Chapter 19: Ayane Hyuga

Chapter 19: Ayane Hyuga

Weekends are the days when the academy collectively has a holiday, and Ayane stayed in the Hyuga clan and didn't go anywhere.

In the Hyuga clan, the residence of the branch family and the main family is separated. This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

The people of the main family rarely associate with the branch family. For the main family, the branch family only needs to honestly complete the tasks assigned to them.

Ayane is the type with outstanding talent among the Hyuga branch family member of this generation.

"Ayane, the main family has come before. They want you to be the maid who takes care of the daily life of the clan heir. This is a great honor for you as a member of branch family."

Seeing her mother's proud smile of having such an excellent daughter, Ayane was just stunned for a moment, then nodded obediently.

She felt that it was more a threat and an order. After all, as a member of the branch family, she wasn't qualified to bargain with the clan.

When she had witnessed several people who had revolted against the main family, but had been devastated by the Caged bird seal, she had already thought about how to face the main family.

"Hiashi-sama is an excellent ninja. He is fourteen years old this year, and he is already a famous Chunin in the village. Everyone says that he can become a jounin before he is 20 years old."

Ayane knelt on the cushion, her long black straight hair draped over her shoulders, her silent white pupils showed no emotion or joy, she just quietly listened to her mother's non-stop nagging words.

Her mother was a more traditional woman, and she was submissive.

Perhaps she had seen too many. Her dissatisfaction with the main family had turned into awe and indifference over the past years.

The branch family is not qualified to rebel against the clan. The branch family is born to give everything for the clan, love, life, and dignity. Everything that separates the family is bestowed by the clan.

After so many years of immersion in such traditional thinking, she has turned her mother into a tool for obeying the clan's orders.

So Ayane never had meaningless arguments with her mother.

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"Ayane, don't resent the clan, they are all about the future of the Hyuga clan. The Byakugan of our clan have always been coveted by outsiders. The Caged Bird is not a curse. This is entirely to protect the Byakugan from being obtained by outsiders. One day, the rest of the branch family will understand this."

"I know, mother."

Ayane doesn't hate her mother, even though she has become a tool of the clan. However, saying the caged bird is not a curse, which she doesn't agree with.

Maybe the caged bird has a reason to protect the Byakugan, but those Shinobi from the branch who were cursed by the caged bird should be killed by their own people without a sound and no dignity?

Why doesn't the village care?

"Really? Hiashi-sama is a gentle person."

Ayane said with a smile.

"I'm not gentle at all, and I can't be gentle. Three years ago, I had a competition with Hizashi and I deliberately lost. I wanted to impress members of the main family with Hizashi. Unexpectedly, after returning home, my father used the curse seal. Hizashi screamed and beg for mercy on the ground... My father told me that as the heir of the clan, we must always let the branch remember their identity, not to go beyond their class, and be rude to the main family."

Looking at the clear blue and sunny sky, Hiashi let out a regretful sigh.

Ayane fell silent after hearing this.

"Since then, I finally understood what rules are. In the strict Hyuga clan, Hizashi... No, everything is arranged by the clan. You can't resist, you can't be free."

Hiashi stood up from the corridor, then glanced at Ayane again:

"So, it's right for you to hate me and the clan. But you must remember not to show your hostility or killing intent to me, because I am the next clan head and the master of your branch family."

If a caged bird glares at its owner and makes the owner unhappy, it will lead to merciless death.

This was exactly what it meant.

"I understand, I will pay attention, Hiashi-sama"

Seeing that Ayane understood, Hiashi nodded with satisfaction.

Hiashi walked back into the house and took out a bird cage with a white bird in it.

Seeing this scene, Ayane's face was slightly unnatural.

Hiashi didn't care about Ayane's unnatural face, and murmured in a low voice:

"You know? I've never changed the bird cage, but seven birds have been replaced. This is the eighth bird. I bought it for you today. Before that... the moment they flew out, l killed them."

"Why does Hiashi-sama do this?"

"Before you, there were seven maids by my side. All of them were executed by my father for various reasons."

Hiashi hung the bird cage outside.

"I hope you don't end up like this..."

This sentence seems to be addressed to a bird, but also to Ayane.