water in front of the horses.

As per tradition, the wedding attendees all started giving coins to the children. Such was the journey of the newlywed towards the small festival they had prepared for their guests.

During that journey, as Ken ferried along on one of the carriages alongside his blades, someone flagged his attention, waving at him to get off of the carriage.

It was the bald monk that had officiated the ceremony, he smiled at Ken with nothing but the best of intentions, somewhat taking the Blind Assassin by surprise.

'I am sure that I had not befriended any monks in my missions...'

Ken slowly got off the carriage and walked beside the monk, who was also headed where the festivities were being held.

People gave them a wide berth on the streets, out of respect for both Ken and the Monk.

The Church of the Pure Lands was nowhere near as influential as Christianity was in Ken's old world, but the monks within it were still respected worldwide, their words always held weight for the common masses.

Ken walked beside the monk for a few seconds. The bald old man studied him with curious eyes, before giving him a wide smile.

"It's been long since I've met someone else so intertwined with the Pure Lands..."

Ken stopped for a moment when he heard the monk's words. He tried to sense around for that strange energy he had felt, but he could not.

"Intertwined not in a physical sense, but it almost feels like this is not your first life... That's the feeling I get anyway."

The Monk smiled when gouging Ken's reaction. He had truly blindsided Ken with his claims, the Blind Assassin took a second to compose himself before walking again.

"Is reincarnation such a common thing in this world? You met others in the past?" Ken's first instinct was to interrogate the monk. He wanted, nay needed, to know if there were more from his world scampering about in the Elemental Nations.

"Oh, reincarnation is not as mythical as one might think. Well, it is scarce, but not among my circles... I, myself, have been reincarnated, most monks of the Church of Purity are in fact."

Ken tilted his head when hearing that, but didn't start asking different questions right away. He decided to wait for the monk to elaborate instead.

"Yet, no soul shall remember their past lives. We are only able to sense our feeble connections to the Pure Lands, this allows us to perform our ceremonies successfully.

A soul can't retain its memories in the cycle of reincarnation... At least that is what I believed until I met you.

Your connection to the Pure Lands... It's the strongest that my feeble senses have ever had the chance to encounter."

Ken hummed as he calmed down internally. It was highly unlikely that there were others like him in that case. Reincarnations likely happened within that world, however.

"Were the Pure Lands not eternal? That is what I had heard in the past..." The Blind Assassin asked as he continued to walk, the blades on top of the carriage were also quietly listening to the conversation.

"We theorize them to be infinite, eternal, yet we do not know it for sure. Reincarnation does still exist, it may just be an option presented there... But I had hoped you would be able to tell me more about that..."

The Monk sounded almost disappointed for a moment, before taking out a small and very old notebook and writing down a few passages.

"It seems that even you do not remember the Pure Land itself, even though you have clearly passed through it..." The Monk muttered as he continued writing things down.

"Hm~ I understand. Thank you for the information, old man." Ken nodded before starting to walk ahead of the monk, aiming to jump back up on a carriage.

"Oh, the honour has been mine, Lord Red Dot. I am glad that my eyes have been graced with such a sight in this lifetime of mine..."

The Monk nodded and slightly bowed to Ken, confusing some of the people around as they also stopped.

Ken patted the Monk on the shoulder and shook his head.

But before the groom could even respond, Kusina's eye twitched.

"I can protect myself just fine!" She shouted at her father as she threw a biscuit at him.

Yorihikko just laughed and ate the biscuit before turning around. and starting to walk away, nodding at Ken as well as he passed by.

The Blind Assassin sighed as he also stepped forward.

He had spent quite some time thinking about what he could get the couple, not much really ever came to mind whenever he first stepped into Konoha, but upon sensing the two of them, he knew just the thing to buy...

With a smile on his face, he walked forward, taking his mask off and hooking it to his belt. His fair features seemed to take many people by surprise, though the obscured upper half of his face was still just like before.

"I have not much to say for a speech. I am just glad to have been invited here today.

When we first met, I saw you both as children... But you have both grown up so quickly." Ken sighed as he tapped a seal on his wrist, pulling out a small gift box and placing it in Kushina's hands.

"Of course we have! Also, weren't we pretty close in age actually?" Kushina's eyebrows furrowed as she called out the Blind Assassin.

Ken just laughed, not taking any of her provocation seriously.

"Maybe close in age, but not in maturity girly. Though it seems you've both overtaken me in some aspects..."

The Blind Assassin's joke seemed to not make much sense to the people nearby. Kushina was about to call him out on that, at least until she opened up his present.

Her eyes widened, before she quickly closed it back up, almost fearfully. Minato had also seemed to glance at the present, his gaze turned towards Ken and seemed almost... Embarrassed.

"Don't worry, I know it's a big deal for a Jinchuriki... I promise I'll protect you during the thick of it, that's my actual wedding present to you two."

Ken smiled as he spoke in a much quieter tone now, so only the two of them could hear.

The Blind Assassin's present was very simple... Children's clothes.

Ever since entering the village and sensing Kushina, he had realized it. She was pregnant. It was early on, a few weeks at best, she had likely not even noticed it yet.

After all, pregnancy sickness wasn't really a thing for someone as strong as her.

The two of them seemed to visibly calm down when hearing Ken's words. The realization that they were having a kid also seemed to sink in for them, as they looked at each other with pure joy in their eyes.

Ken sighed. 'Oh, to be young again...' He thought as he slowly reached to put his mask back on.

"Now then, I shall go and enjoy some drink-" The assassin was about to turn around, before he heard a slight commotion behind him, as the crowd parted ways again, this time for someone else.

"Well, well well... Would you look at that, I wasn't even invited to such a big event. So much for an Alliance, huh?"

Ken sighed as he had felt the man arrive within Konoha quite a bit earlier.

It was none other than the leader of the Cloud Village... A, the Third Raikage.

'Haah~ And here I was hoping he wouldn't cause any trouble.'

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My bad for yesterday, was honestly too sleepy to write(wrote on the OG book during the day)

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