Hiashi was young, but he was not stupid.
His allowance had just been suspended for three months by the Main Family head at the clan meeting.
And now the Branch Family head was offering so much compensation.
No matter how he thought about it... something felt off.
His instincts told Hiashi that if he accepted this money, he would definitely get to personally experience an Eight Trigrams: Mountain Breaker performed by the Main Family head himself.
This was no longer a problem that a simple Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm could solve.
"How could that be?"
Tokugawa chuckled softly at that. With his head lowered and his hands tucked into his sleeves, he slowly said, "This is merely a small token of gratitude from the Branch Family to the Main Family."
"Huh?"
Hiashi froze, looking at Hyuga Tokugawa before him in surprise.
In the past, even when Hyuga Tokugawa called him Lord Hiashi, Hiashi had only taken it as a joke.
But at this moment, Hiashi realized that there seemed to be an invisible yet very real chasm between himself and this uncle of his.
He could not help feeling a little dejected.
"Hiashi, life in the Branch Family is painful. It is a pain that cannot be escaped through hard work alone. For a Branch Family member, aside from death, the only way to escape that pain is through the help of the Main Family."
At that, Tokugawa slowly raised his head and looked at Shuji and Hiashi.
"And yet, the two of you were punished by the clan for helping the Branch Family."
"As the Branch Family head, I cannot alter the punishment handed down to you by the Main Family head. But the financial losses should not be borne by the two of you. The Branch Family does