"Don't want to hear it?"
Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Ling were dumbfounded.
"Why?" Hyuga Ling asked anxiously.
Hinata pressed her lips together and lowered her little head. "Dad, Mom... I don't want to change how I feel right now. I never want to, no matter what happens..."
"But there are things you can only make truly correct decisions about once you know them," Hyuga Hiashi said sternly. "You don't understand anything yet."
"But I'm happy right now. I'm happy," Hinata said, lifting her eyes to look at him firmly. "If learning more only leads to unhappiness, then why should I know any of it?"
Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Ling stared at her in surprise. Even Hanabi looked as though she were getting to know her sister all over again.
Other than Wuye, who had long understood what kind of person Hinata was, it was the first time the other three had seen her like this.
It surprised them, yet also brought the two parents comfort.
As her parents, they did not want Hinata to lack a soul of her own.
"Big Sister, I support you!"
Hanabi reached out and tightly clasped Hinata's hand across Wuye. "If you don't want to know, then I don't want to know either."
Hyuga Ling looked at Hyuga Hiashi, looking troubled.
Hyuga Hiashi rubbed his temples and said in a deep voice, "Even if you don't want to know, you must know these things. I don't want my daughters to live like fools..."
Hinata and Hanabi looked at each other.
"Compared to ignorant happiness..."
Hyuga Hiashi clenched his fist and looked at Hinata and Hanabi, his voice low. "I would rather you suffer in clarity."
Hanabi and Hinata lowered their heads together, struggling inwardly.
Between ignorant happiness and lucid pain, most people would probably choose