All of the favors from the Kirume Clan members had been cashed in. That only left Keisuke's favor to complete. Obviously, it was to accompany him to Kira Village so he could get concubines. He was going back to his home. As an orphan, he did not have any direct ties to send his money back to. He did send some money back to the orphanage every once in a while. This meant that they were all aware that he was still alive at least. Keisuke was looking for 2 concubines. Hopefully, this would be good for him. Keisuke could go meet some of his friends and fellow orphans that were still around the village. He could also talk to the orphanage staff that raised him. I would also hope that he could make some inroads with at least 2 women in the village. If he could get them to agree to concubinage, we could return. I still had one slot for a concubine open too. Maybe I could find a girl to bring back and bring more fresh blood to the clan. Once he was ready, we moved on the roads at a civilian pace. There was a bit of nostalgia. We had started as 2 guys on a journey to his home. It was nice.
Bringing some non-perishable souvenirs, it was fine that we took our time. We had a little pitstop at a shrine as we passed by. It was apparently to a fire yokai that had a hand in saving the local area. As a reward for the service, the yokai was enshrined here as a minor deity. We each donated a generous amount in the donation box. They let us sleep there. In the morning, we went back on the road. It was cool that he could point things out to me as we got closer to his village. He remembered training out here. Keisuke had some people train his taijutsu out here and they would get some food at the stalls nearby. It was not much, but it got him to where he ended up. There did not seem to be anyone here at the moment. As we entered the village, it was no different from a regular place. Kira Village was a civilian town that simply had people train to be ninjas. Ninjas were cool. They could be used as a silent defense force and even a secret police. Keisuke was an orphan after all. No one in particular would care much if he suddenly went missing. They would get another ninja to replace him.
Cooler heads looking from a distance would wonder what would be in it for Keisuke and the other orphans. I would too if not for the example set by Mio-sama for my kids in the clan. They were totally brainwashed. I got to make sure that I got some influence as their father. I constantly love bombed them and made sure they trained in a lot of things that was not done by the standard clan regiment for ninjas. For the orphans or most clan kids, they were totally groomed by trusted adults. They cared for the children. They taught the children how to defend themselves and made them feel safe and really powerful. If you sent them somewhere to kill, they would do so with no hesitation. I could understand why. It was all they knew. Keisuke was the exact same way here. He just met me and we found the opportunity to advance ourselves. If not, he would have gone back to his village to be a member of the ninja force. They might have let him go to the chunin exams if they had enough to send a squad. If not, he would just do random genin level missions around their village. I had to be careful.
