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Certain details of your abilities are better left hidden.
Especially when you want to keep some advantages.
Especially when you have numerous offsprings to control.
Trade secrets aren't shared with the average members. It's the same with sorcery secrets. Especially when it comes to those individuals who lack the ability.
Although, maybe if the kid did know, he'd be less likely to get in the way, but... Isn't it a kindness to keep it a secret? Isn't that a fatherly concern?
(What is better...)
Soya, on the other hand... He should be told, it's getting tiresome of him to chase his brother all over town. Telling him not to go crazy is not enough. Although... Though, even subconsciously, Soya can already use this ability: he always finds his brother fast, perhaps he thinks it's intuition, but in reality, it's a bit simpler and more complicated at the same time.
Yes, it's worth telling him, he's the soonest to find out everything anyway.
(What is better: staying ignorant or...)
The minds of all family members are connected, regardless of their sorcery abilities. It's just that not everyone has the keys to all the doors. It would be imprudent to give everyone the same rights and opportunities: it would be impossible to control everything and everyone. And without control... It's too risky.
Hakuri doesn't even have a keychain, but that doesn't mean he can't use a lockpick. That's why you shouldn't leave him without control. If he is left unchecked, he could be the one to become a security breach, especially if he keeps trying to rebel against the auction.
(What is better: staying ignorant or being aware that...)
Perhaps it is worth checking out what this useless offspring is doing right now. He stayed out of sight for a long time, so there was no point in keeping an eye on him, but... Oh, what a lucky guess! He's trying to mess with us again. It's pathetic. He should have brought a weapon or... He should have told his last name. He'd be left alone, no one dares to mess with even the most deranged of us. Or is it some foolish pride that prevents him from using the only advantage available to him, his family name? Well, what did I expect? Nothing but disappointment. I should tell Soya or else... Huh? Now that's interesting.
So the rumors about Rokuhira Kunishige's son and the seventh blade are true? What's more, he's going to honor our family with his presence. I didn't expect to hear about this from Hakuri, but apparently, he can be useful. I knew I needed to keep an eye on him even though he's weak.
We'll have plenty of time to greet the guests properly thanks to him.
(What's better: staying ignorant or being aware that your father can find out where you are, who you're with, what you're doing, and what you're thinking at any time?)
Of course, the first one. That's the way it's always been — the children of the lineage don't know all the details until they become heirs. Then they get all the keys. Hakuri, on the other hand, isn't supposed to know anything until the day of his death.
Perhaps that's even merciful. Of course. Who knows what the kid would do to himself if he found out he'd never be free of his family? And his family will never be free of him.
I must be sure to tell Soya...