Chapter 15 (2/2)
“Well, if that’s what you’ve decided then I’m not going to say a thing.”
“More importantly is Heath. He has a talent we can use, and guts as well, but he seems to be somewhat emotionally unstable. Please take care of him as best you can.”
“Don’t need to tell me. Even if you didn’t say anything, he’s like a little brother to me. You teach him something too. He seems to really admire you.”
“If I have the time.”
‘If I have the time’ was in fact Roy’s utmost consideration. As somebody who served as both knight and king, to spare time for Heath showed how much he valued her.
“I’m sure that kid’ll jump for joy if you teach him. Up until a few hours ago, he looked like he was going to die of despair, yanno. Did you see how hopeful he looked when he flew out of the room?”
“He is a knight who will shoulder the future of this country. ‘Tis a good thing.”
Roy had no idea.
That the woman he a.s.sumed was troublesome and insolent, and whose matters he had pushed onto a subordinate, had taken the apprentice knight exams, and of all things had been taken in by his own unit…
He had seeeriously no idea…
That although Heath had left the room filled with joy, the one who pushed her into the brink of despair to begin with, was none other than himself…
It was only far, far later, that upon looking back on this decision, Roy would find himself banging his head against the wall, wanting to die from regret.
The answer is actually different between Fii and all the other candidates.
For candidates other than Fii, in other words, in regards to the actual system, the 1st Knight Division occupies all positions of importance. Because all roles that are privy to sensitive information are contained within the 1st Knight Division, the members are chosen based on personal trust by the King, the results of their background investigations, the way they conduct themselves ordinarily, as well as their simple ability as knights. If there was an excellent spy who could topple all these hurdles, I think his infiltration would succeed.
As for Fii, she actually belongs to a division that answers directly to the King, but the way the story is written for her is actually more a matter of my beliefs.
‘There is no reason to trust, but there is reason to doubt.’
For example, a reason like ‘because they’re my parents’ might cause you to trust them, but there isn’t any reason that they won’t betray you. Things like ‘because she’s my friend’ or ‘because he’s my lover’ are the same, I believe.
Even if you trust in somebody because of a reason like ‘they haven’t committed a crime’, there’s nothing to stop them from committing one the next day.
If you fully trust somebody, there isn’t really a reason, and if I had to describe it, it would be because of an a.s.sumption or bias.
York trusts Heath, because he’s stuck in the mindset that she’s trustworthy. It’s because of this reason that so many people are scammed by dodgy salesmen, and after you trust somebody completely, all that’s left is to wait and see if they betray you or not.
~Otakude Neet
(Estelion: Note that this answer about Fii was in regards to a while later, when York takes a ma.s.sive liking to Heath.)
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