[Text]

[unknownrival]

For the record, I do not work at a maid cafe or as a sky pirate, nor am I a fairy godparent or a squire to a knight. I am dating only one person, not a dozen, and his name is Diarmuid Ua Duibhne. I went to high school in Fuyuki, and never went to college or to Hogwarts. My family is limited to my father, Reikan-nii, and Kasumi-nee.

I would make an Unlimited Virus Works joke here but it's not coming to me.

Comments

[croibhristeoir]

I don't think it will be very easy.

[unknownrival]

When has that ever stopped you?

[croibhristeoir]

Never, I suppose.

[He sighed quietly, closing his eyes in a contented response to Issei's hand in his hair.]

But this isn't as simple as winning a difficult fight.

[unknownrival]

Still, I have confidence in you.

[It's not as if his worth was defined by his combat ability.]

[croibhristeoir]

Do you, truly?

[unknownrival]

I do. I'm sorry if there was any doubt.

[croibhristeoir]

I only worry that your faith could be misplaced.

[unknownrival]

It's not.

[croibhristeoir]

Do you not think that you perhaps hold me to some impossible standard? Even if I were not as terrible as I think, it would not be possible for me to be as infallible as you seem to think.

[unknownrival]

Considering that my primary desire is that you believe yourself to be worthy of existence, I would hold you to the same standard there as I hold nearly everyone on this earth.

[croibhristeoir]

Why is it you think I'm worth even that much?

[unknownrival]

You're a person.

That's it.

[croibhristeoir]

I'm a Servant.

[unknownrival]

Person.

[croibhristeoir]

I'm a Servant first, a knight second, and an individual after that.

[unknownrival]

Those are terrible priorities.

[croibhristeoir]

...I used to at least have the dignity to call myself a knight first.

[Maybe he was missing the point, but he was missing it slightly less than usual.]

[unknownrival]

At least things can change.

[croibhristeoir]

But have I not only changed and gotten worse?

[unknownrival]

You were worse after my 'death'.

[croibhristeoir]

...

[He turned quiet at that, looking vaguely uncomfortable.]

I just...wish I could still allow myself to simply be happy.

[unknownrival]

You will. It might take a while, but I know it's possible.

[croibhristeoir]

...Issei?

[unknownrival]

Yes?

[croibhristeoir]

I'm sorry I've turned so pathetic in so short a time.